Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed by your actions. -- Agatha Christie

I have been charged guilty of neglecting the blog for the past few weeks. However, in my defence (and a good one!), this is all a result of my current preoccupation with the pursuit and mastery of a new found impetus - cooking. 


Surely enough, dinning out and sampling assorted food offered by various restaurants is undoubtedly an enjoyable experience. But to put yourself through the sweat, blood and tears in order to plate up something that is merely edible? It turns out to be an equally enjoyable experience in its own right. I guess we should never entirely dismiss or discount any old sayings such as this one -- You never know (what you can do) till you try. :)


Strangely enough, I catch myself approaching all new recipe with great enthusiasm and optimism without the slightest hint of reservation or hesitation. Somehow it must turn out alright, in the end, the food must turn out fantastic. Therefore unsurprisingly, blind confidence in the ability to improvise mixed with a lack of knowledge have led to a mini disaster tonight. And the verdict? One hour of 'community' cleanup in the kitchen. 


Well, it was not all that bad. 


The instinctual drive that unconsciously impels one as suggested by Sigmund Freud (the inventor of psychoanalysis), manifested itself tonight in a precipitate manner. Although arguable to however Freud originally conjectured it, in my case, this drive was simply just pure hunger at 9PM. The result this time? My second attempt at it produced gold, and this all came about in 5 minutes.

Jacinta's fast and furious seafood pasta

So what was the lesson learnt from this? Similarly, old sayings and proverbs again hold virtue and value -- If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.