re-living uni time

one would have thought that the life of a professional should be quite different from that of a uni student who had to live with a monthly budget at half of the national poverty line. in simpler words to describe the second part of the statement above, the poverty limit in sweden cuts at 7300kr per month, and i was happily surviving at 3500kr-ish (hey, even that is a lot of money!). and needless to mention, melbourne days were even more to the extreme.

but, but~ even though the monthly cap has been mentally lifted, the basic ways are still very much unchanged. the food, the accommodation, the trasportation, the pastimes and even the way people back home are missed ^^ it is especially amusing when looking at all this from the perspective of food. still cooking our all time favourite bacon risotto (edited recipe with herbs, and bacon de 绝配 mushroom! see picture ^^), sipping chamomile tea at night (no longer adding honey to it, tht's suppose to be an adult's twist ^^), only buying potato chips when they are 2 for $4 ^^ (no longer need to hide them under the bed~).

a guy who went up to mt cotton with us over the weekend was putting in picture his nightmare of having too much sweet and sour pork in his 4 UK years. ironically i am still having a profound weekness for honey chicken as it was something that i could only afford to consume on special occasions (geez, i was really that poor) ^^ it later became a dish that the shanghai chef relied upon to cheer me up when i was having a particularly though shift at the food court in Northland. he would purposely cook a tray of honey chicken 1hr before close of business so that there will be leftover for me to bring home for dinner :)

all in all, enjoy awakening and reincarnating memories at the moment :)