Day One

Okay, so I'm not sure how to "wake up Asian" therefore my morning routine was relatively similar to what it always is. It wasn't the start I was hoping for but I'm not quite sure what I expected. I'm sure Asian people wake up, crawl out of bed half asleep, shower etc etc.
We can all agree - fairly average morning.
However I decided I was not going to laze around. I started on my room. I put a shelf and some blinds up and gave most of the floor a good de clutter. I've also added a small (close to the floor type) table. Again another stereotypical, ignorant view of Asian culture. Still, it's a nice table.
I thought of having breakfast, but what do Asian people eat for breakfast? I asked a Chinese friend of mine that question a few years back. As he was a Chinese native I expected a better answer than "I don't know". Yet still, to this day, I don't know.
Evidently I didn't eat breakfast.

With the room looking slightly better I moved on to phase 2. Food.
I took a trip to an Asian supermarket/wholesalers with the intent of buying lots of good ingredients that I can cook good Chapanese cuisine with.
When I got there however, I realised I had no idea what to look for. It was an eventful shopping trip but on the whole generally more fun than that of average British stores.
I won't list everything I bought as it seems silly but it's a good selection of chapanese stuff and I would definitely advise everyone to find a local Asian supermarket/wholesalers and take a look around. For me personally it's all new, for others it might not be, either way I can guarantee it will be a weird and wonderful experience.

It's late evening by now, so it's time to start on my first chapanese dish. Bare in mind I don't even cook British food, the extent of my cooking is microwave pizza. So yes I was a little nervous.
I had been given a recipe book over Christmas which has a few, what they call, easy to make recipes (they're not easy to make at all). I decided on one called Shrimp Foo Yung - mainly because I had all them ingredients. It's pretty much egg and shrimp with a few extras and spices. I can imagine it would taste really nice when cooked by someone more experienced. Mine tasted sub par but to be honest I'm pleased with that.

Later on in the night I took 10 minutes out of my day to do a guided meditation. Essentially I sat down, focused on my breathing and tried to just be still. I felt nothing from it, but I feel like its worth it. Why shouldn't we all sit down and just give our minds time to think for a few minutes a day?

Yes that was a nice long blog today, but if you've read it I thank you and i hope you can end your night like I ended mine...