This corner of the world: Starting the year with a bang

fireworks, right outside my bedroom window

Seriously, I think people are taking this saying too literally on any New Year's eve. It's almost like a war out there, with loud bangs, noisy horns and bright fire crackers burning in the sky. To put maters to worse, I couldn't sleep until 3 in the morning last night, for some unknown reason.

As a result, I ended up waking late, throwing away half of the last vacation day with sleeping groggily. I decided to cook for the afternoon, so off I went for a quick shopping before making...

Doenjang Jjigae

For those who does not know, Doenjang Jjigae is korean style soybean paste stew. I fell in love with it from the first time I tasted it. And thank God for the internet, I found the recipe that easily helped me to make this stew myself. Check here for the recipe.

Alas, I found another problem at the market. I can't find some of the ingredients I was looking for. Hey, even grocers and suppliers need their vacation too, right? :D

So I made due with anything I can find. Regular cucumber instead of zucchini, canned mushroom instead of fresh ones, minced meat (I found some leftover in the fridge), and even a yellow tofu (usually used for fried tofu) instead of white ones.

But you know what, even with those ingredients and the result looking like this sad little picture below, it still taste marvelous. Especially on a cold evening. Come over to my house, there's still some in the kitchen. :p

Eat me~

I had dinner while watching the new MV from my favorite idol group, Morning Musume. '14 (read as Morning Musume One Four). Yeah, management decided that it's a good idea to add the year behind their name starting this year. I myself don't really care. I've been following them long enough to love them through all the ups and down.