What Was I Thinking?

Guess from the frequency of my post update, you probably could tell that work is picking up for me in the office... But no worries mate, i'll check on my tagboard every weekdays & at least 1 post per week is guaranteed to appease those who visit this blog & make the "Visitor Count" meter does its job!

Someone asked me what is the most interesting thing that i've experienced while in Melbourne & i could think of many but here's one to share with all readers out there...

This happened in my apartment last Sunday - the day of rest, the day i didn't feel like cooking, the day i think some fast cook stuff is good enough for dinner & the day i've decided to cook this pack of Classic Asian Singapore Style Instant Rice (aka fried rice) which i've stocked up for a day like this...

And so i read & followed the instructions on the back of the box:

• slide tray out of paper cover and discard the desiccant sachet (paper packet) and mix remaining ingredients with rice in tray
• slide tray back into paper cover and put in microwave oven for 3 minutes on high
• enjoy your rice meal

Beep beep went the microwave oven, the sound which tells me my rice meal is ready for makan, the moment i had a shock of my life! I opened the microwave's door and out came a cloud of smoke & needless to say, the smell of char! I could see (literally) clouds of smoke rises to the ceiling & i really fear the smoke will trigger the water sprinklers & set the fire alarm on in the whole apartment!

After i've gathered my composure - coupled with coughing - i quickly opened the windows & frantically tried to fan the smoke & smell out of the apartment... of course that is not an easy thing to do when the apartment is quite big... Had to close the door to my bedroom so that the smell won't stink my bed & stuff...

In the midst of all these commotion, i think i was fully awake by then & went back to check on the cooking instructions again - hoping that i could sue the company for misleading me (ha! like real...) - & i realized i had missed out on step 2 of the instructions & it should read as:

• slide tray out of paper cover and discard the desiccant sachet (paper packet) and mix remaining ingredients with rice in tray
• pour boiling water into tray until ingredients are covered (approximately 180ml) and stir thoroughly
• slide tray back into paper cover and put in microwave oven for 3 minutes on high
• enjoy your rice meal

Obviously, step 4 didn't come to past when one misses out on step 2 - i didn't get to enjoy the rice meal... Exactly what was i thinking of?! It really "blew off" my dinner plan & i had to eat potato chips instead - yup! Still too lazy about cooking myself dinner that day... Hey! What do you expect? I had to wipe clean the microwave oven & live with the burned smell which lasted for like 2-3 days?!

Come to think of it, this is more of an embarrassing moment rather than an interesting event that had happened to me... sigh!