apple of earth

Work ended late last night. Missed the second last bus at 2am, the next transport's at 315 and like hell i'm staying for that. So at 215 I find myself along Braddell Road, nary a taxi in sight.

Luckily one came along soon after and he was familiar with the Bt Timah area so I didn't need to bother with directions.

Finished reading (or more like skimming through) My Kitchen Wars - parts of it were interesting but other bits only worth a quick scan - before hitting the pillow, only to be woken up at 9am by an SMS.

Ouch.

After reading that article in The Observer, I decided to reduce my TV time! I'm very guilty of using the TV as background noise - I turn it on when I flip through the papers, read my books and magazines. And I definitely do way too much of that these days - veg out in the living room.

But I am weak... I cannot resist the temptation of that screen and the blaring noise and the crap that flows forth from it.

So I watched The Apprentice and Without A Trace. I managed to stave off channel-surfing, although when changing back from VCR mode to TV mode, it just so happened that Oprah was on.

Now I don't watch Oprah, it's just that she had just given away brand new cars to some people, who looked like ordinary folks, standing on the stage! I had no idea why they deserve a new car, but that Oprah sure knows how to win over her fans. Then she launched into a spiel about how fabulous this car was and I had to turn it off.

Before that while trying to stay away from the TV, I decided to make some potato salad. Hadn't had that for a while.

But as I was boiling the old new potatoes, I realised we were out of dill. I love that stuff in potato salads! Since the potatoes were already in the damn pot, I fished around in the fridge and discovered a lovely little jar of mustard, which even came with mustard seeds.

And decided, since I always make my potato salad with dill, mayo and salt and pepper, why not try something different?

So here's what I tossed in with the potatoes:
A teaspoon of mustard
Mayo
Some bits of jamon
Half a chilli, finely chopped
Salt and pepper

I would've taken a photo but
(1) I'm too lazy
(2) Camera battery's not been charged for a while
(3) I tend to write entries at work
(4) I don't think potato salad would show up nice in a picture

Anyway it turned out okay. Although would've been far better with bacon instead of jamon. And wanted to throw in some celery but couldn't find any.

Listening to: B Quartet's -

(And for some reason The Smiths' Panic has been stuck in my head for ages. I catch myself humming it from time to time...)