Restocking my supplies

After a relatively uneventful weekend, it is back to school again. My weekly train ticket has expired thus i have to get up earlier to get the ticket again. Thought that buying it every other week is quite troublesome, so decided to get the monthly one instead plus its cheaper. After being here for a week, i must say i have become much more confident in using my Broken German, so tried my German on the poor girl behind the ticket counter. Sure enough, she understood what i needed, but unfortunately, the monthly ticket would start only from the first day of every month. What a weird system! So lan lan had to get the weekly ticket. School was great as usual, one new guy from Scottland joined the class. Hes born in Nigeria, has a German wife and lives in Scottland. Happily married with 2 children. Children speak to him in Nigerian, talk to mummy in German and together they speak english. What an interesting way of communication! Anyway, halfway through the class, somehow one way or another (can't remember how exactly) he started discussing about this Rugby game he watched yesterday on TV with the British lady seated next to him. Both of them got so excited with their hands waving all over the place, that the teacher had to calm them down, while the rest of us watch in amusement. UK people. tsk tsk.

One thing about staying here in Germany, is that you really have to speak German, like it or not. At the supermarket, occasionally with random people seated opposite you on the train, not forgeting in class and even in a Chinese restaurant(still can't comprehend that a chinese can't speak chinese in a chinese restaurant). I have hardly spoke english other than with the Singaporean/Malaysian group, which i have in certain topics which i am comfortable speaking in German, spoke in German. Speaking in class was really fun and pressure free as they are all in the same level so they could understand you from the words you use, so to hell with the sentence structure although i consciously remind myself about the structure. It is also neccessary to speak in German since some of the classmates do not quite understand english. So yeah, my plan worked perfectly=)

Lunch was cheap and quick, took out one of the Baguettes which i bought in Aldi and threw it into the oven. If you are wondering what that is, imagine a hotdog bun, cut into half transversely, and put lots of cut ham and cheese ontop of a layer of tomato sauce? Still doesn't work? According to Ferdi. It looks like a dick. So much for living in a gay street. Anyway, food supply is running low already, ran out of my bread, and my dinner menu is empty. Decided to do a big shopping trip today.

On my shopping list (in my goldfish brain), Margarine, Broccoli, BRATWURST, onions, garlics, oyster sauce, tomato puree, mushrooms and hopefully rice. Using the ever impressive Google earth, i located the supposedly biggest ALDI in Munich. So again, using my Goldfish brain, i had remembered the location roughly and headed out. When i arrived at the Hauptbahnhof, i was lost. Only remembered it was near the Hauptbahnhof, main train station. Walked around the area, braving freezing winds that almost blew me over for over 30 mins, before i finally saw the Godly ALDI sign. Aldi is good for all the basic stuff like bratwurst and bread etc, but if you are looking for an exotic oyster sauce, you will be better off shopping at the expensive supermarkets. Well think of Seng Siong and Cold storage. In fact Aldi was so basic that i couldn't find a pack of Rice in their biggest store in the richest city of Germany. Bought quite a few items in that store, but thought i would be better off shopping at the Goetheplatz, where they have Aldi, Penny (another cheapo supermarket) and Rewe ( their cold storage). Went to Rewe and bought a bottle of tomato sauce for my Onion Bratwurst dinner.

Got home before the sunset, and started preparing for dinner. Menu? Bratwurst stirfried with ketchup and fresh onions, topped with Potato Puree and Broccoli. Sounds simple? Yeah pretty much since i will be cooking. But instead of just pouring powder into boiling water and stirr, i had to cut the onions and broccoli. Hated those onions. And the dinner turned out it was pretty good! Another successful attempt at cooking my dinner. But i think it was saved by the delicious Bratwurst and ketchup onions. Broccoli was a litte bland. Puree was a litte salty, read the instruction wrongly but still nice. Cleaning was dreadful. Used an arsenal of utensils to make my dinner possible, and now its time to wash them up. The small sink didn;t help at all. All in all, it was a wonderful and fufiling experience. Love every moment of it. Heres a picture of my dinner, bet it won't win the prettiest presentation award, but it sure won a place forever in my heart.