A Couple Things to Look Forward To....

1. The Vancouver Aquarium
I will be going to the Vancouver Aquarium on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday with my Grade 4 elementary class. They're attending a program called "Aqua School" where they get to go to the Vancouver Aquarium every day for a week to learn about marine animals. I wish I had such a program to go to when I was younger. Oh well, I guess this will be my Aqua School too. Best of all, the kids really want me to go, I feel appreciated. They always ask me "Mike, are you coming? Are you coming?"

2. Ice Hockey
It's been about 5 years since I've played competitive hockey after retiring from my Rep A team in Midget. When I first left the game, I didn't really miss it. But now, a lot of my friends are playing hockey and with the Canucks in the playoffs, I miss it dearly. So, I've been invited to my play on my friend's team as a part timer since I will be busy with school. I think our team will do quite well in our grouping. More on that later...

It's a short post this time, later this week, I'll upload photos of my aquarium trip.

Cooking Papa?

What's more attractive than a man who can cook? Let’s see... having a nice expensive luxury car, ridiculously good looks and a prestigious job. Okay, so maybe other things are better, but cooking is by far one of the best abilities to have. Not only is it impressive, it's inexpensive, productive, and best of all, downright attractive. If cooking was so beneficial, why doesn't everyone do it? In today's society, most people are too busy with school, work or other commitments that they are just too busy to spend time to learn. The sad part is that cooking is usually a skill that is passed down from generation to generation. There usually is some kind of traditional family dish that grandma still makes. But unfortunately, their grandchildren are too busy to learn how to make it. It's a sad thing.

What's worse? I know a bunch of people who don't know how to cook at all. They just rely on their mom's food or some local take out. Some of these people are girls. I am not applying some type of stereotype that girls should know how to cook, but in most cases, men have no idea. Imagine this scenario, you marry a woman and both of you do not know how to cook. That would be big time trouble, both of you would have to rely on take out or microwave dinners. Imagine that.

A few years ago, I was in that category, I didn't know how to cook. But I decided to have my mom and friend teach me. A while back, I learned how to cook a Taiwanese dish, "Three cup chicken" Yummy! I felt proud being able to make that and best of all, it tasted good. For all you guys out there, learn how to cook, it's resourceful, impressive and it might help you get the girl of your dreams.