Please Sir, can I have some more?

Just to prove that I will write about just about anything, this post is on porridge!

I will admit to missing my porridge since landing here. I tried eating regular cereal, but it was too sugary and only made me hungry again shortly afterwards. As Gerry Ryan said about cornflakes once, I may have been better off eating the packaging!

They do have porridge out here, which they call oatmeal (ala the yanks). They also have porridge, which to the locals means a kind of soup with rice and meat (i.e. fish or chicken) which is eaten as a dinner. So, you can imagine the confusion when I mention to herself that I'd like porridge first thing in the morning!

I finally got round to buying my own gruel a few days ago. Before, I was put off by the fact that there's no microwave in my gaffe and it makes an unholy mess in a suacepan. But I could go no longer without it, and as it turns out, the pan is non stick and very easy to clean! The sweet Aussie milk gives it an interesting taste also. Happy days!

It's like been re-united with your beloved - that warm glow in the stomach that lasts for ages!

Stay tuned for a discourse on watching paint dry next, only on aidaninasia!!!!