The next morning, I woke up and started sneezing. Perhaps I was too hasty after my shower and forgot to properly dry myself last night, hence, the slight cold.

Grabbing some tissues from the coffee table, I blew my nose and checked the time. It was only 5:30 in the morning. I might as well make Xiaotao breakfast!

Since I didn't know anything about cooking, I decided to go to the kitchen and have a look first. Xiaotao didn’t usually cook at home so all she had were some eggs and instant noodles which was perfect for an amateur like me who only knew how to make eggs sunny-side up.

I began by heating some oil on the pan and cracked some eggs, poured soy sauce and carefully flipped them. When they were ready, I placed them on a plate, rather satisfied with the final product. This was perhaps one of my better...