Dinner - Asian Minestrone?

Cooked dinner last night and it was yum.

Made a soup with the onion confit, snap peas, mushrooms and tofu. Cheated a little by using half a chicken stock cube but oh my, the end result was delicious. I had bought some french bread a day or two ago so that was my carb for the day. Felt like a weird combination at first - toasted sliced baguette and the soup - but it turned out so well that I just dipped the bread in the soup and ate it plain. Did not need the butter as planned. Healthier and yummy choice yay.

In other news, I've been on a hunt for arubaito - which is part-time job in Japanese but apparently with a German etymology. The yen is way too strong that even the thought of withdrawing from my Singapore account is hurting my invisible pocket's heart. So as of now, I have about three random jobs. One is a conversation partner for dinner meetings once a month, to be conducted in English, Japanese and Chinese. This one is a brain-fryer - it is so difficult to keep switching every ten minutes - so thankfully it's only once a month. The second is not really a paid job, but I get so much out of it still. I babysit - in English - an adorable two-year-old Japanese girl for one hour, and in exchange for that, her mother helps me with Japanese for one hour. Wonderful way of language exchange isn't it? Last (for now) but not least, I had an interview yesterday with a guy who set up an international babysitting company, and I got a job scheduled for Sunday already. Exciting but a little nervous because unlike the one hour, this one is minimum 3 hours and may include infants. We'll see how it goes. If all else fails, I can always apply for a waitress job that I've been eyeing, or go work for the ramen shop that I worked for in Singapore. We'll see how it goes. I'm thinking of giving up floorball too. Think of how much money I could save with that hmm.