The Challenge of Cooking For Myself

Some people maybe face the problems with their families, the academic adversities, or financial challenges. Studying abroad is a difficult assignment for everyone and different people have different challenges.As for me,when I came to United States of America,on 19th August,2008,arriving at Lax,I was thinking of my empty stomach and I would begin to learn how to cook for myself.I had never cooked before I came here and there were lots of cooking skills which are very necessary for me to learn now.While defeating this challenge,I have learnt a lot not only cooking skills but also learning how to cook makes me became stronger and stronger in my mind.
Before I start to learn how to cook,.I need to know what kind of assignments that I need to be done.It is not easy to cook the right food especially for one who had never cooked before.What’s more,I am not crazy about cooking and I know I need to take care of myself for eating.However,I didn’t know what to buy from the superstore.I couldn’t even find the Vietnamese supermarket with the food I like and I didn’t have any car that I could drive to the Vietnamese superstore.That was very unbelievable to survive without eating food which I like.In order to buy my favourite food,I would learn how to drive in California.Additionally,I should be familiar with how much cooking time would be enough for each dish so that it will be delicious.Moreover,I have to clean up all the plates,chopsticks,cups,pans,forks and so on otherwise the food will turn wrong.
It is very advisable for me to have a pre-plan for the challenges.I still remember the first month that I tried my best to search for the right place to go shopping.At that time,I made a list to make sure what I needed to buy like the kitchenware,vegetables,pork etc.The destination and the bus schedule were prepared on google.Everything was going to be right so that I could go shopping for food.It was very hard for me so I said to myself”Don’t let the challenge break me down!I can do it!”When I came back with my food, opening the Internet and asking for my mother how to cook Chinese meal, my mother would be online to tell me how to use the cooking tools perfectly and more specific steps for cooking through the Network Video.She was very patient to teach me how to complete the work and encourage me never give up.She said”Believe in yourself that is the secret of success!”At that moment,I felt the great love from motherhood.After a couple of weeks,I really made some delicious Chinese meals by myself without my mother’s guidelines.By the second month,I spoke highly of myself and be satisfied with my cooking skills.They was developed.There was a big smile on my face after I cooked for myself every day!
From overcoming this challenge,I learnt at least there principles to make me stronger.First of all,I found it was not easy to fix some small challenges well if you never try it,and I should acquaint myself with such a small challenge so that it can provide my beautiful and comfortable life.Nowadays,it were beneficial to me to choose the classes more carefully from the spring semester schedule book.I had to be calm to consider what I want for classes.Second,good attitude towards the challenge will have a satisfying result.Do not care if it big or not,there is one principle I should keep in mind namely facing the challenge,the more I try to avoid it the worse the situation will be.For instance,several days ago,I forgot to pay my electricity bills on time therefore the company cut my service off when I came back home from school.I felt a little bit nervous at that moment,whereas after
a few minutes I called the company to explain it was my fault and I would pay the bill as soon as possible.The next day I paid the bill and solved my problem in time.Last but not least,I should try my
best to finish my jobs.For example,I found a part-time job at Starbucks and I am responsible for cleaning.Because I have tried my best to clean everything in Starbucks,my boss praised me with extra tips.In a word,the three important principles that I learnt help me became mature in my life. Without these three principles, I believe the challenge will be more difficult for me.
In general,I would like to say thanks to my parents to give me such a precious chance to overcome this cooking challenge and it not only taught me how to cook well but also made me know small matters are necessary and even significant for me to know how to do well.The good attitude is the success of mother and try my best to every challenge.I believe it is a precious experience in my whole life.I believe I can defeat whatever challenges I faced in my life.I believe as long as I make great efforts to those challenges that I can go through them.As long as I get though many challenges I will have a bright future. As common sense says, great experiences can benefit people who really want to make their life more and more comfortable.Only in these ways,can I get through the challenge and have a wonderful life in my future.