Oatmeal

I remember one of my co-workers at the previous company liked oatmeal and discussed about it with other co-worker who didn't like. I had never tried because it didn't look good. I mean I hardly ate cereal at that time either because I didn't grow up that way and cereal was like a snack rather than "meal."

I have learned that cereal is actually good for breakfast because there is a lot of fiber and balanced nutrition. I just have to carefully choose the ones with less sugar.

Now after 4~5 years later from the discussion my former co-workers had, I've finally tried oatmeal as breakfast. The reason was the other night I was searching healthy food and happened to find out how good oatmeal was. My co-worker I currently work with at a company always eats oatmeal in the morning and it still didn't look good, but I was thinking, "since it said very healthy, actually healthier than cereal, why do I just try it?" So I did. I liked it at the beginning, but the more oatmeal melt in the hot water and stickier it got, the harder I could eat. I mean I finished them all but I had hard time to eat at the end.

The funny thing is that I eat natto. It's very sticky, smelly and weird taste, but I still like it. My roommate at that time loves food and he wanted to try any kind of food as just an experience, so that he knows what it is and can talk about it from his own experience. I understood because I am the same. So I let him try and he made such a funny face while eating natto. He said he didn't mind the smell and taste but the stickiness. I was thinking while experiencing the first oatmeal, "wow, this is how he felt when he was easting the natto. And I actually AM making the same funny expression on my face while eating the sticky oatmeal!!"

I think it's all about the psychological mind. If you think it's weird, then it is weird and it doesn't taste good. So I will try again with a happy thought. Actually as my co-worker does, I shall put the half package of oatmeal with hot water and the rest after, so that it's all fresh before getting mussy. What do y' think?