Peter's interests

I'm interested in food, among other things. When I was very young, perhaps ten or twelve, I was keen to start cooking, and at that age, I really wanted to cook cakes, biscuits and other sweets. Boring things like real meals were not so exciting. As I got older, I continued learning to cook, and happily my mother was very indulgent. She did not like cooking, so she happy for her children to learn to cook at an early age. Some of my aunts were great cooks, and they taught my brothers, sisters and me a lot. 

After I left home for university, I ceased cooking. And these days I hardly ever cook. It is very easy to walk out and buy great food in Bangkok. There is, for example, a delicious kai yang and somtam stall in the market next to my condo, and lots of restaurants within a few minutes walk of my home.

My most long term interest is reading. I have read a lot since early primary school. Before I finished primary school, I had read everything in the small library in my country school. At high school in the nearby large city, the library had a lot more, and there was also an excellent public library in the town. These days, I still read for hours every day, but most of it is done on a screen - my computer, tablets or even my phone sometimes.

What do I read? I read history, novels, news, philosophy, economics and rubbish. Silly stuff like Dan Brown novels is great fo relaxing, but then there are also the joys of HOmer, Plato and modern philosophers.

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