First of all, I'm not a good cook. If I need to cook, I always choose food which is simple to prepare such as a sandwich or ramen. For my wife's first birthday we celebrated as a married couple,  I promised her I would cook for her. Since it was her birthday, I decided I would try making seaweed soup which is traditionally eaten on birthdays in Korea. However, I had no experience making this soup, so I had to locate the recipe online. Once I located the recipe, making the soup was simpler than I thought it would be. The recipe indicated that the ingredients needed to make the soup were dried seaweed, soy sauce, anchovies and sliced beef. The recipe also stressed the importance of adjusting the quantity of seaweed carefully because the seaweed was dried. With this in mind, I carefully placed the seaweed in the pot. I also added the soy sauce, anchovies and sliced beef to the pot. Once all ingredients were placed in the pot, I covered the pot and let the soup cook. After a few minutes, I uncovered the pot to check on the soup. I noticed that there was barely any seaweed in the soup; the soup consisted of a small amount of salty water. Nonetheless, my wife and I ended up enjoying the soup; we ate it with a bunch of side dishes. After this cooking incident, my wife didn't want me to cook anymore. It was my first and last time cooking.