a lame attempt at recreating ah po's pig leg

i was bored during nature and human values class. so i drew upon my limited experience of culinary skills to try putting together a decent meal for dinner. a lightbulb flashed. i saw from a distance, ah po's highly touted sweet sour pig leg. immediately, that beautiful sight stuck itself to my mind. i had to try it that night. i had the thigh left from the first fowl carcass i bought from walmart(pork leg in Golden puts the capital "S" in SCARCE). i defrosted it in the microwave, and set about my latest project. i filled the rice cooker with water and set it to boil. i then seared the skinned side of the meat with a little oil. i followed that with the frying of onions and garlic. i poured the ingredients into the rice cooker and sat back, full of excitement and anticipation. the broth started boiling and i squezzed in half a lemon. i then dissolved some corn starch in water and poured them in( bearing in mind that too much of that stuff makes food turn out like oh jian) i bought soy sauce the other day but to my horror, it turned out to be light soy sauce, not the all famous kicap. the last essential addition to the soup according to ah po was sugar. i din know how much to put so i started with one tablespoon. the soup tasted funny, so i added carrots to sweeten it up(there's not even a single hint of it in the original recipe) the word "FAILURE" flashed. oh well, life goes on.