SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN

THE DESIGN SCHOOL

FOUNDATION IN NATURAL BUILD ENVIRONMENT

NAME: Yap Kar Juen (Jason)

STUDENT ID NO: 0313737

TOOL SELECTED: Cooking Wooden Spatula

WORD COUNT: 732 words

ENGLISH 2 (ENGL 0205)

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 1: NARRATIVE ESSAY

LECTURER: CASSANDRA WIJESURIA

SUBMISSION DATE: 14TH NOVEMBER 2013

Wooden Cooking Spatula

I love cooking and that’s why I joined culinary course in college but my father

seems to strongly disagree what I’ve been doing as he wants me to become a

professional in the future. I love to cook as cooking can make my day better when I

cook for my family everyday. However I’ve always been thinking to quit the course to

fulfil my father’s wish. One day on my birthday, I made dinner for my family and

surprisingly my father was happy enjoying the dinner. Then I received a present from

him, I was really surprised when I received the present, it was a wooden cooking

spatula. I was in seventh heaven that time and hugged my father tight on that

moment, I’ve never thought that he’d support me on my course.

The wooden spatula eventually became one of my favourite as it was given

by my father, I couldn’t sleep at night but top not stop staring at the wooden spatula.

I was too excited so I went to try it out. It was really useful when I needed to turn the

food over when I was cooking. The spatula is made wide and flat so that it can pick

up food easily, which is wide as well. It is made up of wood therefore it is very light

and make myself more comfortable while cooking compared to the normal spatula.

After using it, I could see some parts of the wooden spatula turning black, especially

the front part, I was quite sad at that time but that’s how it should look like.

However, I love this wooden spatula too much, therefore I washed it after

cooking and brought it up to my room and made further observation. The wooden

spatula looks pretty normal, even simpler than the normal spatula. It is just a wood

which has been cut to the shape of spatula and it is very smooth. I felt curious so I

went to smell my wood and out of a sudden my father came in, he giggled and went

off, I was so embarrassed. The wooden spatula smells like normal wood and also

oily, the front smells like the fish I fried just now even though I’ve washed it well, the

smell just couldn’t go away.

Not only that, I then went and taste the wooden spatula with my tongue, I

always taste food but this is the first time I was going to taste an object. The handle

of the wooden spatula was tasteless but the feeling of my tongue was great, it was

very smooth. However, when I tasted the front of the wooden spatula, I could taste

the fish I cooked just now, it tasted really good. Enough of tasting, I was afraid that I

would get a stomach ache as there a a lot of germs around the wooden spatula.

When I grabbed it up, the feeling was just so great, it’s light and solid, I

played around with it acting like a kung-fu master hitting with the wooden spatula as

my weapon, fortunately this time my father didn’t come into my room. While I was

fighting, I accidentally hit some of the object in my room, it sounds normal and the

sound is loud, but not as sharp when you hit objects with steel and iron. It sounds

great that has lead me back to my drum memories, I hit it on my table like a

drumstick.

I was then exhausted and sit and rest at the side of my house beside the

pond because staying in the air-conditioned room while sweating can make my sick.

Unfortunately, there was no wind at all that night. I then used the wooden spatula to

swing beside my wind to create wind. I could hear a fast moving sound and a bit of

the smell of wood. I couldn’t stand the hotness and therefore I took a bath and sleep.

I will never forget this wooden spatula given by my father. It is a very useful tool in

the kitchen. As I use the wooden spatula gradually, the shape eventually follows the

shape of wok, that makes it work better. I’ve never encounter problems using this

great wooden spatula, then when I use it is just too good. It is the best birthday

present ever, I really love it and wish to keep it forever.

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