Sunday, April 20, 2008

Spoon Made In Sheffield

I have a stainless steel spoon, milled in Sheffield England. It was given to me on the day I got admitted into the Sultan Sulaiman School Hostel way back in 1957. I was using it until I left school in December 1961. Amazing. For 5 long years I had been scooping food into my mouth with that spoon - food that transformed me from a boy to a young adult ready to face the world. Today I keep the spoon in my drawer. Sometimes I take it out to look at it. Then I could hear noises of long ago coming from the hostel dining room as boys were scooping food from their enameled plates...

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