1. Watch
English 2 (ENGL 0205)
Assignment 1
Tony Tang Lee Lung (0314002)
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2. When I first heard from my senior that our first class assignment for English was
to observe a fruit and write a descriptive essay about it, I was very excited because I eat
fruits every day and I know every single part of fruits. However, I was quite disappointed
when I was told by my lecturer, Mr Woon that we need to describe a tool instead of a
fruit. So, I have decided to choose a watch as my tool.
I began my first observation through sight. I placed the watch on a table and
start my observation and exploration by looking at it for a few hours. The center of the
watch is circle in shape with silver colour stainless steel frame. From the top, the watch
is covered by a thin transparent glass. Beneath the thin transparent glass, that is where
the time of the watch lies. The hours of time show in numbers are only 12, 3, 6 and 9.
The rest of the numbers of time are substitute by short white colour strokes whereas the
minutes are indicated by even shorter black colour strokes.
Besides that, there are three hands extended from the center of the watch which
are the hour, minute and second hand. The length of the second hand is the longest
followed by the minute hand and the hour hand. The hour hand and minute hand have
the same thickness of strokes whereas the second hand has slightly thinner strokes.
The background of the watch is silver in colour with a middle sized black colour circle in
the middle. The brand of the watch which is Crocodile is written white in colour with a
clear font at the top center of the middle sized black colour circle. There is a small crack
near the side of the metal rim. At the back of the watch is made of silver colour stainless
steel. There are some basic information of the watch is written at the back of the watch.
It says that the watch is water resistance and made in japan. The straps of the watch
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3. are extended out from both left and right of the watch. Also, there are 8 holes punched
on the left straps of the watch and a ‘crocodile’ sewed on the right straps of the watch.
After that, I started to touch the tool. By holding the watch on my hand, I feel that
I am holding a stone on the palm my hand. I also can feel the weight of the watch. It is
around a few hundred grams. As I begin to touch the straps, I can feel the natural
texture of the leather. Besides that, I also can feel the temperature of the watch is lower
than the surrounding temperature, maybe it is because of the cold air from the air
conditioner that I have just switched on for a few minutes.
Next, I tried to smell it for a few minutes. I felt disgusted by the smell that resides
on the leather straps of the watch. For the middle part of the watch, it has no smell at
all. But it has a rusty smell at the bottom part of the watch.
I began another observation through hearing. As I put the watch next to my ear, I
can clearly hear that the sound of the watch ticking. It is similar to the water droplets
hitting through the rooftop. After observing the watch for quite sometimes, I decided to
have a break. So, I switched off the lights and left the room. Suddenly I saw the watch
began to glow and it is green in colour. I was astounded when I found out this feature.
Along the way of looking, feeling, smelling and hearing the watch, I found out that
it was a difficult task to describe some of the shapes and parts of the watch but I did my
best to describe it. It was one of a kind of experience. That is all for my descriptive
essay.
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