A new skill that I learned recently is cooking skill. I decided to learn to cook because my boyfriend really loves food and sometimes he wants to eat the specific type of food that is hard to find in Surabaya. That’s why I decided to try to make those kind of food and it turns out to be not bad. And my boyfriend said it was that my cooking was fine but why I think that cooking is challenging for me because I’m a type of person that couldn’t really tell if if there’s a slight difference between taste. When it comes to expensive food, or cheap food, or expensive ingredients, I found it hard for me to tell. And that’s why I cook, when I cook based on my feeling, I can’t be confident with what I made because I always felt like it tastes good in my taste buds but when I give it to other people even though they think that it was fine I still think that maybe it’s not Maybe it doesn’t meet their standard. That’s why it’s kind of challenging for me.
Band 6+: Describe a skill that you learned recently that you found challenging. You should say: - What the skill was - Why you decided to learn it - What made it challenging And explain how you overcame the challenges.
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A new skill that I learned recently is cooking. I decided to learn to cook because my boyfriend really loves food, and sometimes he wants to eat specific types of food that are hard to find in Surabaya. That's why I decided to try to make those kinds of food, and it turns out to be not bad. My boyfriend said that my cooking was fine, but I think cooking is challenging for me because I'm the type of person who couldn't really tell if there's a slight difference in taste. When it comes to expensive food or cheap food, or expensive ingredients, I find it hard to tell. That's why when I cook based on my feelings, I can't be confident in what I made. I always feel like it tastes good to my taste buds, but when I give it to other people, even though they think it is fine, I still think that maybe it doesn't meet their standards. That's why it's kind of challenging for me.
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