Bending and twisting lengths of wires with bare fingers, he fashioned a handheld grill – the kind that your grandmother might have used – for toasting dried cuttlefish, belacan or toast over a small charcoal stove (see main image).
It took him an entire day, but these days, the retired professor of electrical engineering is quite content to spend his time tinkering over small kitchen tools.
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