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     Most items in my room is made by machine. This is because I'm not a rich person. If I have enough money, I might buy more expensive stuffs made by hand. In most cases, goods made by hand is more expensive than goods made by machine. I like to have items made by machine because of its cost effectiveness. On the other hand, when I'm presented some hand made goods by my friends, my plesure is much larger than when presented goods made by machine. Hands made present means it is the only one in the world. On top of that, in some cases, hand made goods can't be bought by money however much we pay for it. From hands made goods, we can feel emotions of the creater. So I prefer goods made by hand.
     When parents of my friends moved to a new house, the friend live with his parents, we gathered his house to cerebrate his family and the new home. He said that not bringing any present, he is just pleased to be celebrated. We didn't want his family to pay needless attention to us, so we went to his house without having any present. Since we are students, I thought it was enough only to celebrate his family.
     But one of us baked a cheese cake by himself, and presented it to the mother of the family. First, I was very surprised. Until then, I didn't know he has such a hobby. I don't like a man to have such a hobby. Of course, sometimes I cook my supper by myself. Some of my friends still say that they don't like a man who cook in the kitchen. I don't think so. Now that both men and women work in a society, it is natural that a man cook a dinner for his family. But a cake? I was very surprised. For me, a cake, especially a hand made cake, was a food for women.
     The host mother cut the cake into twelve or more, and served it for us. At first, I didn't want to eat the cake. If I eat the cake, I feel like I might be defeated by something. But I ate the cake, because all of my friends and the family members began to eat it happily. Nice, how nice the cheese cake was! Of course, I had experiences of eating cheese cakes before then. But the cake my friends made tasted much better.
     I don't know why the cake was so tasty. If he bought some cheese cake in a shop, did I taste the cake so much? I think hand made goods have some magical power which reaches to our hearts. I can't explain the reason, but the cheese cake was surely satisfied the family and cerebrated the new home to the full.