第二次機會 Second Chances ...

Everyday we all wake up 

with a second chance

...

 

朴实无罪过 Down to Earth ...

Simple, Honest, Real
That's good enough for me
...

@ 361 Char Horfun/Hokkien Char

Lebuh Pantai, Georgetown Penang

生活中美好的事物 The good things in life ...

The good things in life

seldom have to cost a fortune

...

鑊气 Firery Work ...

Hot, Fast, Dry, Fragrant
the very Essence of
Chinese Cooking

...

Kimberley Street

Penang

华人和他们的食物 Chinese and their food ...

As a Chinese, I think

 "Anything that walks, swims, crawls, 

or flies with its back to heaven is edible." 
...

Campbell Road, Georgetown Penang 

槟城乔治市

The wok of fury 愤怒的铁锅 ...

檳城 "炒粿條"
The Penang "Char Keow Teow"
...
Preparing a plate of flat, white rice noodles is 
an art form that has been perfected here 
by the generations of migrants from china in Penang.
Stir-fried in a huge wok, the rice noodles 
are skillfully tossed with 
prawns, egg, chinese sausage, cockles, 
bean sprouts and a sprinkle of chives.
...

Kimberley street 

Georgetown, Penang

Eerie feeling of the changing world 变化中的世界, 阴森的感觉 ...

Old coffee shop 旧咖啡馆 ...

Lebuh King ...
Georgetown Penang 槟城 乔治敦 ...

I was born in the 60's ...

in the 70's, a bowl of WanTon Noodle cost $0.30 Ringgit, 

in the 80's, you can get one at $1.50 Ringgit, 

in the 90's, $2.50 Ringgit will do, 

Beyond 2000, a bowl was selling at $3.50 Ringgit, 

In 2011 today, you may not get a bowl with $4.50 Ringgit ...

For the past 15 years, I have 

never had a salary increase nor bonus ...

but I am still glad I still have a job ...

The thought of the shrinking money scares me a little

as I am close to retirement age ...

I wonder what a bowl of Wonton Noddle will cost 

10 years from now,

if I live to see it ...

What if I took another path 如果我走了另一个路径 ...

Lebuh King ...
Georgetown Penang 槟城 乔治敦 ...

When I was young (well, in high school), I have always 

wanted to be an Architecture ...

I started my first year University in Architectural school,

I got all grade "B"s in my design classes

 while all other classes I completed easily with "A"s ...

At the end of the first year, 

I asked the "Acrh 102" lecturer, 

why didn't I do well in the design classes ...

the answer was quite simple, 

" I may not be artistically inclined" ...

I was disappointed at myself and 

thought if I can't be a great Architect, 

I might as well quit early and 

do something else ...

So, I changed my discipline and finished 

with an Industrial engineering and management degree.

The rest is history ...

The thought of the fact that I could have been 

an Architect or perhaps somethings else,

maybe a Chef or a Photographer ...

have haunted me in the past many years ...

For what if I have taken another path in my life, 

what would I be today ...

The Art of Coffee 咖啡的艺术 ...

Coffee Lane
咖啡坊
King Street, Georgetown, Penang

Penang food 槟城小食 ...

武吉葛東, 槟城 ...

Bukit Gedung, Penang 

For the love of coffee 对于咖啡的爱 ...

大伯公街, 乔治敦，槟城

King Street, Georgetown, Penang

咖啡坊

Coffee Lane

Koay Chap 粿汁 ...

槟城汕頭街

Kimberley Street, Penang ...

鸭肉粿汁 (粿汁)

Duck meet Noodle Soup 

While in Penang, my students recommended me for some Koay Chap

or Duck meet/intestines Noddle Soup 鸭肉粿汁 (粿汁) ...

The closest hawker stall within walking distance after my lecture was

the hawker stall in Kimberley street ...

I had two of these ...

The cook looked at me when I ordered another one ...

I heard you have to queue up later for the duck meat noodle soup if

you come here later in the evening ...

Kimberley street is packed with hawker stalls on both sides

of the road, 

Here is another stall literally translated as 

"Emperor's chicken feet noddle soap" ...

天皇鸡脚粿条汤 ...

I did not have the stomach for something else

after two bowls of duck meat noodle soup ...

maybe next time ...

West meets East 檳城的典藏 ...

Bonton, Georgetown Penang

檳城典藏 ...

Strolling along a quiet lane in Georgetown, Penang ...
I found this quiet little coffee shop called the Bonton
along a small lane leading to Muntri street ...