Penang Exotic Explore

Joel and I have had great time in Penang for half a day!!~ She called it Penang Exotic Explore..Whee~~ True enough, I have the chance to discover the other face of Penang. Being recognised as one of the World Heritage site by UNESCO recently, Penang lives up to it! The trip was definitely part of the great Escape :-)

We first stopped by Campbell Street to have Dim Sum at Tho Yuen Restaurant. Super delicious Char Siew Pau and Polo Bun, hohoho...

We then went straight to Lebuh Cintra (better known as Nippon Street) for special yam kueh. Notice two different sauces? :]

We did not forget to taste the famous Chendul @

But I found it too sweet for me//

An Escape

Looking forward to the coming escape. Though I truly understand it is temporary, momentarily and perhaps not-so-sweet at all. Because life is getting probably thousand times harder after coming back from the escape. Staring blankly on my notes for the whole afternoon, I know I definitely need a fix. The current mood is not encouraging at all...Blame it on the torching sun for my inactivity. ^^ Whoa...//Natalie

So what if you get burned...

Life has its highs and lows. \*_*/ But...

"There are no guarantee
Life throws things at you
You can catch or miss them
But they will come, ready or not
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So let go of the fear
Reach out for the flame
So what if you get burned
Better that then numb for life

Better to remember passion and joy
Along with the pain and tears
Then to have no memories worth
Remembering

So to hell with safe
I am going to gamble and bet
Until I win back everything I lost
And my life is what it was meant to be . . ."

I will take this as brooch, pin safely on my chest. As a reminder for life. //Natalie

Candle lit

Today is Mid Autumn Festival. Preferably regarded as Mooncake festival as there is no season in this part of world here. Apart from exchanging forwarded messages over phone, I don't have any particular celeb else. Hmm, I can't even recall the last time I celebrated this day with family. Pity. I was asked whether do I have Tanglung ready in hand?:) (Oh, I don't even have any mooncake...aiyoyo)

Today is somewhat special that I'd like to do my bit as a citizen who care. I'd like to light up a candle to pray for my country and her people, especially two of the detainees under the ISA. Natalie.

Bleeding in Love

The paper is the material that I’d want to read the least these days. I’d rather close my ears to all news on tv/radio. I’m getting sick of the bizarre headlines, irresponsible comments and unacceptable facts. Sick of over-politicking, racist ideation, murder mysteries, unresolved cases…All these while people struggle to cope with fear of crime and rising inflation to make ends meet… I’m feeling feverish. Something is not right. Oh, how pathetic.

A question arise: Where is my home if it’s not here? For the past one month, I was staying in Besut district with a population of 90% Malays and 8% Chinese. I discovered one thing unusual while dining in Chinese restaurants. They are serving usual Chinese foods like wanton mee, lou mai gai, pau etc. The unusual part is, Muslim friends are free to enter and have their meals. While the ’superiors’ were talking so loud about lies and truth, 14 of us (4 Chinese and the rest are Malays) were staying under one roof. Our Malay friends performed their prayers as usual, fasting for Ramadhan month, and we listened to one of them who just back from Umrah in Mecca. We had a great home-cooked dinner together. :) This is not an icing-coated story.

Well, some might be thinking of migration to other countries with the perception of ‘grass is always greener over the fence’. Is it? I doubt it. Because no matter how green the grass is, here is my home. My beloved country. A place where I grew up and gain my identity all these years. (I don’t care what they say, I am in love with you).
I’m learning to become an adult. A person who speaks sensibly, be judgemental but not sentimental. And I thought our leaders know better than me. That once spoken, you can’t take it back as damage is done. Likened nail on the wall, even though you pull it off, the mark is there forever.

I guess our Malaysian artists ’sing’ it best :
Hold on brother hold on
The road is long We’re on stony ground
But i’m strong, and you ain’t heavy
Oh there’s a misspoken truth that lies
Colors don’t bind, oh no
What do they know? They speak falsely
Here in my homeI’ll tell you what it’s all about
There’s just one hope here in my heart
One love undivided
That’s what it’s all about
Please won’t you fall in one by one by one with me?
…………………Natalie.................................................