May's Place Cafe - a good food outlet

It is located in a place full of cafes, restaurants and coffee shops in Pulau Tikus in Penang. I think it is the most concentration of eateries ranging from Thai , western, indian and fusion food including the local delicacies 

There is so much competition as well as varieties for local and tourist  and the two biggest malls  is located within walking distance from all these eateries.

To survive i.n this environment is not easy , as the businesses there have to provide good food at reasonable price and with the best service. It also takes time to gather the support of customers,

Located at 1st floor , May's Place have be more competitive as it takes more effort for their customers to climb up to the café.

May, the owner have the support of another partner , Nan who is the chef and he is really a good cook serving western , fusion , local and good indian curry.  It is also a blessing that he is very passionate about his cooking and will challenge any orders which is thrown to him.

If there are given support , I think they will go far in this service and food sector.

All are welcome to try out the food and enjoy the wonderful service provided May.

Namaste.

First day at work

The year of the fire monkey was hot.. I could feel the heat in the afternoon and th sweat running down my neck.  It is just hot , hotter, hotest feeling.

The new year session this year was subdued as there was less car on the roads, less people at restaurants and more careful spending.  It was only until last night , the volume of traffic on the roads was a bit crowded.  Maybe, the people is rushing home in other states. I don't know, it was massive jam towards kek Lok Si.

The mood this year was not seen for many years. In the past , when the time is bad , Penang will remain robust and vibrant but this year, Penang also felt the tiring times.

The stock market is down, the scandals is still prevailing and the judgement from the courts is still confusing and  not transparent.  People are worried but keep quiet to avoid bring troubles to themselves.  The fear culture is bad.

In the news, there was protestors at the CM's open house which have not happen before as this is the line which have been observed for many, many years.  This line was broken as the protest really shake up the harmonized mood of the people celebrating the new year.

The fire crackers is less this year but I could see that there is an open selling of the fire crackers.  The burning of fire crackers have banned for many years but now, nobody bothers even if you chose to burn it openly.

Well, today is the 4th day of CNY and we are waiting for the 9th day when the Hokkien celebrate their Hokkien new year. Why are there two CNY ? Yes, there was a lot of history behind this story.
Why bother ?  One new year or two new year or three , as long as the peopel are happy ?  Yes, do whatever makes you happy and that is the purpose in life.

Namaste.

The year of the monkey

Yes. I have been absent for sometime now celebrating the year of the monkey. The monkey been a naughty animal creates a lot of crisis for me for the past few days.

It started of by running into a massive jam during the eve of the Chinese new year as I was using the normal route to the temple at slightly past midnite . I have been using the same route for past many years and it has been smooth all the time I have to make a reverse turn and go to the temple by another route.

The day before new year, I went to buy some decorative light and the shop assistant told me that he has the last set to offer and give me a discount. He showed me all the lighted bulbs and when I installed it , it was only lighted on one side< I feel cheated as I have not much time to change it again.

My daughter's café was open through out the new year catering for my relatives and also for her regular customers.  She was tired but she managed through with the help of her BF and for two days, we gamble after the dinner and on the third night , I hit a session of bad luck losing more money than I had to. But , it was for the fun of the night and there was so much laugh as I lost in the game of cards.

My daughter bought me a polo T and it is was too small for me and if I were to wear it , my three packs will shown clearly.  I don't mind but my wife will complaining that I am trying to show off. This happens to two of my T-shirts. It just too fitting and not too tight

The past three days have been eating and eating an eating ... so much eating and I could feel so tired of eating.  A simple meal will suffice .  Filling just too filling/

The year of the Monkey have kick off and tomorrow will be working day . Time really flies and the five days break have just finished and the fun is over.

Namaste

Fading love

I was amazed that my daughter told me that she always give love moer than 100%. I told her not to be so hot headed and she should take care of herself more. I have seen her passing through her first love and how it fell apart. Love just vanished after a two to three years of countship. At the beginning, when love is in the air, we tend to ocver commit ourself to love and do silly things about it including sacrifying ourself. But, as times gets by , the true colors appear and when love turns sour and just vanished. All the sacrifice and the gift of love just gone. I saw her using her allowance to buy all the good things for her love and spending most of her free time with her love. Soon it gets less and less and finally, more and more arguements and faced off situations. These happenings must be very hurting but it went stale and finished off with tatters. Now, this is the second love and I find that she is going on the same as her first love. How she is committed to her first lvoe. I hav been telling her to take care of herself first and to have some reserves for herself instead of over extending her love. She is listening a little now after her first love but still spending so much time on her new found love. I know most of the time, it is she who is the first to give up on her love as she has a very strong character and is very outspoken. Most men could not like this character as men is a dominant creature and expects the female to follow from behind. I hope she will learn from each love and will mellow in time. I hope she will find a man that truly love her and support her in all her undertaking because I know that this type of man is very few and is a dinasaur. Well, this is her life and she has to go through to find out what she wants in her journey. There will be alot of pitfalls and she has to pull herself up and move on. LIfe is very difficult and I hope she knows it soonest possible. Namaste.

Age & Sex

I was on the line with my banker friend and he told me that sex urge is getting less with age. It is like the heart wants but the body cannot do it. Yes, it is a fact that young married couples do it everyday in the first year, every alternate days in their later years, once in a wwek and degenerate into twice a month and then once amonth, once in two months and on and on until once in a blue moon. My friend was karate black belt exponent and he exercise frequently in the past and now ends with a pot belly and cannot do the flying kick anymore. This is the degeneration of the body and the mind. It is natural and gradual and we do not have to be shy about it. Finally, we need os medicine or drugs to life up us up to do the sex job but it is a personal choice. There is no compulsion on this decision. If you feel like it and cannot do it, just boost it up by a drug or medication. So , I wonder how to keep up our healthy body. Do we need sex to remain healthy and passionate ? Do a prolong sexless life hurt our healthy or make us more insensitive ? What about the monks ? They abstain from sex and does they release themselves once a while ? Is sex a necessary thing in life or for our healthy. There is a finding that regular sex makes us more relax and we feel better but no sex also give us the same feeling after some physical exercise or yoga or meditation. So the really need of sex is all mental or our mindset ? Then why do we have an organ which is so sensitive to touch or penetration ? Is sex is only for birth makeing ? The more we make love, the more chances of getting pregnant and is it the real reason ? So,if we don't want children that the organ become useless ? Can we use it for enjoyment instead of child making purpose. WHy so people are so frigid and some wants heavy sex ? It becomes a personal preference. Does a man or women without sex die faster or live longer ? There is fact and findings to support but again, it is personal. After living all these years, it is still a puzzle to me what is the purpose of sex. Some people needs it more , some less and some do need it at all. Just a passing thought. Namaste.

Good people can become bad.

I was told from young that everyone is born good but circumstances, influence and wrong teaching can make a good man do bad things. I saw a TV show which two good cops which one was shot dead in action. Before his death, his partner came to know that his partner have some engagement with a drug deal because of his gambling debts. The circumstances of his owing money for gambling make him do something bad even he has been a good cop for many years. After he was shot dead, his partner have two choice. One is to tell the truth and that will spoilt his partner's name and reputation or he can keep quiet and tell the story that his partner die in the line of fire. He choose to keep the good name of his partner and was haunted by this lie for the whole of his remaining career in the police. Both of them are good cops and they have been deligent and capable in their job but circumstances have make them to bad things. To judge whether it is right or wrong, it is a difficult decision and it depends on the personal thinking or principle of each person. On the surface, it is wrong to tell a lie even if it is a white lie. But what is the consequences if by telling the truth, it brings more suffering and pain to the people close to the matter. By keeping quiet or telling a lie, it can have an happy ending. The lie did not caused harm to any people and is it wrong ? If telling the truth brings more pain and suffering. It is a difficult question and there is neither right or wrong in this situation. It depends on you and your thinking and judgement. Namaste.

Changing ourself

Changing is always difficult and we rescend to change. We are a comfortable animial and we stays in our comfort zone especially when it is over a long time. We become complacent and moving on to something new is a challenge. An unfamiliar situation. If you put a thing on a table for a long time, it leaves a mark on it and you will find pushing it along take much effort. If we plant a plant in a spot and over time , it will be come a tree. The longer you leave it there, the tree will be bigger and the roots will go deeper into the earth. If you want to go places, you have to move when it timely and change your mindset on complacency. The world is so big and it continue to evolve and changing. Be part of change before you become redundant. Change is more than changing your dressing or your habit, it involves your mindset. Sometimes, we just bluff ourself and pretend we have changed but in reality , the core or the mindset is still firmly attached within ourself. In event of an occurent or sudden happening, the fear will force us back to our old ways or mindset which we are comfortable with. This is a natural re=action. A real change is not like what has been mentioned, it is a new way to handle the matter facing the fear or the danger. It should be a case of substance over form. The form is only superficial or artificial but the core is substance. We have to change the substance and not the form. That is the real change. Namaste.