Dinner at Perak lane seafood coffee shop, Penang.

Seafood Dinner at Perak Lane, Penang

I am at the famous Persk Lane Seafood  Coffee Shop and their specialty is the crab congee which cost RM8.50'a bowl.  The condition of the shop have much improved compared to years ago when was just a wooden shed.

My wife ordered 'mee boon ' with all the internal intestines while I choose a plain congee with just fish and meat. We have ordered a takeaway for daughter and it is congee with fish and internal organs of pork. I have to abstain because of my uric level.

The shop was quite pack and I have waited for 30 minutes and I am still waiting to be served.

I told my wife that the congee shop in Farlim who originate from Kulim was just as good but frankly, it is better here. 

I met Dan with his family and they have finished their diviner and have left.

Okay, my food is here . Enjoy your dinner as well.

Namaste.

Coffee cafe at All Seasons Mall , Farlim.

Coffee  at All Seasons Mall, Farlim

Yesterday, my daughter M invited me to a coffee break after lunch at a shoplot , one floor above Paparich at the Mall. It was a very smile outfit and they  serve simple meals at student price.

The cafe have one service counter, a big bench with chairs surrounding it like in a kindergarten, a few tables and another long narrow bench also with chairs. The cafe was filled most students studying while drinking coffee and eating light meals.

Their concept Is to serve budget meals and providing a place to  study, group discussions and gatherings.

They serve coffee , bagel, salads ,cakes ,egg and bacons and the water and bread is free flow after you have ordered your meal.

I ordered a latte while my daughter ordered a cake and a mushroom soup. We sit and enjoy the Aircon and also the cake. My wife joined us later and she ordered an American potato salad and a glass of ice coffee.

Like I mentioned ,this is a budget joint but I worry how they can survive at the place because of the high rental. I hope they can stay so we can have another option for coffee and simple meals.

Namaste.

Let go - our relationships

Let go of our relationships

Let the bird out of its cage and let it fly. If it choose to come back , welcome it and if it choose not to come back then it have found a better place and love somewhere. Love affairs are like this bird, if you cage it up , you think you possess it and own it. You can neither catch love and put it in a jar. If a relationship is not happy , find the root cause and if it is not acceptable, try to change it and if it is not corrigible and become painful , let it go. The tighter we hold, the more pain , it will generate.

I have written this message after reading my daughter M's comment on her Facebook posting. It attracts attracts a lot of likes. She said that a relationship needs two person's acceptance but if it is to break , it needs only one side's decision. But love like life is not perfect and it needs a lot of understanding and support. It is futile to find a perfect love for life. It is only a fairy tale.

Love can be perfect for a certain period of time and then it turns into a lot of caring. What do we want in life? Do we need a partner to survive? Or are we self sufficient or we want to live freely without a partner? Finally, it is what we want in life. Our needs can change from time to time . Nothing is static. 

The final message is to live freely and happily. We have all the compassionate love and we don't need a possession love or lover.

We can share our love with the world in our journey through life.

Namaste.

Impermanence - an insight

Impermanence  - an insight

I woke up early in the morning and I have an urge to share my thoughts. I have to write up how I feel and the rest my case.

Two days ago, I called my friend . She was the regional head of a local share trading firm. The people I deal with in her firm have been  changing and I don"t know who to contact an  handle my transactions. She surprised me with her answer. She told me that I ,a dharma blogger is looking for permanence . Immediately I shut up and I replied ' yes. Everything is impermanent'  The Buddhist wisdom of impermanence have eluded me for sometime already and it has re-surfaced to remind me of life.

This thought brings me back to think about my colleague who have so troubled by his difficult boss and have thinking of how to get him of his back instead of focusing on his job and life. I believe he is living in a storage world and keep fighting his troubling thoughts. He is wishing for a miracle to get rid of his problem instead of handling the problem in himself. This is a problem which is within himself and a solution is already there. His mind is blind with anger and hatred so he cannot see the solution.

In my life, I have experienced many incidence of impermanence in relationships. People I have  been good to and they have changed when I am no longer needed in their life. I have been used and the feeling is  very hurting. But, I got wiser and I have been accepting everything is happening to or around me. There is no need to re-act to it .just watch it evolving around me , tickling my feelings. I just laugh at it.

We are hurt because we are expecting from something we give and we get disappointed when things are not what we want to be. If we expects nothing from our giving, we will not get hurt or become unhappy. We can also blame on fate to relieve our hurt as a way out.

If we look into the angle that all the problem is with our self and it is triggered  by our thoughts , then we will have the solutions.

Namaste

Funny side of politics- my view

Funny side of politics - my view

 Not anybody can be a politician. You must have a poker face and telling a lie without blinking your eyes. Today, my yoga teacher asked me where my eyes are looking when I am in a 'down dog' posture. Actually, I closed my eyes because of the stains on my hands. All my weight is on my two palms. What have it to do with politics , nothing. Yes, politicians do not know what are they talking most of the time.  Only a few smart one can see what they do. LOL

Now, the truth is out. The indelible ink have no chemicals but only fruit coloring and it had different impact on different people and how they wash it . It is absurd and silly. It should have a consistent effect and at lasting for seven days. This finding will make EC a laughing stock.

Trengganu state now is in trouble after one BN state assemblyman passed away and making the situation of 16:15 in favor to BN and If Pakatan win the by-election then it will be 16:16 and will result n a hang state assembly and a state election will need to be carry out again. The wind of change behave in a very special way.

As a result of a Chinese swing in malacca , the state CM was sweep off and sent away packing. So, after BN win the state elections, they  closed  Jonker  Street which was 

a major tourism attraction. It was like killing the goose that lays the golden egg. Then, after compliant  by DAP , the Minister of Tourism , Nasri came out to tell of the state authority while the CM said that he was mis-quoted and they just testing the traffic flow. Again this is an insult to our intelligence and they think we are stupid.

Some idiot politician is floating the idea of meritocracy by race which otherwise would  benefit the Chinese. This selective meritocracy take away competition as the standards between race will widen. How long can this persist? Stupid idea and childish thinking.

That is why I started off by saying that politics is only for special breed of people. Those with no balls and eyes cannot look straight.

Namaste.

Idiots on the road - an experience

Lately , I was abit off shade especially when cars choose to drive past me from the left , motor bikes cutting into my lane from nowhere and cars just changing lane as they like. The traffic on the road is getting heavier and I am feeling not safe at all while driving.

During the holidays, the traffic gets even denser from outstation traffic and they choose to park wherever they like.  I know saying that I am against outstation visitors but the roads in Penang is actually very narrow and parking spaces are limited and the road side is the only place where it is easy to park. It is the habit of the car drivers to park as close to their place of interest as possible and walking abit would be torturing to them.  In this haze, it will be much worse and because of this habit, you could see double parking or jammed parking.

It is a natural re-action when someone threatens your safety , the fast instance , we curse that fella and call him an idiot even when there is nothing happen or only a narrow miss. So, for a journey from my home to my place of work every day to and flo,  I would be yelling " idiots" so many times. Finally, my wife told me that there are so many idiots out there.

Coming to think about it,  I could be over re-acting to the situation and  I cannot change the imperfections outside.  It could only make the inside of my car noisy and irritates my wife. But, this is the way , we blow our hot air out.  The idiot drivers outside could not be bother with us or could not hear any yell or curse but it is the people around us which is impacted the most. So, coming to think about  it, we are really stupid or the "idiot" ones.  Sometimes, we could help it and we also yell out four letter works "&*%*" and ended up with our wife scolding us.

Yeah, there is a saying when we are angry , we should not say or do anything , otherwise, all the wrong words and silly action will occur.

Namaste.

Udang Galar Restaurant, Hutton lane, Penang

Dinner at Udang Galar ,Hutton lane ,Penang

Last I had dinner with family members at a seafood restaurant and its specialty is big headed prawn or  Udang Galar in Bahasa Malaysia. 

The restaurant is located in two per-war houses along Jalan Hutton near to New World park.  My expectation is that seafood would be like the food served at Bandar Baru  before Taiping. In the menu, there several different type of prawn cooking. We ordered  mixed vegetables ,yam, chicken, fish and prawns. The taste was average but it was pricey. The taste and freshness was not comparable to  the seafood served in bandar Baharu. It was cheap and excellent at bandar Baharu.

After dinner, my SIL want a drink so I recommended Berlin Beer House near to QB . We took the Jelutong expressway and was there in 20 minutes. The bar was not  crowded on a Sunday . 

I ordered a pork knuckle and some sausages and a few glass of German beer. We had a good time drinking and chatting.  We exchange information on what was going on and update ourselves on our personal progress. The food was value for money and the knuckle was excellent. It soft and tasty. Highly recommendable.

After more than two hours chatting, it was time to go. Before that , I would like to re-iterate that the food journey was a good experience.

Namaste