My dad's shop in Ipoh

Just for curiosity, I googled my dad's shop today. To my surprise, I found a brief article which featured in someone's blog and even claimed "Ipoh's Best Wan Tan Mee" as well as another "Ipoh Food Forum" also claimed the similar about my dad's noodle shop.

The one in white pagado t-shirt in front of the cooker is my dad and next to him in red t-shirt is my elder sister while my elder brother reading out the orders to her.

Not long ago, I bought this "PERAK - good food guide" from The Star's promotion booth at the Mama Mia Broadway Show in Kuala Lumpur. Yes! I found my dad's shop being featured in this guide. For the first time my dad agree to let the shop info to be featured in the media after operated for more than 40 years. Besides he's a humble guy, there is another reason he's not willing to do that is because something to do with... (sensored)

Anyway, I really proud of my dad and I always do, giving it is because of his great success in his career or being a father. Especially those mornings before school when I was 6 years old. That's what true love is to me -- unconditional.

If you happen to be in Ipoh or making a "makan" trip to Ipoh or Perak, try the "some-blogger-claimed-Ipoh's-Best-Wantan" noodle:

Cheong Kee
542 Jalan Sekolah, Buntong n/v
30100 Ipoh, Perak
Malaysia
Tel: 05-2550789 or 019-5166781/016-5111282
(Due to the renovation works, my dad's shop is operating two shops away, 545 Jalan Sekolah and probably till end of May, 2009)

Open from Mondays to Saturdays
Operating hours: 7.00pm-12.00 midnight (it may be closed earlier if noodle finished)

Be myself

Does be myself mean simply act how I feel? I would say acknowledging all that I feel at the moment, then taking responsibility for my actions by consciously choosing which level of my feelings I am going to respond to.

Sometimes I feel trapped by my feelings, which I couldn't change them, I shouldn't try to even if I could. At times, I see many negative feelings inside me that I don't want, and yet I feel that I must express them if I were going to be myself.

Since then I have realized that my feelings do change and that I can have a hand in changing them. They change simply by my becoming aware of them. When I acknowledge my feelings they become more positive. And they change when I express them.

Another thing I have realized is that my not wanting to express a negative feeling is a feeling in itself, a part of me, and if I want not to express the negative feeling more than I do, then I will be acting more like myself by not expressing it.

Accept what "is". That is what is required. Accept reality as reality is to me now. Recently, I have been keep on feeling anxious about a few things, is my work creative enough? Is dad all right to work at his age? Will San (my younger sister) getting "Denggi", she's been admitted for 3 days now? Am I worry too much? Right now this anxiety is my reality.

Don't fight a fact, deal with it.

Revisited HongKong after 10 years

I travel at least once (almost) every year. Mostly countries closer to home such as Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong and China because it's cheaper. The only farthest country I'd been to is New Zealand, not the best destination so far in my opinion but NZ has the cleanest air I have ever breath in. My best so far is Cambodia, why? She gave me lots of in-depth thinking about myself.

Besides sight-seeing and the usual stuff, I also like to observe myself how I feel about all these unfamiliar places that I have visited. Feelings toward their culture, custom, people, environment and so on.

I will save this for now and will continue further details about my trips when I have more time.

Picture is taken by Micheal Chang - my HK trip travel companion cum best friend