I was having a casual meeting in Georgetown White Coffee in KOMTAR (located at the heart of Georgetown), the place where my "social life" and many other Penangites my age begins.. members of the meeting consist of 1 Old Frees (Penang Free School) and 3 Ex Georgians (we never called ourselves OLD Georgian or its going to be a disgrace to our school.. :)
After the meeting we had a chit chat about our place of origin.. the four of us are purely from Penang.. like myself, i never left Penang since i was born (except for 2 conditions.. followed my dad who had to be transfered to Rompin, Pahang when i was 2 then Kuantan till i was 6.. and later when i got married, i have to escort my hubby to places.. the furthest is Tawau.. but this is not permanent.. we kind of comfortable having the status "married bachelor")
My 1st school was SRK Seri Permai, Bayan Baru. Then SRK Convent Balik Pulau. Then i was accepted to be in one of the most prestigious school around, St Georges Girls School, and later i continued studying in MRSM Balik Pulau, then accepted to Matriculation centre KULIM (that is the furthest), and came back to Penang island to continue with my 2nd matriculation year, and later being enrolled in the School of Housing, Building and Planning, in USM main campus which is also in Penang.. and finally My masters degree.. in the same place... Careerwise.. well.. i have worked in Penang all my life, from the smallest enterprise to the biggest multinational company.. from giving personal tuition clasess to teaching part time in uni.. and it all happened in Penang.. (its kind of preparing a mini resume)
This is where i'm most comfortable to be.. 90% of my family is here.. the food i love is here, the places i love to hang out is here, places i shop.. (except for IKEA).. Penang is HOME... i hate going to KL because of the traffic.. i hate going to other places maybe because, i do feel the lack of warmness..
Returning to what the Old frees told me, he was Penang 1st, others second.. well i kind of agree with him...
Those people who sell outrageously pricey houses in Penang to outsiders, they should follow what the Kelantan Government did. Kelantan are only for Kelantanese.. Nobody else could buy a piece of land in Kelantan.. this is what i was told.. but is it true???
If only the younger generation were not streamlined by different set of school curricular ( i dont want to be direct but i think u know what am i trying to say here), we would have been more harmonious..
With the changing of government and everything, we are still the same people.. maybe the shopkeepers now are a bit stingy about giving us plastic bags.. the charged us for it, but i feel.. Penang is special.. I am proud to be called PENANGITES.. Yay!!! so what are you???
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