The city of Georgetown is hollowing out.....as more of its residents moved out of its center.....it will become like a dough-nut....with nothing in its center....
Every nite just after 9.00 pm....the city is a ghost town except for some sections such as the UPR (Upper Penang Road for the uninitiated)...the city is dead as a dodo.....as most of the happenings are located on the fringes of the city in places like the gurney and pulau tikus and bayan bahru....
One of the consequence of this dough-nut effect can be felt in the morning. The formerly busy markets of penang, like chowraster, campbell street, kuantan road markets are dying a slow death.....it is so "uncrowded" compared to their hey days in the 60's and 70's.....some of the best and cheapest hawker foods are found there....
I am lamenting the closing of my favourite malaysian pan cake store at Anson road market....the store owner can make enough to make it worth his while to continue his business....so is my favourite curry mai fun man.....his curry laksa is one of the best...very subdued and yet aromatic and delicious and yummy....he complains that he can even sell more than 5 katis about 3 kgs of mee per day...he too will be looking for another place to ply his trade.....how sad.....that's progress
Yup, i am fed up, with progress....
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