{"id":2922,"date":"2022-05-23T11:49:25","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T11:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/?p=2922"},"modified":"2022-05-23T11:49:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T11:49:25","slug":"the-place-to-connect-and-recharge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/the-place-to-connect-and-recharge\/","title":{"rendered":"The place to connect and recharge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Coffeeshops is an integral part of life in a new village<\/div>\n
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By Foong Pek Yee<\/div>\n
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They easily chalked up a total of 24 hours of work daily.<\/div>\n
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The couple are up by 4.00am daily in time to open\u00a0 their coffeeshop an hour later.<\/div>\n
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While they close for the day after lunch, they still have the cleaning up to do as well as planning for the next day.<\/div>\n
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At 68, Chang says she and her husband, Chiew, have been in this routine since they got married 33 years ago.<\/div>\n
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The shop in Merbau New Village in Manjung, Perak , also double up as their home.<\/div>\n
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Their three grown up daughters\u00a0 are having their own career – marking an important milestone for the proud parents.<\/div>\n
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A daily\u00a0 routine: Chiew (right) taking orders from a customer<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Chang from Pantai Remis says the village is her world since her marriage.<\/div>\n
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“We only take off\u00a0 in the first week of Chinese New Year,” says Chang, adding that they occasionally take a day off to run errands outside the village.<\/div>\n
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Coffeeshops is very much an integral part of life in a\u00a0 new village.<\/div>\n
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For many, that is the first place they head to upon waking up.<\/div>\n
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Chang says the villagers who mostly work in their oil palm small holdings nowadays\u00a0 start work early morning.<\/div>\n
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This was the same in the old days whereby majority were rubber tappers, she adds.<\/div>\n
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They have breakfast at coffeeshops before sunrise and off to work.<\/div>\n
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This is followed by mid morning coffee break and lunch in coffeeshops.<\/div>\n
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“It is also a way for them to recharge\u00a0 and relax as manual jobs can be taxing physically,”\u00a0 says Chang.<\/div>\n
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Most of them are owners of small holdings who\u00a0continue to work\u00a0 alongside their workers.<\/div>\n
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Retirees also thronged coffeeshops daily to keep each other company and get update on the latest development at home and abroad.<\/div>\n
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Face-to-face interaction and chit chat in coffeeshop also gives villagers a break from\u00a0 social media addiction – something many urbanites are still struggling to do.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0While Chang and Chiew may be busy serving their customers,\u00a0 they\u00a0 also\u00a0 enjoy their company .<\/div>\n
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Sharing and caring: Chang (left) with Phang who is a regular in her coffeeshop.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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That perhaps is part of the driving force that keeps them running their business\u00a0 rain or shine for over three decades, and\u00a0 still\u00a0 going strong.<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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