The path not taken
By Andrea Filmer
November 2015 FEATURE
What happens when you put necessity before passion? The high achievers who brought prestige to Penang in their younger days and then chose other pursuits tell their stories.The movies all end the same way.The athlete whose journey we’d been following raises her hands in triumph at the finish line, the audience rises in a standing ovation to celebrate the performer on stage or a team raises a trophy in victory amidst loud cheers and jubilation. The picture freezes and fades...
Andrea Filmer
is a freelance journalist who has lived in the US and Australia but, for reasons unknown to herself, finds it impossible to call anywhere but Penang home.
