Penang people are more diverse than you think…
By Emilia Ismail, Julia Tan
September 2015 FEATURE![main image](https://penangmonthly.com/storage/4656/0_170327_2227232723_more1.jpg)
Emilia Ismail
is a freelance writer who has a love-hate relationship with the weighing scale.
Julia Tan
went to primary and secondary school at Convent Pulau Tikus before continuing sixth form at St. Xavier’s Institution; any other school was out of the question. She misses the fried rice at the school canteen, and laments the passing of the wan tan mee lady.