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The Children Don't Decide

Many times I've been eating out, especially late at night having a snack with my husband. It is actually an opportunity for the two of us to go 'dating' after coming home from a hard day's work and doing the never ending household chores eventhough the only children I have in the house is my 19 year old son. Well getting to the point.... can you imagine at 11 pm, there are parents who bring the children, in their pyjamas, out to dinner, or supper, or whatever you may call it. The only eating outlets open during this time in Malaysia are usually the 'mamak' restaurants (indian-muslim outlets) whose main menu would be curries, and oil laden dishes along with rich, spicy beriyani rice or roti canai with plenty of ghee. I guess five years ago, I wouldn't give it a second thought. But, now that I see more and more Malaysians overweight and their children, as young as three years old, overweight, it has become a major concern, whether anyone is aware of it or