midautum

yesterday night...
thought that i wont go out...
but suddenly...
yong wing and kah hong decided to go to play lantern wor..
then together with sin kuo and wei ping we went...
argh..and ban who left at the beginning...
we had a very memorable and romantic night also..



all set to go for our little lantern parade...


took this at the tasik harapan....like the colour



too boring..started to meditate..


got mad...ooohh...it was fullmoon....

malacca - 2nd day 090809

the second day...
early in the morning..
we had 'mian fen gao'
as breakfast...cooked by ping's mom..
very delicious...i like this kinda noddle soup...

then together with ping's mom, the baby,
we went to buy some local products from Tan Kim Hock....
things there..u can buy from Penang also as their products are sold in supermarkets too..
but still since u go d..
ma buy sumthing back lo...
i went to buy some 'dou chien', dodol and marshmallows...

then we went to Jonker Street again...
during the day, that place has a different view..

we ate something like 'loh bak' in Penang....
just that we cant choose, the Ah Pek will put everything inside..




then we went to a very very antique shop to eat laksa and cendol
the place seems to be very famous
because that day was the Singapore Independence day so a lot of Singaporean went there
it was packed..
but it is really a very nice place



*inside view of the shop




* very old pictures hanging on the wall


* ping bought a bowl of laksa and 2 cendols( i fell deep in love with the cendol with the gula malaka on it...a very rich aroma..totally different from plain brown sugar in normal cendol)



*we shared the laksa, which tasted like the curry mee in Penang just some ingredients are different, the soup is the same

then we went to discover the Historical State of Malaysia..
the 1st stop...
the red house











*very beautiful fountain







* near the red house..there are a lot of other historical buildings..they are all connected..
this is one of the route to another place..







*me :"hi St. Paul, how ya doin up there? dont you feel hot ?"
St. Paul : "hi ya, i feel excellent here, i use SUNPLAY SPF 130"
(no wonder he is so fair..LOL..)









* inside this is actually a prison cell,when i looked down, it is like a very big square-shaped hole with a door, i heard someone said that it held Sir Francis Xavier for 7 days years ago. and as usual when people see a big hole like that, people will make it into a wishing well, a lot of people trew coins in it and made wishes, so do i.

then we reached A Famosa Fort
the place that we always see on text books
tv and etc..


*and now i'm in the picture



*flower trishaw in malacca

the we went to one of the museum there
they have a lot of museum there
really
they even have a Custom Museum, Sailor Museum and etc

we wenth to the one which the enterace fee is rm 0.00..
well cant blame us museums are boring in Malaysia..



* this Lamborghini was owned by Tunku Abdul Rahman still very well mantained..



*outside the museum

before we leave we went to the Pahlawan Mall to buy Big Apple Doughnuts..
deeelicious.........






*ping ate it at home

we took a rest,
did the SPSS assignment,
took our dinner,
ping's mom cooked scrumptious dinner,

then to the Malacca most happening street at night,

THE JONKER'S STREET

but before that ping's brought me to the lorong nearby to eat seafood,
quite a famous place cause had been on tv for a few times,
and they even got uniform..



* i ordered escargots...and this is some sort like pasembur which they put a very sweet sauce on it..





* ping ordered kerang ( clamps??)...and mary was there with a new friend..i forgotten his name..what can i remember is that he is Ernest's housemate..from MMU (the 1 who sat beside ping)


then we went for a walk at teh pasar mlm..(Jonker's Street)
i bumped into Ernest..he looked cuter and more handsome now..

when we finished walking around we went to a bar for a drink..
really like the feeling there...
full or tourists...a lot of ang moh...
then really happening..
sitting there looking at the passers by and listening to the 70's and 80's songs
and the surronding buildings are all more than 100 years old...with the red lightings
really ada umph...
















when it reached mid-night we decided to change to another place...
on the way to the parking place we took some pics..



*night view of the Malacca River..very regret that i din bring the camera..cant reallt capture the nice view..



then we went to drink Bubble Milk Tea...
very very nice with added pudding cant find it in Penang...
the shop name is The Pearl if i'm not mistaken..
i even went to buy one from its branch in Mahkota Parade the next day..
really miss the taste...

malacca trip 1st day - 080908

now....
i really really wanted to do this...
untill now...
only i hv time and also the pics...
haha
my 1st day trip in malacca....

so, we took the 11pm bus, (me, ping and mary)
and arrived at at around 5am..
then we (me, ping and her mom)
went to eat dim sum,
then follow ping to her dental check-up,
then to her house


*ping outside her house

ping drive me around the town
the buildings there are very similar to the buildings in Beach Street and Armenian Streets and etc...
making me feels like goin to another side of Penang which i never been before..
i dont feel foreign at all...
we went to a few temples..



i saw the Hang Tuah grave..quite dissapointed..
dont even want to waste my time to take a pic of it..




then after tat we went to the mall..
malacca parade..


*the parking lot which ping parked her car in the mall..(scared that we cant find it when we want to go back)

then after buying some snacks...
we went to the new mall...
Pahlawan Mall...
watched 'The Dark Knight'..with mary
1st time watch movie out of Penang...


*pic taken from th cinema in the mall while waiting for Mary

lunch time...
we went to eat one of the most popular Malacca delicacies
The Chicken Rice Balls
i'd seen it a lot of time on tv
but never eat it b4


* The chicken rice which we ordered for 3 ppl comes with a soup and cabbage and they use 'huang gua' instead of normal cucumber..yumyum..


*This is the chili for the chicken of course..same like what we hv in penang... but..see carefully..there is a black dot there...

then i cast a spell on it....
then...
tada...

* It turned form red to black..(haha..actually they add the thick soy souce in it..which we seldom do in Penang)



*what? i want to eat d la...stop taking pics..

the chicken rice cost us about rm7-8/person
quite expensive
each of us ate 4 rice balls
but it is worth for a try...

after we filled our stomach
ping brought me to the St. John fort for a walk...






*the folks who live around the corner will come here to exercise.. no wonder Malacca is named the historical state even the recreational place also is a historical site

then we went to the Kampung Portugis
we studied in History about the Portugal taking over Malacca and bla bla bla...
and untill now there are still their grandchildren and grandgrand children and their grandgrandgrand children stay in Malacca

and they are now the citizen of Malaysia...
quite a new thing for me..


*ping primary school is there too..
just after the beach...




*the portugal activity centre at the end of the village, it is on a beach actually, they will sing and dance in there, and there are also a few restaurants there and a souvenier shop.



*saying 'hi'



*i cant really see a museum actually, if the souvenier shop consider as 1..

then..
still i was very full...
so we decided to go to the next destination..

Bukit Cina...
the 1st stop there is the temple there
which placed the grave of Princess Hang Li Po..
and the Hang Li Po's well...
nothing special..
just the well covered with steels...
like we normally see in the temple...

the thing that cought my eyes is this...


*the tour guide showed to the HongKies tourist that even that water in the cup is full but when he put coins in it still the water wont spill, due to the water contains very high minerals (water from the bkt. cina)...very high cohesive force..


* stole this from the stall which the seller was so bargaining with the tourist from China



*it is more tasty than rambutan, i dont rally know its name but we have it in Penang also, grandma told me, but very sweet and the flesh is really smooth compared to rambutan.



then we decided to go to the top of Bkt Cina
which is actually a chinese graveyard...



tough it is a graveyard...
still it is also a place for the folks to exercise...hiking
the place didnt make me feels eerie...
so while we were hiking..
we took a lot of pics...
so enjoy...
untill when we realize that...


we're lost...
we cant find the way down from the hill..
luckily we met a couple
and they showed us the way down...
and warned us never to go there alone without knowing the routes there
because at that time the sun was getting down..
and it was quite dangerous for 2 girls wondering there..
thanks to the auntie..she is a very nice person...

then we went back to ping's house...
took a bath..
rest...
and i was entertained by Ms.Goh..


*ping's fingers dancing gracefully on the piano keys..so sweet..

then together with her little brother...
we went to eat satay celup..

almost like the lok-lok here..
but they use peanut paste to cook instead of water..



*the foods that we took..all rm 0.70 for the cucuk and those in the plates are a bit more expensive...forgotten d it is about rm2 if i'm not mistaken...




*put everything inside to cook even 'yau car guai' also got and it really taste good..

in that shop, when the customers sit there or eat there long enough for a certain period,
the customers will be given some bonus foods...
all for rm 0.70..
like big big prawns...
and abalone mushroom..my favourite..
and even longer for the second bonus..
even bigger prawns and more expensive foods for just 70 cents...
this is what we call value for money..



*the abalone mushroom




*refreshing coconut water...

then we went for a walk at the Jonker's Street..some sort like pasar mlm
then went back home at about 1am...