Historical City: Melaka (18-22 February 2011)

i haven't been to Melaka for a very long time. in fact.. i can't remember when was the last time i was in Melaka. So when Nadia invited me to lepak at her place, I couldn't say no :)

18th February

Friday afternoon, I called Nadia to ask for directions to her place. Yeah right! As if I can find it on my own! :P She told me to meet her up at the toll exit at around 5:30 pm. So after lunch I packed my bags and drove. I wanted to avoid the heavy traffic.

It turned out to be a really hot afternoon and to make things worse.. My aircond was warm. When I sent the car for service, the service center forgot to fill in the gas as I instructed. So laziness pays. I had to drive all the way to Melaka in scorching hot sun.. and with very warm aircond :p Luckily Nadia's house is in Alor Gajah. So it's not that far. I looked at the time and it was really still very early. So I stopped at this look out place on the highway. I think it was near Pedas- Linggi exit. It's a really long hike up. I was sweating (and panting) when I reached the top. But the view was amazing. Alas it was hot. hahaha :P

the long way down. huhu... 

i reached the toll gate at around 5:00 pm.. waited for Nadia to come, and she came at about 6 pm to get me.

not many people.. but then i was early :)

it was a really looooong wait. she came.. and we're off to her place. it's not that hard to find it but of course being me.. i can't even find my own way home sometimes.. so ermm.. :P

Nadia made dinner.. hehehe it was supposed to be ermm.. bakso. it looked like bakso, but does not taste like bakso. it was good though :) *thanks girl.. sakit perut aku makan sambal ko kekeke :P

that night, Nadia took me out to paint the town red.. kekeke.. 

we decided to check out the spinning tower, taming sari. haha it'd be her first time too.. it was awesome. to be able to see the whole town like that. it's like a preview of the fun i'd have in Melaka :D

Menara Taming Sari

view from the Taming Sari Tower

Nadia wanted so much to go to Jonker's Walk.. so she insisted I go there. Sabor je.. So in the name of cuti-cuti Malaysia, I followed. Plus we went on her car that night. 

Jonker's Walk closes early I guess.. It was barely 12 midnight and everyone was packing up it seemed, but the road was still full of people.. there were bars open, with live bands and all.. so it was very lively. I love that place instantly. It's like a huge, endless pasar malam (night market) that sells so many different souvenirs. but after a while it seems like it's on repeat, coz you see almost the same things sold every block hahaha.. i'm guessing they're from the same supplier :p

i can't imagine when it's at its peak time.. hahaha

this guy sang so good i had to give him a dollar

1Malaysia.. 

there was even a small "jungle". i have no idea why it's there.. but there were bronze animals there and some water fountains. there were people taking photos there. so i made Nadia my model and we took photos :) luckily I brought my camera haha :p

cewahhh... my melaka muslimah model

i have no idea what's the purpose but it's a nice rest place.. hehe :P

after the long walk, we went home. Nadia had something in store for me the next day.. huhu.. i'm scared :(

19th February 

Despite sleeping in late.. we woke up early. very early! Nadia told me to bring sports shoes and socks.. and some work out clothes and i understood why that morning. We were going to hike Hutan Simpan Tampin. :P sabor je... Nadia was determined to make my weekend a healthy one. hahaha thank you thank you.... 

even though it's not very challenging, for someone who's as fit as a 100 year old po po i complained the entire time hahaha.. Sorry Nadia. so not used to all that hiking.. LOL. my idea of hiking is a 20 meter distance with about 5deg elevation hahahaha... that's almost 45deg elevation and about 10 spans of electricity poles .. that's about 8 meters apart? so it makes it about 80 meters long :( uwaaa.. jahat :( 

view from my camera phone :)

when we finally reached the car, I felt great.. haha mainly because it's over. but also because the view was great, the breeze was cool and it's such a beautiful day.. plus we ran over, i mean i ran over a few cute guys on the way down. hehhe :)

it's so beautiful.. sayang nya too many mosquitos :(

i thought of calling it a day. but nadia had other plans for me. we were to have breakfast nearby. huhu... there goes the pounds we've lost :p

Nadia makan banyak gile hahahhaa

after breakfast... i thought.. yeay can go back and sleep :P alas i was mistaken. hahhaa nadia said she wants to try this new place out. and guess what? it's a hot spring! who the heck goes to a hot spring at 12 noon??? we did :P 

i have to admit.. it's a first for me.. hahah to actually stop and wait for a train. but we were all fooled. no trains. false alarm :(

it's a bright beautiful day!

tau kau panas ek? 

after a while the hot water felt nice on my feet

 we finally got home at about 1++ pm.. after an hour soaking our feet in the hot springs. it was a great day. but we're beat. so we slept.

that night, we went bowling. hahaha.. Nadia had a bowling tournament coming up and so she had to practice hahah.. i tagged.. menyibuk je sebenarnya. i hate bowling. but saje seronok looking at nadia's face each time i had a strike :P

my bowling shoes.. ermm rented

huhu i chipped my nail :(

brand new bowling alley.. 

20th February

it's a sunday so there's a pasar tani in the middle of Alor Gajah town.. we were hungry so we bought a whole lot of things. hahaha.. mainly food. and then we had to go and had our breakfast at nadia's favorite breakfast joint. so the food were left uneaten huhu :(

the roti was nice and soft.. but not enough la.. hahah :P

so i also had nasi lemak satu bungkus :p

after showering.. we headed to Melaka town. we decided to become real tourists. hahaha so our plan was to go to all the tourists attractions and then find the nyonya kebaya and then get a massage. hehe :)

we parked the car near the ferry terminal, and saw the cruise along Melaka River. I thought.. mm.. awesome!! we bought the tickets. Costs us RM10 per person. It's an hour ride with a pre-recorded voice explaining what we're looking at on our way back. i couldn't believe for a second that Melaka actually has its own monorail! hahahaha... but it's too short a distance. perhaps just for show? anyway it was a cool ride. we got to see the morten village, the shops with graffitis ... awesome!

Nadia is happy to play tourist :P

Melaka River Cruise heheehehe

near the ferry terminal there was a huge ship.. something like the pirate of the Caribbean ships .. perhaps only smaller.. it turned out to be the Maritime museum. there's a huge ship and next to it there's a small building with a boat poking out of the walls. heheh kinda cute. but it actually is part of the maritime museum. so with a small fee we can enter those two museums and also the TLDM museum across the street. It's not expensive. perhaps about 6 ringgit? can't remember.

inside the TLDM Museum

part of the ship

at the end of the TLDM Museum tour, we were starved. so we asked the staff there for the suggestions. they told us to go near the taming sari tower where there is a nasi campur joint. it's slightly pricey. but heck the food was goood! we had ikan bakar, daging salai masak lemak.. and ulam.. sedap nye nyum nyum.. just thinking abt the food makes my mouth waters. kekeke.. unfortunately, we were sooo hungry that i forgot to take photos of the food. :p sorry..

after lunch, we stopped for prayers, and then started museum hopping .. damn there were a lot of museums. some of the museums charge a minimum of RM2 per entry. some just let you in for free.. we just went on and on and on. by the time we were done, my legs hurt like hell.. :(

beauty museum. percaya tak?

these trishaws were waiting for customers in front of the museum. 

look at how cute those tiny slippers are :D

the earliest quran i think, at the islamic museum. 

i wanted to take a break with cendol. but the place was full! so Nadia persuaded me to walk some more to see some kebaya nyonya. i told her those shops were closed. she said we should just check to confirm. so we walked a bit more. there was a kebaya nyonya shop still opened. :p i was so tired.. i was sooo not interested in those kebaya. so i lingered outside the shop. lo and behold! there was a reflexology massage shop right across the street. i told nadia I was sooo gonna take that foot massage. it wasn't so expensive. foot massage is about 35 per hour. full body massage is at 40 per hour. at first we only opted for the foot massage. then i got greedy. so i asked for a full body massage as well. nadia soon followed and we left the shop happily after 2 hours of massage. while being massage we flirted with a cute thai. who turns out to be my masseuse's brother. he's cute :P i don't mind dating him. even if he only knows i love you in bahasa. :p

when we left for the car.. we passed by a seafood restaurant. i was so thirsty after the massage i asked nadia to have a drink first before we went home. we ended up having dinner as well. kekekeke :p

we reached home knackered.

21 February 2011

it's monday and i was supposed to drive home that morning. but i was sick. i guess i was really tired from all that walk and massage and my body needed rest. i had fever and was soo dizzy that i decided to stay another day in Melaka. Nadia wanted me to try her favorite masak lemak daging salai joint so she came home and picked me up for lunch. and since it was late.. and she had a meeting to attend, i had to follow her back to the office. not before stopping for some kuihs :p makan je keje hahahaha

i slept while at her office. her office is well equipped. i can't resist LOL

we went home. Nadia told me she's got bowling practice that nite. since i was well rested during the day, i thought maybe another round of bowling wouldn't hurt kekekeke... had a few strikes.. and nadia was pissed. hahahaha :p

gwyneth tu aku la tu kekekeke

muka nadia bengang bila aku strike kekekeke :p

kak sue pun nak strike gak.. :p

ni uncle sebelah lane. cara dia throw bola sangat kiyut. and he's peramah also :D

i was still sick so when we reached Nadia's home i fell asleep immediately.

22 February

Nadia woke up me as i wanted to leave first thing in the morning.. we had breakfast at this nasi lemak place on the way to Nadia's office. what's the name eh? i can't remember. it's right beside the road... and it serves some cute nasi lemaks. there's a variety of malay kuihs and i especially love the popia and also the nescafe. nice :)

i took some actifast and started my journey home before it got too hot. the road was clear so it wasn't that hard to speed :P reached home about two hours later and slept again.

it was a great trip even though i fell sick towards the end of my stay in Melaka. I wish to go again soon.. so i can go back to that thai massage guy and ask him out on a date kekeke :) he really is that cute ok? slurrpp.. :P

i wish i could remember the details of my trip. but ermm... writing about a trip 3 months after coming home does that to you hehehe...

i would like to thank Nadia and friends for being such a great host. sorry i was such a baby sometimes.. i hope you would have me again in Melaka. maybe we should try that night at the museum thing ;)

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