KL- Malacca. =D

11122008
It started with me asking yih yin and yin yin whether they wanna join me for my trip to KL to settle some stuffs in IMU and to see a friend... : )
i wasn't actually expecting a yes... but to my surprised they agreed... so...
the 3 of us headed down to KL and the girls went shopping at midvalley while i stayed back and settled my stuffs...
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the next day... we conquered Bukit Bintang... XD
LOL... girls and shopping... they always come together right? what more there's SALES... XD
so from Sg. Wang to Pavillion and then to Times Square.. we shopped till we drop...

Christmas Deco at Sg. Wang..

" The Day The Earth stood Still " at Pavillion cause we could walk no more... I like the movie... but... i don't like the ending.. to me, the ending... terlalu chin chai la... =.=

Times Square... I sudah teramat tired... I just sat down stoning while they shopped...

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The 3 of us headed to Petaling Street to meet up with the others who have traveled from Penang.. : )

And together we took a bus to PJ... Lx's place... : )

A simple dinner of tong shui and mamak... they have a wide variety of tong shui... and kononnya... its famous... i didn't try though...

then we headed to 1 utama...

they had this special christmas deco with the theme of "Alice in Wonderland"..

its the nicest one that i've seen so far... : )

White Christmas.

The view from top.

That is suppose to be part of a maze.

I like the way they line the path with "cards".. BIG cards... XD

14122008

We're on our way to Malacca. =D

Arrived in Malacca two hours later and took a cab to the hotel... cabs in malacca are rather pricey... considering that the distance is pretty short...

Anyway... the hotel that was recommended by a local, which is my brother's friend... turn out to be too far from all the tourist spots.. =.=

so... we with our "scouting" semangat... lol.. decided to walk to Jonkers Street from Jalan Gajah Behrang... which is a 20-30 minutes walk...

Last semester... we strolled the streets of Penang;

This semester... we strolled the streets of Malacca.

Navigating with the map.

Shopping for souvenirs at Jonkers Street. XD

Lunch was at this coffee shop at Jonkers Street. The tables of this coffee shop are special.. Look closer... they are made of sewing machines...

Lunch: The Nyonya Laksa with lotsa santan and the Cendol.

It was drizzling outside.. so we headed into the museum (Stadthuys Complex) .. NO.. i should say... museumS.. cause you pay once and you can enter all five museums... which are interconnected... it's SO SO SO big...

The museumS... have a lot to offer.. ranging from weapons to means of transport to literature to a replica of the inside of the Yang Dipertua's Mansion to the route to independence.

A view of Malacca from the top of the museum.

LOL.. I'm just TOO tired to move another inch... I decided to become part of the museum. XD

This canggih mirror is found inside the DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT MUSEUM.

St. Paul's Church.

It was after the rain and there was a cool breeze. They played and sang song after song.. And I just enjoyed the whole atmosphere. Reminds me of campfires. XD

A view from the top of St. Paul's Hill. The tower at the back is the observatory tower of Malacca.

The famous chicken rice ball for dinner. To be honest... I don't like the rice ball... it tastes more like kuih than rice... hehe... XD

Walking back to the hotel.. I'm damn tired.. i think the last time i felt so was during IMU cup training... LOL

Malacca at night.. I don't know why.. but the buildings on this street seem to share one common thing... they all have lights framing the front of the building..

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Since the hotel we were staying in was so far from where we wanted to visit..

we decided to switch to another hotel which is situated next to Jonkers Street near to the Quayside...

It's one of the old houses converted into a hotel... cosy it is... : )

Nasi lemak rendang for breakfast. It's cheap.

p/s : joni, they give you one whole egg for one plate of nasi lemak. XD

Christ Church and the Queen Victoria's Fountain.

You can see trishaws like this everywhere near the tourist spots.. rm40 per ride around some tourist spots with a local guide introducing you to the popular sites.

Porta de Santiago. The gate of the A Famosa (it means the famous in Portuguese) fortress.

The Maritime Museum. Built in the shape of a huge ship, a replica of "Flor de La Mar", a Portuguese ship that sank off the coast of Malacca. Situated at the Quayside and overlooking the mouth of the Malacca River.

TLDM Museum. Losta cool gadgets. You only need to pay once for both the Maritime Museum and the TLDM Museum. And it's worth every penny of it... only rm3.00 and you get to see a whole damn lot... wakalukong... ranging from aircrafts, submarines to all kinds of marine uniform.

A view at the Quayside. That's the Eye on Malaysia.

After shopping for more stuffs to bring home... we posed for a photo in front of this water mill... the sign says that its " Kincir Air Kesultanan Melayu Melaka ".

One last stop for the day. We walked all the way from Bandar Hilir to Bukit Cina to look at this well.. LOL.. The Hang Li Poh well.. it seems that the water in the well has been poisoned for a few times during the war. and the water from this area has a higher surface tension cause of the minerals present in the water.. as explained by the guide... that's why it forms a rounded surface if the cup is filled to the brim.

We ended the day by walking to the jetty and treated ourselves to a session of karaoke until midnight. : )

16122008

Time to say bah bye to Malacca.

After a light breakfast, we boarded a bus to Malacca Central.

and... it only cost us rm1 each... when the cab actually cost us rm12 for one cab... @#$%$@@%

It was way too early when we reached Malacca Central. So while waiting for the bus back to KL.. we started calculating our expenses.. and i spent rm200 for my 3 days in Malacca with shopping, food, accomodation, transport and COFFEEBEAN included... XD

Upon reaching kl.. we spent the night in PJ.

17122008

Heading home... back to Penang.

All in all.. i would say that this trip is a fun one...

and thanks to Lx and Cs.. for being the host in PJ... : )

thanks to Lx's housemates for letting us stay at their place..

thanks to my besties for being there to calm me down when things didn't turn out right...

Lx and yih yin... thank you for your words... : )

thanks to everyone who made this trip possible... even my parents and cedric... : )

-1 Ling-