Sunday, October 17, 2004

Family trip to Malacca over the weekend

oh my goodness! I'm just very full now. Just settled down nicely at home and at my com. Yep, my family ((Dad, Mum, Elder bro, sis & yours truly) drove up to Malacca over the weekend. Yes, thank God for my elder bro who drove us up and back all the way. Thank God for my sis who helped with the navigations to the best of her topo skills. Above all, thank God for the wonderful time of family bonding. I think since my uni days, I have not really hanged out with my family. Thank God for this impetuous idea to celebrate my mum's birthday (today) by bringing the whole lot of us to Malacca.

Lotsa of eating definitely. Now my stomach does feel kinda funny with all the different kind of food jumbled inside. Main food trails: Portuguese seafood by the sea, the famous chicken riceballs, chendol (Malacca style) at Tan Kim Hock. Very nice family warm atmosphere as we shared and enjoyed the food together.

Also quite a bit of shopping at Mahkota Parade, Tan Kim Hock and at the shops near the tourist office. My elder bro is the ultimate shopper. Agreed to all assemble at 10pm at the entrance of Mahkota Parade, he was the last to arrive with the most no. of BIG bags. hee Shopaholic New Age Guy. My sister is the ultimate tourist. She managed to persuade us to go the Stadthuys area, where we also visited St. Paul Church, Christ Church, and yes numerous museums (frankly I almost switched off at these). She took pics everywhere, bought countless souvenirs. Hee but it was fun getting good bargains wherever we went. For me, don't really see much to buy, accumulated most of my cash till our 2nd last stop at Tan Kim Hock and stormed the local goodies shop. Can get yummy foodstuff for family, colleagues, friends.. why not? haha yours truly was the biggest spender there. RM 74. ok lah, but my elder bro's reaction was like "huh?!" hee, no wonder they say guys are from Mars; gals, from Venus.

Sigh din bring along digi cam becos of some miscom. Found some pics on the Net. Good substitutes )


Landmark of Malacca - The Stadthuys
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The St Paul Church was kinda dilapidated. A guy was singing "ni wen wo ai ni you duo shen" while playing the guitar to canvass funds from tourists. Posted by Hello


Sultan's palace turned museum. No more museum please .... we gave it a miss. Posted by Hello


The trishaws were much more decorated than this in Town Square. But no thanks, we rather walked. Posted by Hello


Our rooms at Emperor Hotel adly received much complaints from the start. ok next time we go Euatorial or Century Mahkota Posted by Hello

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