11 of July 2008My sis and i went to stay over at my dads in the evening around 9pm plus.
12 of July 2008
We(My dad, my sis, Vicky, Sherman and i) woke up around 5.30am. Freshened up and got dressed. Then we drove down to the Woodlands check point but it was effing crowded. So we had breakfast...somewhere in woodlands and then we drove down to the tuas checkpoint instead. It was faster but more expensive. Then...woahhhh the road trip was uber long! 2 and a 1/2 hours to get to Melacca!!! Bleahh...
We checked into our hotel(Bay View) around 2plus. Hahaha! Our hotel view was facing the cemetry. OMG! And after leaving our bags in the hotel, we took a taxi to this portugese place to have portugese food for lunch. After that, we walked out to the main road. On the way my dad and i bought durians from this man who was selling it outside his house. And when we reached the main road, my dad crossed over to buy goreng pisang. After which, we took a bus to this shopping centre. Cant remember the name though. We bought some kropos there. And then we took a taxi to another shopping centre. When we got down, the taxi man drove off with our kropo cause we left it in the boot. WALAU! My dad was upset cause the goreng pisang was in the boot too. HAHAHA.
Woahhh! Shopping there was like paradise! A lot of nice clothes and they were cheap too! I didnt buy anything thought. Couldnt really shop with Sherman. Hmm then we walked all the way back to our hotel. On the way, we stopped at this few shops and bought kropos. When we got back to the hotel, we all took turns to take a shower and rested.
We headed out around 9pm plus again. We went to Jonker Street. Its like a permanent pasar malam. We ate chendol there. Wahh the shop was uber coka cola antic! The man has been collecting all the various types of coka cola bottles and cans since more than 30 or 40 years ago! And the chendol was good!
I noticed...that the people there can afford to just take their time and do things. Theres like no need to hurry at all as compared to Singapore. In Singapore, you always always always have got something to do. Whereas in Melacca, you can just sit down for hours and not have the need to worry. Their pace of life is really slow and easy. Very very relaxed.
Then we walked through t
he jonker street. They had a lot of neat stuff - cool face masks, nice bags, interesting key chains, the frog like thingy that can make the frog sound etc. We then went into this shop and had dinner. I had their chicken rice. It was okay luh. My dads nonya laksa was way better. After which, we exited the Jonker Street and went back to the hotel. By then it was already 11.30pm plus. When we got back, we all slept. There wasnt enough space on the be
d. So i slept on the couch and my sis made herself comfortable on the floor. Haha.
he jonker street. They had a lot of neat stuff - cool face masks, nice bags, interesting key chains, the frog like thingy that can make the frog sound etc. We then went into this shop and had dinner. I had their chicken rice. It was okay luh. My dads nonya laksa was way better. After which, we exited the Jonker Street and went back to the hotel. By then it was already 11.30pm plus. When we got back, we all slept. There wasnt enough space on the be
d. So i slept on the couch and my sis made herself comfortable on the floor. Haha.13 of July 2008
We woke up around 8am plus. Okay i woke up cause my dad jumped on me. Haha. Then we freshened up. While my sis was taking a shower, i got back to the bed and layed down. And then my dad and i wrestled with each other. Haha. Errr then we went to this indian restaurant to have breakfast. Their prata there is damn nice luh! It tastes so different from the Singapore one.
Mmmm then we took the car and went to the first shopping centre we went to to buy back the kropos we lost in the taxi. Then we shared a waffle at A&W. Yummy! After which, we drove back to Singapore. On the way, we stopped for a break from all the driving and ate again. LOL. I tried their ramly burger. I dont see what the fuss is about. Both the ramly burgers, Singapores and Malaysias tasted the same. Hmm and then it took us another 2 and a 1/2 hours to reach Singapore. Woahh the trip was seriously long. When we got back, my dad sent us home first.
We basically went to Melacca to eat. And although i liked the pace of life there, i still missed a lot of things in Singapore like my friends, the cleanliness, the not sooo hot sun, my comfy bed and most importantly my lap top! =)