Semester Ends

HELLO! I’m back at KL now. In fact I’ve been home since Monday but for the past few days I was busy enjoying myself with some of my coursemates who were hanging around in KL. It is a part of our so-called road trip plan where we stop by at every place we could while traveling back from UTM to the north

On last Saturday morning, San, Han Chee and Liang departed from the campus, following Wei Chin to Segamat where they spent a night there. I didn’t follow cuz I had to fetch my aunt to Malacca for a relative's wedding dinner on that night itself. My family was also down in Malacca to attend the dinner.

The Eye of Malaysia is now in Malacca

Then on Sunday noon, the three of them arrived Malacca from Segamat and we met up in Maktoka Parade. Tiong arrived later at night and we had dinner together with San’s friend, Li Jun in Melaka Raya.

Menara Taming Sari between the shops

The following day was where our jalan-jalan began. We started off from Jonker Street and along the way stopped by some of the shops and stalls before heading to the famous red-coloured Stadhuys building.

PICTURES!!!

San posing with this famous wooden doll in Jonker

Outside a Malay mosque

Like some building in the Mediterranean

In one of the mosque

Peeping Liang

Very detailed shophouses made of clay

A quick shot

We came to a teahouse for a short rest. The owner recommended us a tea which can help to detoxify our body. RM20 for a pot. He then showed us the proper on how to prepare a tea. There are skills for that too you know.

MORE PICTURES!!!

An abandon building with very old but nice wall

At the riverside

San finally could jumped =p

Weee~

Bunch of nerdy people

Haha. Sometimes, some things need to forced one.

Lastly, a panorama shot of the Stadhuys.

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Guess what, we also bumped into one of our pretty junior from China. =)

That's all for the Malacca stop. Next day coming up…

*some photo credits to Tiong*

Mid Sem Break

I am back at KL for a week. I brought home some studio work to do but don’t think I can do much. I feel like resting and do nothing for the few coming days. These things hardly I can do in uni nowadays.

Two days ago before coming back to KL, I went to Malacca as my family was there. I took a 3.30pm bus (which came 45 minutes later) from Johor and reached Malacca Sentral by 6.15pm. My cousin and his girlfriend picked me up at the bus terminal and we went to look for my coursemates Han Chee and Chiou Yann. They reached Malacca earlier cuz they took the morning bus and they checked in a hotel called Baba House which was just opposite Hotel Puri. RM96 for a room with air-con and attached bathroom. Not too bad.

The place they stayed

I never really entered a heritage house in Malacca before. The first moment I entered this shophouse-convert-hotel towards their room, the place was amazingly long. There are more than one courtyard in the middle of the house and it has feeeel. If my cousin wasn’t there to pick me up, I might be sharing the room with the two of them.

Haha. Joking. This IS Baba House

After visiting their room, we were ready to explore around the area. Since the hotel is just located next to Jonker Walk, there was the first place we went. Many stalls were already being set up and later at night it was going to be a lot of people and tourist there.

 Welcome to Jonker

We came across this small little alley which brought us to a teahouse on the other side. There were some displays, mostly artifacts and also a GIRAFFE! According to the owner, good luck will come when we touch the tall giraffe and so we molested the animal for non-stop.

Inside the small alleyway

Coming to the teahouse

Poser

I like this shot the most. The view from the above

The all of us

We were also being served desserts for free. Hehe. The place provides a comfy and quiet environment for those who enjoy the art of tea.

Red bean+coconut milk+rice...

Then we continued walking to the new attraction in town – the revolving tower. They named it Menara Taming Sari which is the name of the keris tha Hang Tuah used. But I don’t see any connection between the tower and the keris.

On the way from Jonker to the revolving tower which is nearby to Maktoka Parade:

Malacca famous landmark

Trying to capture jump shot, but failed

Cute pose by lil kid

The ship museum

AT LAST, the Menara Taming Sari

The student price for the ticket is RM10 per pax. Before, I was thinking why they wana built such tower in Malacca as they are nothing much to see from the top. I was wrong. The view was simply breathtaking. Better than looking Malacca town in Google Earth. The sea, the lights, the hills, old and new buildings, and the ant-sized human. It would have been better if they could slow down the spin. The 7 minutes ride journey is a little too short for me.

Entering the tower

Inside the capsule

Going up

Night view of the historical town

Dataran Pahlawan

 It's 'menara' everywhere

After the ride, we took some photos from below and it wasn’t easy to snap the whole tower. We had to wait for the suitable time to capture a nice photo. That’s when my camera tripod came in good use.

Setting up the camera

One of the multiple shots

It was already 9.30pm and our stomachs were starting to have concerts. We headed back to Jonker Walk to search for food and to buy some stuff. We also met Jenny and Joseph there. As usual, Jenny bought herself some ‘not three not four’ stuff. You know, stuff like fake cockroach and worms. And I bought a pair of magnetic earrings for RM10.

Getting more people at Jonker

My roots

Sing Ning must be very excited to see this!

Saw one lenglui

And also one leng jai

That’s all for Jonker, people.

Yumyum~

Cuz it's time for my dinner. Ciao...