Malacca
July 4th, 2006
at first i was going to make you guys guess where i went today after school hours, but then i realized that the post title would give it away. and i have no prize to offer the folks with the right guesses anyway, as y’all have probably already figured out seeing as nobody guesses each time i pose a guessing question!!! >:(
so since you wont guess, i’m just going to say it! i drove to Malacca today with julian! (okay obviously he was the one driving and not me. i think i’m not even capable of driving to the 7-11 down the street, let alone to another state). we went there for no particular reason - but just to hang out somewhere special, and because conversations in cars are precious :)
had lotsa fun if you exclude losing a bet (i bet with julian that Mahkota Parade wouldnt have cufflinks, was very wrong) and finding out that a lot of food places were closed when we arrived there around 2pm. no idea why that was, but the first place we hit was this little coffeeshop that had a huge sign saying PEANUT BUTTER BANANA SANDWICHES! and so we went to try it because there is just something about the marriage of the words ‘peanut butter’ and ‘banana’ that is so heartbreakingly beautiful!
t’was okay. i didnt really like it cos it was super salty and the bananas were bland. after that, we went to look for the famous (or as Theo puts it, MAINSTREAM!) Malaccan dish of chicken rice balls! the place Theo and my cousin recommended was - surprise surprise - closed, so we ended up at this cutesy little establishment at the end of Jonker’s Street. the place was so pretty, all red and traditional-looking, almost like a temple courtyard. good chicken rice balls too :) not excellent, but good enough.
we walked around the city streets for a bit after that - taking pictures, checking out the quaint Malaccan shops, and just having a really nice time :)
gorgeous Malaccan heritage shoplots
Malacca has really peaceful and idyllic streets, even in the middle of the city!
posing around Malacca
pretty clogs!
in the Orangutan Tshirt shop - i bought one that says ‘I Heart Chicken Rice’, julian got the ‘Play Safe - Buy Malaysian Rubber’ one
Malaccan graffiti by someone who comes from Sungai Besi in KL, hahaha (says so on the squirrel’s blue shirts)
we stopped for cendol at this cafe that sells the most yummy looking tarts in the whole wide world!!! i ended up buying home like, damn a lot of tarts. durian, blueberry, mocha, chocolate, peppermint, peach, banana and orange - they’re all in my refridgerator right now. :D i am so happy. nothing makes me happier than cutesy looking pastries! oh also had their Portuguese egg tart with the cendol - i just thought it’d be very funny to have something Portuguese in Malacca :D heeheehee.
the Christ Church area
the watchtower at the top of the AFamosa hill
had reaaaaaally good orange ice cream after that, and then a (quite bad) satay celup dinner before speeding over to Mahkota Parade to get julian’s cufflinks. my pessimism was at its peak - i kept trying to tell him there’s no way we can find cufflinks there, at 9pm no less. but we found cufflinks :( sometimes i think my pessimism is so out of line. then we had more ice cream. then we drove back and had more precious car conversation time.
and now i’m home :)
i think this whole roadtrip thing should be done more often! FUN!
30 Comments Add your own
1. ArtificiallyVerbose | July 4th, 2006 at 3:38 am
who paid for petrol?
2. lishun | July 4th, 2006 at 6:34 am
wait. the orangutan shop fellers let you take a picture inside the freaking shop?! they didn’t let me do that! =(
3. Jon | July 4th, 2006 at 9:38 am
Ah! Almost makes me wanna tour Malacca again. I’ve never actually seen most of the sights of Malacca… only here and there.
4. foreverjas | July 4th, 2006 at 10:41 am
wow. so fun!!! i wanna go!!! too bad.i’m in penang..hehex. i wan the cendol!!!
5. sieutheng | July 4th, 2006 at 11:36 am
ahhh…malacca..so sick of it!
6. sieutheng | July 4th, 2006 at 11:40 am
the orang utan shop was where i bought the shirt for darren! :D
the peanut butter banana thing looks nice…did u try the durian cendol at the mini museum shop? not really that nice la..but the shop is cool.
7. suki | July 4th, 2006 at 1:40 pm
looks like an amazing roadtrip ! :) great photos.
8. michelleg | July 4th, 2006 at 2:25 pm
yeay, malacca! where did u eat those satay celup? hmm, my own hometown but still i have not seen tht graffiti b4. haha…
9. MichelleSY | July 4th, 2006 at 2:28 pm
Great roadtrip - nothing beats an impulsive dash away to your place-of-choice/ little hideaway.
But wasn’t the peanut butter and banana sandwich yummy? It LOOKED yummy :( Sigh the deception of appearances yadda yadda hey?
Cheers!
10. inez | July 4th, 2006 at 2:56 pm
No wonder you were not in class! =p
11. vvens | July 4th, 2006 at 3:03 pm
their graffiti is so cute!!
why dint you visit tan kim hock! durian dodol! hahaha.
12. pinkpau | July 4th, 2006 at 3:34 pm
artificially : not me.. *ashamed*
lishun : yeah they were very nice! we took lots of pictures actually @_@
jon : let’s goooo!
foreverjas : it was yummy! a bit too sweet for me tho :) hehe nvm la, penang also so many nice food.
sieutheng : haha yeah i know, julian bought the same shirt. omg durian cendol, that sounds way nice.. :( didnt try!
suki : wasnt feeling particularly camwhorey so there werent a lot of pics :P
michelleg : we ate at this place called McQueks! not good :( we chose that place cos i thought thats where my friend recommended, but turns out it was a miscommunication.
michellesy : nope it wasnt good! the butter they used on the bread was salted butter, so it was REALLY salty
inez :ack noooo dont misunderstand :P i overslept actually - we were supposed to go after my classes. but then i procrastinated on the Little prince homework and ended up sleeping at 6am and then not waking up .. :(
vvens : ya hor!! :(
13. Jon | July 4th, 2006 at 4:38 pm
I can’t :(! I probably won’t be back in Malaysia for the next year or so. I’m studying in Australia atm, *lansi on* doing actuarial science at the age of 17 *lansi off*. ^^
14. Cla | July 4th, 2006 at 5:50 pm
I love your pictures alot. Can I know what mdl is it???
do u have ur license yet? =d
15. jlwk | July 4th, 2006 at 7:42 pm
u make me hungry by talkin bout da FOOD…anyway i saw you on da 1st of july in ssg (dat food fiesta thingi) ..you’l were wearing a green shirt n black skirt right…? and i saw tong kezane also….
16. samantha | July 4th, 2006 at 8:34 pm
hey su ann! i’m the girl in yellow shirt with her mom tagging along(urgh lol) who went for the audition the other day! U knw for the host kid’s art programme thingy.The world is so small.It’s great to see u here =) so wut’s up? oh btw,great blog.
17. arthur | July 5th, 2006 at 12:13 am
Why is it u always go into such detail when ur talking about food??? makes me salivate….hehe….nice pictures….pity we didn’t haf time to catch up at Cheer 2006…..so do u even drive at all now???
18. entwined | July 5th, 2006 at 12:14 am
yeah malacca is beautifully quaint :) i plan to go there with my bf sometime too. but it’s so damn hotttttttt there :/
did you try the famous cendol shop? i read the review on xes.cx and i was drooling at the pics. the cendol is the main motivating factor for planning the malcca trip. :P
glad you had a great time :)
19. andrew | July 5th, 2006 at 12:21 am
:)
20. Adrian C | July 5th, 2006 at 12:36 am
lovely pictures. colours so rich and vibrant!
21. Lalita | July 5th, 2006 at 4:58 am
Hi Su Ann! After dropping off the planet for a month, I finally have a chance to read your blog. Wah! What a busy girl. Going to college now and got in the papers for your blog! Well done you!
I don’t know if I mentioned it, but we had our holiday and came back to England and back to reality as well! Life goes on … as it always does. Anyway, take care and catch you later.
22. ront | July 5th, 2006 at 2:09 pm
looking for cufflinks?
those in M&S are quite nice….and also those you find in that kiosk in 1U’s new wing that sells silver stuffs…cant quite remember what’s it called. the singaporean chain stores. Raoul’s cufflinks are nice too….and to splash more dough..then it’d be those you find at the Mont Blanc, Dunhill, etc booths in those dept stores…think those are a bit too much.
23. ront | July 5th, 2006 at 2:15 pm
heck…posted the above before i finish reading the whole thing…….only at the end of the posts read that you guys found your stuff.
24. pinkpau | July 5th, 2006 at 2:25 pm
jon : haha omg you’re so lansi!!!!
cla : wow thanks :D i try. and it’s a canon ixus 500. nope no driver’s license.
jlwk : hehe food is good. and yup that was me :)
samantha : OMG HI?! wow how in the world did you find my blog?! we never even like exchanged names or anything! i’m doing good, what about you? am totally loving your poetry btw :) and yes what a really really small world….
arthur : yalar why you gotta run off so early huh! cant even take 2 seconds off to come say hi to me :( and nope still not driving. hehe.
entwined : there is a famous cendol shop?? noooo :( missed it. where, where?! i’ll do malacca part 2 or something, cos i’m just finding out that we missed a lot of really good places! and yeah it was sweltering ..
andrew : :D
adrian c : thanks! malacca is a beautiful place :)
lalita : oh the papers thing was such a fluke @_@ college is great so far! and yup you left a comment the other day saying that you’re back from england and that u had a really good time :) i’m glad!
ront : haha we were at melaka, my friend! where got all these places wan. and yeah Raoul was what julian wanted, but Mahkota Parade doesnt have Raoul :P you’re right though, Dunhill does have gorgeous cufflinks - i got my dad a pair for his birthday two years ago.
25. Kelvin | July 5th, 2006 at 2:29 pm
Ah my hometown… I was there when they were painting that wall graffiti…
See them in action
http://www.pbase.com/kelvinphoto/image/54023392
http://www.pbase.com/kelvinphoto/image/54023393
http://www.pbase.com/kelvinphoto/image/54023394
26. JoeK | July 5th, 2006 at 7:46 pm
The photos you took are of fantastic quality. Now excuse me while I go to Malacca to get myself a bowl of that cendol.
27. ch | July 6th, 2006 at 12:20 am
u take nice photos. beautiful melacca is made even more beautiful now.. special training?
28. pinkpau | July 6th, 2006 at 1:36 am
kelvin : oooh nice!! :D do you know the people who did the graffiti?
joek : hey thanks :D and make sure you eat all the other food i missed, to go with that cendol..!!
ch : thank you, such sweet words :) and no, no training.. just a girl and her annoying penchance for taking pics.
29. Kelvin | July 6th, 2006 at 9:53 am
pinkpau, no dunno them. just bumped into them as i was doing my regular photographic walkabout
30. tramadol hcl&hellip | April 9th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
tramadol hcl…
news…
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