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Monday, September 12, 2005

gosh the wasabe is abit too much!!

gerard at the sushi restaurant..

ben's eyeing the sweets

Uncle John

Seriously looks like it's gonna break right?

No 1 racer... initial D style

I seriously think their heads look weird with the helmet on

aft this photo, we weren't standin still anymore... pushed him all the way

the shark - our fren, ben's enemy

at the pasa malam

our drinks

slackin at the bar

just after JUSCO

our hotel room

who's the shortest?

this is a serious random pic haha

That's claire, the dancer.... kinda drank abit

Chendol to a malaysian is like chicken rice to a singaporean!

jus lazing around at the bar

it got him!

buddies for life man!

alright ppl i jus came back today... boy am i tired... but then again, it could be cuz i'm sick tt's y i'm tired *shrugs* who cares?? haha i had a ball of a time in malacca.. It was basically alot of shopping and eating for me... YES eating... i think i've gained bout 5kg over the weekend? *nods* i gotta exercise soon man.. this ain't good... k well i'll give a more detailed version of my holidays for you ppl..

Let's see... on thurs, I went to school with my "luggage" and set for my test.. (which seriously i don't think i'll do very well) then gerard's dad came n picked me up from school... Ben was alreadi in the car so like we went straight to the highway from there... We reached JB relatively fast.. traffic was smooth and all of us were in high spirits.. Oh and the checkpoint lady didn't quite believe that i was the same guy as in my photo in my passport cuz they seriously look different and i would not like to elaborate. So when we reached JB the frequency for 98.7 got a little fuzzy and Gerard turned off the radio... Then we went to this Hakka food coffeeshop which according to Gerard's dad was quite popular... as soon as the food came i could taste why... it was delicious! We had a plate of pork cutlet, a bowl of bittergourd soup, a plate of fried eggplant and a bowl of pig's trotters.... (YUM)... Uncle sure knew where the good food was... So like we ate till our bellies were full before embarking on the long ride to Malacca... The drive there was pretty boring.. there was no radio and all so my only form of entertainment was to disturb Gerard who was sitting infront of me... kept playing with his hair till he got quite irritated haha... Drifted off to sleep after awhile and when i woke up we were reaching already.. Upon reaching Malacca, Uncle John drove around for awhile and he caught sight of a "by the road" food fair... (i seriously dunno what you call those things but tt's wad i call it) we walked through the whole fair... Uncle John bought this soft koropok thingys which was quite nice and Gerard, Ben and I bought a RAmly burger each... those things are tasty stuff! We ate in the car on the way to the hotel.. which was called the equatorial (i think i spelled it right?) Our room was on the 15th floor... and you could smoke anywhere u liked except the lift... but of course with Uncle John around we refrained from doing so....... excessively.. haha so anyways we slacked in our room and took a tour around the place till dinner time... when Uncle John suggested we eat beef soup with rice... I wished i had taken a picture of the beef soup... Alright, see... this beef soup stall's only ppopular with the locals.. tourist will rarely find it cuz it's like in some slumish part of Malacca.. but good food somehow never escapes Uncle John haha I mean you'd never know the food was good if u merely drove past it and gave it just a little glance.. The claypot in which the soup and beef was held in was BIG.. really big and the amount of beef they gave was really generous.. One of my favourite dishes this trip... *longing for more* so anyways... that was really filling and what do you do when u feel really full? You must walk around!!! haha so we did just that at a shopping mall called JUSCO... i bought a couple of cool t shirts there.. i was eyeing a jacket too... but decided that if i really liked it, I would come back another time to get it. Took a couple of what kath would call random shots? haha... Uncle John then bought some oyster omelette for supper.. the way the fella fried the omelette was scary i mean the amount of oil he poured on the thing was kinda shocking... But oh well i'm not complaining cuz it was delicious. We came back to the hotel room and walloped the oyster omelette before freshening up abit and heading to the bar... Alright here's were it starts getting interesting.. see there was this group perfoming on "stage" more like jus a raised platform? haha oh well... and though they couldn't sing for nuts... one of the gals dancing could shell a nut jus by smiling at it.. nah... not really but she's pretty la.. k. So like my hair was down and i was wearing shorts... (Yes, In a BAR).. n i was watchin Gerard n Ben play pool while keepin a close watch on her too... when i left for the room, she sorta gave me an impish grin... heh... So that was the first day... slept rather late too... watchin channel 5.. yes they were showin it in Malacca...

Day 2- Uncle John tried to rouse us from our slp but to no avail so he went out for awhile before coming back up and guess what? we were all still soundly asleep... Dunno how but i managed to wake up first and get ready before the rest did... When we finally were ready, Uncle John brought us to this Teo Chew Porridge coffeeshop... he said it was supposedly good.. So i was rather enthusiastic bout eating it... but it was not really great la... nothing too spectacular... I mean it was nice but not like the beef soup get it? haha.. then we went to a sweet shop to buy some sweets? haha... yea ben n i bought a load of bubble gum (which is still with me if it interest any of you..) Thereafter, we went to this shopping mall called Mahkota? haha yea n i bought a couple of t shirts again from body glove... i saw a picture of a man crucified on the cross.. wanted to buy it but then ppl would have thought i'm some occultist or smth.. cuz tt man didn't look anything like jesus.. then we were back to the hotel room again... Uncle John went to buy wanton noodles for us... and when he came back... somehow, we were all still hungry again and the wanton noodles didn't last long in the room... We took a "short" nap before Gerard and Ben went Go karting... well i've had a bad exp when i was younger and I didn't wanna risk it happening again so I jus watched them whiz around in those go kart things that looked like it was gonna break apart at the slightest touch... as to who won the race, it's not certain as of yet.. Ben says he won and Gerard says he won.. personally i feel Gerard won... cuz he got to the end on his go kart and Ben crashed at the ending point.. so yea.. you ppl be the judge. They had their fun and Uncle John suggested that we go to this other place that sells the best beef kway teow... Sure enough he was 100% right... it was excellent.. Uncle John even ordered a couple more dishes like sweet and sour pork, a plate of sambal sotong, egg omelette and for health, a plate of xiao bai cai... n this was only the 2nd day mind you... After dinner, we went to this Pasa Malam which was quite cool... jus looked around and ate a bowl of ice kachang haha while the rest had chendol... we spent quite awhile there... Then we came back to the hotel and refreshed ourselves once again before heading down the bar... this time i was in jeans and my hair was up... *nods* and we sat relatively near the dancers... she gave us occasional smiles and I found myself giving the doppy kinda smile back.. sheesh... so anyways when the dancers had a break, she came to our table whether u believe it or not and shook our hands... before goin to the toilet. Then, when she came back, she continued singin once again till she had another break where she came to our table once again.. this time i offered her a chair... and she sat down and introduced herself to us... her name was claire and she was working at the hotel till the end of sept... she's catholic too... *nods with approval* so anyways... we took pictures with her.... and drank beer with contented hearts... we left when the bar closed.. we were there for quite awhile but it felt rather short to me... *shrugs* so anyways... nth much happened aft that.... jus slept well... Very well.... *grinz*

Day 3- Well not a very nice day for me... it was nice at the start but it gradually became worst... ok so anyways... we had to leave the hotel cuz Uncle John made plans with his buddies to stay at another hotel out of town... that meant that I couldn't go to the bar anymore... *sighs* ok nvm.. before leaving, we had the buffet breakfast that was downstairs... and i ate till i wanted to puke.. sheesh... aft that, we packed our things and left the hotel... bye bye claire! oh and she's 22 only... i forgot to mention that... We went to another hotel called rivera... i stayed in this one before.. The last time i came with gerard and his dad... our room was on the 13th floor and it had a nice view of the pool... (this is when the camera had no batt so like i didn't take photos from this day on).... The nicest thing bout the room was that it had ESPN... so that means we could watch soccer in our room... Having adapted to our room, Uncle John brought us to this shoppin mall called TESCO... which is really huge!! I was looking around and a couple pairs of jeans caught my fancy and I ended up buying them too... haha... We had sushi for lunch... this time it was suggested by gerard haha... not his dad... ate till we were full once again and went back to the hotel.... We watched the ending part of Face Off on Star Movies and half of Vertical Limit before we had to go to church... K u noe, i don't mind going for mass but this was abit too much... the churh was located on a hill and that hill happened to be a cemetry and there were mosquitoes everywhere... and it was packed with ppl... AND the mass was in TAMIL... like i understood it la! sheesh.. I mean some parts were in english but Gerard, BEn and I ended up playing like those little kids who couldn't keep still.. i think we kinda pissed the dad off.. haha we were playin catching and alot of other nonsense... it was too hot to sleep either so that was our only hope of survival... heh... Then we had dinner with Uncle John's buddies and their families.. they are one bunch of ppl who really enjoy their food too... I wasn't really full cuz the food was gone veri fast... we ate at this Nonya Restaurant... there was this huge sambal fish, egg omlette again, Potato leaves, Soya Sauce Tofu (not really nice so it wasn't wiped clean) and chicken curry.... I ate what i could... and prayed we would have more food later.... My prayers were definitely answered as the man utd game was on and we wanted to go to the room to watch it.. so Uncle John went out with his buddies but not before one of his buddies came over and gave us a bag of tutukueh! It was great stuff! I can't say the same thing bout the game... Man Utd drew 1-1 with Man City.. Urgh.... but Van Der Sa did save a spectacular shot by Andy Cole.. aft that we watched the mummy on star movies and i slept on the couch....

Day 4- which is today.... we really woke up late... no amount of calling from gerard's dad could wake us up... Ben was the first to go and get ready... I was still feeling sleepy so went back to slp... When i was really awake, I dragged myself to the toilet and woke myself up properly with cold water and all... we were leaving and we needed to check out... So Uncle was in kind of a rush.. Then for lunch we went to this beef kway teow soup stall... *shouts* ITS GREAT I SWEAR! the soup was fantastic.... i mean i can't explain it but it was jus great.... haha... then we went back to JUSCO cuz I bought the jacket! haha... yea it's a greyish reebok one.... liked it... yea so anyways after buying some tit bits and all for the car ride we made our journey back to S'pore... I fell asleep rather quickly but not before disturbin Gerard... haha... When i woke up we were in this weird area which i still dunno how to pronounce.. haha well we just ate there... so it doesn't really matter... we ate some hokkien noodles with lotsa garlic... kai lan, otah omelette and fishball soup.. I drank lotsa water.. cuz i was somehow feeling kinda sick suddenly.. in the car i ate the nachos that i bought at JUSCO and stayed awake all the way to S'pore... came home with a rather light wallet but a heavier bag... heh...

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