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{ Saturday, December 26, 2009 } 3:33 AM
My Makan-Kaki Trip Part 2
Last time... I stopped at the part where I saw the 3 patches of reddish-brown stuff on the ceiling, right? Hmm. I woke up early (without my mum's help) and the room was super cold. I had a hard time waking my sisters up and I couldn't wait to enjoy the hotel's breakfast downstairs.
I expected a spread for breakfast and boy, that came true. Haha. There are cooks who ask you if you want a sunny-side-up or omelette. I had both. Haha. My mum loved the omelette. Me too. There were lots of stuff that you can have for breakfast - buffet style! I had some of almost everything. My sisters were the most delighted for being able to choose what they want for breakfast. I mean, we had almost the same stuff for as long as we lived. Now, a breakfast spread when you can choose what you want without having to think about what to have and to do the dishes was simply a luxury to me too. I now understand the pleasure of bringing your loved ones to places where you enjoyed going to and doing things you enjoyed doing. Especially when they enjoy it as much as you did too. One sad thing was that there was no streaky pork bacon. Only turkey bacon. And turkey never ever tastes like pork. But Malaysia is an Islamic country, so we can only respect that.
Anyway, we have some time left to before assembling at the lobby after breakfast, so we went back to our rooms. I decided to put on the purple nail polish we bought yesterday because my mum commented that my shoes would look nicer on my feet if I had nail polish on. Indeed, my toes looked prettier! Haha. Whilst paining my nails, my mum came into the room. She painted her nails too. Haha. Just then, she saw the 3 reddish-brown patches and started getting a bit nervous. I told her I never thought much of it, and that it probably was dirt... But of course, she thought it was blood. I have thought of the patches as blood before, but I didn't want to scare myself, so I dismissed that thought. The more my mum talked about it, the more goosebumps I got. We finally decided not to think too much about it since nothing disturbed me and my sisters the night before and we're checking out anyway.
The beautiful porcelain carved statue at Prince Hotel. It's got really intricate details. It doesn't look nice here because of the christmas lights and ceiling lights, lol.
We had time to spare, so we took some pictures.
Throughout the trip, we went to several local produce shops and my mum bought her all time favourite, the chicken biscuits (geh zai biang). There was even Tongkat Ali for sale. LOL! Ah Hong revealed that this local produce shop was owned by the boss of 5 Star Travel Agency. Ha. Smart boss.
Yes, this is one of the local products shop we went to, and this is the one that's owned by the boss of Five Stars Travel Agency.
I think now will be the first time I'm gonna talk about a pair of siblings who was on the same tour as me. The first day me and my mum saw them, we even thought they were lovers! They are actually an elder brother and younger sister pair. But you would have gotten the wrong signals too if you see them hugging each other and locking their arms in public. They stayed together almost every minute of the day. Research showed that humans are good at guessing relationships between a male and a female. That humans are almost never wrong and a conclusion can be made within 10 seconds. My mum and I observed for soooooooo long, and we couldn't figure it out. They looked too young to come on a holiday as a couple. So on the second day, we found out that they were siblings. But which brother and sister would behave like this?! Even the tour guide, Ah Hong was surprised to know that they are siblings.
And after such a long introduction, what I wanted to say was that as our tour group was leaving the hotel though the main entrance, the uncle who drank beer at every meal let me pass first. So he walked behind me, and was just next to this couple-like siblings (yes, from now on, I shall refer them as the couple-like siblings). Do you have any idea what he said? "You two are very close. Very good, very good." OMG LOL! I had to try to hard to contain my laughter.
Now, back to the attractions. We went to the TheanHouTemple, and it was said that the Ma Zu Niang Niang is super accurate. So my family went in to gave our prayers and we took turns to draw lots. The lots this time round was not the small kind which you have to shake till one lot drops out. You basically just hold the bunch of huge lots up (they are so huge, they are taller than my waist!) and then draw the one that pops up higher as compared to the rest. I didn't know, you know. I simply chose one lot anyhow from the rest. I ended up worrying if the lot I drew was the one meant for me. And I still don't know yet.
We explored around the temple and they had all 12 statues of the animals in the Chinese calendar. We tried to take a photo with each and every statue - we were very rushed because there wasn't much time left. But all the statues were very pretty! Especially the Dragon. Hee hee.
Next, we had Pahang Bak Kut Teh. I think the restaurant we went to was called Yeo's or something like that. There was a little unhappiness there because the restaurant was very popular among the locals. So just because we were a few minutes late, the restaurant gave up the tables reserved for us to the locals. We all felt that the restaurant was at fault and that Ah Hong should have called the restaurant when we were about to reach the restaurant. Anyway, we stood around and waited for some tables to clear before we had our lunch. The Bak Kut Teh was not bad - I don't really know how to appreciate great-tasting food - and there was even pork knuckles in vinegar and veggie and pig organ soup. If not for the fact that we were travelling down to Malacca from KL, I would have drank all the soup!
We passed by a mountain... I forgot the name. >.< Anyway this mountain has a long story. It houses 2 Indian gods, and one's an elephant and the other's a human figure. The elephant god is the elder brother (he has an an elephant head but a human body because his father was a War god. The war god goes out to war and was away from home for many years. The wife of the war god begged heaven to give her a child, and so when the war god came back when the elephant god was a few years old, the war god thought his wife had cheated on him and without finding out who the child belonged to, the war god beheaded his son. So, when he found out the truth, he asked heaven what he should do. Heaven told him to behead another child and use that child's head, but news leaked out and everyone hid their child. So, he had no child to behead and heaven then told him to go into a jungle and behead the first animal he sees. Yes, the first animal he saw was an elephant.
Then, the war god had a second son. He loved both sons and one day, the war god grew old. He needed a successor and told both his sons that the one who finished one round around the world/earth fastest would be his successor. So, the second son wanted to win and immediately rushed off to make his round around the world/earth. The elephant god then kinda cheated by telling the war god that his father is his world (and his everything, I think). The war god was so flattered and pleased that he made this son his successor. So, when the second son who diligently finished his round and returned and came back and found out that his elder brother was already crowned the successor, the second son got furious and went into the mountains (to do what, I forgot) and never came back. The elephant god knew he was wrong and then waited everyday outside the cave to ask for his brother's forgiveness. So years went by, (Ah Hong didn't say whether or not the second son forgave his elder brother) and if you wanna pay your respects to the second brother, you have to pray to the elephant god first. Yup. That's all.
This is the Indian temple. We only passed by it, but the golden statue there should be the younger brother I think.
We reached Malacca and I saw the Eye On Malaysia. It's actually a ferris wheel. Ah Hong says that it was moved to Malacca from some other state because it wasn't popular anymore. Made me think of the Singapore Flyer. Haha. We checked into a hotel and because we had 1.5 hours of rest before gathering for dinner, my mum was troubled over whether or not we should change our clothes before gathering for dinner. My mum's always worried about such stuff. Her reasoning was that if you didn't change your clothes, you'd be seen as the smelly one; if you changed clothes, you have bathe super fast and she would have more washing to do (yeah 'cos my sister and I take around 45 minutes to bathe usually). We decided to shake the die in our Samsung phone. Odd number means to bathe and even number means not to. There were 2 votes to bathe and 2 not to bathe, so the deciding vote was on my turn. LOL. It said to bathe. Even so, my mum was still debating with herself. She's like this. She never decides on something by flipping coins or shaking die or whatsoever.
Eye on Malaysia! Looks nice from afar too. Reminded me of the trip I went on with Yin Yin to our Singapore Flyer.
In the end, when my family came down to the lobby to assemble, no one changed their clothes except for the uncle who drinks beer at every meal and his wife. My mum said that we didn't have to bathe too. Oh well. Maybe she thinks too much. I wouldn't have bothered thinking about such stuff if I came on a holiday alone.
Maybe I should talk about the hotel a little bit. It's the Hotel Equatorial, and it looks really simple and mature. (I can't use the word 'old', you see.) It wasn't as high class as Prince Hotel, but it was quite spacious for my room. Ah Hong said that the lifts are slow, and yes, they really ARE slow. But it's not an issue to me. In addition, the toilet was very small, and I was so not used to it. Prince Hotel had a bath tub and and separate shower room, but Hotel Equatorial had the shower head and bath tub in the same area! But the design on the furniture and everything had a touch of age on them. So I kinda had the feeling that it was home. Haha.
Hotel Equatorial.
I think Hotel Equatorial is the place where many people who come to Malacca for conventions stay...
Anyway, we had Nyonya dinner and IT'S NOT THE SAME RESTAURANT I WENT TO!!!! I was quite disappointed because the restaurant I went to had superb chendol. My dad adores chendol. Ah Hong said that he didn't go to the one I went because their food wasn't as good as this one, although the Nyonya dishes filmed in Channel 8's "The Little Nyonya" was cooked by the restaurant I went to. Anyway, as usual, we had chicken and fish, but now there's otah (it was nice) and sotong (it was fantastic, I wish I could finish the whole thing but I didn't want to be a disgrace to the NTU student and his family) and there are crabs too. OMG. Who was the one who decided on the menu? So dumb to have crabs la. My mum and my sisters and me didn't want to dirty our fingers, so we didn't have the crabs. My dad had as much as he wanted. LOL. And dessert, was chendol of course. It wasn't as good as the restaurant I went to before. But still above average anyway.
Next, we went to Jonker Street. The street's like 1 km long only, but 1 hour is certainly not enough if you want to look at most stuff or try the food there. It's something like one whole stretch of pasar malam. My sister took a long time trying to get something for her friend, and we weren't even halfway through the 1 km street when we saw Ah Hong the tour guide making his way back to the gathering spot. So we kinda rushed through the street and rushed back. I wish we had more time! I can easily spend a couple of hours at Jonker Street. Anyway, I bought some earrings. But there's one that's so loud that it doesn't really suit me, and I probably won't wear it anyway. LOL.
The stage where you can sing all you want, as long as you pay RM 2 to go on stage. If I knew the complete lyrics of SHINee's Ring Ding Dong, I think I would have gone on stage and drive the audience/passer-bys/stall holders crazy. LOL. And why would Hu Jing Tao and his wife wanna visit Malacca?!
We went back to Hotel Equatorial and I was SOOOOOOO hungry! I ate half of the packet of fish crackers we brought into Malaysia from Singapore. I wanted to try ordering food into the room, but one cup of coffee already costs like RM 14 bucks, I decided not to try.
This time round, my sisters and I decided to soak ourselves in the bath tub. But it was already 10 plus pm when we went back into our rooms, I set a rule that each person can only soak herself for 20 minutes max. LOL. I need to bathe too!!! But because of some stupid problem, I didn't even get to enjoy soaking in the bath tub for as long as I wanted.
Ah. Just realised I forgot to add in the Thean Hou Temple photos. Oh well. I'll do it in another blog post. =)
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{ Saturday, December 26, 2009 } 3:33 AM
My Makan-Kaki Trip Part 2 
