melaka

it’s a long holiday, so i suggested that we have a family gathering at melaka. few weeks before the big day, i jot down the events and place that we must go there. there are about 4 cars convoy and to ease up on the communcation, dad bought a long range walkie talkie. then, on the event day, something happened that we didn’t expect. a very long and tiring traffic jam. it started before the sungai besi toll and all the way to melaka. damn, that was very frustrating.

we stopped at senawang for a chinese new year visit to my dad’s best friend’s house. the food was okay, and the ang pow was okay too. then, we continue the journey to melaka. it was very slow moving. my back hurts. it was frustrating that i don’t give a damn and use the emergency lane to get through. 4 hours later, we arrived at the destination. i manage to secure a nap before we went to the night zoo. the zoo train tour was fun, the guy who is our guide was funny. animals are cuter in the night. sadly we weren’t allowed to bring camera. camera phone sucks because they don’t have flash.

next day, is the main event. we all went to banda hilir. the town. we start the tour with first, finding a parking. the place was packed. lucky one of my aunt is one of the customs head director and she managed to get us a parking inside the customs building. there are even traffic police escort to guide us into the compound. how cool is that? bitchin’ awesome.

then, it was the usual stuff. first, the maritime museum, then the jonker street, the china town, the little india, the stadthuys, the melaka museum, the st. paul church, the a-famosa and all things around the town. we separated the family into two groups so it’s easy to manage. my group end the day with a lunch at mahkota parade. at night, the young ones went to mahkota parade to watch the ‘buli balik’ movie.

the last day, we went to the bee museum, taman mini malaysia and asean. damn, all things costs rm10 here at melaka. the place was damn hot. but that didn’t stop me to took loads of photos. there are several nice set of them. okaylah for a novice. the journey back to kl was kinda frustrating too. there was this huge traffic jam. started from melaka and all the way to seremban highway. again, my back hurts.

so, that was it. my family gathering at melaka. although it didn’t really go as planned, but it’s okay. mission half accomplished. the important thing is that we all get to hang out and do things together as a family. hopefully we can do this again next year. i was thinking of pulau pangkor.

how was your holiday?

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