Our dept went over the Malacca for a short weekend. By short I went really short, since its 4hrs up and 4hrs down...
Coach was good and traffic was a breeze. But the weather was a killer, especially lugging "my" trusty crumpler walking 2 traffic lights, cross the bridge to our hotel. Its not wise.
We bumped into first makan place on our list, couldn't resist the temptations. Got to recharge...
Look at the yummy food!!! Tiny rice balls, just the right size for me, still room for other food.
Up next, the true true reason why boss came on this trip... Chendol! May I just say this is heaven! The gula melaka is so powerful! This roadside store is right in front of the red house, served by the indian man.
Finally, after miles of walking...we got to our nice hotel Hotel Puri - the house of Tan Kim Seng. This place is so rich on culture on its own. Its also the same place where they filmed Little Nyonya
this place is just so nice...
We finally checked into the room, washed up a little and out to discover Malacca. Of course we did tourisy stuff to the must visit
Off we went to the local mall for some serious shopping. Girls are uncontrollable when they hit the malls. Fake Eyelahes going at 50% off, thats less than SGD1.50 after conversion, earrings at 20% off - thats SDG$5, when the similar design going at avg $30 at Accessorize.
Dinner at Local favourite Nyonya Restaurant called 亲切, Ole Sayang
I love the prawn in plum sauce, so lovely. The Salted Veg Duck Soup kiss-ass. I wished I brought two stomach along.
We also went to The Baba Nyonya Heritage Museum, a few units away from our hotel.
does this look familar? heehee....
I left the place wanting more to explore, so little time, so much to explore. And of course, I had the most chendol in the entire life I can ever eat.
after a thousand years....part 2 continue...part 1 in case some of you have forgotten... (p/s: pingping is coming over this month, I thought I better post this up before she is here)
Day 6 老娘's 1/4 century...
my darlings...
the cake, the important 25 mark
priceless pressie (earrings, necklace & bracelet) handmade by my darlings...so touched that I teared...
of coz, how can they passed the chances of sabotage...I sang live on stage, luckily most of the customers left, else 老板 will chase me out...
my trademark during bdays...
I'll stuff you with cake.... yumyum....
Day 7 Didn't do or travel around much, except that I started drinking during lunch and end the session at 4am. Imagine the amount of alcohol in my system...
We spent the whole day at Ping's hometown 竹山. Its a small town area in 南投. In case you didn't know, why the name 竹山, because they have a lot of bamboo over there. Those disposable chopsticks we used, its from there. Apparently they don't add preservatives in their chopsticks. It will turn mouldy after a while if you don't use them.
Lunch was at a local seafood restaurant
thereafter we went to sing K. The amount of beer we had...theres at least 60 over cans of them on the floor. I love Heineken ! *burp*
Day 8 the booze from the previous night was a killer, I woke up like a zombie, but I can't contain the excitement as we are visiting Sun Moon Lake.
The view up there was spectacular, worth the long journey. I slept through the roadtrip. People in the car were entertained by my orchestra-like snoring.
remember to try the tea-leave egg at one of the pitstop. very yummy
I saw this thing on the floor, for a moment I thought I was at the camp of 日月神教 keekee...
Night fall and its time to bid farewell to 阿生 and 阿勇. Thanks to 阿生 who kept us companied the past fews days and its great to know 阿勇 and his lovely wife and kids. 阿勇 owns a carwash workshop and he has been in this business for the past 12 yrs. A down-to-earth, responsible husband and doting father to his 3 pretty daughters. Looking at how loving both he and his wife are, its such an envy.
We tongpang ping's colleague car to Taipei to meet up with Hilda
Day 9 Met up with another frd of ping, Peiru. We are going to 九份老街. But before that, how can I miss having my favourite 三明治. I had this almost everyday. When I retire (aka get married, hmmm.... I think I'll scare The Man off.... ok lets just say when I save up enuff $$$ to get out of the rat race), I want to sell this in Spore. Bring yummy breakfast to every white collar, bring sunshine to them to start a brand new day :)
we took public transport
九份老街 is a food galore
a famous must-try stall at 九份老街
Look at the long Q starting from the counter and leads all the away to the bottom of the stairway......all waiting patiently for this bowl of yam balls I'm not a big fan of sweet stuff, so dun really know how to appreciate... but the view while have this was nice as the stall is located at the peak of 九份老街, so one is able to admire the view of the old street.
We did some shopping at 五分浦 and met up with the rest of the girls who drove up from 台中 for all night sing K session - the last booze session before I head back to Lion City.
They taught me the super trendy 花朵舞 from 伍佰's 你是我的花朵 俗又有力 经典台妹 for the night!
orinial MV
countless booze and whole drainful of pukes contributed from all of us at 6am. keekee...
Day 10 Nap for 3 hrs before checking out and went out for lunch. Ava brought us to this place and I swear from my past 3 trips to Taiwan, this is the most yummylicious 蚝仔面线 I ever had...the famous stall 西门町 can't even compare to this.
Look at the oyster!!!! *unbelivable scream*
This is a must visit. No regrets!
The side kick is the nice Taiwanese sausages I had countless of them during my 10 days stay.
Time to bid farewell to my gfs... they missed me...
I is good girl only came back with the same luggage and 4 hand carry :) Taiwan till I come again. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Probably in a little while more...I need to stop the routin of visiting every 1/2 yearly :)
alright... I'm too lazy to write...so some random pixs during my 10 days trip....
Day 1
Juz touched down, dinner at the famous Taiwanese cuisine
Day 2 The day before the removing of signage due to some stoopid political reason
Witnessing a street protest...very exciting...
Street busker
The finish product
at taipei 101 posting a postcard back to spore... spot the difference...
I almost dropped the postcard into the domestic box...luckily Andy saw it...see blur virus attack...
Day 3 At 六福村 Amusement Park...they were having porsche test drive event and I was invited...... ...to the carpark watching the drifting actions behind the fences... -_-
六福村 is the place where 杉菜 invited 道明寺 to a double date in 流星花园 Part 1, if you can recall....
The signature ride from the theme park...
All of us were drenched... *cold*
Day 4 At 高雄
Dream Mall, the signature Sanrio Family themed Ferris Wheel....
the landmark - Love River p/s pardon me, my camera skills do injustice to the scenery...
night came, our native chinese friend drove us to his village in 屏东 for BBQ. The food was gastronomically yummy...the temperature dropped to 11 degree, I had to wear 3 jackets and still shivering.
In the end they made Kambing soup. You could feel the warmth in your mouth, washed down your throat and finally the fuzzy feeling in your tummy...Heaven! Accompanied with super fatty wild boar meat bbq to its finest and beer....I'll die for good food!
