Ooh, this blog may take a bit of time to load because of the multitude of photos but it's definitely worth the wait.

The journey to Malacca started at Golden Mile Shopping Centre, where we (my parents, my brother, his girlfriend and I) boarded one of the Super VIP buses. The bus was surprising comfortable and the journey to Malacca was fun-filled, relaxing and exciting because I was looking very much forward to the well-deserved break. It was all perfect with the exception that the temperature on the bus was much like the Artic regions. It's true! Everyone was freezing their butts off, shivering madly and trying their best to keep warm. Our efforts were very much futile with the aircon at full blast. After journeying for approximately 2 hours, my bladder was screaming for attention (probably because of the cold) and I was very much relieved when the driver actually stopped over at Yong Peng for a toilet break. The entire journey took us 4 hours.

The driver drove us to our hotel, Hotel Equatorial. I must admit that it's by far one of the better hotels I have ever stayed in Malacca. The fact that it was near Makota Shopping Centre perhaps gave it the edge. The last time I was there, I stayed at City Bayview. Hotel Equatorial is a much posher and comfortable place to stay in.

Hotel Equatorial, Malacca


Upon checking into the hotel, we immediately proceeded to Jonker Street. It's one of the well-preserved streets in Malacca with authentic Nonya heritage and definitely one of the must-see and must-go areas. Well they have everything there, from shops selling food to Chinese Clans which hold their members funerals there. Well, my father was badly craving for his favourite satay stall. We walked for almost 1 and a half hours in a light drizzle in a bid to find the place but try as we might, lady luck eluded us. We were rather disappointed but decided to give up and changed our target. Instead, we had Satay Ceylop. This was a dish in which all foodstuffs, from fishballs to lady's fingers to cockles are skewered onto satay sticks and we were supposed to dip them into a boiling pot of satay gravy to cook them in. It's based on a pay-as-you-eat principle and you can choose whatever you like to eat. We had this at a roadside stall and we paid only 4o ringgit, equivalent to $20 Singapore dollars. A great deal, considering we ate our fill and it was something unusual. Each stick only costs 0.40 ringgit.

Satay Ceylop


Shopping was basically on our itinerary everyday. You would find us at Mahkota Shopping Centre at least once everyday. Haha...talk about being shopaholics. Anyway we caught 2 movies there, Polar Express and Shutter. Amidst Polar Express, I was extremely irritated by a man sitting behind me who was talking non-stop and making silly comments, probably in a bid to impress his girlfriend. Sadly, she was not impressed by his lack of movie etiquette and I was extremely put off by his behaviour.

That ended my Day 1 of my holiday in Malacca.

At home, my house is now filled with hampers and party packs. No, I'm not going to have a massive X'mas party. These 50 hampers are to be given away to the needy as a goodwill gesture from the church. Hopefully, this hamper would bring some cheer to the recipients because they are not only hampers containing foodstuffs but hampers which also contains the spirit of sharing, love, care and concern for the lesser fortunate at this time of the year when the rest of us have so much. The 170 party packs are for the old folks' Christmas Party this Saturday at Christalite Methodist Home. Hopefully, they'll enjoy the party and these packs will bring some smiles to their faces.

At least, we know the "Ang Paos" (red packets containing money) will.

Hampers Galore

Party Packs


- posted by NaNa @ 8:22 AM