Gula Melaka

Hello ya'll! i'm back from my M'sia Trip, and came back from rehearsal today, so though a little tired, still have the energy to note down what happened over the weekend!

I really miss going on malaysia family trips, its so rare that i get to catch up on sleep as much as when we travel! haha. that's cuz when we go malaysia, usually we wake super early like 4 - 5 a.m. thereabouts, and we all get into the car and drive off. From there pretty much everything was a blur, cuz i spent the whole time sleeping, waking only to show my face at customs at Woodlands and on the Johore side, then back to sleep!

Of course there's the usual few rest stops, but i must have been more tired than i think, cuz i pretty much slept the whole way to malacca, oh well. since we left so early, by the time we reached it was 9.30 going on 10 a.m already, and Mom had such a frust (short for frustrating) time finding our breakfast place, that we just gave up, and went straight to lunch. For Mom, Grandpa and I, it wasn't so bad, since Grandma packed for us SweetCorn to eat along the way, but according to Grandma, Dad is not a fan of corn, and Mat... well you know his picky taste, so he was left quite the hungry bunny too.

Lunch was in 2 parts. the pre-lunch was fishball noodles/soup. some yong peng fishballs... they were alright, no great shakes. Then the main part was a nonya lunch! Maybe the Xiao Niang Re after effects haven't worn off completely, so maybe that's why we die die wanted to get some authentic Nonya food since we were in Malacca. Pictures of the food shall be posted when the rest of the family gets back!

Went a little shopping, the supermarts weren't as super as we remembered, but i got a nice new bag which i will be sporting off at camp tmr, very ME with all the red and black, and useful, now i've got a suitable bag to go out with, but also to go cycling and adventuring with Varun as well!

Then Dinner was along Jonker Street, saturday nights are also pasar malam nights, so they had loads of food stuffs that were worth getting! HOWEVER, the major tradgedy of yesterday was my nose. couldn't appreciate all the food the best of its effect cuz my nose was running/blocked/flu-ish the whole day, and so spent most of my time trying to heal from it.

that meant that by the time we returned from Jonker Street, i was too 'out-of-it' to go for seafood supper at Portugese Square, right next to our hotel/resort place. oh well, gives me a reason to go back!

Bought a few cheapo model toys, the RM1.50 ones were hard to put together and not very nicely coloured, hopefully the Gundam Model is not so bad >.<

Had a good nights rest, and so glad that the flu went away the next morning! This time finally got to eat at Selvam's this great Indian Food place which was so hard to find and get to the first time! Well got to indulge ourselves in the good food today, and for me it was to have a last good meal in Malacca, before i set off back to Singapore.

I had to come back early for 2 reasons.

1) I had R&Gad rehearsal at 4 pm on sunday
2) i've got NS/work/School/SOA tomorrow, and so i've got to be back.

So i've added Bused home from Malacca on my list of things done, took a 4 hour bus journey home, to sweet Singapore, but would not have survived if not for my trusty mp4 player! just plug in and fell asleep close to the whole way. Even now i think i feel remnants of the crazy shaking the Bus did, i think something was wrong with the suspension >.<

I feel kind fat now that im back though. totally wasted all my efforts to lose weight in the past few weeks. oh well, back to the ol' low carb thing. sigh, it was nice while it lasted.

It's great to spend time with just the family, undistracted by handphones and committments, although had to sacrifice a few things, it was great to just be with the family again :)

I'm growing up, but its good to know that there are some things i can go back to and hold on to even now :)