Makan Road Trip to Malacca

Once upon a time on Merdeka Day, 7 patriotic psychotic girls decided to go on a road trip to one of Malaysia's world heritage city — Malacca. They persisted on going despite warnings and signs of the evil balik kampung traffic.

The mini blue and red car started their journey early in the morning in hope that they will beat the evil traffic jam. In case you can't tell from the picture, yours truly was the Queen of Backseat in the blue car *muahahahaha*

The drive to Malacca was a rather perilous one with 'Faithful' Jeanette and SS Veronica driving even though the evil traffic jam did not show itself. Thankfully we reached Malacca in one piece *phew* And it was time to let the FPS (Food Positioning System) do its job since none of us are local XD

Our first destination was Donald & Lily the Nyonya restaurant. I thought I was in for a gastronomic treat since it was said to offer the best, but the mee siam, nyonya laksa and ayam pongteh did not even meet my basic requirement. No doubt just a tourist caterer.

For dessert, we headed to Jonker88 for cendol. I got the Eight Precious Cendol with everything in it *muahahahaha* I totally love the thick gula melaka but it sort of covered the taste of the coconut milk. I also didn't like the nutmeg and this other thing they put in it because it made the cendol taste a bit weird =S All that said, it was so much better than what we had over at Donald & Lily even though it was yet another tourist caterer. The shop's decor was also much nicer, maybe because of the lighting and the fact that they actually bother cleaning the decors once in a while.

The time came to walk around and camwhore, and to digest a little before we continue on our mission to eat =P We actually ended up walking past this one particular street like three or four times *LOL*

Only the masters of camwhores can think of doing it in front of the public toilet.

The day when the Queen of Backseat was also crowned the Queen of Imitation.

The rest camwhoring in the pretty Sweet Summer Cottage Handmade Soap shop...

...while I went to sniff every possible soap I can find in the shop *LOL*

I got the chamomile and chrysanthemum one in the end because the auntie at the shop was nice enough to sell me and Veronica the supposedly not-for-sale chrysanthemum soap ^_^

Sun Mei: *wei* You guys want 鸡蛋冰 or not?

Audrey and I: Huh? What 鸡蛋冰? Like egg-flavored ice?? =S

Sun Mei: No lar, like ice in the shape of an egg.

Audrey and I: *ohh~* XD

All 7 in the picture.
The Queen of Camwhore got skills!

Since the FPS was meant for locating food, we had a hard time navigating it to make it show us the way to where the Malacca Maritime Museum was on the other side of the river because we didn't know the road's name or what it was called at that time. It wasn't like we wanted to visit the museum, someone (I think it was Jeanette or maybe it was Sun Mei??) just thought it was a nice place to camwhore XD

We found our way there in the end by searching for Stadthuys assuming the museum would be somewhere nearby. I didn't know the red building was called Statdhuys because I've always thought that whole place is called A Famosa, which is actually a totally different place -_-'' I know my history/geography just rocks! XD

After trying so hard to find the way there and found parking, we decided not to go down because everyone was too hungry to walk in the hot sun. All of us skipped lunch because for some unexplained reason, nobody wanted to eat the chicken rice ball Malacca is known for *LOL*

This became our lunch instead ^_^

Thanks to Veronica and her awesome sense of direction, we managed to find the Nadeje Patisserie Cafe at Plaza Mahkota since the one shown by the FPS was in Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall and there were no more parking when we got there. For a moment I thought I was really not going to get my mille crêpe that I've been longing for since I found out about their existence =3

We got 7 different mille crêpes: chocolate, original, cheese (voted the most jelak of them all), mango yoghurt, berry-berry strawberry, double chocolate and coffee (all in order of my preference). The double chocolate really wasn't that nice, I was totally surprised at the difference between the chocolate and the double chocolate mille crêpe. It should actually be ranked the last along with the coffee one, but I'm just being a little bias =P Nontheless, I was totally in heaven~ I was stuffed so full of mille crêpe in the end because the rest got jelak after only halfway through. I really tried my best, but I could only finish off the chocolate, original, cheese and mango yoghurt (my top four preference ^_^). I would have finished off the berry-berry strawberry as well if my stomach didn't feel like it was going to burst >_<

Since we had Ah-Ma (阿妈) Jaime along with us, we were dragged to Tan Kim Hock (陈金福) to do some shopping. It is such an Ah-Ma thing to do =.= but I got to buy the satay shrimps that I haven't had for ages so I guess I shouldn't complain and be grateful to our lovely Ah-Ma =)

We stopped by Seremban on the way back to buy siew pao (烧包). We didn't know which shop was the famous one, so we randomly picked one of the shop from the FPS list XD It turned out to be not bad. Kudos to the FPS *LOL*

To substitute the satay celup that we didn't get to eat in Malacca (I was actually a bit disappointed because I've never tried it before), we had Kajang satay instead at Sate Kajang Haji Samuri. It was the biggest satay shop I've ever been to, like SERIOUSLY HUGE! The shop area was already really BIG and they had TWO FLOORS!!! Their satay was quite nice I guess, and their peanut sauce was good too. I love how they have the chili thing to add to the peanut sauce as not all satay shops have them. Another thing I really like about the place is that they have RABBIT SATAY!! ^_^ I haven't had rabbit satay since Satay Zul in Kuantan, and that was like a REALLY REALLY long time ago. I wanted to order their venison satay as well, but they ran out, so I only got the rabbit one *sigh*

I was the only one who ate the rabbit satay, hence was labelled the 'Rabbit Killer' -_-''

A big THANK YOU to all the drivers that day. I am so glad I didn't have to drive *hehe* Even Sun Mei drove, and Evie would have been one of the drivers as well if Veronica wasn't so paranoid about her being drunk the night before -_-'' Must also thank Ah-Ma's friend (whoever s/he is) for the FPS =)

Last but not least, in fact the most important! Thank you Ah-Ma Jaime and Sunny Sun Mei for always bringing your camera everywhere we go =) All photos above are taken by either one of their cameras.

Step Up 3 please step aside for Inception

A total EPIC MINDFUCKER!

I'm so glad that Inception was still being screened at the cinema when I finally decided to go and watch it. My brother and I were so mindfucked after the movie that we kind of forgot where we parked the car. I'm so getting the DVD so I can watch it again to catch everything else that I missed the first time around. Seriously a must watched for all those who likes to get their mind screwed over. I actually had some trouble sleeping that night after watching the movie because it just really messes with your head. Who is to say what is real and what is not?

The choreography and dances were AWESOME as usual. And Rick Malambri is HOT! HOT! HOT! But the storyline was just really not up to par with the first two. The fact that Nike's product placement was made SO obvious did not add to my liking either. Even the poster has the Nike shoes on it man -_-'' Nonetheless ♫ it made me feel like dancing, I want to dance the night away~ ♫

Little Angels at Petrosains

Trip to Petrosains with the kids from Angel's Home.

We visited them at their home last semester,
and they were coincidentally scheduled for a drama shoot.
This time around, we brought them out for a mini day trip ^_^

We took the Putra LRT to KLCC
while the kids ride in their own special van.

We stuffed the kids with Ramly Burgers again.

Michelle, Esther and Samantha before I joined them.
I totally forgot their names from the previous visit,
and was really surprised that Samantha remembered mine.

She "bullied" me throughout lunch,
just like she did during our previous visit to the home
and I joked that I didn't want to pair up with her because of that.

I guessed the girls took my joke seriously,
and I ended up pairing with Michelle.

Even though we had a great time,
I felt really bad for not going with Samantha,
especially after knowing a little more about her situation =(
I really hope she had an awesome time with the others,
though I felt her attitude towards me had sort of changed when I tried to talk to her again =(
I'm so sorry Sam...and we don't even have a picture together =(

It was actually my first time ever at Petrosains,
so I was naturally really excited and curious about everything =P

Some others on the other hand
clearly had better things to do *LOL*

This is by far the coolest picture taken from the trip!
I didn't even know such place existed till I saw this.
I totally missed it >_< along with a lot of other stuff actually
because we ran out of time and the kids had to go =(

Anyway, it was a really fun and meaningful day.
It always feels good to do something for others =)


We had more than enough photographers for that day.
There were 7 cameras in total if I'm not mistaken, 3 of them being DSLRs XD
But all photos above are from these three people...

Brian, Qisthina and Richard

I wanted to steal some pictures from Viran too,
but he's taking too long to upload them so too bad.

Light up at i-City, eat up at New Boston Restaurant

The i-City trip on Merdeka Eve was suppose to be a Monash East Malaysians Society (MEMS) event (I know I'm not an East Malaysian but I joined the club anyway >_<). It ended up being more of an outing amongst Leo Club friends more than anything because of certain complicated reasons.

The only group picture with the nice MEMS people =)

7 of us ended up camwhoring exploring together

because certain other people were just too serious and not fun enough

making me feel like I was on some crappy local tour -_-''

We were emo for so many times that day

because of those certain other people

or certain other person to be more exact.

Luckily we had our own share of fun

after leaving the rest behind.

I know I'm being mean, but I DON'T CARE!

Stop reading if you do >_<

Our version of the Backstreet Boys/Westlife/S Club 7/Aerosmith poster =P

~Connecting with the spirit of Eywa via the Tree of Souls~

♥ The pretty white chrismassy tree ♥
This is like my favorite light after the flowy Eywa light thingies.

Emo-ing next to the smelly drain
at New Boston Restaurant (Boston Baru) in Klang
because we got lost on the way there
and the food was going to "take a while" thanks to the certain other person.

Fortunately, there was a bazaar around the corner.
We got apam balik, fried cempedak and keropok lekor
to temporarily hold off our hunger.
It was already 10.30p.m. by then I think,
and I swear I was going to rip someone's head off or kick someone in the balls
if I didn't get any food to eat soon.

This Lychee Blue drink was sold everywhere at the bazaar.
I call it the Avatar drink because of the color =P
Brian was soooo interested to try it, so he got one in the end.
It turned out to be just lychee cordial with blue coloring -_-''

The food finally came around 11+p.m.
I was already too starved to have any mood to eat =(
On top of that, the certain other person didn't know how to order.

There were THREE FRIED NOODLES:
Fried Hokkien Mee, Fried Kway Teow and Fried Tapioca Noodle.
There were also THREE DEEP FRIED PRAWNS:
Fried Mantis Prawn, Nestum Prawn and Fried Prawn.
ONE steam Lala Clam with NO FISH and NO SQUID at a fucking seafood restaurant.

Now who the fuck orders like this at a SEAFOOD restaurant??
PRAWNS are NOT the only SEAFOOD around!!

We were promised good food, but I was really unsatisfied >_<


Due to the VERY late dinner, I end up reaching home around 1a.m.
Mum wasn't really happy about it and I nearly got locked out
had my brother didn't wake up to open the door for me =(
Note to self: Always remember to bring keys if going out late.


all pictures courtesy of Brian

AWESOME Whacking Session at Hee Lai Ton (喜来登)

Went to Hee Lai Ton at Puchong for ALL-YOU-CAN-WHACK lunch last Friday.

First up was Shark Fin's soup.
I really don't know whether there were any Shark Fin's inside XD

Black Pepper Pork

Don't know what vege this is, but I think it's yau mak
with this sauce that has a spicy tinge to it.
I think they added 腐乳 (fermented tofu) also.

Claypot Pork Belly with Salted Fish

Prawn with some sweet sauce, I don't know what it is (maybe Marmite).

Obvious enough, this is Fried Egg.
There was some stuff inside, but I can't remember what.

Marmite Pork

Fried Squid with Salted Egg if I'm not mistaken.

Steam Fish with garlic or ginger I can't remember.

Fried Tofu!!!
We had like 7 portions of this XD

Pork with Ginger and Spring Onion

Sweet and Sour Pork

I think this is Thai Style Fish.

Claypot Tofu

I have no idea what this is except that it is pork.
I didn't really like it.

Steam Fish with 菜脯 (rough Hokkien pronunciation - chai poh)
I have no idea what it's called in English =S

Sea Coconut with either Longan or Lychee
I'm not sure which it is because this is the only thing I didn't eat.
I was already full and was saving what stomach space I had left for the other desserts.

Honeydew, Watermelon and Papaya.

花生糊 (Peanut Gruel?? =S)
This wasn't very nice because it wasn't thick enough.

锅饼 (Chinese Pancake with Lotus Paste)
This wasn't as nice as I expected also.
I think they didn't fry it properly so it ended up too oily.
And I learned a new way of eating this...dipping it in the 花生糊.
*LOL*
It didn't taste as bad as I thought it would >_<

After three hours of non-stop eating,
the guys were totally stuffed.
David was just trying to act cool *tsk tsk*

We were obviously much merrier
despite being stuffed up to our throats as well =P

We seriously ate A LOT that day.
It was totally worth it though for RM 27.80 nett/pax.
Quoting Melissa "No wonder all of us eat till vomit shit!!!"
*LOL*


all photos courtesy of Brian