Been away to Melaka for the past 3 days, in search for the Nyonya tale. All in all, it was a fun trip, relaxing time away from Singapore. And it was fun to just eat and eat, good food here and there.

Trip to Malaka was decided upon a month back, before Little Nyonya started showing. Needless to say, we ended up seeing a lot of Singaporeans in Melaka in this trip. Anyway, here is what Kris and me decided on for our accomodation, the modest Kota Lodge.





Compared to our neighbour, Baba House, it completely pales in comparison, you pay for what you get. And ya, we did not realise it was so close, till we walked out of our hostel door.



And we met up with Weekar and Shirley, who went a day earlier. I had a field day playing paparazzi haha..



And if you come to Melaka, the number 1 attraction is... FOOD!!!

This is one of the famous stores along Jonker Street, selling Nyonya Asam Laksa and Nyonya Chendol.





Yes we have chendol in Singapore too, but this is different. It taste better! Partially because they put Maltose instead of the usual syrup.



Another store with a long queue, which we decided to come on another day.



Trishaws are here for tourists too, but unlike their counterparts in Singapore, this one is decorated with lots of flowers, and a horn that can make you deaf should you happen to get in their way.



After some sightseeing, what other things can you do except eat???



This is Rendang Chicken, though I pretty much forgot what the others are.





The dish that Yuzhu cooked



Asam Fish



Ngoh Hiang



Otak-Otak





The next morning, another round of eating begins. We FOUND REMPAH UDANG!!!







I think Juxiang can make better ones haha.. we also found some other goodies~!











Other than the food, Melaka have a long history, being occupied by 3 countries including the Dutch, Portugal, and British. The red buildings, are left behind by the Dutch.





The large boat linking its history to ZhengHe? Not too sure as I only seen it from afar.



And this remains of a church, by Portuguese



And the Portuguese fort, A Famosa. Raffles have a hand in helping to retain this small wall.



Literal "Red light district", not sure why they light up the streets this way, nothing sleazy though.



And of course, the famous night market, Jonker Walk.



Luk-Luk, damn nice~!



BBQ Stingray, need more sambal though



"In God we trust, others pay cash"



And of course, the long queue we saw the previous day. Chicken Rice Ball~!



My very cute gf made this "chicken rice ball burger" for me =)

I was at the national stadium last week, watching the lions playing against vietnam. The match ended 1-0, with Vietnam winning the tie and the semi-finals. It was disappointing, but if we have more luck, it would have ended up differently. But what was even more disappointing is Singapore fans jeering their own team after the game. Shouts of "empty promises", and many other vulgarities was heard while I was exiting the stadium. But was it warranted?

One of my colleague text me after the game, "Go n see sg throw face! Haha". Needless to say, I was pissed off by his comments. If you are not going to support them, then just shut up. Criticising them on a night when they are the better team is not the way, but many Singaporeans are just fair-weather fan.

Wednesday edition of the mypaper have this letter written in by a reader, and I have the pleasure of walking to my colleague, pointing at this article, and say "hey thats YOU they are talking about".

Ha.. Sweet revenge =P

Yes!!!!! I just watched Jim Carrey's latest offering, Yes Man, and this is a good watch, go catch it! Say Yes!!!

Heres the synosis:

"It's about this guy who's always so pesimisstic in life and syaing No to everything. Then, one day, he bummped into a friend, who says life has chnaged for him ever since he's enrolled in a programme, called- The YES programme- it means saying YES to EVERYTHING. And, by saying YES to evrything, you will be happier in life."



Anyway, the concept of this movie really makes me think. We really should catch life by its breath isnt it? Doing the same things everyday just doesn't cut it. Sure, there are some things like work which we essentially need to do to survive, but outside of that 8-9hours, we should really be making full use of it shouldn't we?

I shall start trying to say yes to more things, not to the extent of Carl Allen, but more of a willingness to try new things.

Say yes ppl!!!

Self cook dinner with kris, Heres my very cui Pad Thai..



And the nicer Tempura Prawn and Tempura Golden Mushroom..



Yummy end to the weekend =)

This is just so cool!!!



And this... erm... I looked damn shag haha

Ok its official, 2:25:13

This is the timing to beat next year.

My legs are aching like never before!! Its a pain just to walk haa.. cui..

Anyway, I just realised, actually my timing is much faster, should be around 2.5hr, because I started 15mins later than the offical timing. Woohoo...

As for the run, I think I did pretty well for the first 10km, overtaking plenty of people really gives me the kick, going through the gaps in the human crowd that would have made eyeshield 21 proud. It is during the 2nd half of the run that my legs really start to tire. I didnt run out of breath, bu rather, it is my legs that run out of steam. And the route didnt really help, everytime I thought its going to U-turn, I ended up seeing another stretch of long road ahead. And the last out was the most jialat, just as when you thought its the last stretch of road, theres actually another slip road you have to take, a super long detour!! arghhh.......

But its actually quite shiok, to be running with so many people. Adn theres plenty of ladies who run much ahead of me too, really amazing stamina.

Ultimately, its like one of the tagline.. Run your own race.

2hr 42mins, thats the time taken for me to run 21km. now i can proudly say i completed a half marathon!!!

its amazing considering this is the first time that i run such a long distance.

Adidas Sundown, 30th may 2009, anyone?