Malacca- Port Dickson- Bahau Trip Day 1 Dec 2012

I know, I know... I've neglected this blog for quite some time. I didn't mean to but sometimes there isn't anything to write on. So let us go on with the show.

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I'll write these things up here first since people like Kev confirm will say TL; DR and skip reading past here.  I apologize first if I pissed you off or scared any of you with my driving. I am really glad that I got to go to a trip with all of you and get to know you all better. Also I feel a tinge of regret that so late only I get to know some of you but better late than never right? I really hope you guys enjoyed the trip as much as I do as well as I hope you guys will remember this three days together :D

Oh btw, I don't get a pic with each of you.

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We all met up in Sunway and arranged ourselves in my car. It was Kev as my co-driver, as I call it, at the front passenger seat; Bernice, Gan and Shane in the middle 3 passenger seats and Justin enjoying the space right at the back. I drove following a path I guessed was right (based on Google Map) into the highway Yu Liang told us to get to. I got Kev to become a GPS by repeating the instructions when we were near the spots I wrote down. Once we got into the highway, we were sailing smooth all the way.

We talked and chatted all the way though Bernice was quite quiet every now and then, shy? I don't know and I couldn't really see her in the rear view mirror since she was sitting behind me but I could see Gan sleeping every now and then. I could say among all the times I drove so many people in the car, this was the most enjoyable one. They made an hour plus fly past.

We stopped only once to go toilet and then stopped at  Simpang Ampat's toll to wait for Liang. Haiz.... damn funny la that fellow. The night before he made sure I knew the way and we set up a rendezevous point pass the toll. I asked him what if I was early and he told me "I live 1 hour away only from that spot. Confirm will reach before you all. I won't be later one."

We waited.... for about almost an hour? And most of them were hungry (hehehe, I ate a small breakfast before I went to Sunway). So we sat in the car talking while looking at all the random people stopping to go toilet near the toll. There was a huge group of bikers (all riding superbikes) who stopped there too. Kev keep giving us hope (eh, look. Yu Liang is here) and then crushing it (oh wait, that's not him). In the end, we waited longer than we should cause I thought Liang would pass us to reach the meeting point. Actually, he came from another direction >_< He led the way to some pork chop pan mee shop after we decided to go into town for food. It was quite nice though I find that it didn't have enough ingredient :X The leong cha is nice though, very nicely brewed and not watered down.

The hotel that Liang wanted to go was full (Euro something). It was quite a nice place, sadly to say. We parked my car near it and went to drink coconut milk shake. It is damn nice! And the nasi lemak was also damn nice! They go well together; cold and hot, ice and fire. Some of them tapaued another cup but I felt miserly so I didn't, besides, I scared too much ice and sambal will make me stomachache.

Anyways, we got back to the hotel area and found another place after hunting for awhile (we looked around the area near the Euro, then went to the opposite blocks of shops and hotels). Shane pointed out there was more hotels there so we went up and the first one we found had space. Everyone got down put their stuff into the room while Liang and I went to get my car. We parked it under an overhead bridge. I think it's illegal parking with jockeys watching over it. The lady told us that we can't park there at night anyways but we parked it all the way through the afternoon and evening.

So in the room, they had divided the 2 connecting rooms between the 7 of us. Liang, Kev, Justin and Gan were to sleep on the twin bed together while Shane, Bernice and I shared the other room since it had 2 bed. Bernice had one whole bed and blanket for herself while the other bed's mattress was pulled to the floor since underneath the mattress was the bed's frame with padding. Shane volunteered to sleep on the frame so I got the mattress. They ordered extra pillows so that we all could have one.

I took a bath and KOed (can't remember which one first) on the mattress for about 10 mins plus since I had 0 sleep the night before (too excited la, first time driving so far and with so many people). I woke up totally refreshed. And I only slept awhile since everyone was next door making noise so I decided not to miss the fun XD We went to this Crêpe place after everyone refreshed themselves. There was a lot of people so we all sat outside waiting for a table. Shane and Kev had a battle, to see who's phone camera  is the best.

Kev choosing the spot to take a pic from

Taking a pic

Shane's turn

Randomly taking a pic of Gan haha.

Orang mengambil gambar orang mengambil gambar XD

I don't know what was the outcome of the duel, though I think they settled it somehow. Anyways. We got in to the place but there wasn't enough chairs. We had to squeeze awhile before we got the extra chair to sit on. Liang ordered 5 pieces for us 7 to share. And unbeknownst to Justin and I, we were celebrating both our birthdays (yeah, we didn't celebrate Justin's in our normal way or at all. We just delayed it until now XD).

A shining example of our normal way or tradition.

It feels quite damn nice to get to celebrate it with all of you :D I didn't take any pics since they took pics of Justin and I blowing candles and cutting cakes. So, wait for the rest to upload.

We left the crepe place after finishing the 5 cakes like a hungry mob. It was 2 original flavor, 1 gula melaka, 1 chocolate and 1 cheese. They were really good and tasty. Once again, we sat in Liang's Estima (if it fits, we sits) and he drove us to Mahkota Parade since it was gonna rain and we postponed our Jonker Street visit. I can't remember when we ate satay celup, it was okay la to me.

The sun over the horizon looked really nice.

But I was late in capturing it =/

At first we wanted to watch movie but there wasn't anything so we went to the arcade. I went and played the basketball shooting game and found that after so long, I suck at it again. Kev and Shane as usual, went and challenge each other to Daytona >_> Then since I had extra coins after playing a punching game (oh damn, I'm weak >_<), I went and play this DDR type of game with Shane. We both died playing it. It was too damn fast and close, impossible to hit all if any. We both sweat like shit and I think Shane kena asthma attack afterwards also. We left Mahkota Parade after that to go Jonker, thankfully the rain was over.

Mahkota Parade Decoration

 Lucky the earlier rain was light so the floor was quite dry. We walked around, eating curry fish/meat balls and other stuff (the sugar encrusted fruits are really bad for the throat, feels damn dry after eating). After walking awhile, Liang, Bernice, Justin and I went and eat first while the other 3 go hang gai. Liang and I ate mee siam while Justin ordered squid with vege and Bernice ate lady's fingers with some sweet sauce. Mee siam was okay, I don't really like feeling of lady's fingers (come one la, it feels damn slimy) though the sauce covering it and Justin's plate of squid was damn small haha. In the end, Gan, Shane and Kev came to our table. Kev bought a head scratcher thing (eh, macha, you left it in my car. I'll pass it to you tomorrow though I think you won't know about it until I pass it to you tomorrow). Quite fun to play with haha. We continued walking on Jonker (at first we were a bit lazy after eating but..) and Shane bought some durian cream puffs (all you people who don't eat durian... haiz...). It felt like eating cold liquidish durian wrapped in bread, in other words, damn nice! Saw this nice hall too.

After that as we walk, we started walking at diff speed so all of us splitted up in a way. At first I was walking with Liang while he was looking at sandals but somehow or rather I ended up walking alone (probably accidentally ditched him :P). I decided to walk alone after contemplating on calling someone since it was a straight road, I would inadvertently walk into one of them. I walked and looked at the stalls but I somehow ended at the end of the road without running into any of them (typical of me; always the lone wolf). They had a damn nice deco there though.

Eternal Dragon, by your name, I summon you forth: Shenlong!

Candid shot, looked like he was posing.

Justin and his pop pops

After snapping the above pic and looking at trishaws, I saw the rest and rejoined them. We walked an alternate route back to Liang's car and along the way we took pics near the river. The river looks scary at night >_<

We went makan lala and seafood after that. You can taste the lala's natural taste since they don't put sauce on it instantly. The big platter of fishball and fu chuk pei and taufu also damn nice though the table is damn dirty when we arrived.

After eating, we went back to the hotel (Nd Hotel) to sleep. I think all of us bathed before we all sat in my side of the room. Gan was asleep so we let him sleep while we shut the lights and told ghost stories. I think Kev was the one who was most creeped out since even the towel and shirt in the dark creeped him out. End up we on the light again as we talk. After talking for about an hour (?), we all slowly go to sleep.

Well, I'll stop here first. I'm sure you all also lazy read la.

End of Day 1.