Sunday, May 9
23rd of April marks the final paper for my 4 years of degree (at least that's what we thought) and 24th is the day I could finally turn the pages of my life to a new chapter and looking forward to our Redang trip on the 27th.
In the meantime, after my finals Tinq with Derek and Heruey came over to Melaka for a trip and meet Derek for the first time,
Meet Tinq, best gal friend since pre-school
since primary, Steffi (counter-snapping me with her Iphone)
since primary, Her Ruey (on the left) and since last week, Derek
fortunately some of my housemates went back to their hometown for a few days before our Redang trip so there won't be any cuddling or spooning going on, thanks to Kam Wah for being so gracious enough for lending me his car and his room for them to bunk in for the night..
Picked them up at Melaka Sentral and then picked up Steffi from Manipal as well! our primary schoolmates and boy she hasn't changed much though.. brought them to my favourite place with the best melaka chicken rice balls ever! and best of all it's damn ridiculously cheap! Can u imagine 5 people eating a full sized chicken and inclusive of drinks all for just less than 30 bucks?
fav!
While bringing them around the town area, it was like a recollection of the places in Melaka that I've had the chance to visit during the course of my 4 years at UTeM, wish I could snap a shot of it and lock it in my memory..
I remembered during my 1st year on my first outing when I actually saw the fort and the red house (christ church) right in front of my own eyes, it was like a surreal experience of seeing it in the flesh right from the history books. After four years, now it seemed to me like any regular monuments or buildings, absence makes the heart grow fonder indeed.
A Famosa fort
Christ Church a.k.a Red House
just couldn't help myself
And of course the landmark of Melaka, Jonker Street. In mandarin it was called, "鸡场街". First when one of my seniors brought us on the outing, my terrible lack of the cantonese language back then translated it from mandarin as the infamous Petaling Street in KL(which till now I've never been to) and I had the idea that the the two places had the same name for almost one year! my bad..
Jonker Walk a.k.a Jonker Street
But what I think Melaka gave me the best treasure was the cake restaurant called Nadeje that specializes in mille crêpe and served the best heavenly layered crêpe cake ever! FYI, mille means "a thousand" in french and crêpe stands for "very very thin sliced layered pancake", which implies the many many layers of crêpe of the cake. Tinq was so in love with it that we went again the day after for the second time with Kam Wah. I met up with Derek again in Kuching and he still can't get his mind off the Nadeje cakes. A definite must try.
heavenly~
Me and Tinq at Nadeje - round two!
Tinq insisted that the bear must be in each photo. Girls.
Kindly ignore the bear.
Introducing one of my close buddies in Melaka who wished not to be named in this photo *cough cough*
But what I think Melaka gave me the best treasure was a restaurant called Nadeje that specializes in mille crêpe and served the best heavenly layered crêpe cake ever! FYI, mille means "a thousand" in french and crêpe stands for "very very thin sliced layered pancake", which implies the many many layers of crêpe of the cake. Tinq was so in love with it that we went again the day after for the second time with Kam Wah. I met up with Derek again in Kuching and he still can't get his mind off the Nadeje cakes. A definite must-try.
After the heavenly delight, Satay Celup is definitely not to be missed. I just realized that I've only had the chance to actually try out Satay Celup only after a year in Melaka. Tinq was pretty particular about the hygiene of Satay Celup and a little paranoid about the gravy being celup-ed. From what I heard, they (being the general public) said that the boiled gravy sauce were never exchanged between each round of customers. Coming to think of it, it did start to get into my head after my imagination begins to wander off when the previous customers and their salivas began to play in my head.. UGH~
Satay Celup~
In the meantime, after my finals Tinq with Derek and Heruey came over to Melaka for a trip and meet Derek for the first time,
Meet Tinq, best gal friend since pre-school
since primary, Steffi (counter-snapping me with her Iphone)
since primary, Her Ruey (on the left) and since last week, Derekfortunately some of my housemates went back to their hometown for a few days before our Redang trip so there won't be any cuddling or spooning going on, thanks to Kam Wah for being so gracious enough for lending me his car and his room for them to bunk in for the night..
Picked them up at Melaka Sentral and then picked up Steffi from Manipal as well! our primary schoolmates and boy she hasn't changed much though.. brought them to my favourite place with the best melaka chicken rice balls ever! and best of all it's damn ridiculously cheap! Can u imagine 5 people eating a full sized chicken and inclusive of drinks all for just less than 30 bucks?
fav!
I remembered during my 1st year on my first outing when I actually saw the fort and the red house (christ church) right in front of my own eyes, it was like a surreal experience of seeing it in the flesh right from the history books. After four years, now it seemed to me like any regular monuments or buildings, absence makes the heart grow fonder indeed.
A Famosa fort
Christ Church a.k.a Red House
just couldn't help myselfAnd of course the landmark of Melaka, Jonker Street. In mandarin it was called, "鸡场街". First when one of my seniors brought us on the outing, my terrible lack of the cantonese language back then translated it from mandarin as the infamous Petaling Street in KL(which till now I've never been to) and I had the idea that the the two places had the same name for almost one year! my bad..
Jonker Walk a.k.a Jonker Street
heavenly~
Me and Tinq at Nadeje - round two!Tinq insisted that the bear must be in each photo. Girls.
Kindly ignore the bear.
But what I think Melaka gave me the best treasure was a restaurant called Nadeje that specializes in mille crêpe and served the best heavenly layered crêpe cake ever! FYI, mille means "a thousand" in french and crêpe stands for "very very thin sliced layered pancake", which implies the many many layers of crêpe of the cake. Tinq was so in love with it that we went again the day after for the second time with Kam Wah. I met up with Derek again in Kuching and he still can't get his mind off the Nadeje cakes. A definite must-try.
After the heavenly delight, Satay Celup is definitely not to be missed. I just realized that I've only had the chance to actually try out Satay Celup only after a year in Melaka. Tinq was pretty particular about the hygiene of Satay Celup and a little paranoid about the gravy being celup-ed. From what I heard, they (being the general public) said that the boiled gravy sauce were never exchanged between each round of customers. Coming to think of it, it did start to get into my head after my imagination begins to wander off when the previous customers and their salivas began to play in my head.. UGH~
Satay Celup~Will be flying off back to Melaka tomorrow for a 2 months extension course, something to do with the accreditation issues and stuff. I'll get into more details about it during my next post hopefully.
I'll be blogging again soon after I reach Melaka, that is IF I have internet connection at the new place.
Labels: A Famosa, cheesecakes, Christ Church, food, Jonker, Malaysia, Melaka, Mille Crepe, Nadeje, Red House, Satay Celup, trip, UTeM
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Wednesday, December 9
over the past few weeks, things haven't been going great for me and I needed some distraction just to get my mind off things for a bit, so I left for KL.
Having to experience my first homesick-ish state over this past 4 years, my friend coincidentally brought me to one his favourite sarawak laksa stalls in KL somewhere at Bangsar called 南泉 or "Nam Chun".
The taukenio was originally from Kuching Padungan area, so her sarawak laksa lived up to my expectations and never would I thought I would ever be able to have a taste of good sarawak laksa at west malaysia. RM5 per bowl, but I'd still say it's worth it.
the shrimps were huge but tasted a little odd.
then that night we went for a friend's mini BBQ gathering at the apartment balcony like literally using a 2-hour-instant-charcoal-BBQ-kit from tesco haha.. I was listening to their mingling and chatter of their post-graduating experiences, their new jobs and future plans. I realized that all of them had already detached from their student lives and started having more profound insights towards life, something that I'm still trying to grasp at the moment.
On sunday, after having brunch at TTDI, we went to the PC fair at KLCC and boy was it an experience. Aside from the obvious eye candies, the size of the fair puts to shame all other PC fairs at all states, an eye opener indeed. One thing I hate about the fair was parking! Parking was ridiculous in the center of KL city! drivers were extra brutally selfish and parking spaces was damn expensive! shit, a fucking cut-throat RM10 for one single parking! ugh...
Well.. at least the fair compensated for most of it ;)
I couldn't actually see anything from the fair because it was SoOoOOoo crowded! and all I could see was people and all the gadgets seemed insignificant regardless of the whole event. Unless you're prepared and have an item in mind to buy, I'd say it's pointless to get in and becoming a living human pancake with the crowds.
people mountain people sea
then had lunch at KLCC, and even KLCC was in the festive mood and the decorations were awesome.
One thing I liked bout KLCC was the green landscape designed in the space adjacent outside the shopping centre. As if among all the confines of the high-rise buildings and the complications of the city life, at its center, a semblance of mushrooming civilization of greenery and nature still remains.
Everything was just what I needed at that time, an escape from all the thoughts and questions that has been meddling around inside my mind for so long. At KL, I was free, free from all expectations and all the disappointments. I left KL with a heavy heart, getting heavier at each decreasing kilometers approaching melaka, but I guess it can't be helped..
Like how my friend would always put for me... C'est la vie ;)
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