Rachel's purple dream

Sunday, July 08, 2007 ~ 11:14 PM

Mie Mie's wedding in Malacca

Embarked on a journey to the historical city of Malacca on July 6th, 2007 (Friday) for the weekend because Kevin's friend from Tawau, Guan Mie, will be getting married on the next day in Malacca on 07-07-07! (July 7th, 2007) And since Kevin was on MC on Friday (he had an appointment at 10am with Dr. Daniel Foo at Lourdes Medical Centre, Jalan Ipoh), we decided to head on to Malacca after the appointment so we would have more time to go sightseeing around Malacca.

Our first pitstop in Malacca: Hainanese Chicken Rice Balls

After our brunch, we decided to walk around since the rice ball place was very near the Stadhuys and Famosa area. The rice balls were very tasty (in my opinion, haha but not necessarily in Kevin's) but the chicken in that shop were lousy!!! The chicken were like shredded and in messy chops as if the meat was rotten. I really didn't enjoy the brunch at all! But Kevin and I were very hungry, so what gives? :P

An old train, I think, can't really tell!

Kevin looking real chic with the umbrella and the hand on his waist (color-coded too!) on the way up to St. Paul's church

That's St. Paul's church and its statue on the far left

The view from St. Paul's church overlooking the Strait of Malacca and some reclaimed land

Kevin doing some reading at St. Paul's church

The side of St. Paul's church (and that's the statue on the far right)

The ancient concrete tablets inside the church

The staircase leading to the A'Famosa fort

My shadow!

Aha! Found it! That's the back of the A'Famosa fort!

Kevin posing at the front of the fort

Posing with the cannon

On the way back to the car, I took a proper shot of the Stadhuys (this time with the church in view)

After that, we went to look for our hotel - The Baba House along Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock. After we checked in, we decided to walk around since the hotel was just next to Jonker Walk (Jalan Hang Jebat) and do abit more of sightseeing.

Hotel with a view! Hotel Puri with lovely windows (same jalan as The Baba House)

Kevin and I decided to have some snacks in a cafe called The Geographer we saw while we were driving past on the way to the hotel earlier. After that, we headed on to Jonker Walk to jalan-jalan. It looked and felt abit like walking down SJ Uptown cum Bali shops here. Hehe! Lotsa earrings, bags, handicraft, hairclips, etc sold there in Jonker Walk.

Ooo... cool, refreshing Tiger beer to cool off the afternoon heat??

No wayyyy!! I can't drink, really! It was juz a cool, refreshing glass of orange juice served in a tall Tiger glass

A stage built in Jonker walk. Probably there'll be some performance at night

We bumped into Mie Mie in Jonker Walk and she invited us to her house later that night. So we went and met up with the rest of Kev's friends like Lulu and Mui Ling. After chatting with them for an hour or so, Kev and I decided to head on back to the hotel but not before stopping by a food stall nearby the hotel for supper. Could you believe it that I actually finished two plates of balitong all by myself?! Well, believe it cuz I did! I was crazy craving for balitong! :P

The radiant bride, Mie Mie

The very next morning (07-07-07), we attended Mie Mie's wedding mass in St. Theresa's Parish Church. Roti arrived this morning in Malacca and met Kev and I in The Baba House and we went to the church together. Roti's friend, Wan Ling, stayed back at the hotel. There were six couples (including Mie Mie and her hubby, Philip) tying the knot in the church that morning. Obviously, the date 07-07-07 meant something special or something.

I'm still waiting for the rest of Mie Mie's wedding pics from Mui Ling and Roti

Kev and I on the church bench

We switched places so that Kevin would be closer to his friends on the bench for chitchat/gossiping purposes

A pic of the church benches before they were filled up

Lovely hot tea for brekkie

After the mass, Roti, Kevin and I headed back to The Baba House to catch our complimentary free hotel breakfast. After that, I brought Kevin to a clinic to change his dressing (for his leg). Then we decided to take a walk in Jonker Street again. We found the chicken rice ball shop that Ivy recommended. We ate there and the food was just soooo tasty!!! YUMMY!!! =) So much better than the other shop's.

The rice balls

After having a hearty meal of chicken rice balls, we went into one of the three Orang Utan t-shirt shops to buy us some T-Shirts. I got one which read "Malaysia Boleh" and I bought one for Esther which read "I Love Chicken Rice Balls" while Kevin bought two for himself. We headed back to the hotel shortly after for some shut-eye before the wedding dinner later that evening.

Kevin woke up looking like this! So hilarious and cute! He was laughing at the TV and I was laughing at his hair! :P

All ready for MieMie's wedding dinner

My digicam ran outta batt some time around before the wedding dinner and I didn't bring the charger. So I guess I just have to wait for Roti's pics instead. After the dinner, Roti and us went back to the hotel to change into casual clothes to join Wan Ling (Roti's friend) and her friends at a backlane stall selling steamed clams and mussels which tasted quite good! ;)

Shortly after that, Kevin and I headed back to the hotel and decided to talk a walk in Jonker Street when Ivy asked for yum char. So we cancelled the walk and waited for Ivy to come pick us. She took us around and about in Malacca in her car. And lastly, after driving for almost half an hour or so, we made a pitstop at Jalan Ong Kim Wee (nearby the Baba House) for the famous satay celup. Tasty tasty! ;)

The very next morning, the four of us (Roti, Wan Ling, Kevin and I) went for our complimentary brekkie together. Real soon after that, Lulu and Mui Ling came to the Baba House and joined Roti, Wan Ling, Kevin and I for lunch already! Haha! :P We went to the Nyonya place (forgot the name already) within walking distance to the Baba House for lunch. The place was visited by the Ho-Chak show hosts. Ho-Chak is a local TV network's (8TV) show that goes around visiting places that serve good tasty food and introduce the dishes to Malaysians. After that, we just went our separate ways and headed back to KL. God bless! ;)

Kevin & I stopped by at one of the pitstops along the way back to KL. It was the pitstop that I'd alwiz wondered what it was cuz the signboard was like showing pine trees on a hill. So we stopped & climbed the high steps till we reached the top and when we did, we were outta breath already and there was nothing up there. No great view either :P

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