Saturday, February 21, 2009

Touring Melaka with RM10

Today’s Saturday…

Morning I though of going for a jog at the

recreational park at Bukit Serindit

6.30 am i told my mom…

No way, it’s dark n far

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Ok, So I decided to go St. Paul Hill

Me and Ah B

She didn’t want to proceed further

aft we stopped by the chicken barn

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Fine…

Morning Jog turned out to be

barn sight-seeing

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After breakfast at 10am

I decided that

i wanna go somewhere

Ah B has been watching too much of TV

eating too much food all day long

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We went to the bus stop

The bus was here very soon

I paid for my fare…

and mom was going to hand Ah B to me.

She protested and didn’t want to go up

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So i end up on the bus all alone

I had totally no idea where was i heading to.

Anyway, the bus trip was a pleasant one

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It’s not the usual bus

It was a Panorama Bus

All pretty new

The routes are around tourist spots in Melaka

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It’s something like SBS bus in Sg

Well air-conditioned

clean seats and even computerized tix

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It’s written on the tix

the tix is valid for the whole day trip

Wow, not bad ya…

RM 1 for a whole-day tix

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Passed by the State library… 

Have had spent some times here

studying with my buddies during my

secondary school days

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The new wing is finally done

But i haven’t been in there before

I haven’t been here for ages

Next time maybe

Since the bus service is so convenient now

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I ended up at the Bus terminal, Sentral

I decided to walk across the Gerbang Sentral

the flyover linking Tesco.

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Can’t believe it

i was wandering alone in Tesco

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I came out with only RM 10 in my bag

So now left with RM 9 after

paying for my bus fare

So my budget for this trip was only RM 8

RM 1 for back up

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I bought a can of St. Dalfour jam, RM 7.90

cause it’s within my budget

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Then i headed back to Sentral

Took another bus home.

It costed me another RM 1

So i was only left with 10 cents

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It’s so miserable

I didn’t have my purse with me

No IC, no nothing…

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Like a domestic helper…

Plus a Eeyore milk bottle

a box of Pocky

and a 200ml water bottle

all belong to Ah B

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Too bad I didn’t have my camera with me

My mom said it’s not safe to

bring alone camera on a bus trip

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On my trip back

it felt weird

I was the only Chinese

and I was the only one alone

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The bus past by Hang Tuah Walk

The Gloria Jeans outlet has closed down

replaced by another local mamak stall

And another failed project

the Digital Mall

The only operating shop is Pizza Hut

which is so so small

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Then next stop

it is Mahkota Parade and Dataran Pahlwan

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I wanna go shopping for all the items

i had spotted yesterday

considering this morning

i was richer by RM 200

I had RM 300 cold hot cash with me

without the need to ask for money

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80% of the bus passengers got down

But i couldn’t

With 10 cents in the bag

Forget about it

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I continued feasting on the Pocky

Pocky has never tasted that great

especially when you are hungry, penniless

I drank from the Kiddi cup too

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The driver had to informed the passengers

about important stops,

including The Stadhuys, Mahkota

and Penjara (The Jail)

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Is it supposed to be one of the tourist destinations?

I am not too sure

Maybe the smallest jail in Malaysia

An unique site in the midth of city

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Reached home

Ah B was soundly aslept

Such a traitor, who ffked on me

during the very very very last moment

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It’s OK

it is better during half-way along the trip

she suddenly says she wants to go home

You knows how

kid misses home quite easily

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Touring around is not a bad idea…

And i have learnt to

appreciate the public transport

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At Sg and Nilai and elsewhere,

I learn to take public transport for survival

But i have never taken it seriously back here

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Maybe I need a good camera

The Sony one is really great.

Sleek, touch screen, fancy color

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Despite the cultural, patriotic, melancholic me

the shopaholic me still rules them all… 

Where am i heading tonight?

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