continuation from You’ll Never Shop Alone
after shopping went for tea with XH
he received call from a lecturer
asking him to plan a Melaka trip for him
and find him a Baba Nyonya style hotel
with a budget of rm 60-80?? erm…
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so we decided to walk through the few tourist sites
A’Famosa – Stadhuys – Jonker Street
and check out hotel rates at Heeren Street
here we went walking
4pm, under the hot sun
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i guess people would really think
that we are tourists
with the SL cam and backpack
isn’t it a ridiculous thing to do
but i do believe
many Malaccans have never taken photos
around these sites
which attracted tourists from all around Malaysia
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skipped A’Famosa because
we were still busy licking our sundae cones
didn’t go up St. Paul Hill too
because i don’t wanna get burnt again
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Heeren Street
went into 2 hotels
one budget hotel
room rate can go
as low as 88 per night
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met an artist sketching
this stretch of the road
amazingly detailed
and capture the buildings
from the right angle
didn’t take photo
you know lar
ang mo very particular about this issue
called copyright and intellectual property
later we kena sue
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Puri Hotel
i guess recently it has gained popularity
among tourists as the aunthentic
Baba Nyonya style hotel
discovered that
all building along this street
are double storey
except this
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so they renovated and constructed
the 2nd storey
but the roof on top of ground floor
looked a bit curvy
is it just the original design
or bent by the extra weight from 2nd storey
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2nd storey is the exact replica of
1st storey
except it has shrunken in height
what a waste to tear down the
original roof to construct it
or did they actually preserve all the tiles
and reinstall them back
after 2nd storey was built
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a mansion
remind me of a dark night
with lightning flashing across the sky
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read from papers before
actually these calligraphies on the door etc
are priceless pieces of work
attracting academicians from mainland
most are motivational quotations
i was curious
what do these 2 phrases mean
found it here
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imagine last time
you can always say hello
to your neighbour from here
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finally no car
chop chop took these photos
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then went over to Jonker
XH said this is the first time
he came at such early time
but no differences
all pasar malam stuffs lar
seems that
i so anti Jonker Street nowadays
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walked back to Dataran Pahlawan
around 7
supposedly wanted to hang around
the playground for awhile
but i saw my dad and ny niece there
my dad cycled there
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fortunately he didn’t see me
the wrong scanty top
(i came out wearing a cardigan)
so just quickened our paces
and sneaked through
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wanted to go Bt Cina for dinner
either the corner wantan noodle
or the 3 roses mamak
but all the shops were closed
oops i forgot
the festival at the Gudwara
had begun
for 3 days, Sikhism devotees will
flood the whole vicinity of bt cina
and jalan laksamana cheng ho
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went for wantan noodle at
Bunga Raya instead
the roadside stall
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here marked the end
of our Melaka impromptu express trip
although the few iconic tourist sites
were already covered
it would never be sufficient
to truly discover Malacca
and not forgetting all the nice food
it will take weeks to taste them all
but takes a lifetime to forget
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