It is the year 2010 and I'm blogging about a very backdated account of our Malacca trip in 2009, 18-20 December. It's our first trip to Malacca with the children, our first drive up trip to Malaysia and also our first overseas trip with Jessy's family. To equip ourselves, we got ourselves a Garmin GPS. Jessy's family had been to Malacca umpteen times. So they were very familiar with the roads. Throughout the trip, we just had to look at the rear of their Subaru blue car. They were very considerate, stopping many times along the way to wait for us :) We're the timid ones, conforming to the 110km/h speed limit at the highway. There were times when we drove at 130km/h, which was also our first experience. Haha :)
Our first meal was in Farmosa Chinese restaurant, eating chicken rice balls. The food was a little disappointing but the ambience was good. The best meal we had was the Peranakan dinner which Jessy's family had brought us to. The Assam fish was delicious and fresh. The Nyonya vegetables, curry chicken were also superb. I was very engrossed in eating that I forgot to take a picture of the yummy food! :)
It rained for the first two days but it was quite alright as we were indoors and we did quite a lot of shopping, buying mainly children's stuff, especially in FOS. We also went to Jonker Street night market on the second night. It was very crowded. We returned to the hotel only after 12 midnight. It was the right decision to leave the sleepy children in the hotel with Auntie Nia.
On the way back home, we wanted to stop in Geylang Patah R and R to meet up with Jessy's family but we made a wrong turn at the highway and we got lost for almost 2 hours. We were getting worried when the sky turned dark and there was no civilization on our right and left. Our car was alone and we couldn't stop any car to ask for directions because they were zooming pass us and we were also afraid of our own security. Finally, we managed to locate a Shell petrol kiosk and could ask our way out.
Throughout the whole trip, we were very very impressed with Jessy and her husband, Clement. They were very patient with their girls. They carried their girls all the way when walking in Jonker Street. I was already very tired even without my kids but they had to carry them throughout. Not only that, they were also very considerate, making several stops to wait for us, in case we were lost. When our elephant car had some difficulty manoeuvring out of a narrow alley which had an open drain, Clement was sensitive enough to get out of his car to direct our car out of the situation. When we were lost for about 2 hours, they waited for us at Geylang Patah R and R and constantly sms-ed us to ask about our location and well-being. They could have gone home already because they also had two young children who were tired and cranky but they did not leave us in the lurch. It was until when we found our way back to the highway leading to Tuas that they were relieved and headed back to the immigration. Their girls were also very well-mannered and good natured. I guess they had inherited the good traits of their parents.
All in all, it was a fun trip. Phoebe and Reuben had enjoyed themselves with the company of Xiao Ci and Yun Er. We too, though the traffic jam within Malacca was crazy. Quoting my hubby, "Driving in Malacca is very challenging. You really must gah gah go." I agreed but that will not stop us from going there again :)
Our first meal was in Farmosa Chinese restaurant, eating chicken rice balls. The food was a little disappointing but the ambience was good. The best meal we had was the Peranakan dinner which Jessy's family had brought us to. The Assam fish was delicious and fresh. The Nyonya vegetables, curry chicken were also superb. I was very engrossed in eating that I forgot to take a picture of the yummy food! :)
It rained for the first two days but it was quite alright as we were indoors and we did quite a lot of shopping, buying mainly children's stuff, especially in FOS. We also went to Jonker Street night market on the second night. It was very crowded. We returned to the hotel only after 12 midnight. It was the right decision to leave the sleepy children in the hotel with Auntie Nia.
On the way back home, we wanted to stop in Geylang Patah R and R to meet up with Jessy's family but we made a wrong turn at the highway and we got lost for almost 2 hours. We were getting worried when the sky turned dark and there was no civilization on our right and left. Our car was alone and we couldn't stop any car to ask for directions because they were zooming pass us and we were also afraid of our own security. Finally, we managed to locate a Shell petrol kiosk and could ask our way out.
Throughout the whole trip, we were very very impressed with Jessy and her husband, Clement. They were very patient with their girls. They carried their girls all the way when walking in Jonker Street. I was already very tired even without my kids but they had to carry them throughout. Not only that, they were also very considerate, making several stops to wait for us, in case we were lost. When our elephant car had some difficulty manoeuvring out of a narrow alley which had an open drain, Clement was sensitive enough to get out of his car to direct our car out of the situation. When we were lost for about 2 hours, they waited for us at Geylang Patah R and R and constantly sms-ed us to ask about our location and well-being. They could have gone home already because they also had two young children who were tired and cranky but they did not leave us in the lurch. It was until when we found our way back to the highway leading to Tuas that they were relieved and headed back to the immigration. Their girls were also very well-mannered and good natured. I guess they had inherited the good traits of their parents.
All in all, it was a fun trip. Phoebe and Reuben had enjoyed themselves with the company of Xiao Ci and Yun Er. We too, though the traffic jam within Malacca was crazy. Quoting my hubby, "Driving in Malacca is very challenging. You really must gah gah go." I agreed but that will not stop us from going there again :)
2 comments:
Thank you thank you! Glad that ur family enjoyed the trip.
no lah, we should thank you instead!! :)
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