Malacca Trip

This is a long overdue post. But I figured that if I don't write something today, there will be another trip to update in a few days time, cos my Goddess is going to KL this long weekend, leaving me alone in the house! Boohoo! I don't know what's going to happen to me.

Anyway, my Goddess and her family had an impromptu drive up to Malacca on 10 Sep. They weren't expecting to drive so far up, so they didn't bring much cash, only 500RM for 4 people and no spare change of clothes at all.

That day was hazy cos of the Indo fire. Can't really see far.


4 hours drive later, they finally reached Malacca!

My papa is always fascinated with antiques

Their next time - Peranakan Museum!

This is the location where another part of Little Nyonya was filmed - Yue Niang's house.

Can you recognise the living room?

My Goddess didn't enjoy this museum as much as the Penang one even though she can recognise more scenes of the show filmed here because one, the tour guide wasn't very friendly - and she chop chop finish the whole tour in less than an hour; two, photography wasn't allowed so my Goddess can't share the scenes and memories with me; three, the museum is packed with so much things, you can't feel that it is a house at all!

The exterior of Yue Niang's house

After the tour, they went opposite to get some 'tu chan'. There are a lot of yummy food to buy! Too bad they had to ration their 500RM and couldn't buy much.

And there was a cosy little cafe that sells milk tea in a big glass bottle, making the drink look even more delicious than ever!

My Goddess wanted to buy one to drink. She would have done so if she was with the Horny Devil but they were on a tight schedule and budget.

They also looked like they sell yummy chendols - reminded my Goddess of Penang

There was a stall selling nice selling pancakes with a long queue. So they decided to buy two to try.

The pancake is in the shape of a fish. But it doesn't taste as nice as it smells and looks

And seeing that the street side stall also sells chendol, they decided to buy one to try too - another reminder of Penang!

Walking down the street, the sun was sweltering hot!

Look at how they translate Nasi Lemak! Alamak~

I didn't know my Goddess and the Horny Devil has a shop in Malacca

There's a toy museum in Malacca too! My Goddess is so going to bring the Horny Devil there the next time they visit Malacca

And she saw an interesting statue somewhere off Jonker Street.

That's cos the gym is opened by this body building champion

Malacca is apparently popular for its handmade pineapple tarts. There were many stalls selling that. Probably cos of the Nyonya influence.

The biggest pineapple tart ever

When evening falls, Jonker Street is transformed into a Pasar Malam.

Look at the colour candies - nice to see but not nice to eat

Stopping over for some yong tau fu food

Dinner was at a Peranakan restuarant as my Goddess was craving for Peranakan food since her Penang trip. They stopped at the first restuarant that they saw opened.

The big kitchen with lots of fumes from all the cooking

Apparently the restuarant is a famous one. Even President Nathan visited the place. Lucky them!

Their scrumptious dinner

By night time, the street was really crowded.

They decided they will head straight home and not stay over in the hotel there because they didn't bring enough money and had no change of clothes. By the time night falls, they were even smellier than my mouth because of the hot sun in the day.

So before they headed home, they decided to spend their remaning cash on the famous pineapple tarts.

And it's indeed nice and worth the buy!

So this very much sums up the end of their impromptu Malacca trip. Next stop - KL. This time round, they have wisened up and made more plans like book the hotel and bringing more cash. My Goddess is also going to bring her card along in case she sees something that she wants to buy!

Wedding Preparations

Now that my Goddess' housing loan ordeal is finally over, the Horny Devil and her can move on to the next step of their wedding planning - looking for a wedding venue!

Their first stop - Goodwood Park.

My Goddess liked the hotel for their rustic, country-liked exterior.

The grand ballroom

A close up look at the chandelier lights

What my Goddess liked about the ballroom is that it's a cosy size that can hold the number of tables they are looking at without looking too cramp or empty. And that it is in a hexagonal shape, so the area is made more inclusive.

There are also 4 projector screens altogether so that all video images will not be blocked and small for guests to view

The aisle leading up to the (imaginery) stage that will have the brown wall as the backdrop

My Goddess like the big and cosy reception area too

The reception area can even extend to the other side of the staircase, which can also be decorated!

However, there are several things she didn't like about Goodwood Park:

1. The bridal suite is apparently small, according to forumers, and has no good view.
2. There are no rooms for negotiation, e.g. more complimentary carpark lots, no complimentary solemnisation venue - my Goddess really liked the poolside as the solemnisastion venue!

So if all the GST, service charge and miscellenous extra charges, it may not be worth it with no extra negotiations.

Meanwhile, the two lovebirds also dropped by Ion to check out their Jewellery Street for wedding bands.

My Goddess loved this the most! Not because it is the most expensive of the lot, but don't you think it just looks fabulous? And the service there was good too!

A close-up shot

And this is just the beginning of their wedding preparations. There will be more to come as they visit more hotels and wedding shows and preparing for all the nitty gritty staffs like wedding favours, wedding invites etc. And also the most important part of choosing the gown and wedding shoot! OMG, there's so much things to do. And most most importantly, they haven't settled the ever so important date. Now where should they start with so much things to do...