Once Again, A Spa Trip to Malacca

Yet another Malacca trip. The initial plans was to head for Tioman together with Monkey and his company and of course, plus Zhao Cai Mao. With a series of unfortunate events, we found out there were shortages of rooms at the resort we were suppose to be put up. We were suppose to share a hut with Monkey and Zhao Cai Mao and that seemed ok. But things kinda took a sharp and unexpected turn when Tubby called one afternoon and told me that we are not going for the Tioman trip. I didn't quite probe but it could be because of some changes in events or remarks. Then again, it was good afterall since our Malacca trip was great.

Most people might think that it's a boring place and it's so unhappening. I must admit it can get boring and meaningless. But the most important thing that kept the trip alive was that we had each other. Frankly, Malacca wasn't the first choice and we did wanted to make it for the Tioman trip but guess it's all fated and we'd just have to plan it on a later date.

We stayed at the same hotel we did the last time but the difference this time, i managed to book the spa and it was fabulous. It's the retreat i needed since a long long time. I was so afraid that it'd turn out to be a disappointed but thankfully, it didn't. We booked a room on Friday and got tranferred to a much bigger room on Saturday. It was a upgrade, guess it was a suite or something. Well it wasn't free, but it's still reasonable and the breakfast was stll worth waking up early for.

Regular trip to the night bazaar at Jonker was unavoidable since there was nothing else to do. Buying and chomping down food along the way was so much more fun than we hoped. I don't mind doing one of this trip every now and then just for the spa and food.

Right now, i shall save up my annual leaves and give my bank account some time to recuperate before we plan for our big trip to Melbourne in August.

Some Interesting Pictures - Malacca

Chubby Teddy

Monkey In Action

He sure loves what he does...

Hotel Puri

Saga De Malacca

I can't say the Easter trip to Malacca was amazing fun but it did began with a bang. I can foresee that we'll be repeating this saga quite a bit over coffeeshop chats. All in all, i did enjoy myself.

Like i mentioned earlier, we were intending to take "Alibaba's" mini bus up but after crossing the Causeway, we happily thought we were all geared and ready for the 2 hours drive. We couldn't be more wrong. We were pulled over by the Malaysian traffic police just as we exited the customs. Apparently, the license for the bus to cross over to our neighbouring country expired. In the usual Malaysian fashion, they had a long chat with us, putting up the usual show that they can't take bribes and all. In the end, we had to be escorted by the traffic police back to Singapore land. When we were dropping that traffic police off, we found out that we still had to pay like RM 500 to appease him even if it means that we still got to go back home and take the cars.

So we came back and took the cars. Monkey's car was alright, nice car but trust me, if you had to be stuck in the back seat with the sun tanning your right arm, it wasn't something i was looking forward to. I wished we took Xiaobai. At least i could entertained myself on the way there. Had a silent fight with Chubby Teddy in the car but wasn't angry with him, i guess i was just uncomfortable. And all of you who knows me, when i'm either uncomfortable or tired or hungry, i'm extremely grouchy.

Finally when we arrived at the hotel, i found that my long awaited spa sessions were all fully booked. It was hugely disappointing. I really needed a knead on my shoulder and down my back. Luckily, the downhill part of the whole trip ended here.

Cut the whole story short, we ate and ate, walk and walk, then eat again, occasionally shopped a little then back to eating and sleeping. It's weird that one of the most enjoyable part of the trip was playing Uno with Chubby Teddy, Monkey and Zhao Cai Mao. We took some nice pictures which i'll attempt to post it on when i can.

It was an ok trip but the crowd made it complete.

Roadtrip, Yet Again.

Plans for Good Friday had been planned and changed yet again. The initial plans of going to Bangkok,then maybe Hong Kong, then became Bali then now, we're going to Malacca. It's like predestined i can't go anywhere too far, at most just across the Causeway. But we'll be going with "Monkey" and "Zhao Cai Mao" together with Monkey's colleagues. Guess it should be fun considering we'll be taking "Alibaba's" super bus so we'll all be crapping along the way. Simply can't wait...

We have so much plans on our palatte, i wonder when will we ever materialise them. Given by next year we wouldn't need to fork out some fixed expenses and possibly better remuneration along the way, we should be able to go for our Italian escape and Japanese retreat. Well unless i decide to do my NY bar, then i'll have to put it back to a later date. It's gonna cost me a bomb and i must say, i'm very tempted, as much as my current job doesn't require it, it will act like a safety net for me in case i'd ever want to go into practice, in fact, it'd help even if i were to go in-house.

I'm quite peeved at the moment with my work. Not that i'm not enjoying it, in fact i'm in tremendous joy to be moving forward. It has to boil down to the seating arrangement. Frankly, i'm alright here. However, a new colleague, well also a Aussie girl (maybe that's why), will be getting my favourite seat, the seat that i've always wanted. Window seat! Get it? And me, being here for these few months, working like a farm cow gets the everyone can see me, not so private seat. I'd love to reiterate, it's not that i'd go stuffs that i'm not allowed to do, it's just the ultimate discomfort of everyone looking into your screen. It's probably the first and only screen you can see when someone walk past the door. It's like big and bright staring right in your face when you step in. Fuck!

It's Natas fair this weekend, maybe i can start planning a small trip after "CT's" exams. We should take some time off this irritating and dog-eat-dog world.

I need to go for retail therapy...