Self Reminder for Today

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Melaka: Unplanned Trip

Unplanned trip to historical city, melaka last saturday with mom, aunt and cousin. And this is the list of things we did:

1. Breakfast at Roti Canai Kayu Arang (the place was crowded. The food was good and the price were reasonable. My cousin and i had 'Roti Dol', roti kosong 'flooded' with dal gravy and two sunny side up eggs on top as shown in picture)

2. Took the Taming Sari Melaka ride, Melaka river cruise and also the trishaw (beca). Price tickets are different between locals and foreigners. Need to provide MyKad as proof. I requested 'keroncong' or 'dondang sayang' songs when asked by the trishaw 'driver'. According to him, i was only the second person to request those genre during his time as a trishaw 'driver.' 😂

3. Visited a couple of museums; Muzium Samudera, Muzium Sejarah dan Ethnografi and Muzium Istana Kesultanan Melaka. By visiting these museums, i wonder why don't i like the history subject in school when it is really interesting. Maybe the method it was taught. 😅 We also visited the stadthuys, st paul church ruin and a famosa fort (known as fort santiago these days).

4. Window shopping at Mahkota Parade, dinner near Pantai Klebang (bought the famous coconut milk shake) and finally Maghrib and Isya' prayer at Masjid Selat.

Well, since it was an unplanned trip, we still manage do many fun and interesting activities. We plan on coming back again next time and spend a couple of days. Overall, it was a satisfying trip. Spending quality time with our loved ones is simply the best! ❤️❤️❤️

roti dol

taming sari

river cruise

my beloved mom and i

with my cousin

trishaw ride

masjid selat

busy weekend..

last week, i went to another ballet repertoire with miss a. our first ballet repertoire was six years ago, coppelia. this time it was swan lake. it is a good performance i personally like the coppelia better. maybe because during that time, we had a better seating and view. this time, we watched from quite a distance (expected from the cheapest price, haha.. even the cheapest ticket cost RM100). we even talked about whether or not, one day we would afford the better seating, hehe.. oh, i fall asleep for a couple of minutes i think.. maybe because i took my med before the performance..

the next day, i attend a mercy program at rawang. we basically had a program wit he children of the residents. while the adults attend to the first aids program, mercy volunteer help attend to their children so that the adults could focus on the program without disturbance from their young children. we taught the children origami (frog), sing a song on brushing teeth, taught them the proper way to wash hands and play a game called 'step-on'. i basically just help and didn't conduct any of the activities. at this sort of program, i'll make a few new friends.before this, i joined another mercy program at pasir gudang. that program was basic psychological first aid for teacher affected during the sg kim kim pollution.

the next day, miss a and i joined malayan tiger fun run at ioi city mall. it was my first fun run of this year, i think.. since moving back to segamat, i rarely joined runs since there are not so many runs held here. this run was for raising the awareness on saving our malayan tiger. and coincidentally, there was quite a news that week on awang besul. it's actually a sad event. this fun was really fun since we had to go through a few obstacles!

after the run, we went to japan malaysia expo held at pavillion kl. we went there using public transportation. it was my first time riding a MRT. and i must say that the public transportation services in kl are very good and efficient. there were a lot of live performances by japan groups that i didn't know about but they are all great! there was a cosplay parades as well. we bought a few japanese desserts like mochi. i love mochi! there used to be store called 'mochi sweets' at pavillion but it was closed a couple of years ago. overall, it was FUN!