A Budget Trip 2

Talking about the continuation of the last entry, here it is:

10:00 pm:
Setelah makan-makan, it is a must for us to have a walk...supaya makanan cepat 'turun' hehehe...we decided to spend time kat area Makhota Parade and the new shopping mall (as told by my colleague from Melaka, Yong...). We however, tak masuk ke shopping mall tersebut (so tempted nak pegi actually sebab from outside we can see the boutiques like MNG, Esprit, Padini, Guess etc dan yang menariknya, ianya disusun bersebelahan di antara satu sama lain...memang best la tengok!) kerana i had enough of shopping and spending money in KL...so banyak-banyak bersabar masa tu....(ingat...budget trip hehe).

Apa lagi yang menarik kat sana? Ada Menara Taming Sari...its like bende alah yang ada kat atas Genting cuma this menara dia tak naik dan turun secara mengejut. It goes up slowly and comes down slowly...jeles je kami tengok orang kat dalam tu...huhuhu... sebab apa tau? sebab fees nya rm20 (but again, Yong said if we could show our IC we could get the 50% discount!) Itula akibatnya kalau terlampau kedekut hehehe...we were not even go dekat dengan counter nye :) . At the same area, there were soooo many trishaws...beca yang dihiasi dengan bunga-bunga dan lampu lip-lap. Bukan itu sahaja, ade certain beca yang ada speaker so the pengayuh beca akan play the song....wahhhhh...gamatnya kawasan tu...happening habis! AGAIN....kitorang tak naik beca yang cantik itu..sebab...berharga rm20 (for 2 person, 1 trip - mengelilingi kawasan tersebut, i would say its about 2 km?). One more reason is, kami bertiga, so kalau naik beca, lagi sorang akan keseorangan... (alasan je ni hehe). Dalam kami snap-snap here and snap-snap there (ambik gambar with my cute hphone and Ann's camera), ada satu hamba Allah...perhatikan kami dari dekat (sebab dekat ngan dia je) dan dengan gentleman nya menawarkan kami menikmati duduk di atas beca beliau (beca dia cantik jugak, ada lagu lagiiii...) dan tolong ambil gambar sekali.....terima kasih dik...eh abang... :) When i was stepping down from his flowery trishaw, dia suruh i push this one red button. I tekan. Bunyinya.....kuat, lucu dan terkejut.....tiuuuuuuuuttttttt!. Hahahaha....itu hon beca tersebut. Different beca would have different sound.. Wah...best..best malam tu. Ramai orang.

Kami berjalan-jalan lagi sekeliling..melalui 'rumah merah' (should have a name, i forgot) dan pergi ke Jonker Walk (sebelum tu saya kene gelak kat orang beca sebab i tanya "kat mana jonker road eh"). Right...now kat Jonker Walk, just imagine you are in Petaling Street cuma barang-barang nya lain la sikit and decorated with lights and CNY tanglung..yes..we had a good time too...tapi tak jalan sampai hujung jalan sebab dah penat (tersangat penat, saya dah jalan terbongkok-bongkok sebab sakit pinggang, takde masalah dengan kaki sebab sandal dah selesa..hehe). Kat sana, saya beli beberapa souvenirs untuk bawak balik, especially my sister tersayang Lumi dah kirim something...dalam kepala berfikir-fikir nak beli apa untuk dia...beg ke? selipar ke? baju ke? handphone case ke? (that's what she crazy about) Finally, i bought beberapa chopstick hiasan (i was thinking nak mkn mee dengan bende alah tu). Tak beli banyak sebab esok nak jenjalan lagi......

12.30 am:
PENAT. We bought 3 mineral bottles, the big one, from the 7E, right in front of the Menara and near our car (for 3 of us, was-was nak ambil air dari water cooler hotel). Five minutes later, we reached the hotel and quickly masuk bilik dan mandi, solat dan tidur ..zzzzzzz...

6.30 am:
I prayed first, followed by Ann and Liza. But saya orang last sekali mandi (as usual...suka berselimut dalam selimut). Oh ye, i did bring my own blanket sebab of all the three, saya tak tahan sejuk jadi malam tersebut selimut saya 2 layer. (Ann claimed selimut hotel nipis...ingat Ann..ini Comfort Hotel :P )

7.30 am:
Kami terus pack baju nak balik. Ha? Dah nak balik dah? Hmmm...kami nak keluar dari tempat tu...first, sebab lapar, second, nak buat apa lagi kat situ...check out je la. The check out process was very very simple. Just put your room keys at the counter and say good bye...as the owner said "Sini banyak senang la....".

Untuk cari makan for breakfast, saya kira kami telah berpusing-pusing di jalan yang sama mencari makan sebanyak 2-3 kali (jalan kat sana sehala mostly dan sesat, of course). One of us said "Orang Melaka ni tak makan pagi ke? hehehe...Finally saya teringat semasa menemani Lumi datang for interview kat Jalan Hang Tuah (few months ago), kat sana masih terbayang-bayang lagi kedai-kedai makan. So, saya terus bagitau Ann ikut signboard Jalan Hang Tuah, headed to bandaraya...Alhamdulillah.....akhirnya perut dapat diisi (at that moment, i missed my sister alot, when accompanying her for the MARA interview).

What's for breakfast:

Yati: Meehun Singapore + sotong sambal
Liza: Nasi bubur
Ann: Mee Singapore + Mee+ sotong sambal

9.00 am:
Kami meneruskan pengembaraan kami, ke A Famosa dan muzium (terpaksa pilih beberapa muzium sebab banyak sangat dan kitorang dah tak larats). What i can summarize here is, our day at one of the museums (kat istana replika, they built exactly the same macam istana zaman sultan-sultan dulu), there was this guy, he is the officer there explaining to us about Melaka history. Subhanallah...his story had really brought us to the period of Kesultanan Melayu Melaka. We could imagine the Sultan, Tun Perak, Tun Kudu (Tun Perak's sister), Tun Ali, dan juga pedagang-pedagang dari Gujerat, Siam, yang nak masuk mengadap Sultan. And...the funny part was, all of us was wishing to be part of the story...ada nak jadi gundik la..ada nak naik time machine and perhatikan dari jauh la...ada nak jadi orang kampung basuh kain tepi sungai la (because the istana was actually kat atas bukit, tapi dah dimusnahkan oleh Portugis, so bila baginda beristirehat kat bilik atas sekali (loteng), baginda akan dapat memerhati segala kegiatan di Melaka termasuk la kapal-kapal yang datang berdagang (we could really imagine sebab sungai masih ada kat situ (dijadikan cruise...tempat pelancong naik bot). No wonder la kawasan tu windy sebab di tepi pantai....angin Laut China Selatan. At the museum, i bought the keychains. Seterusnya kami jalan-jalan lagi (kebanyakkan muzium kene tanggalkan kasut dan kami dah collect banyak plastic bag untuk kasut kami, given when we paid the fees). Antara muzium yang lain ialah; Beauty and Endurance Museum, Stamp Museum, (banyak sangat takleh nak sebut & tak ingat actually ), muzium yang ada dalam kapal, and also we managed to go to kedai-kedai souvenirs (again). Kat sana, saya beli beberapa helai ki..(ki? or key? ala...the small kain yang normally pakai kat kepala) and i bought that purposely to wear for snorkeling ok? And i did not know that it is soo cheap; at rm3 each. Again i was so tempted to buy shirts for nephews and niece...tapi saya tau..baju-baju macam tu, bila balik rumah dah nampak macam tak bernilai so tak beli la. And i know one day i will bring my mom and the rest to Melaka, and they will definitely buy those sovenirs! Right Mami??? (my mom will always buy things :P )

2:00 pm:
Dah pukul dua? patutla lapar....kami berjalan balik ke kereta (when we parked, ada 2-3 buah kerete sahaja and now...ade beratus-ratus kereta). It shows how early we were there and Ann managed to park right under the tree, shaded. Kami makan di restoran berhampiran...tak kisah apa lauknya sebab lapar.... (tak berapa sedap though).

3.30 pm:

Can't really recall the exact time. We were on our way back, headed to Kuala Lumpur and singgah kat beberapa tempat lagi like...Taman Buaya, Taman Mini kat Ayer Keroh (at that time, kami dah tak larat nak berjalan, tapi singgah jugak kat situ sebab takut nanti nyesal tak pegi). Kat Taman Buaya, tak berapa best sebab kawasan tak terjaga dan buaya dah macam tua-tua dah...lembap tak bergerak (there were a few la...kami sempat tengok buaya dan orang perform sama-sama) and kat Taman Mini, we did not enter that place actually sebab fees dia mahal rm10 hehehe...so park kete and beli buah...nak hilang dahaga. (i wanted to go in actually huhuhuh). After that, kami betul-betul bertolak ke KL.

Berhenti di R&R (Seremban i think) dan minum di Shalala Coffee...best...i ordered Ice Blended Mocha Capuccino dan pergi ke food court makan...

Liza: Yong Taw Fu
Ann: Kuey Tiaw Sup
Yati: Cucur udang (my cucur udang yang paling sedap....Liza yang belikan untuk semua tapi saya yang conquer hehe)

Around 6:00 pm:
Kami sampai di Kota Damansara di kediaman kami. Jiran-jiran semacam jeles melihat kami keluarkan beg-beg dari kereta dan attire kami yang nampak macam baru balik melancong hehehehehe.....lets not talk about our face....muka berminyak dan penat.... Saya memandang sekilas ke arah kereta kesayangan yang ditinggalkan semalaman...alhamdulillah...selamat..

To conclude with, the trip was really a budget trip because:

1. We did not use my car (the petrol would be double)
2. We thought many many times before buying those souvenirs
3. We checked in at the cheap hotel
4. We did not have experience 'naiking' the flowery and colourful beca
5. We did not get in the Menara Taming Sari
6. We did not enter the Taman Mini :(


So how much was the cost??? It was ONLY RM89.60++ (plus our breakfast, lunch, and dinner at Sg. Duyung, museum tickets, souvenirs, petrol and hotel...)

In 6 month times, we will be going to Redang Island.....InsyaAllah...