Melaka Trip 2023 Day 2 + 3 - Just Food and View

No itinenary for Day 2 and 3. Purely follow friend's recommendation for food, food and food!!!

The food we had in Melaka for Day 2 and 3! 

Dim Sum for breakfast

San Shu Gong's Durian Chendol!

Fried Oyster Omelette

Not to miss Nadeje Layer Cake！

Duck Noodle 

Heard it so popular they closed by afternoon hours!

Melaka Trip Oct 2023 Day 1

My very first overseas trip since covid-19!!!

Hotel

Hotel booking as usual via online platform without any hiccups. Agoda it is.

Coach to Malacca

Coach booking via online platform (easybook.com) as well but now there is app to view the coach details. Even without app, the agency will send the bus details around an hour before the bus arrival at the pick up point. And this time round, we boarded at jurong east venture drive which is a lot nearer then going all the way to the east. Our coach travelled in Malaysia via tuas checkpoint. The tuas checkpoint seemed to be the only congested area where our coach seemed to take a longggg time before we finally get to alight and enter Singapore custom. But amazingly, it was swift and smooth departure. Even at Malaysia custom, it didn't take more than 15 mins to get in and board our coach!!! Totally amazed by the smooth transition.

Short break at Yong Peng

Short break at yong peng for some makan and toilet break

Nasi lemak for the start of our day. (Cost ringgit 12.90) chop chop eat and chop chop go

30mins break time and off we head for Malacca.

By the time we touched down at Hatten Hotel alighting bay, it was around 2pm. We walked a short distance from there to our hotel stay at Imperial Heritage Hotel. 

View from our room's corridor @ Imperial Heritage Hotel 

Our room - Heritage Deluxe Room

Hotel review

Great rates for an accommodation that is convenient to the shopping mall and just across the street, there are McDonald and 7-11. Comfy bed with 4 firm pillows and toiletries are provided. On top of that, it's non-smoking for the entire hotel.

What to do at Malacca? It's shopping and food for us. 

Just crossed the streets from our hotel lobby and we reached the shopping mall.

First stop was for some food and A&W it is. Just have the urge to visit A&W when I am in Melaka! 

Their signature rootbeer! 

Chicken Coney Dog. 

What's next? It was Shopping, shopping and more shopping at the mall before we settled for dinner at Jonker Street!

Sambal stingray (medium portion)

coney cheese corn dog

During weekend, the road is closed off from vehicles for the night market. So get ready for walking and see, eat, and buy! Along the street, there are "Taste better durian puff", "myEureka popcorn store" , "San Shu Gong", "Tan Kim Hock" shops etc.

 

Movie Review: Talk to me

It was just by chance that I went for this movie. 

Synopsis and Trailer can be found here.

Spoilers ahead! 

It was the second last day of Jcube shopping mall operation and decided to catch just one last movie before they closed for good. Saw positive reviews about Talk To Me and being a supernatural theme movie fan, I went with this movie. 

If one is looking for a scare, then this might not be what you are looking for. The parts which scared me would be the first time when Mia first got in contact with the spirits and when Riley was being hurt by the spirits during his contact with the spirits.

While the supernatural is the basis of the movie, the script worked around people's relationships and trust. 

The movie was quite straightforward to show how bad Mia's relationship with the people around her except for Jade and her little brother Riley. Jade's friends to Jade's mother clearly have trust issues with Mia.

The spirits' lies resulted in Mia ultimately in the very same predicament that happened to the guy at the beginning of the movie.
It seemed pretty well connected throughout the movie especially where the ending showed how the conjuring of spirit worked with the hand using Mia's spirit as the point of view.

At the end 

There were some questions left unanswered though, such as where did the hand originated from, how did the guys knew the process to conjuring the spirits, why did Mia broke up with Jade's boyfriend, was it really good enough to just discard the hand and let time mend the situation or was the hand looking for a replacement/candidate to fill in more spirits. 

Nice script and great acting by the entire cast. I only recognized one familiar face, Miranda Otto who portrayed Jade's mother. 

Pasar Malam Lobster Takoyaki

Bought $4.50 for 6 pieces. I was immediately tempted by the word "Lobster" even though I am certain I will not find what I am looking for inside.

 Surprisingly the taste was good. 

(But my favorite is still the octopus)

The opera cake

(Bought from Coffee Bean Tea Leaf SG)

After eating, I really feel like singing in opera because it was just so good. Although there were some cracks on the top layer, but it was the galaxy-like layer that mesmerized me.

The taste of very much like tiramisu but after a search, then I knew that some of their main ingredients differed.

Painting by numbers

Saw this painting by numbers canvas quite a while ago. Finally got it to complete as a gift. The set comprised of 3 different size paint brush, the set of colors required for the painting, the canvas with the color numbers printed, a small picture of the colored painting and the hooks.

Overall was fun but took me a few days to complete because I didn't want my painting to be accidentally smudged by the paint colors.

The completed version

I started with the smaller/inner areas and/or colors that are lighter tone.

Took roughly 2 weeks for me to complete because I stopped in between a few days as I want it to be completely dry. Some of the colors given in the kit set were already harden and I tried adding water to "revive" it. The other difference of what it was supposed to be was the outermost green color background as the green color paint was completed dried. I mixed the remaining colors from the kit set to obtain this base. So this piece would be slightly different as compared to the original.

Overall difficulty: 7 out of 10

There were many areas that required the smallest size brush to reach.