Kelly's Travelogue

My trip to KL landed me on another short trip to Melaka, the historical landmark of Malaysia. It was a jalan-jalan cari makan trip with Kin Fai's friends (a bunch of 9 hungry ghosts). I was among the excited hungry ghost because I never been to Melaka before and I just can't wait to see the place with famous historical landmarks such as the A Famosa, churches, delicious baba and nyonya food, eager to see what the small town has to offer.

Journey was short but not as breezy as we thought, because of the festive season, cars were moving bumper to bumper even in highway. It took us 2 hours to arrive (usually it's just 1.5 hours) and by the time we arrive, we were literally transformed into hungry ghost because it was already 1pm. Melaka was already crowded with so many people. I was surprised to see that Melaka is actually quite a small town and the famous landmark were actually very near to each others, the Stadhuy Building, Melaka museum (much to Kin Fai's dismay, it was closed), Fort A Famosa, St. Paul Church, Jonker Street and even the shopping mall (Mahkota Parade and the brand new Pahlawan Squares) all within walking distance.

We don't care much bout sight seeing first because we had to fill up our growling stomachs. We head straight up to the oh-so-very famous Chicken Ball Rice.

Chicken Ball Rice at Kedai Kopi Chung Wah.

You won't miss the location of this shop because you will see a line of crowd waiting for table and seats outside the shop. That's not something you'll get to see everyday, not even at the famous chicken bean sprout (nga choi kai) shop in Ipoh. Is the food worth the 30 minutes-under-the -sun wait? Yes and no, I would say.

How adorable but only 5 balls per plate.

Actually the chicken rice is just Hainanese chicken rice that we can get at Kedai Kopi Rasa Sayang at Ipoh. But the ball-ball rice is some special, out-of-the-box, twisted way to eat our daily grain. I liked the rice more than the chicken itself, which I didn't even bother to take any picture of, due to the chef's unprofessional way of cutting the chicken, which he just simply smashed the meat and bones into pieces. We ordered 30 more ball-balls and just eat the ball-balls on its own.

But still, onigiri is cuter.

Very colourful trishaws were all around the town, some with very hip contemporary music being played.


Stadhuy's Building.

At St.Paul's Church. Or was it St.Peter? I'm sorry, thousand apologies to you holy saints.

Nothing much to look at in the historical building but historical monuments.

Fort A Famosa is smaller than I thought.

Satay celup.

Jonker Street.

Jonker Street was even more crowded than Chiang Mai's night bazaar. But things were a tad too expensive, equivalent to shopping mall standards (RM9.90 for a cute character key-chain). Too bad that we already had too much of food, if not, I would really want to try those street hawker food along the Jonker Street. I still crave for the fried lobak kueh that I did not try. >_< style="text-align: center;">Melaka is also famous for its pineapple tart. It's the best food so far. Runner up will be the ball-ball rice (can't say Chicken Ball Rice because the chicken is not that good).

I regretted that I only bought one box of tarts. >_<>

Festive season in KL. KL roads suddenly seems wider than usual.

Meal at Manhattan Fish Market.

My KL trip is always more towards food trip rather than visiting trip. I gained a few kilos every time I come back from KL. >_<

Going to KL has been a routine for me. I'm beginning to get bored with all the shopping complex dates, so this time we must try out the oh-so-famous but actually-not-that-special ferries wheel of Malaysia. This weekend will be a jimui's date because I'm meeting up Yokie and Debbie and the limelight here was on Yokie's shining new boyfriend. We met up and had lunch at KLCC. I wanted to go visit Teddy Beh's aquarium or underwater thing but no one is interested. So we just had a chatty and gossipy lunch and then shop around KLCC.

But we no longer shop/walk in a group, each of us was with a date, so we walk our separate way and meet up again for The Eyes ride. Well, I guess it's a couple thing, couples don't shop in a group. Kinda miss the girls-only shopping frenzy we always had in the good old days.

The three of us.
Erm, but where's Yokie's new beau? He's the photographer behind this beautiful picture.

GT is a great amateur photographer. You guys should take a look at the mesmerizing pictures he took with his great DSLR camera and a RM**k lens(price deleted due to reader's complain..haha). Don't pray-pray.

KL's jam-packed traffic.

I couldn't help cam-whoring in the midst of traffic jam.

The Eyes of Malaysia. Definitely not the tallest eyes but good enough a thrill ride for me.

Sunset and The Eyes.

The Eyes at night.

The new couple seems to enjoy each other company more than the ride or scenery. And the old couple (me and Fai) were trying to keep our cool when the car stopped at the peak and swing in momentum. Ok, I was the one who tried not to freak out and I did not really freak out. And RM15 was a tad bit expensive for a less than 20 minutes ride. But at least I live through it to tell that I did get onto the Eyes of Malaysia (hey, some of my colleagues even tried The Eyes of London and said it was nothing special, hish...those lucky bastards).


P/S : Except the first picture of the three bombshells, the rest of the shots were taken by my lovely pink handphone. Cool eh. I bet you can't tell. A cam-princess (must not overuse word 'whore') doesn't need a RM**k lens (cannot publish price of lens....erm, for some reasons that I'm not really sure of) for a good shot. hehe.

This is a very late and backdated post bout my Langkawi trip (16/Dec-19/Dec/06). I just got hold of the pictures from Kin Fai's camera and I wanna show you how beautiful Langkawi is.

Me and the handsome driver. Notice that my left eye was darn swollen like someone punch me in the eye. Well, it was this stupid eye infection that gave me itch and constant uncomfort everytime I blink my eye. Hate it so much...contributed 10% spoiler effect. >__<

All the way to Kuala Kedah jetty along Kedah famous paddy field. I never been to Kedah before and I was truly amazed by such beautiful horizontal scene.

Kedah cotton candy!! ^__^
Erm, nothing special bout it. Just feel like cam-slave(Yokie said it's not nice saying cam-whore,so...) holding one.

I LIKE COTTON CANDYYYYYY
I looked horrible in this picture. But Matt, I'm not vain mer, I publish horrible pictures of myself too.

Finally we arrived and the driver look stunned, aftermath of 3 hours driving and 2 hours tumbling in the speedboat.

Yayy...ready to explore!!!
We rented an Iswara for RM60 per day and off we go....island expedition.

At Langkawi Underwater World. A must-go and worth to go place in Langkawi. So many things to see....underwater or above water.


The latest attraction at the Underwater World, Happy Feet.

I suppose to look good in this picture, with my pose and the beautiful catfish swimming at my way....but *sigh* Kin Fai must had too much driving, poor thing.

I really like this picture (despite the eye looks like kena punched). We were having our dinner at Cenang beach. A lovely beach street full with souvenir shops, pubs and restaurants.


I forgot the name of this place but it serves really delicious Malaysian/Thai food. It's along Cenang beach street. You wont miss it because it was so crowded with ppl.

Nice leh. Seems like I'm at some foreign country.
The sun is so killing my eyes. *_*

Oriental Village
Supposingly we went there just to take the cable car ride up to Gunung Macinchang to enjoy the eagle eye view of the whole islang but the cable car temporary ceased operation due to windy condition. Sheesh..

Lots of Playboy sex icon running about.


Cruel cruel cruel ppl who saw off the horn of the poor deer.
At first I wanted to try the elephant ride but then I saw how cruel they treated the poor elephant, whipped it so often that I could see the marks from a distance of few hundred meters away. I walked away feeling disgusted being a human.


Crocodile farm. Not a popular attraction in Langkawi but it's still worth a visit for an entrance fees of RM10. Saw crocodile fight.


Went to the oh-so-famous internation 5 stars resort, The Datai.
But unfortunately, we can only get as fas as their toilet...ahem...washroom. So, just to let you guys have a glimpse of how extra-grand this resort was. Reminder, this is just the washroom.


Bye Bye Island of the Eagles. (But I don't see much eagles....perhaps they were hiding from the horrible sun)

Just came back from Langkawi, 4D 3N free and easy trip. All the pictures taken during the trip were at Kin Fai's camera, so I can only show off what I bought. But of course, not as crazy as the Hong Kong trip but I am sastified with the Langkawi one.

Langkawi is flooded with souvenirs, art and craft shops. Although each shop looks almost the same and the things they sell were all the same but I wouldn't miss out any of these shops. I loooove looking at their seashells crafts, handmade books and stuff, batik stuff, weird things. I especially enjoyed walking along Cenang Beach. The street has a whole stretch of restaurants, stalls, pubs, souvenirs, arts and crafts shop, massage and spa parlour....lots of things to see and eat here.

Ok ok...here's a showcase of what I splurged in Langkawi.....

Chocolates of course!!!!
I didnt buy any liquor so I spent more in buying chocolates. I think I'd spent ~RM80. But chocolates are soooo cheap overthere. I think what I bought were worth more than RM200!!!

Postcards and plenty of postcards.
I grab lotsa postcards from everywhere I went, even at the Crocodile Farm, even petrol station!

Handmade papers
Handmade papers were soooo damn cheap overthere. I got two rolls at RM2.90 each. And it was selling like RM4.90 here in the Peninsular!

DIY fabric compartment boxes
I'd been looking for those fabric compartments for me to put all the junks in my room and I never thought that I could find them in Langkawi. They were just the right size, the right compartments design and the right colour that I'm searching for in months! And only RM14 each!!!!! Even Watson don't sell them so cheap.

Souvenirs for colleagues
Cute dolls bookmarks and a pair of chopstick. Although I bought them from Langkawi and even the word 'Langkawi' written on the bookmarks but I'm sure those stuff were from Thailand.

For him and for me
A wooden elephant bookmark for him and a handmade book for me. I'd been looking all over the island for a handmade book with seashells and I finally found one.

Something special from a special someone.
A moon with stars pendant necklace. He got this pretty one for me from Underwater World. Pretty and cheap too. Love it tremendously!!

Some other things that I bought:
-Pair of swimsuit (RM50) and I'd already wore for a morning swim at the hotel's swimming pool. FUN!!!!!!
-Pair of beach slippers (RM10) which brought me throughout the whole Langkawi journey. really comfy and prettily pink too. ^_^
-Fridge magnets