Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Road Trip to M'sia...Day2 (Day Version)

7a.m. and I heard luozhixiang singing "yi zhi du xiu". I was wondering wth. Is it a ghost or smth. Actually, it was my alarm ringing. haha. its loud and noisy tat is why its my alarm.

First to woke up. Wash Up and wake jia wei up. Afterwhich Hui Yi woke up as well. For PorYee, his still sleeping so he missed the breakfast.

The breakfast area is quite far from our room so we gt to walk quite a distance. We have to hand them a pink slip which state the date of entry of the coupon. But each room only have 4 and we have more than 4 ppl. So early birds get the coupon.

Ah gong & 3rd GrandUncle was alr there. haha. always very early.

Hui Yi sat at the table while Jia Wei & I go roam abt the buffet breakfast.
This is what we got. Apparently, the varieties are limited and some food don taste as gd. Because we are talking abt hotel food here thus it got to have a certain standards.For instance, the scramble egg is cold and soft. I thght I was eating a pudding. -_-
And the croissant were not hot enough. One thing abt breakfast, is tat one wld like smth warm for the stomach and smth cold wld be a turn off.

However, the local food like nasi lemak & pau taste great. Juz gt to improve on the American Breakfast.

We wanted to live at Holiday Inn which was built 1 year ago. Bt it were a full hse. perhaps another time. After breakfast, da yi, da yi zhang & sis came. they sat at another table. Then Da Yi asked us to wake Por Yee Up. So we headed back to our room. True enough, Por Yee is still sleeping like a log! -_- woke him up a few times and he still lie on the bed. haiz hopeless.

Da Yi then came up to wake him up. Ard 10a.m. he woke up. We gathered at the lobby ard 11a.m. and ber yi and" er jie came to meet us.

Jia Wei, Xiao Yi and I took tis mini MYVI car. haha. its cute.Tis is my another M'sia Relative. Everyone call her "er jie"Driving down the alleyWe ate at a Bak Kut Teh Shop.Cooking Outdoor
There wasnt enough seat for us. So the boss arranged for us to sit at another location which is behind the shop. Its more comfortable and less crowded.Everyone waiting to be seated...We had to arrange 2 long tables because we have 20 ppl! Look like a boardroom meeting.lol.Distributing Utensils..
Tien Guan Yin Tea...So theres tis uncle in the pic above. He is selling local assortment. And he tried to cheat us. For instance, the sesame biscuit in the red cover box. He sold for 18rm which is ard 9SGD. Then my *m'sian relative the back facing the camera*

he asked:"are you sure?" I also distribute biscuit because his family is a Distributor for Provisions in Malacca. So he knows the price of it. But the uncle juz say he sold us very cheap. And tat tis price is barely enough to let im survive. bullshit. -_-

Enough said, back to the Bak Kut teh

Malacca Bak Kut Teh...Very strong herbs cooked with it. Suprise to see meatball in bak kut teh. S'pore doesnt have. Soup color is darker than S'pore Bak Kut Teh. Bt it taste great. And they put in Claypot. haha.Nv have I seen such a long stretch of food on the table. Somehow its quite weird coz u gt to raise ur voice to talk to the other end. Bt ntheless is a gd experience.Everyone busy tucking in...After Brunch, its the time to go visit our relatives.Mostly my late grandma sisters and uncles.
They live in the moutaineous areas. Bt it don look high to me.First Stop my maternal GrandUncle house. Don't be deceived by the appearance of the house. It may look dilapidated bt the owner of tis hse is filthy rich. Coz he is a Datuk and own large area of land & plantations. I didnt noe i have a datuk granduncle. tts cool.

Tis is his wifeTis is one of their hse cat. The cat may look small bt they are pro at catching mice. I guess its lonely.The ratans from one of their plantations.The system ard tis area works like tis. If u wan smth, juz call ur neighbour and they will deliever to u. Because wad i heard is different hses sells diff kind of things. When my relative call for packet drinks. Within minutes, it arrive. its even better than macdelievery. haha!

And because his a datuk tat is why he have say ard the community. amazing.

Next stop, erm i forgot whose hse alr. bt wadever it is, they are manufacturer of coconut pudding and other coconut things which I'm unsure of.The moment I opened the car door, a pungent smell welcomes me. Its the smell emitted by the coconut. For some, it may be too hard to bear. Bt i'm used to it. Bearing the smell, I went to look at some of their production process.TruckLoads of coconut.

Unshelling the coconut.Mountain of Coconut.
The coconut pudding taste great. And cooling for the hot afternoon.And there's a new addition in their family.

Its tis cute little baby.

Look at his big big eyes.Everyone among our cousin took turns to carry the baby.
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And here are the "Future Daddies and Mummies." Lol.

Por Yee & the baby. Fortunately he doesnt hold on the baby like the way he holds the microphone. haha.Hui Yi & the baby.Sis & the Baby.
Me & the Baby.Jia wei & the baby. took the most shots of them because the baby aint looking at the camera. lol.
Jia wei, baby, baby'sisAh Gong and the baby'sisNext Stop, "Ber Yi" hse. They have carpet grass which is nice to step on coz its lush and soft.Having some catching up with each other.Playing God Of War in the PSP. "er jie" is so kind to let us use her room's internet. So they surf on how to go to the next level while I do some blogging of day 1. Ard 4plus, they brght us to a hawker centre to eat again. Haha. its super kind of them to bring us to eat everywhere. I welcome it so do the fats.haha.The Char Kway Teow noodle is very smooth. You can slurp it into ur mouth.The infinite wanton mee. Lol. Because its shared by 5 ppl and the noodle is still nt finish in the end. haha. And its in a small bowl. aha,"Ber Yi" is so kind to ask whether I wan to eat chicken wing. Of course I did. haha. The chicken wing they fried uses a different flour which makes the skin even crispier. After the tea-break, we head to Ah Ni hse, the sister of "er jie" & ah boy.
It started to rain heavily. Theres nt much of a outdoor activity so it doesnt affect us much.A private airport.So along the way, ber yi sat in our car. So there was a funny conversation. We were heading up the expressway and the sign reads Merlimau & Muar.

So mum asked why are we going to tis merlimau & muar. Then ber yi says no we are not heading there, we are heading to ah ni's hse.
then mum replied and say bt why they put merlimau & muar. Is the signboard wrg or not?
if its wrg, why they never tear it down.

Ber yi replied says no, how can the signboard be wrong. tis is a road so how can it be wrg. lol.
everyone burst into laughter. because the road goes to ah ni's hse as well, juz tat it shows which states of m'sia you can go. lol .zzz my mum is abit blur..lol.

We sat awhile in Ah ni's hse and left to another location. Tis time its a warehse. Rmb I say the relative who is the distributor of provisions at the bak kut teh paragraph. So this is where they stockpile their goods.The biscuit is still in those traditional metallic container. haha.They were generous to offer us things like biscuits, chewing gums and chips. haha. appreciate it.

Look at how steep the stairs is. Wonder how they moved the goods.
Gathering at the entranceTo be continued...next up Night Version of Day2 & Day3

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