Sunday, June 28, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Malacca road trip
I guess i'm a lil late, Bkt tabor was last wednesday and the following post will be on my road trip to Malacca last friday.
It was initially planned that we head up north and stay a nite at Penang ISLAND after stopping over at Ipoh for some food. Alas, 1 by 1 they jacked and it was down to the 4 same blokes who explored Bangkok a year back.
But lo behold, danny the head jacked at the very last minute because his mom wasnt too please with him visiting Penang yet again. God knows what he did there when he went with his fellow pilots that displeased his mom.
We had to settle on a one day road trip which was the only way that he'll be allowed to go. RM50 came acalling.
There were 4 then another friend, ronald, joined us. With vivek already in Malacca, we reached a grand total of Six blokes!
Seriously, that is some achievement.
Lim peh being a safe driver, we were cruising on 110 km/h throughout the way to malacca and reached Malacca in about 1 1/2 hours. We were all starving and ronald recommended a dim sum place at Durian Tunggal. He ate there once and it was quite good.
On the way to Dim sum!
It was initially planned that we head up north and stay a nite at Penang ISLAND after stopping over at Ipoh for some food. Alas, 1 by 1 they jacked and it was down to the 4 same blokes who explored Bangkok a year back.
But lo behold, danny the head jacked at the very last minute because his mom wasnt too please with him visiting Penang yet again. God knows what he did there when he went with his fellow pilots that displeased his mom.
We had to settle on a one day road trip which was the only way that he'll be allowed to go. RM50 came acalling.
There were 4 then another friend, ronald, joined us. With vivek already in Malacca, we reached a grand total of Six blokes!
Seriously, that is some achievement.
Lim peh being a safe driver, we were cruising on 110 km/h throughout the way to malacca and reached Malacca in about 1 1/2 hours. We were all starving and ronald recommended a dim sum place at Durian Tunggal. He ate there once and it was quite good.
On the way to Dim sum!
We went there, and all we saw was
NOTHING!
With stomach acid corroding our stomach, we head to malacca town for some chicken balls. I mean... chicken rice balls.
We went to the same shop danny ate when he came with yuan, cyih and anand.
We thought it would be some good food.
We were left disappointed. The taste was almost bland and we couldnt find anything special that made it worth our cash!
Went home and dad told me that i should've tried the shop in the middle of jonker street; a wooden shop. I actually saw 2, one was endorsed by 'Ah sien' and the other by dunno what's his face the hongkie tv show host.
Vivek joined us in his kapchai. XD
We went to A'famosa the used-to-be-grand-fort-now-a-piece-of-rotting-wall since it'll be highly insulting if we didnt give 2 fucks bout it.
Besides, it's a tourist attraction ;).
Statue of saint smth, dont ask me why he lost his right hand. He prolly stole smth during Sultan Alauddin reign and he chopped his hand off.
So he's honoured for stealing shit? Damn u xtians!
We passed loads of museums and some pretty crappy ones. Definitely established for propaganda purposes
but then we hv to allow, our country's history began in this very place. Thank you Parameswara.
We stood at the only remaining gate of Kota A'Famosa and i have to say, the Portugese were smart only for a short period of time. They prolly got infected by the Local disease and they grew stupid and fucked up real bad. Static defenses never work.
We then awed at the sight of a train contributed by KTM berhad
and a plane contributed by my grandma.
A fortune cookie told her i would be camwhoring there one day.
Only reason i see her contributing that plane.
Every great fort has one great canon.
Picture paints a thousand words.
Went for some cendol located by the river, opposite Stadhuys. The red building in malacca.
Nice and cheap.
Went for some nyonya laksa and durian cendol at Jonker Street. Pretty famous and every tourist is bound to visit the shop.
Pretty lan c too since you gotta serve yourself.
It was pretty good, different from Penang asam laksa but it's rather tasty in it's own way. Altho, it wasnt spicy enough.
The Durian cendol was too sweet and leaves you with some aftertaste and thirsty.
If you dislike durian or is afraid of being diabetic; you pussy, give it a try nonetheless. It's smth different.
Aaron was pestering us to go to a bakery where his mom bought some top grade pineapple tarts. He marketed it in such a way that we had to get out hands on em. He bought one container, liks got 2 - 1 for joann-, and i got i.
It was really good, mine is already gone and i didnt even get to taste it.
As we were haggling with the taukeh soh for a discount which she eventually gave; from Rm16 to Rm15.50, we were only able to guess what danny was doing.
For he looked like this when we got out:
Vivek then brought us to a satay place where they serve pork satay.
The pork was crispy and tasty but the sauce was a drag down. Nothing to be overly enthusiastic about.
After all that eating, we were used. We were planning to crash at vivek's place for a while before heading back but he was just too reluctantly.
Prolly a pig sty.
So he brought us to a riverside place where i assume is the place malaccan hang out. Or their ONLY place. It had clubs, bars, eatery, a cybercafe and a ktv.
We sat down by the riverside which we had to pass through the ktv to get to. I got no idea why.
NOTHING!
With stomach acid corroding our stomach, we head to malacca town for some chicken balls. I mean... chicken rice balls.
We went to the same shop danny ate when he came with yuan, cyih and anand.
We thought it would be some good food.
We were left disappointed. The taste was almost bland and we couldnt find anything special that made it worth our cash!
Went home and dad told me that i should've tried the shop in the middle of jonker street; a wooden shop. I actually saw 2, one was endorsed by 'Ah sien' and the other by dunno what's his face the hongkie tv show host.
Vivek joined us in his kapchai. XD
We went to A'famosa the used-to-be-grand-fort-now-a-piece-of-rotting-wall since it'll be highly insulting if we didnt give 2 fucks bout it.
Besides, it's a tourist attraction ;).
Statue of saint smth, dont ask me why he lost his right hand. He prolly stole smth during Sultan Alauddin reign and he chopped his hand off.
So he's honoured for stealing shit? Damn u xtians!
We passed loads of museums and some pretty crappy ones. Definitely established for propaganda purposes
but then we hv to allow, our country's history began in this very place. Thank you Parameswara.
We stood at the only remaining gate of Kota A'Famosa and i have to say, the Portugese were smart only for a short period of time. They prolly got infected by the Local disease and they grew stupid and fucked up real bad. Static defenses never work.
We then awed at the sight of a train contributed by KTM berhad
and a plane contributed by my grandma.
A fortune cookie told her i would be camwhoring there one day.
Only reason i see her contributing that plane.
Every great fort has one great canon.
Picture paints a thousand words.
Went for some cendol located by the river, opposite Stadhuys. The red building in malacca.
Nice and cheap.
Went for some nyonya laksa and durian cendol at Jonker Street. Pretty famous and every tourist is bound to visit the shop.
It was pretty good, different from Penang asam laksa but it's rather tasty in it's own way. Altho, it wasnt spicy enough.
The Durian cendol was too sweet and leaves you with some aftertaste and thirsty.
If you dislike durian or is afraid of being diabetic; you pussy, give it a try nonetheless. It's smth different.
Aaron was pestering us to go to a bakery where his mom bought some top grade pineapple tarts. He marketed it in such a way that we had to get out hands on em. He bought one container, liks got 2 - 1 for joann-, and i got i.
It was really good, mine is already gone and i didnt even get to taste it.
As we were haggling with the taukeh soh for a discount which she eventually gave; from Rm16 to Rm15.50, we were only able to guess what danny was doing.
For he looked like this when we got out:
Vivek then brought us to a satay place where they serve pork satay.
The pork was crispy and tasty but the sauce was a drag down. Nothing to be overly enthusiastic about.
After all that eating, we were used. We were planning to crash at vivek's place for a while before heading back but he was just too reluctantly.
Prolly a pig sty.
So he brought us to a riverside place where i assume is the place malaccan hang out. Or their ONLY place. It had clubs, bars, eatery, a cybercafe and a ktv.
We sat down by the riverside which we had to pass through the ktv to get to. I got no idea why.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
Bukit Tabor
What can 4 testosterone-filled men do when they get together?
Find an outlet to release all those hormones that they've been saving up for years.
There were mountains to climb and valleys to trek. Heavy in foliage and bush, the trek was not meant to be easy.
But as men, with their natural instincts, we overcame every obstacle thrown against us.
We used our hands, our fingers to get a good grip. We even went down on our knees and sometimes on our ass. No slope was too steep, no valley to deep and no bush too thick!!
We began our journey at around 0900 hours; it was s'posed to be according to Danny's friend, " a 2 hours in 2 hours out hike."
Since a girl can do it in 4 hrs, we men; We can do it in 3!! With time for a picnic at the top.
It was really easy for the 1st hour, we got time to cam whore around and with danny's melodious voice, we broke into a song.
It was either the EASY hike or danny's singing that taxed liks. He was pancit-ing every 10 mins and vomitted once. Yes liks, i'm stating this on purpose! =)
The day was perfect for a hike, bright but not sunny. A lil breeze now and then to cool us down and it wasn't too humid! We thought we could go on for forever...
The view wasnt too shabby either. There was the Klang Gates(a Dam) located on our right which we thought we could bathe in at the end, or rather i did.
Where the trek ended, began our torture. It was real mountain climbing with only ropes and your strength to carry you. There were some 80 degrees slope which wasnt all that hard in the end. Tsk tsk, it just looks hard!
We conquered peak after peak with Danny the Macho in the lead pushing us to our limits just to catch up with his ass.
The trail split into 2; one's the rope which is harder and the other a trail to trek. We took the path less travelled.
Wasnt long before we met our first rope where a girl lost her grip and fell to her death. Before reaching the rope, we met a girl which danny was trying to seduce with his yoga body. She was on her way back and was spotting a 'HUG ME' t-shirt.
I will not tell what happened next.
The first rope was a 50m descend. Since we scoutsie are used to climbing rope legless, it wasnt that hard for us.
Had a race with danny up a rocky slope. Stupid fella took it down in 10. I reached in.... twe...twelve. It was... ugh.... windy and it was raining stones when i began climbing!!!
Continued our journey when we reached a cave like area. To show off their muscles and how big their balls is, loo and liks challenged each other to a climb to the top of a slope.
The pictures ends here not because the trail of getting to tough or smth. Nope, sure wasnt! Had to keep it because... err.. ran outta battery!! Yea, and the same goes for my ipod. I.. errr, forgot to charge it.
Slopes were getting steeper and the climb trickier. 80 degrees slope were omnipresent. Every peak we thought is the end, another greets us right after.
We reckon we went down another 2 ropes and were on the 2nd last peak where the trail ends and the rope snapped. Danny-the-macho-brainless insisted he saw ropes below and maintained the descend was possible. Since loo and i were behind, we asked liks to confirm that.
liks : Bullshit!
We spent about 20 mins arguing the course of action with us 3 on one side urging prudence and Danny-the-macho-brainless on the other side urging we descend. Danny started calling his friends and loo started calling his friend raymond or smth.
One told us to keep going, and the other thought we were lost. One said there was a smiley at the end, the end only has a sheer drop to greet us. The other kept asking if we had enough food, we werent planning for a huge picnic.
Finally one said that was a trail to an orchard, the other said it should be a durian orchard.
Then raymond told loo we weren't suppose to conquer every peak and that was that. We backtracked leaving Danny-the-macho-brainless sulking bout not conquering the last peak which is thus:
The trek down was way way way way easier. We thought we were trekking down templers park!
Had a 100m dash to the car with Danny-the-macho-brainless. What a loser he is.
A few things that did not happen:
1) We did not get lost
2) I wasnt made a slave-scout
3) We did not find a water source
4) We did not shout 'sofia's a bitch'
5) We did not kena pancing by paddle-pop
All in all, it was a bloody fun hike albeit tiring. Next target would be the trek up cameron highlands at the end of year. Now that would be some hike!
Find an outlet to release all those hormones that they've been saving up for years.
There were mountains to climb and valleys to trek. Heavy in foliage and bush, the trek was not meant to be easy.
But as men, with their natural instincts, we overcame every obstacle thrown against us.
We used our hands, our fingers to get a good grip. We even went down on our knees and sometimes on our ass. No slope was too steep, no valley to deep and no bush too thick!!
We began our journey at around 0900 hours; it was s'posed to be according to Danny's friend, " a 2 hours in 2 hours out hike."
Since a girl can do it in 4 hrs, we men; We can do it in 3!! With time for a picnic at the top.
It was really easy for the 1st hour, we got time to cam whore around and with danny's melodious voice, we broke into a song.
All smiles
It was either the EASY hike or danny's singing that taxed liks. He was pancit-ing every 10 mins and vomitted once. Yes liks, i'm stating this on purpose! =)
The day was perfect for a hike, bright but not sunny. A lil breeze now and then to cool us down and it wasn't too humid! We thought we could go on for forever...
The view wasnt too shabby either. There was the Klang Gates(a Dam) located on our right which we thought we could bathe in at the end, or rather i did.
Where the trek ended, began our torture. It was real mountain climbing with only ropes and your strength to carry you. There were some 80 degrees slope which wasnt all that hard in the end. Tsk tsk, it just looks hard!
We conquered peak after peak with Danny the Macho in the lead pushing us to our limits just to catch up with his ass.
Wasnt long before we met our first rope where a girl lost her grip and fell to her death. Before reaching the rope, we met a girl which danny was trying to seduce with his yoga body. She was on her way back and was spotting a 'HUG ME' t-shirt.
I will not tell what happened next.
The first rope was a 50m descend. Since we scoutsie are used to climbing rope legless, it wasnt that hard for us.
Had a race with danny up a rocky slope. Stupid fella took it down in 10. I reached in.... twe...twelve. It was... ugh.... windy and it was raining stones when i began climbing!!!
Continued our journey when we reached a cave like area. To show off their muscles and how big their balls is, loo and liks challenged each other to a climb to the top of a slope.
loo liks
Gahahahahaahha... ;)The pictures ends here not because the trail of getting to tough or smth. Nope, sure wasnt! Had to keep it because... err.. ran outta battery!! Yea, and the same goes for my ipod. I.. errr, forgot to charge it.
Slopes were getting steeper and the climb trickier. 80 degrees slope were omnipresent. Every peak we thought is the end, another greets us right after.
We reckon we went down another 2 ropes and were on the 2nd last peak where the trail ends and the rope snapped. Danny-the-macho-brainless insisted he saw ropes below and maintained the descend was possible. Since loo and i were behind, we asked liks to confirm that.
liks : Bullshit!
We spent about 20 mins arguing the course of action with us 3 on one side urging prudence and Danny-the-macho-brainless on the other side urging we descend. Danny started calling his friends and loo started calling his friend raymond or smth.
One told us to keep going, and the other thought we were lost. One said there was a smiley at the end, the end only has a sheer drop to greet us. The other kept asking if we had enough food, we werent planning for a huge picnic.
Finally one said that was a trail to an orchard, the other said it should be a durian orchard.
Then raymond told loo we weren't suppose to conquer every peak and that was that. We backtracked leaving Danny-the-macho-brainless sulking bout not conquering the last peak which is thus:
The trek down was way way way way easier. We thought we were trekking down templers park!
Had a 100m dash to the car with Danny-the-macho-brainless. What a loser he is.
A few things that did not happen:
1) We did not get lost
2) I wasnt made a slave-scout
3) We did not find a water source
4) We did not shout 'sofia's a bitch'
5) We did not kena pancing by paddle-pop
All in all, it was a bloody fun hike albeit tiring. Next target would be the trek up cameron highlands at the end of year. Now that would be some hike!
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
Perth- 2nd day
Had a good night sleep since there wasnt anything to do but to sleep. I was all energetic for the 4 and half hours drive south to Albany. I made my intentions known to drive part way but...
and they went on guessing what i did to the car on the eve of leaving for USM. and guess what? They even guessed correctly! But to save my skin i had to resort to the easiest getaway...
sleep.... most of the way to Albany,
only waking for breakfast,
from the mart at the petrol station which is very future tech.
Uh, year 2009? iszit?
First order of the day was a sight seeing trip to the wind farm.
I have to admit when they say wind farm, i expected a bigger grander display of windmills, instead of a few here and there -_-.
BUT because Malaysians are eco-ignorant and we believe our petrol can sustain us forever, i dont recall ever seeing one back home. So i acted like how i should..... like a 'budak kampung'
It was a short walk to the scenic locations from where we almost lost our breath on arrival. ;).
Dad reckon he lost some weight, i reckon by half a month, now it's 6 and half months. And the physiognomy... didnt change much.
Since wind farms are naturally by the beach, we got a glimpse of the ocean.
After taking in the wind farm, we headed back to Perth.
and on the way back, we saw kangaroos!!! i venture forth to take a shot at the venerable creature, whose meat they say as a replacement for beef. As it's been know to be quite a boxer, i lost my balls bout 50m from it and decided to take a shot at him then. I swear my parents weren't proud!
If that really happened, my bro's corpses would've been devoured by that venerable creature, fed by me dad. We took an hour's drive to see 'The Gap' and 'The Bridge' which according to legend was beautifully sculptured by God's pussy.
Yeap, Mother Nature!
I had a sudden an awful feeling that there's a Malaysian in every single human being.
Wait for it...
Thank you come again.
and they went on guessing what i did to the car on the eve of leaving for USM. and guess what? They even guessed correctly! But to save my skin i had to resort to the easiest getaway...
sleep.... most of the way to Albany,
only waking for breakfast,
from the mart at the petrol station which is very future tech.
Uh, year 2009? iszit?
You pay....at the counter INSIDE. I thought i was in the 70's man! DAMNNNNN.
Oh, and the fuel price fluctuates daily, dont be surprised if you see 126 here and a 119 just across the street.
Oh, and the fuel price fluctuates daily, dont be surprised if you see 126 here and a 119 just across the street.
I have to admit when they say wind farm, i expected a bigger grander display of windmills, instead of a few here and there -_-.
BUT because Malaysians are eco-ignorant and we believe our petrol can sustain us forever, i dont recall ever seeing one back home. So i acted like how i should..... like a 'budak kampung'
It was a short walk to the scenic locations from where we almost lost our breath on arrival. ;).
Dad reckon he lost some weight, i reckon by half a month, now it's 6 and half months. And the physiognomy... didnt change much.
Since wind farms are naturally by the beach, we got a glimpse of the ocean.
After taking in the wind farm, we headed back to Perth.
and on the way back, we saw kangaroos!!! i venture forth to take a shot at the venerable creature, whose meat they say as a replacement for beef. As it's been know to be quite a boxer, i lost my balls bout 50m from it and decided to take a shot at him then. I swear my parents weren't proud!
If that really happened, my bro's corpses would've been devoured by that venerable creature, fed by me dad. We took an hour's drive to see 'The Gap' and 'The Bridge' which according to legend was beautifully sculptured by God's pussy.
Yeap, Mother Nature!
I had a sudden an awful feeling that there's a Malaysian in every single human being.
Wait for it...
Thank you come again.
The bridge is..... well a bridge
while the gap is a sheer sudden drop from the cliff...
It was around 1600 hrs when we were done with looking at the effects of Her period and it'll take an hour to head to town so we had to leave.
Checked into All Seasons motel i think...
and had to have our dinner In the hotel because...
This Fish & chips shop is open for business for 3 hours daily only. AND it's take away only.. damn lan c to me honestly.
It's as though they are doing it.... for the fun of it, not because they need the money!
But boy was it delicious. It beat manhattan fish market flat out. Flat... and i'm saying this even when the tartar sauce had to be bought separately. Flat!
At around 2200 hrs, we went out for a glass of wine and just chill. Very relaxing.
Went to bed at around 2330, boy was i leaving a healthy lifestyle.
We leave for a city called Denmark on the 3rd day. About 2 - 3 hrs drive west of Albany.
while the gap is a sheer sudden drop from the cliff...
It was around 1600 hrs when we were done with looking at the effects of Her period and it'll take an hour to head to town so we had to leave.
Checked into All Seasons motel i think...
and had to have our dinner In the hotel because...
This Fish & chips shop is open for business for 3 hours daily only. AND it's take away only.. damn lan c to me honestly.
It's as though they are doing it.... for the fun of it, not because they need the money!
But boy was it delicious. It beat manhattan fish market flat out. Flat... and i'm saying this even when the tartar sauce had to be bought separately. Flat!
At around 2200 hrs, we went out for a glass of wine and just chill. Very relaxing.
Went to bed at around 2330, boy was i leaving a healthy lifestyle.
We leave for a city called Denmark on the 3rd day. About 2 - 3 hrs drive west of Albany.
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