Wedding & Reunion

With ex PPP ITM college mates.

Sarawak Night

The invite, courtesy of Dato Michael.

The representatives from Persatuan Warisan Sarawak. Me and Mina Lahang

The teacher and the student. Ex.

It was such joy to bump into Mdm. Doreen at the function. Haven't seen her since I left high school in 1995. She took some time trying to match my face to my name after I introduced myself as her student back in SM Sains Miri.

Teachers get it the hardest don't they. With hundreds of students throughout their career, it's hard to instantly recognize and match the adult faces to the cute little young faces they were used to. Especially when there is much less hair involved.

She went, "Oh, it's hard to recall you with that hair"

I almost said "What hair?", but didn't.

And we went on to the same table, since it was a free seating event.

After we chatted a while she went "Ah, now your face is slowly becoming familiar"

"You have to focus below the hair line, it helps a lot" I told her while my hand blocked my forehead from her view.

The backdrop.

The magician, a guest and a table.

The table floated around the stage! Someone has to tell me how they do that!

The fashion show.

The table flower deco.

The host, Dato Peter Chin, addresing the guests of elite Sarawak business people and more than a dozen cabinet ministers.

The lucky draw. Prizes range from Nike golf equipment, Nokia phones and refrigerators.

Even the host himself, Dato Peter Chin, got a splendid Nike golf carry bag.



And me, I got a putter! Damn! I wished I got one of them Nokia phones!

But Damn I'm lucky! It's by Nike!

And check out the door gift!

Everyone got a pack from CrabTree and Evelyn; a perfume, which smells a lot like Burberry Weekend, three bars of soap and their award winning hand therapy lotion; all are from their Sarawak range.

The cufflinks are from HSBC.

Now all I have to do is pick up the game. Ignite!

And to top the night, a picture with the most gorgeous woman that night, Miss Stephanie Chai! Not our most flattering angle I guess. But it's all good!

Labor Day Melaka Tour

Here's a motherload of pictures from my tour of Historic Melaka with a bunch of friends. We arrived on Labor Day Eve around 4pm; browsed around the city malls, enjoyed the sunset at Sunshine bar and walked the empty Jonker street after having dinner at the Portugese settlement. The tour continued on Labor Day with a good long walk around town, checking out the old, the new, the borrowed and the blue.

These pictures, and several more, are stored in my picasa album. Click on them to zoom and browse for more, picasa style.

Historical buildings in Melaka. Nothing you've never seen before actually. I've seen them many times; only this time, I was finally there.

The view from our room at Mahkota Hotel.

Alien looking palm. Looks like spider eyes don't they?

The usual suspects.

The view across the water. Looks like a turkish structure doesn't it?

The lovely Sunshine Bar signage, sunset approaches.

I just love the view. Bear with me now.

Is that a sign or what!? I repeat, 'Is that a shine or what!?'

The scrumptious scallops with crispy garlic and butter.

Calamari fritters

Eggplant portugese style. If you're not a fan of eggplant, these will convert you in a bite!

We also had kangkung belachan and portugese grill fish (the one wrapped in aluminium foil) but were too busy to take photos of them.

The lonely Jonker street at 9pm.

The view from our hotel room.

A deco near the pool.

The rotating capsule called 'Taming Sari'.

Charming city tour bus. London calling?

I'm in the capsule, about to take off. It's a good ride. RM10 for Malaysians, foreigners RM20.

That's the Maritime Muzeum.

I've got a big cannon. Don't fcuk with me. I'll blow you to bits, bitch... now turn around!

They've got nice replicas of old ships. You could really hang around here for hours if you're a fan.

This ship, well, barge actually, is not going anywhere... but the excavator might, all the way down.

When you've gotta go, you've gotta go. "Not time to call port, mine's opening damn soon!" says the captain.

The milk for growth, says the sign. They don't make signs like this anymore.

Nothing says antique like an ancient signage for your shop eh mate!

The respectable snail house.

The questionable Ho house; gallery actually.

Nice deco.

Way to go captain obvious.

Click the picture and watch the girl in green disappear in three frames.

The driver must have given up on red lights after seeing so many red buildings in Melaka. He definitely went green all the way.

This tree is protected by city council's law and can never be chopped down or altered for any reason; it's invincible. No wonder it is starting to look like a person, limbs and all! Reminds me of treebeard.

Here's something you've probably seen hundreds of times. Fort A'Famosa. To some it's over rated, not in a bad way; it's the city's icon after all. But it sort of makes the city static; like there's nothing new to see here. When I told friends I went to Melaka for the short holiday, they asked 'what's there in Melaka?'

They've probably been there recently, or many years ago, but yeah, who can blame them for thinking 'what else is potentially new?'

Actually, it does take more than a two days, one night stay in Melaka to fully appreciate the charm and historical magnitude. In fact, I'm thinking of going there again because this tour felt more like a rush to cover all the places, there was no time to just take one step back and look at things from a few different angles; to linger within the stories of old, immersed in the imagination of what it must have been like back then, surrounded by the same structures and nostalgia from hundreds of years ago.

And oh, did I mention the food! Portugese, Nyonya, and everything else in between. If you're no fan of history, the food will always tempt you to get your lazyass there. You'll be calling port several times to onload before you reload.

I told you it's a motherload, of pictures!

Oh, one more thing, they say Melaka Zoo is better that the National Zoo in KL.

So there, plenty to see in Melaka.