Uncle's Wedding

Hello gorgeous!

Sorry about the hiatus. But I am back from Medan, the historical place where I was born. LoL Anyway, this trip back to my hometown is the happy one. Firstly, my grandfather is all healthy again and I am elated for that! It seems like he has recovered from his past life endangering illness, Aneurysm :) Thank you for being well again, ah gong!

With my cousins and neighborhood kids :)

And of course, you gotta shop till you drop!

Just kidding LoL

Another happy event was my uncle's wedding! I am particularly happy about this marriage because I think they make the most compatible couple. Now that they are happily married, I hope we will hear some good news from them soon ^_^ Babies, babies!!

Below are some photos from the happy occasion...and for the photos without caption, just note that if I'm in the photo with male then they're my uncles, if they're females then they're my aunties :)

The happy groom! ^_^

My baby brother

The happy bride ;)

My grandfather!

The groom's friend all the way from Germany ;)

The loving great aunt!

Oh ya! I also watched Catching Fire the first day it came out! Totally such an awesome movie. A little spoiler here: I cried when Cinna was beaten and I think he's dead.

Well, not much to talk about anymore...although I went there for 3 weeks o_O To sum up, 90% of this trip is all about me eating cos' Medan is where all the yummy food gathers! Gosh!! All the weight gained =_= Gotta start losing weight now :) Goodbye.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Greetings from Malaysia!

I'm finally home (actually been home for 2 weeks lol) after being away for more than a month. During those period, I traveled to Bali, Jakarta and also Surabaya. Nonetheless, I had my share of fun being in those places as I am able to meet up with my relatives especially my brother, Willy, and I also got to make a lot of new friends (well, mostly are already friends with my brother). I am glad to have made this trip although I might add, I do miss my mum. It's just crazy looking at how much I miss her every single day while being away from her. The first week being away was manageable, but the weeks after is where the absence makes the heart grow fonder. Shout out to fellow mama's girl out there yo'!

Anyway, I am happy to be home now and wishing my skin condition will get better soon. The trip might be full of fun stuff, but my face break out so much and I got so tan from the trip! Totally not feeling okay with that, but what can I expect; there is always a downside to everything. Just hoping for my skin to clear up before I travel again to Medan in ten days time. *finger crossed*

I don't know what else to write in this post since compressing everything that happened in 5 weeks time seems to be a quite difficult task o.O However, I can highlight some memorable events, not that those unmentioned are of any less important in my life for I believe any occurrence in any stage of my growth are equally important in shaping how I am today...although I can get so silly and stupid sometimes. What an honest confession!

The highlight of my trip would be my 20th birthday obviously ^_^ I received so much blessings from my family and friends; and I am thankful for each of them. Sometimes it's a wonder how these family and friends remember the day when I am born into this world. And I appreciate it very much. There might be days where everything just went awful and you wish you live in Elysium (I assume you watch the movie lol), but really the point is how these people remember your existence in this world; and that is the best thing ever. Do not even question why you are born in the first place!

The next highlight would be what I mentioned before, making new friends! It is difficult to see me making the first move in making friend because I am painfully shy. So I got to thank my brother for introducing me to his friends. However, I am only shy at first. I can get pretty crazy once I am comfortable enough. Surprise, surprise. haha

Another memorable highlight would be going on road trip to Karangasem with them. And when I say memorable, it is truly unforgettable. For now. LoL Apparently, I still got TAN lines on my body from that trip o_O I don't know why the sun was so blazing hot on that day and each step made was torturing. The sun beam was piercing through my skin the whole time! However, the scenery of the place was rewarding. I got to say that the place was breathtakingly beautiful. *suddenly remembers an inside joke* WOW~!!

Besides that, I also enjoy having the time to myself and my brother where we went to eat together. And if you guessed it, my next highlight are the food experience!  I really enjoy the food from this trip since I got to taste test different type of yummy food ^_^ Hmm...blissful stomach.

Breakfast buffet at Novotel Surabaya Hotel & Suites

Yummy porridge at Laota

Tiger prawns at Fish&Co

Nasi Padang at Rumah Makan Padang Sederhana

Dim Sum buffet at Golden Lotus Restaurant

Below are some of my favorite photos from my trip.

While now I get to be with my family again, I do occasionally think of those friends in Bali ;) I know it might sounds cliché... but I miss them ☕ ☕

Disclaimer: Credit to those taking the above photos. Thank you!

Malacca Trip

Hello readers!

Today I'm back with another fun post about my last trip to Malacca with my friends; Jia Min, Shu Xian and Sammy! As always, travelling has been fun and exciting! I bet nobody would have treated travel as a chore anyway lol

Back to my story, the four of us reached Malacca last Thursday. And not being local from there certainly force us to be more adventurous. We had to ask the people around for directions and stuff. Luckily the people there are helpful and friendly enough.

So after we had a little rest at our hotel room, we went out to fill our hungry stomach. We also went sightseeing around the area. It was all fun but the weather was so sunny. And there's me being foolish for not applying sunscreen o_O

Curry Laksa, "yong tau foo" and durian cendol.

One-bite durian puffs.

Sammy attempting to eat the puff.

Chu~ Chu~!!

Jia Min's with the bull.

Sammy, Shu Xian and me ;)

Coconut Tom Yum @Geographer Cafe.

(It looks unique but tastes like normal Tom Yum anyway)

The cucumber juice that Shu Xian adores!

Yes, I'm drumming the coconut.

That's Shu Xian poking Jia Min's face lol

Fresh veggies roll.

Sammy with the gigantic pineapple tart!

Like a boss!

Ladylike pose.

The " I'm ready " pose.

After all that eating and walking around, we decided to go back to the hotel room to rest for an hour or so before heading out for dinner. For dinner, we tried out the famous clams, aka "si ham" in Chinese. We also ate sauce-drizzled beancurd. These dishes can be found at the back alley in Jalan Bunga Raya.

Clams are definitely not my love, so I can't really judge those.

Nonetheless, I like the sauce-drizzled beancurd.

Then we discovered this small shop which sells various discs, ranging from the old fashioned cassette tape and record plate to the modern compact discs. I definitely feel like walking through memory lane when I first walked into the tiny shop. I remember how I used to listen to cassette tape through our old radio :)

The shop itself looks like a museum.

We also bought "you tiao", fried radish cake and fried oyster for supper.

The supper concludes our first day in Malacca. The next day, we slept in for a bit more. By the time we finished getting ready, it was time to have our brunch. So, we decided to try out the famous Nyonya food. Mainly because many people talk good thing about the restaurant.

Some selca for the day (= 3 =)

The signature Nyonya pineapple juice that taste exactly like those canned ones.

To our disappointment, the Nyonya food doesn't taste that yummy :(

Beaded shoes.

Since the Nyonya food didn't do justice to our taste buds, we decided to try out Dutch food instead. We found "Orang Belanda Art Cafe" located at Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock. We really glad that we found this cafe because it has a nice ambience besides tasty food and beverages. The waiter was friendly to us too :)

Cowgirl.

Chilling at Dutch Cafe.

See any resemblance?

Trip buddies!

Arghh~!!

Ice cream crepe.

Summer smoothie: Peach, banana, strawberry.

Dutch coffee.

Our next destination was Mahkota Parade. We wanted to try Nadeje layered crepe. We walked to Mahkota Parade ON FOOT, and by on foot, I meant by walking! Never again. I am exhausted from all the walking under the hot sun. Although I brought my umbrella, I still feel meh!

Sweet Shu Xian and Jia Min.

Four of us ^_^

Shading King Dino with umbrellas.

Rawr!!

Cranberries and guava drinks.

The delicious layered crepe.

Next, we went to this historical building, namely St. Paul Church. So basically it was a church before being restructured into what we saw today. Inside, we can see some Portuguese tombstones which must have aged at least half a century.

Appreciating the historical building.

BANG!

BANG!!

BANG!!!

BANG!!!!

After that, we headed back to our hotel to rest our tired souls. Around 7pm, we finally went to the night market in Jonker Street. We're excited to try the gourmet there! At the market, we bought some food and ate them as we walk. That continues on and on. Now I think about it, we must have tried at least 10 different street food! What a feast!!

Since we ate while we walked, we can only captured these remaining dishes in the photo. The above food includes Cendol, char kway tiao, curry fishballs, takoyaki (in the box) and popiah. Other food that we ate includes dried cuttlefish, egg muffin with crab meat and Taiwanese sausage, egg balls, flavored Taiwanese sausages and coconut shake.

Around 10 or 11pm, we went to Discovery cafe to enjoy some live band. My three friends ordered alcoholic drinks except me. I ordered refreshing juice instead since I'm still unable to adapt myself into drinking alcohol. FYI, I can only handle shandy into my system. Up till now, I am a teetotaler unless drinking shandy counts as drinking beer lol.

Ever wonder why four girls can eat so much in one day? Well, that remains a secret lol. But really, we just share everything and anything! In that way, we can try more food and enjoy them without straining our stomach. Although I think the four of us must have started our detox diet since we went back from the fattening trip :D