PG -> Ipoh -> KL -> Malacca (Part 2)

The next day, we woke up fully rested. But the room was too cold to our liking, so we just switched off the air-condition totally. Since our room package came with breakfast for free, we went down for breakfast. But Sze Yi didn't want to go, she preferred watching TV in the room. So we took Sze Juin along, leaving Sze Yi with MIL. Sze Juin ate quite a variety of food, much to my delight. She basically had different types of fruits, plain chicken porridge and a bit of the baked beans, corn-flakes, bread, etc.

After breakfast, we packed and waited for hubby's uncle to arrive. We planned to have lunch with him before heading to our next destination. Well, I was relieved because both the girls did their big businesses in the hotel before we departed, so that solved another of my worries during trips. At least I knew that they won't be constipated, and also we didn't need to stop halfway for this purpose. Haha, mothers never stop worrying about such tiny details, do we? I bet this is nothing of daddy's concerns at all :) He was worried about more important issues, like the directions - how to get us there safely. That's because none of us were familiar with the roads, and if we got lost halfway, there's no one to navigate him even if we brought maps along since I was busy with the kids at the back. But he got his problems solved too, when he decided to buy a GPS for this very trip.

Ok, so we had lunch with MIL's younger brother and his good friend at the famous Ampang Yong Tau Foo. Sze Yi ate a little of this and that of the food that they ordered, but not much. She still prefered her nen nen. As for Sze Juin, I fed her the fruit-cereal with red rice powder & dried anchovies that I prepared. She finished in no time.

They were both just about to sleep before we made this lunch stop, so their temper was not too good. When we continued on with our journey again, it was not a smooth one. Sze Yi kept asking for stories (non-stop) - she always wanted stories when she's trying to fall asleep, but Sze Juin didn't want me to talk at all - she preferred silence when she's trying to sleep. So when I started, "Once upon a time...", she would cry. And when I stopped, Sze Yi would make a fuss. I was torn in between - whether to talk or not to talk. It went on for quite awhile, so I asked hubby to make a stop at the rest area. This somehow relieved Sze Juin, and she didn't want to continue on with the journey (meaning going into the car again). Luckily, after another bottle of milk, Sze Yi slept, so I just needed to deal with 1 kid instead of 2. SJ kept on crying throughout the whole journey, and we needed to make a few stops. I even got a balloon for her (which was not my style) to calm her down. And when we finally reached Malacca, she was falling asleep. By the time we checked into our apartment, she was still sleeping on my shoulder as you can see from the picture. Only when I tried to put her on the bed, she cried and then woke up. I knew she's not fully rested, so I was prepared for her to be moody anytime. Luckily, she's ok, as long as not in the car.

Our initial plan was to go to the A Famosa Resort, but since it's fully booked, we stayed in the town instead. Hubby made a few phone calls to his friends from Malacca, and they recommended him where to stay. We headed there, checked in and the kids felt instantly happy again. To them, this trip was all about hotels. Sze Yi kept saying, "I want to go and stay in the hotel," as if that's our final destination.

The view from the 1-room apartment that we stayed in

After that, since none of them wanted to sleep again, we went out for some exploration.

Sze Yi didn't want to pose properly.

So this was the best that hubby could get

More photos to follow

At the fountain

The kids just couldn't get enough of the fountain

Christ Church (see how Sze Yi covered her face with the balloon)

The Clock Tower (Sze Yi loved it when it went ding dong ding dong, we sang the Hickory Dickory Dock song together)

Finally she wanted to post!

We took them for a trishaw ride experience

The scenery along the ride

After the ride, more posing with the trishaw

We went for a Jonker Walk, to visit the famous Night Market there, which only opened on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays (and it was Sunday when we went there)

The famous chicken rice ball (so-so to my liking), and cendol with gula Melaka (must try!)

The kids started to get restless before we covered the whole street (it's really a long street) so we went back home. It's already quite late by then, and we noticed that Sze Juin started to have runny nose (maybe from the hotel that we stayed in last night - it was too cold). But when we went back to our apartment (or hotel to the kids), they became alert immediately and didn't want to sleep.

The next morning, all of us went down for breakfast. It was a hearty meal for us adults, but not for the kids. Somehow Sze Juin who used to eat nearly everything didn't really have great appetite that day. Maybe she was not feeling well. That made us reconsider our initial plan of going to the A Famosa Resort next. When Sze Juin had a fall (from the chair in our apartment later when we're packing up), we decided to go home straight away. What a long journey it was, we left around 12noon, and went all the way straight to Penang, only stopping at the rest areas for lunch break, toilet stops and also a short durian spree! We finally reached Penang at about 7pm.

Well, it was really an adventure, we never thought it was such a short trip (anyway, we only shorterned our trip by one day). And now, thinking back, maybe it's a blessing in disguise afterall because I later learnt that my brother who also went to the A Famosa Resort during the same weekend was down with high fever, cough and flu for 5 days. Also, an institute of higher learning (I couldn't recall the name now) nearby the place was closed temporary for suspected H1N1 cases.

As for the kids, upon reaching home, they were so happy and didn't show any sign of tiredness. Sze Juin got well 2 days after that, so I guessed that's what mattered most. Hopefully we could make another trip there soon, and tried the satay celup that we missed...