First things first.... Breakfast!!.... before our drive to Melaka.... APM had their 2008 retreat at the Seminary in Melaka last Nov 08. We convoyed in 5 cars. G only had 2 walkies ...so it wasnt as fun as Ipoh.
We managed to get there in one piece. It wasnt too bad. the rooms where cosy and neat and had attached baths with hot water.
After unpacking and getting everything sorted, we had lunch which the caretaker had prepared.
Meet Hadi, one of our latest APM members who also loves photography. He takes some awesome photos. Its funny seeing him in action... like the pic above... it was like seeing how others see me going around taking shots of them.
We had a number of games after lunch which got everyone to work together and had fun. One of Dono's games had a pile of old and new photos of APM dating back to errr 1995.... God it was funny going thru those photos.
We had dinner at the Portuguese settlement.... had some sea food and some portuguese food (dont ask me what cos i cant remember but i do remember that the sea food was not as nice as what we get in Klang)
Below is a photo taken by Hadi at the edge of the waterfront at the portuguese settlement.
Ofcos we cant leave without taking a walk along the houses there as they are famous for going all out with their christmas deco....
Ofcos we cant leave without taking a walk along the houses there as they are famous for going all out with their christmas deco....
There was some awesome lights and deco but i dont think i did justice with my photos... this place is a must to visit... but it can get a little crowded with visitors and it doesnt help as the lanes are small
This huge xmas tree made of lights......
Ok the next morning was all serious and all.... with some talks from so and so.... and some SWAT report and discussions and all....
Then after lunch and after a few more sessions... we went for the Melaka River Ride which i thought was very lame......
As you can see we are all not wearing any safety jackets... It was in fact all safely tucked under and at the front of the boat......... but there was a handy mop within easy reach..... sigh!!! as if the tioman incident was long forgotten....
(Little Bird,"yum yum... lizard for dinner?")
The little eye on Melaka?
Bye bye melaka river .... smell you later....... I sincerely believe you will see Melaka better if you walked or cycled.......
Anyway, after getting back to our cars... we visited the 307 year old St Peter's Church.... man it was an amazing feeling being in that chruch.... it still had all its original stained glass, doors and even its tiles....... !!! 300 year old tiles!!!.... there are also a number of tombs all over the church which was a little creepy....
We visited another church but it was closed.... cant seem to remember the name... then we took a walk to Main Melak Square.... called Dataran Pahlawan (Warrior Square).... and ofcos paid a vsit to A'Famosa....
I wasnt too interested cos i have been here a number of times.... so while the rest were sight seeing i went and bought a cake for Veron's birthday which we surprised her with later that night.....
Lucky, one of the caretaker's many pet dogs was eyeing the cake but.... nothing doing.... chocolate is bad of animal... so to those who feed their pets cake be warned that it is not good for their health.....
We had some games which i had to move and dance.... good grief.... well it was fun......
....... and we go to see everyone spell MISSISSIPPI............ with our butts.... kekekeke
Then it was a few rounds of TABOO ofcos........
Some follow up sessions and a game or two the next morning....
....then it was off to Melaka ZOO........
but not before stopping at the end of Jonker Street near the red square........ for LUNCH!!
Check out the line where we eat........
SOme of the many nicknaks you can buy along Jonker......
but i was more interested in finding this shop.... Lai Kam Wah Sdn Bhd......
They sell everything about classic VWs..... i thought i die and went to heaven when i walked in and saw this.......... rows and rows of vw parts........
Ok enuff drooling and onwards to the zoo........
It was not too bad lah... Melaka Zoo ..... the snake pit was scary.... we even found that one of the pythons was crushed to death by another python...... squeeze you later.....
Cheers......!!!
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