the nyonya connection

just got back fm a business trip to melaka. i think its been almost 15 years since i last went down to melaka (i think it was when i was in std 3 or 4 when i went there on a school field trip).

so anyway since it was a biz trip, obviously most of my time spent there was on 'offical' biz, so i wont bore u with that. well, when i got there i had lunch at bibik neo - dont recall if i blogged this b4, but they also have a branch of this right here in sri hartamas which tastes exactly the same, only at a much much higher price: i think the same dish which costs 18 bucks in hartamas, cost only 8 bucks in melaka. yah i know.. rent is higher in sri hartamas rite?

then that nite we visited the portugese settlement. if u havent been there, i'm sure u're thinking "Wow, kewl .. a portugese settlement?" that was wat i was thinking aso.. wonder how issit like? the truth is, its actually just like any housing estate, with a big sign stating "portugese settlement" before u enter. then as u drive along the road, u will come to a place sorta like a food court, which is by the seaside (sorta like an esplanade). thats where all the food is. it was okay, not too bad.. wouldnt mind eating it again but would definitely not actively seek it out again. funny thing is that i have to pay 1 buck to park my car there. hmmm.. its jus a food court, not a shopping mall. but the "toll collector" was 2 tattoo-ed up guys, so didn't really wanna mess with them.. hehe

i will have to go to melaka every now and then from now on, since i've been placed in charge of that area. the sad thing is i dont know anyone there. this time i was lucky since i went down with my boss. the next time i'll be going solo which will be pretty lame since 1. i still dont really know my way around 2. i dont know anyone there. so if anyone knows anyone at all in melaka, pls introduce to me.. pleaassee! but on condition that she's must be a cun chick (haha). okay la, if guy aso ok, but on condition that he knows many other cun chicks. hohohohoo..