Malacca

Zethan's very 1st virgin trip ~ road trip up north with the Chiam family which too happen to be mummy and daddy's 1st trip with Zethan.

It's a pretty eventful trip to and fro Malacca and in a nutshell it was a fun and exciting trip, exhaustion aside. The drive was not too bad since it is after the school holidays so no massive jams to get frustrated over.

set off on sat morning by meeting the Chiams at JBP carpark but daddy had to detour to topup his cashcard so arriving late, sorry! passing over the walkie talkie and less than 3mins on AYE, super duper heavy downpour. so heavy that Zethan started to 'concentrate' on the road as though helping daddy to watch the way. No major traffic jam at both Singapore and Malaysia custome although surprisingly Singapore custome took a tad too long to clear by comparison.

Hit the NS highway after a short toilet break and topping up of fuel. stretch of continuous drive say 1+ hr and decide for a lunch break at Pagoh R&R. No nice lunch so the poor babes had to take horrendous porridge for lunch and luckily no complains from them. Took abit too long for this break and hit the highway again after 1hr and arrived at Ayer Keroh Toll in about 30mins. It was only then that daddy 'informed' mummy that the GPS which was loaned suffered a flat battery! mummy froze and panic button is pressed!

she took out her map which to her relief she decide to print for reference as backup. it was no easy feat to follow the directions on the map as the road signs in Malaysia is super unfriendly. mummy is stressed to the max. despite a few supposed wrong turns which mummy thought so, the good thing is it turn out to be the right one and finally after about 30mins or so, destination reached! it was an amazing sight as 1/2 the carpark of Hotel Equitorial was occupied by S'pore registered cars. BUT no lift to the lobby so the hubbies had to carry the strollers + luggages up the flight of stairs.

Checked in and had the rooms on the 19th floor. settled in, fed Zethan his milk and gave him a bath which is might as well since he pooped. Phews! an hour later, the 2 families hit the street and the adults took a short walk in the shopping mall a stone throw away from the hotel to grab some mineral water before heading for the local delicacies e.g. Chicken rice balls. took a goo 15mins to get the direction right to Jonker's Street and found the famous store but it was closed! so head to another down Jonker's street ~ Hoe Kee. the mummies went gaga over the old school highchairs, being reminded of hair saloon. mummy thought that the rice balls are too mushy for her liking but Zethan had his 1st taste of chicken rice!

after lunch took a walk down Jonker's street when the night market vendors are starting out. next went for durian chendol at San Shu Gong, grabbing some local delicacies before making their way back to hotel for a good rest. Zethan drift off to lala land after his milk feed.

The next day started pretty early when Zethan woke around 7ish! fed him milk, change and head for breakfast. cafe was packed and had to wait for a table. Zethan did not behaved himself and caused a din which mummy put on her brave front and ignored all the stares around her. The Chiams came back for their breakfast much later and all head back to bath the kiddos before venturing out again. Zethan fell asleep after his bath which is ideal for mummy to pack the luggage.

close to lunchtime, checked out, walked over to the mall to grab diaper. decide to have nonya cuisine for lunch before the drive back. ask for recommendation from the info counter at the mall and went in search of this restaurant across the road ~ Makko. Another episode of mummies' gaga over the cane highchair! food is good and best of all very reasonably priced. when all are done with lunch, the rain came. so near and yet so far. waited for a good 10mins or so before the drizzle lighten and all dashed across the road to the mall for shelter. because of the rain, decide to shop for like an hour before heading back, not forgetting having A&W before leaving. silly mummy is pretty insistent on eating the waffle with ice cream!

the drive back was pretty taxing since night is approaching and traffic tend to be abit heavy. Zethan did not sleep a wink throughout the almost 3hrs drive. He must have felt something bad happening as 15mins before arriving at 2nd link, he yelled and cry very badly, refusing his car seat. mummy took him out for some cuddle and before long, a spot check which made mummy placed him back in lightning speed. Daddy was 'fined' for some lame reason of 'your number plate buay pass' so yup, payment on the spot! mummy is fuming mad over it, not because of the money but simply irriated over it.

weird as it is, once cleared Singapore Custom and back on homeland, Zethan slept almost immediately!

by and large it was a good trip and certainly enjoyable. another road trip in the making? yes and no, KL sounds good??!!