End of my June Vacation!

Today is the day for the school re-opening. That will mean also that I have to diligently supervise my kids' schoolwork liao... GK have been looking forward to this day, to meet their teachers and classmates, to have pocket money to spend buy food for recess, and also to go to the bookshop...I can feel their excitement!

I ended my June vacation with a trip to Malacca for our dept outing on 20 - 21 June. There were a total of 24 of us (some brought their families). Having travelled to Malacca for umpteen times and staying in only 3 - 4 star hotels, this trip's stay in Equatorial Hotel was my 1st time in a 5 star hotel. It is ideally situated beside the new shopping mall - Dataran Palawan, nearby to Mahkota Parade and also within walking distance to the Red Square and Jonker Street.

Upon arrival on the 1st day, the tour guide brought us to the Bee Farm. Then we had lunch (at our own cost) in the city area. Those stalls in kopi-shops sold delicious famous hor-funs, and for me, I tried the Hakka Yong Tau Foo. Cheap and good!

Around 2.30 pm, we checked in the hotel. All of us were allocated rooms in various , i.e. 10th, 11th, 13th and 14th floor.

At around 3 pm, most of them were already down at the lobby, ready to explore the city and shopping malls.

By 6.45 pm, we gathered at the lobby, waiting for our coach to bring us to Nyonya Suan for dinner. The dinner was a treat from my boss' own pocket, and the food served were nice also.

At 8.30 pm, most of us were already at Jonker Street for the night market. It took me 1 hour and 15 mins to cover the street. In between the walk, I did stop to look at the items that were on sale, especially those cute little hamsters and the doggies (eg. Pekinese, Shin Tzu, Chihuahua).
I also stopped for some while to watch the singing by some performers on the stage.

Before heading back to the hotel on foot, most of us went up to Carrefour to shop and get some cold beverages and snacks to bring back to the hotel room.

The next following day, between 8 am to 9 am, we had our buffet breakfast at the Seri Nyonya Restnt (3rd floor).

Upon checking out at 9.30 am, one of the colleagues who stayed on the 10th floor, mentioned that she was together in the lift with TCS stars - Xiang Yun, Edmund and their children, who were staying on the same floor as her. Too bad, we missed them as by then most of us were already in the coach, so didn't see them coming down...

We had a good morning walk near the Red Square to see the Melaka Tree, and also to see the St Paul's Church. Due to the hot sun, I noticed that after the climbing up and down the hill, everyone was already panting and perspire like hell....

Next we headed for the Tan Kim Hock to buy local products and then to Jonker Street for our own lunch. Most of us had lunch at the Ho Kee Chicken Rice and thereafter, some of us proceeded to No. 88 for our dessert - Chendol.

By 1.15 pm, we were all on our coach, ready to make our way back home. In between, we stopped at Yong Peng YoYo Local Products to take our toilet break, make our purchases for some more of the M'sia local products, eg. the Muar Otah-otah, Purple-colour Dragonfruit, etc.

We reached our office building at around 5.30 pm, and when everyone got off the bus, I could see the satisfaction looks for most of us, with their big and small bags of purchases... it was indeed 满载而归！