2 days after our final paper, we went on a road trip to Malacca.

Head count!! There was me, Daniel, Kenn, Yan Yan, Boon Yean, Jimmy, Elvis, In Ming, Chunn Khye and not forgetting our star attraction, Wei Yiaw.

2 cars were used to get to Malacca (you don't expect us to walk to Malacca, do you? :P) and the drivers were Jimmy and Wei Yiaw. Wei Yiaw led the troop with me, Daniel, Kenn and Elvis accompanying him in his car. Jimmy led the 2 audacious gals, In Ming and Chunn Khye in his fleet.

The trip was, of course, drowsy. Not to say that the company in the car were boring, it was just that somehow, sitting in a car longer than 10 minutes tend to make me sleepy ...

Anyhow, we got to Malacca on Saturday afternoon and checked into the hotel. At first glance on the outside, I was like "WTF? This crappy old thing?" as the walls were staining of the sign of aging, maybe they needed a new paint job but hey, it bares a symbolic resemblance to a haunted building. Then, when we walked into the lobby of the resort, right before I walked in the door, the view of the inside changed my perception of the place.

It was breathtaking, the view of the pool from the inside (okay, seeing through from the outside to see what was on the other side, which was outside, lol). It captivated me for 5.379 seconds, but I was really happy the place did not turn out too badly.

We checked into 2 rooms, one which was larger than the other. I happened to step foot into the larger one, which was of course, extremely good. I see beds, I see lovely lovely beds! (Yeah, I was still tired lol). I lay on the bed for a few moments to rest up, besides, it only took me 2 minutes anyway, lol. The room beside us had water leakage problem, which made us think of the one and only horror show that was symbolic to this, Dark Water lol. But honestly, the water started to cause a bulge at the door which looks really swollen, as if the wood was exposed to a long period of hydration, which totally spooked me.

The girls made their way to this room seeing the other room could not fit them. As usual, I don't mind giving up those lovely, lovely beds :x and slept on the sofa (which was rather comfortable, by my standards @@).

After leaving our luggage at the hotel, we made ourselves to Jonker Street. Jimmy's friend who happened to be a Malaccan resident lead us there (honestly, you don't expect us to know how to get there by ourselves, lol). It was a revisit to this place again for me since about 7 to 8 years ago. We just had to try the chicken rice ball, as it was one of Malacca's specialty. Soon after, we had cendol, only for the reason of tasting gula Melaka, or 'black sugar'.

After having quite a scrumptious meal, we head back to the hotel and rest up for a little bit. Then we decided to head for a dip in the pool, which was short lived as the rain came pouring down like a blitz of scatter shots.

It was nightfall, and again, it was time for us to dine. We wanted to try Malacca's heritage, nyonya cuisine at first, but then Yan Yan knew a restaurant which had really good food at Jonker Street, but unfornunately, it had closed. I mean, 9.30 p.m. and it was closed? LOL?

This brought us to the option of exploring the night market along the street, which was packed with tons of food stalls. We tried a few things, such as a sausage on a stick, coated with a flavouring of choice (how interesting :)) and a 'Pun cai ko'(I don't really know how to translate this) which was a small disc-like gelatinous thingy, which tasted fine. Then, I found a stall that sold glasses, and yes, that was one of the things on the list which I wanted to get ever since 2 years back. When I asked for the price at first, which cost 15 bucks per pair, it made me look at my already empty wallet. I bitterly said goodbye to that gorgeous glasses.

Later, we head to a small shop which sold a numerous variety of actual meals, which I then ordered a bowl of Tom Yam Seafood Noodle (pricey >_<) for 5 bucks. As some of us had finished our meal, we took this time to explore more of what the night market have in store for us. At this time, I changed my mind and made my way back to the stall that was selling those glasses. I just had to have them, and there goes my 15 bucks.

As we drew to a conclusion to head back to the hotel (after each of us purchasing at least something, lol), we decided to head to a bistro. The funny thing was, we were so eagerly wanting to get in, but we were so undressed for the occasion. I was quite reluctant to get in at first, but who cares, these kind of things don't just come across everyday. We decided to enjoy ourselves and let nothing stand in our way of that, but then, we chose not to go in seeing the place was having pricey liquor (too bad =/).

We decided to go to a nearby 7-eleven to get some hard stuff and some snacks which we then crack open at the hotel to celebrate our moment of togetherness. Of course, I could not afford it even if the price has been reduced to an affordable state, I was broke and all I did was bought a bottle of 100-plus (geez ...) and a packet of Twisties.

We then head back, had a party in the larger room, of course. The party was abruptly interrupted by the sudden appearance of a birthday cake to celebrate Daniel's belated birthday. Actually, we knew it before hand, we just wanted to catch Daniel off-guard and it did the trick, and fortunately for us, it went well. We then watched a horror flick on TV called 'An American Haunting', which got me up all night as it gave me a fright when I wanted to head for bed, but my fatigue kicked in just right and I was off in slumber land once more.

The next morning, we had breakfast, complimentary of the hotel, which actually was available for 4 people only. As sly as we were, we snucked in when no one was aware of it, and made the 4 free meals into 10, lol. The food was not bad, but it was going really fast. I only had a small taste of the nasi lemak and some hash browns, oh, and not forgetting some bakery stuff.

As we all finished our breakfast, we packed our stuff and checked out of the hotel. It was brief, but it was enjoyable. As we checked out, our next destination was the A'Famosa Water Park. As expected, this was a theme park that has the theme going. It had numerous water rides, but when it comes to land rides, they have zip. As always, I wanted to go for the super-scary rides, but back then, I never had the guts to do it, but it was like a moment of truth, our last time for us to be together, why not make it memorable?

We tried different rides, and then we spotted the ultimate one. The super dive, or its original name 'High Speed'. Of course, the girls did not join us (as to the reason why, well, let's just say they have their reasons). So, most of the boys went for the high and fast plunge down that slide, and I had to take off my shirt (OH GOD!). I was a little afraid at first, but then again, my randomness kicked in and made me dive down that chute. It was not scary at first, but when it started to plunge at first, it got my heart racing. Then, when I got out of the covered chute, I was like 'Why can't I feel anything under me?'. I was like OMG! as I felt like I was floating in mid-air, then I plunged into the opened chute with all the water splashing into my eyes, which did calm me down (if my eyes were opened while I plunged, I think I might faint). As I made my descent, I was like overwhelmed. I did an extreme ride and I was thoroughly enjoying it. Wei Yiaw and Kenn went in before I did and I was expecting Elvis to do the same, but he didn't, oh well.

After finishing those rides, we had our meal, not considered a lunch, but not a tea break either. The food was okay, after all, we paid like 12 bucks for it ...

We then dried up, packed our stuff and head back to our respective cars to drive home. We bid Malacca farewell and got back on our journey to continue the rest of the chapter in our lives as KDU students, diploma students.

It was an experience like no other, and I was thankful to have experienced it with my true friends, will miss you guys lots, and hope we will meet up again someday.