New Year in Melaka

Sorry I’ve been away as I am in the festive mood
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OK….The new year holidays has finally ended. What more didn’t get to climb Bukit Tabur as planned (Sobs, T_T ) . Well, due to other plans I forfeited this plan. Well, why climb when one can enjoy eating and eating at houses during these festive seasons. It’s one of those special food and eat eat days. Well yeah…

Anyway, so what did most families do on the eve of the Lunar New Year?? Most of them go back to their hometown to have their festive get together dinner. Well, to me though, it’s totally different, as my hometown people are disperse since the passing away of both my grandparents at my mom and dad’s side. But anyway, that’s beside the question. Just a brief introduction for people who doesn’t know the meaning of the eve of Chinese New Year.

Being the Year of the Pig (Boar), what more way to celebrate than to have eat. Ha Ha… Well, so on my way to Melaka or Malacca, the once famous city port during historical times. Well, my dad’s from Melaka if you’re wondering. So, all the way there, visiting relatives and friends.

Well, it was a long long journey as expected. Traffic jam resulted going out to Port Dickson toll. Arghhh… the agony of being stuck in a road of about only 200 meters in like 1 hour all because everyones cramping into one lane for the Touch N’ Go toll booth. OK, calm down, enough ranting..

Well, I went shooting (pics) and it was a frenzy. Being like in touch with my artistic side. (Well I used to not know about the wonders of photos). Talking about Melaka somehow reminded me of my first ever post on my blog. Well it was a talk on some serious matter. Can be viewed here.

But then why divert the attention. Chinese New Year spirit somehow seems much livelier when you’re back in your own hometown.

Well, with more lanterns, ang pow packets and the people here are more welcome to visitors than my place in KL. I wonder why? Must be the upbringing or the ever hectic life in Kuala Lumpur that people seems to ignore each another and hardly meet each another unless it’s for business. Well, for starters, make friends people. Make friends. That’s how the world should be actually.

Ha ha ha… suddenly the ang paos I received this year seems lesser than last time. Maybe coz I’ve grown up and people are aging…well you know. What more, the ever annoying thing comes every Chinese New Year once you’re over 20.

“Hey, danielctw…. where’s your girlfriend ar???”
or
“danielctw, you not young anymore, fast fast find girlfriend”

This is not like once or twice. It’s kinda frequent whenever it’s a Chinese New Year. Okay, maybe because I am kinda choosy and such, but then why the heck almost the same question every year???? Sometimes I give up but then knowingly, I grew accustom to it.

I’ll just say,

“Oh too many girlfriends, I don’t know which one to choose =P “. (ya…rite… – some of you might be thinking)

Well how else could I say it then. Well, shoot me for being not creative at all. Anyway what about this year. Year of The Pig means more food and more lazy (haha… just thought that up) so what about some “ba kua“. Well here’s a picture of it, if you don’t know what it is. Have a look up at wikipedia.

Delicious looking. But not for those people who are strictly on the halal side. Hehehe….
There are many more food I can describe like Pon Teh, Dodol, Wajid, Itik Tim which are all nyonya food that I ate in my trip to Melaka. Well, it’s a priviledge to come from a baba nyonya family. You get to enjoy these kind of food which one might never even heard of it especially town folks.. (Haha.. no offense)

The trip wasn’t as long as expected. But imagined visiting like 5 houses in a day. The life of a kampung with chickens, ducks, dog, geese… such life. So I reached back home like 2am in the morning and guessed what I was found. My burnt AMD Processor… haha…

What an amazing sight. Heh