Behold, the Taming Sari

*I actually don’t know what “Taming Sari” means… paiseh*

Clear blue skies… green trees 🙂

I tried using the polarizer… it kinda darkened the corners coz the CPL I bought was a bit thick T_T

(I didn’t know that thickness or thinness matters)

Cute buildings near the Taming Sari

This overexposed shot looks nice as well 😛 looks artistic to me at least… can be used as wallpaper 😛

What do you think?

Trying to capture Aaron taking photos of McBone 😛

Aaron seems to be satisfied with his shot lol

We are going to enter the Taming Sari next XD

wee! We’re inside!

Satkuru Kawaii!

 

View from the top… You will see the Portuguese ship

OMG that’s a long lap pool I want!

I am not sure where the North part is but if I knew, I can tell the time when this was taken without looking at the digital time stamp 😛

The shadow of the taming sari is like a Sundial hehe

Pahlawan mall top view 🙂

Looks like an alien space ship parked in Melaka lol

The buildings look like doll houses and the cars look like toy cars 😛

I believe this is the *Eye of Malaysia*

Cute park 😛

I bet it’s nice to cam-whore here 😀

 

View from the insides of the Taming Sari

Eh? Bone, you got dizzy?

They were taking photos of the reflection in my shades

After the ride wee!

Aaron Woolala still manages to do his signature *eyebrow* look 😛

Everyone was trying to capture the reflection from Sat’s shades as well.

That’s how we roll guys 🙂 All of us had DSLRs :P  All of the bloggers I know in Malaysia have a passion for both blogging and photography

Get to know my Malaysian friends who toured me.

Here’s some link love and shoutout to them!

Satkuru, Aaron, Alvin, Wiliam, Jess, Steven, McBone

till the next blog post 😛

xoxo,

FlairCandy

 

Satkuru, Aaron, Alvin, Wiliam, Jess, Steven and McBone took me to Melaka :D  This post contains the many things I saw and experienced while we were walking around Melaka.

Me and William waited for Sat, Jess, Steven, McBone, Aaron and Alvin at Asia Cafe.  I ate some Asado Beef noodles I think (you know how heavy of a breakfast eater I am)

and of course, my favorite, Milk Tea 😀

I look different and weird here… I look 10 pounds more lol

This is Jess ^_^ One of the sweetest Malaysians I know 🙂

My first impression of her when we finally met “Wow, she’s tall”

Her first impression of me “Oh, she’s small”

😛

Four Feet Eleven baby 😛

On Williams car with Me, Aaron and Alvin.

No cam-whoring inside car lol

We kinda all wore read.

It wasn’t planned.

I didn’t know how to spell “Melaka” at first.  There seems to be different spellings like “Melakka” and “Malacca”

Good thing I grabbed a snapshot of this signage.

“Melakka” – is just a misspelling

“Malacca” – appears to be the English word counterpart of the place

(I remembered Malacca from our Asian History Studies in High School)

Entering the City of Melaka 😀

Outside “Christ Church” a dozen of Pedicabs decorated with flowers were parked nicely 😀

A busy street in Melaka.  It had really tiny roads.

Aaron’s shirt says “I’m Surrounded by Idiots”

>.< grr

“Selamat Tahun Baru Cina” which means…

(I don’t know really :P)

Sign pointing to “Eye on Malaysia”

Me taking a picture of William taking my picture, who also is taking my picture while I was taking a picture of him.

Get it? lol

Aaron behind me has a “wtf” face as I cam-whore lol

 

I don’t know what this is, it was just nice taking photos of it because it is red.

The structures and buildings around Melaka are painted with the same shade of red.

Even the Church is Red.

More about the Christ Church on my next blog post 😀

Guess who 😛

We headed to Pahlawan mall to chill 😀

Fountain inside the Pahlawan Mall in Melaka

Lovely Plane, GGP alert lol (inside joke)

Train for display (doesn’t work)

I am not quite sure what this wall is, but it looks like our very own Intramuros.

Close up 😀

Silhouette of the Portuguese Ship Museum.  Shooting against the light is a challenge.

This is actually a part of the Portuguese ship.  I think they used this river as ports before 😛

Looking back at it now, I could feel again how relaxing it is just to sit under the tree 😀

The old school Portuguese Ship looks pretty.  It’s like I’m being transported into a time capsule or something.

 

When traveling Melaka, make sure to bring light colored clothes and very comfy ones like spaghetti strap, sleeveless tops, shorts and sandals.  It is very hot in here!  I wanted to wear a bikini lol.  Just bring water as well to prevent dehydration.  But remember, do not take too much water too!  You don’t want to have the urge to pee all the time while traveling. 😛

On my next Blog posts: Christ Church, St. Paul’s Church Ruins, Bowling in Pahlawan Mall, Taming Sari and Dinner in Melaka (Satay Celup)

Till next time 🙂

xoxo,

FlairCandy

I know you won’t believe initially but here’s the breakdown of my expenses:

2,008 Plane Ticket
1,650 Airport Tax
750 Terminal Fee
2,340 Lodging
1,000 Food
1,000 Transportation
1,252 Miscellaneous
10,000 TOTAL

Plane Ticket

I know right!?!  and this ticket is MLA – KL – MLA (via Cebu Pacific)!!!  Most people find that flights are the most expensive part of a trip but with a little research you can often find great deals on airline tickets. You usually can get a 2k ticket if you go from Manila to Kota Kinabalu or you go Manila to KL via Air Asia (Clark Airport) but I know I got a super bargain of 2k pesos Manila to KL and back to Manila!!!

Lodging

It helps if you have relatives or friends abroad XD  In my case I am so thankful to have Friends XD  Thank to William’s hospitality for letting me “couch-surf” for a night.  For my second day, I thought I shall book a hotel room so that I can experience totally being alone somewhere and have some ZEN time.

The only thing though is that I had to sleep with ALL the lights on!  I’m so afraid of the dark because my imagination is too creative, too wild and crazy that it scares me most of the time!  And in the dark… all of the Japanese horror films flash back on my mind!!!  And yeah, at first I was super fine and not scared at all… But my crazy plurk friend Drew initiated the “mumu” talk. T__T

Summit Hotel

This was near my friends’ house and so I booked here so that they would not have much trouble fetching me in the morning for mamak sessions XD

Tunes Hotel

Ah… This was the hotel I was looking into staying on if I had the time to book it (and I didn’t).  I’d recommend this hotel as it looks clean, nice, in the city but cheap enough because you are paying for what you need and it’s all worth your money.

Food

Another good thing about having friends in an area is that they take you to authentic local places!  All my meals were pretty cheap but super yummy!!!  You know I’m too sensitive when it comes to spicy stuff (although I love it still) but if you say “SPICY” here, it’s really S-P-I-C-Y!!!  So, if you want their food with only a little bit of spice… just say “not spicy” they will give you food which to them isn’t spicy, but to me… oh yes… HOT HOT HOT!!! Like I think my ears nose and face got super red hehe XD

Transportation

I think commuting in Malaysia would be a little bit more difficult than when you are commuting in Singapore or Hong Kong.  In Malaysia, the cities are far apart and I think that’s why they have many toll gates and stuff.

Miscellaneous

This includes:

1. Ride to Taming Sari

2. Bowling at Melakka

3. Godiva Mint Dark Chocolate

4. All other stuff I forgot what…

TGST… TGST… TGST…

I haven’t gone clubbing outside the Philippines yet… I need to do this next time…

FUN!!!

THE FUN IS WORTH MORE THAN 10,000!!!  Meeting the shouters, experiencing their hospitality, taking absolutely fantastic photos of Malaysia, tasting their awesome food… it’s more than words can say… it’s more than what money can buy!  Thank you to the friendship!

Terima kasih! Xie xie ni! Kam Sia! Thank you! Salamat! to Jessica, Stevenzen, Satkuru, William, Aaron, Alvin and Bone for an awesome Malaysia experience!