Greetings from Meleka

I'm at my relative's place right now and decided to blog while my parents are busy conversing with my aunt and uncle. I mean, afterall, they meet about once a year, and its for Qing Ming, not Chinese new year!

On an early saturday morning, we woke up slightly before 6am and prepared to make our way out of Singapore via the second-link. Driving an off-peak car, we had to make sure we made it out of Singapore before 7am! Thankfully, traffic along PIE towards Tuas checkpoint was rather smooth flowing on an early saturday morning.

A few hiccups occurred along the way, like dad being a backseat driver, being embaressingly stuck at the tow station because our "touch-n-go" card was out of cash, and we couldn't top it up on the spot. Fortunately, things got better after we arrived at meleka, and my mum had the opportunity to do some shopping. The wonders of retail therapy.

After some retail therapy, we headed to our relative's place (my dad's 2nd Sis) to settle in. We had dinner together, and after that just headed back for a good night's rest.

The next day, i.e. today. We made our way to the grave's to clear the weeds and all. And also had the opportunity to meet up with some other relatives. Guess what most of them said when they say me..... No prizes.... They said I got fatter!

Haiz.... anyway, after visiting relatives, my parents went for 2nd round of retail therapy, this time at a cheap convenience store. I got really bored, so I decided to walk around to see what I could find. Voila! I spotted a beautiful Walls ice-cream sign, and with the horrid heat, that was most appealing! So I went to get myself an ice-cream, only to spend my next 30-60mins chatting with the store owner while waiting for my parents to be done with their shopping.

After that, it was back to the house to recharge, before heading out to my "Da Gu Ma"'s bakuteh store. I must say, I never realised it in the past since I never really took note of bakutehs. But my aunt's bakuteh is really amongst the best! Sweet and well flavoured soup, tender well-marinated lean meat, and chunks of fatty meat, pork liver - cooked till its tangy and well-textured without being bloody or hard. MMMmmm Mmmmmm.... The store is located near those popular red building tourist spot at Meleka.... Hmm... can't remember the name of the road though. Haha, its the same store where I ran into Chiu Zhang once.

After that, its off to TESCO for 3rd round of retail therapy for my mum (I think my dad was getting bored too) before I'm finally back.

Time to zzzzz........

Back from Fraser Hill

I'm back from Fraser, and time seems to have passed really quickly....

I'm tempted to write an account of what happened during the trip, such as how we finally found our way up to Frasers (Total of 5 bus rides up from Singapore) after ding-dong'ing between Puduraya and the Metro Bus-stop about 2-3 times. The many insects and plants we saw, my first (I think???) experience horse-riding (And its a beautiful horse!) our trekking experience there, the cute little girl whom came over to see dog sms and whom I performed some magic tricks for (the magical 20 cents is still with her! hahah!).

But you know... I'll find some time to write about it later, and I'm sure dog will be able to describe the entire trip in more lucid detail than me.

So I'm just going to shower now, and sleep! Nights!