Posts Tagged ‘Melaka’

Experienced the fun of Kampung! Part 1 – Brief History!

June 21st, 2010, posted in Events, Food, Random rants, Shennanigans, Travel

Guys, even wondered how a kampung lifestyle is? What is their daily routine? What do they do for a living? Where do they live? (On top of the tree? lol) What do they eat? Or even, what do they do for entertainment?

Well I’ve been wondering this all my life and thanks to Mo Ad Media, NewsZapped and of course Tourism Malaysia, my questions on the kampung lifestyle are answered. Mo Ad Media organized this homestay, while NewsZapped are responsible on handling us and Tourism Malaysia sponsored the whole 2 days 1 night trip! Thanks for everything! (;

Ok i am not here to tell you guys like what did i do from the time i left KL to the time i broad back a bus to KL ; filled with camwhore pics and little or zero explanation on the stuff that is displayed in my blog, but rather i’ll share with my readers, the easy going, unique, exquisite lifestyle of a typical Malay Kampung in Melaka with explanation for those who are curious!

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Yup! This is where we blogger stayed. I forgot how many, but roughly 15 i guess. Oh wait, this is not where we stay, this is what the whole homestay is called! We live in the kampung people’s house (: As the place name explains, Argo tourism. Bet you can expect what is coming up next!

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Ze bloggers looking a lil lost. They say “Rusa Masuk Kampung:P We were greeted with greenery, left and right. Then the kompang welcomed us! (: It feels really like high school where the students ALWAYS plays the kompang for ANY occasion!

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Ini dia, En. Suparman Bin Abu. He’s the president of Kem Model Insan homestay. He was the one in charge of dividing us among our foster parents and he did talk about the village, the aim of the homestay and what service they provide.

So well, basically Kampung Parit Penghulu is a Kampung in Sungai Rambai in the District of Jasin. Its like any other ordinary kampung with Paddy Field but in 2006 it was transformed into a homestay under the initiative of Tourism Malaysia. Besides homestay, they also provide all those team building camps with games and etc and cater to the customers request. Cool huh!

Apart from that, this kampung is like directly on the border of Melaka – Johor. You can literally step to Melaka and Johor in like say 5min? Daymn thats near! (:

Here’s a video of a typical kampung house in Melaka shot by Rebecca’s HTC DESIRE! WOOT ANDROID FTW! :P

En. Suparman call this kampung a “SPECIAL” kampung. Why? Because this is one of the only KAMPUNGS with HSDPA connection by DIGI! Seriously, i litterally get full 5 bars everywhere i go and there’s wifi connection at the Balai Raya and some homes. Im lucky my foster parents have Streamyx in the box! :P

Lemme show you the twitpic i did! haha

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SEE?! haha. Also everyone in this kampung is tech savvy ok! Dont judge the book by its cover. They know what is blogger and what blogger does! They too have DSLR with NISSIN AND METZ FLASH MOUNTED! And also, they have FACEBOOK! Seriously you’ll be surprised! But honestly, i think its because of the exposure they get after their kampung is transformed into a homestay. I believe they are catching up with the people in the city!

so stay tune for the next post on what we did and experienced in the kampung.

till then, adios!

::::: 3 post coming up! ::::::

June 16th, 2010, posted in Random rants, Shennanigans

I have 3 pending post coming up! First is my Langkawi Trip :::: >>>

 

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Toy Story 3 Premier.. 6 DAYS BEFORE SOMEONE ELSES SCREENING. ^^

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MELAKA HOMESTAY at Parit Penghulu, Sungai Rambai :::::>>

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OUT!

GLUTTON JAMIE DAY!

June 4th, 2010, posted in Events, Food, Random rants, Shennanigans, ©FoodStuff

WOW! Omgod its been long since I’ve updated my post. Tsk tsk, this is a sign of me being REAL busy. I mean how often you see i DONT update my blog or NEGLECT it? NONE! =p

Ok, so like I’ve said, my mission to bring the lifeless Jamie down is to EAT! and make her FAT! After the Freedom event, we bunked and the next morning, i began my mission to glutton her. Here’s what we ate for breakfast. =)

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Yup! We had hakka food somewhere near Mutiara Hotel. Its down the road towards the traffic light. Go straight and you’ll see that Hakka restaurant on your right. The Yam Abacus is very delicious. I’ve tried this dish a few times in KL but this was the best so far. Not to say that it gives you the ‘boom boom paw’ feeling but at least it brightens up the gloomy morning. (It’s raining). Don’t believe? See below >>

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Look at her orgasmic face. That’s her when you shove her with food. GOOD FOOD to be exact. To bad the BG is overexposed. You’ll see its raining rather heavy that morning.

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The Yong tau fu was nice. But nah, ill skip it. The soup that comes with it is awesome. Ok la, i know… they shove us with tons and tons of MSG right? No wonder im bald right… :X

Haha, i know its crazy, but after this meal, we straight race down to Muar to have our fix of Johor’s authentic otak-otak. With the help of some food bloggers who have included the coordinate in their blog post, and with the help of Google Map Navigator.. I present to you… >>

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Seriously, if you are an otak otak lover, this shop is da bomb. I know of places that claimed to serve the best otak otak around but nothing beats the original from Glutton Street. Despite all that, my grandma STILL makes the BEST otak otak hands down period! If you wanna try, make an appointment. LOL

This otak otak is fresh and well, it doesn’t have that fishy smell that turns me off! You see, i hate eating fish, but otak otak is an exception and this shop makes it to perfection.

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Pork Satay. Sadly, because of this satay, Kajang no long is THE BEST. Once you try this, you’ll beg for more. No i am not saying the satay sold by this particular shop in Muar, I was refering to the satay shop in Taman Bachang, Melaka!

The secret ingredient to what makes the best pork satay is of course the uniqueness of the gravy or some shall call it Kuah Kacang. Some stalls just use the normal kuah and some adds a lil hint of pineapple in it. Well for this shop is Muar, the pineapple is not blend in the kuah itself, but was served together with the cucumber. Like this >> IMG_1810

The satay in Bachang blend’s the kuah with the pineapple and ITS THE BOMB!. But that is for next post. In this post, this satay was alright. Its nice but does not beat MINE! =p

I was full but Jamie ( as usual ) INSISTED to get the hor jian. Seriously… my expression > :) to =.=’

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If you were to try any hor jian from any shop around KL, most of it serves you with a tiny bit of hor jian. What’s worse, the hor jian is so small that by the time you eat half, you are only eating the egg.

But this shop has the biggest hor jian ive ever seen. LOL. Its so big that for every piece of egg served, there are at least 4-5 juicy hor jian. That’s how awesome Muar hor jian is. <3

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Me, in Glutton Street. LOL

GUESS WHAT?! haha YES after all this fattening but delicious delicacy of Muar, I THEN RACE DOWN to MELAKA for the FOOODDDZZZZ.

I was suppose to bring Jamie to a cendol stall just outside Jonker Street but sadly, its close. And the reclamation of land just outside Jonker is AN EYE SORE. F.U Melaka Gov.

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So i brought her to the next best thing, but its packed. Seriously, this particular Asam Laksa and ABC stall is overrated. Not to say its not nice, but well its just overrated. Its nice but other shop that serves cendol within 1km radius of Jonker Street taste as good as this. So why the overcrowding of this place? tsk tsk. Only Melaka people know the best cendol around. =p

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Durian Cendol

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Durian ABC

I HATE DURIAN. period. But i was forced to indulge the most hated food of all time. ARGH. Ok fine, the cendol and ABC is nice. But not the durian. LOL

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Look at that happy face lah… tsk tsk. I hate durian okay!

 

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Ok then we had Laksa just across the street. FULL. Orgasmic.

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Ze stall.

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Durian cream puff Jamie claim to be delicious. Ill never try in a million years. Nuff said. LOL

OK SERIOUSLY I NEED ANOTHER FOOD CRAWL! WHO WANNA COME? Just LOOK at the delicious food above. How can you EVER RESIST it? hehe. =p Lets go crawl for food and make ourselves FAT! YAY FAT FTW! and JOIN BIGGEST LOSER ASIA!

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