On the first day, we somehow stopped in between the journey from Singapore to Malacca at Yong Peng(9.30am). We had breakfast there, it was rather warm and noisy, it makes me feel calm. Also their food there were rather similar to Singapore's local food. They had Mee Siam and etc. Of course, they are very spicy too. For someone who can't take hot food, i went to choose something rather simple, which is the Hokkien Mee.
After my refreshing breakfast, we headed for the Rubber and Cocoa plantation. There, I have learnt how they collect rubber latex and also I tasted fresh cocoa. It was actually kind of sour. At the same place, they demonstrated how a traditional top was played. In Malay they call it "gasing".
Right after visiting the Rubber and Cocoa plantation, we went for lunch at a local Chinese restaurant. The food was slightly bland and dull, however I ate them to my heart's content as I was really hungry. After which, we embarked on a journey to a pineapple plantation. Awhile later, we reached there. They taught us about how pineapples were planted and how they can be of use for making their national costumes. Subsequently, we got to taste the pineapples and it tasted heavenly to me as i was those type who likes pineapples.
The next destination was the coffee plantation. The distance between the pineapple and coffee plantation was quite short hence it didn't took us long to reach there. When we were at there, we got the chance to sample the coffee. The aroma of the coffee was really alluring, hence after getting myself a cup, i took a sip of it. However, it didn't met my expectations although the other students were indulging themselves in the coffee. Well, i guess it was not my cup of tea since i was aiming for things much more sweeter.
We set off to the oil palm after coffee plantation. At there, Auntie Eileen told us about some uses of them and one of the worker went to cut off the oil palm and it pounded straight to the ground. After which we went to a small house where brown sugar are made. Although i did not get to taste them due to time constraints, overcrowding and bad weather, but according to my friends' remarks about them i could highly confirm that it was nice.
After all these events, we finally headed to Malacca. The duration of the trip was rather long but once we reached Malacca, what awaits us and our hungry stomachs was a Nyonya restaurant. The food there are quite traditional and all tasted nice. Then, we finally went for the last event of the day, "Meleka River Cruise." The cruise was about 40 minutes long, it was rather noisy but actually peaceful. While on the boat, i felt cool breeze passes by me, and the soothing sounds caused by the waves were rather peaceful.
Finally, after all the events that took place. We checked in to our hotel and had a debrief. Next, we went into our rooms to wash up and rest for the day.
_End of first day
Awaken by the morning call, i went to brush my teeth and so on. Then went down to have my breakfast. After our refreshing rejuvenating meal, we headed to the local museum. Halfway through, i realized that the weather was really hot and windy. Awhile later i reached the museum, i came across different types of wedding cultures and how they dress up as.
After visiting the museum for about 20 minutes, we proceeded to our next destination, St Paul Hill. There lies the body of this person called, St Francis Xavier. My tour guide told us about his short history and how people came to cut his body after a long time and blood still oozes out. I was actually quite amazed about it. We then went to the Famosa. It was an old building and one of the tourist attraction. Originally it was built by the Portuguese and used to call soldiers to watch the whole area. There, we also get to throw coins as a donation to maintain the historical building.
Thereafter, we headed to Jonker street. We had a little shopping and i bought a few souvenirs there. It was quite a short while only. After shopping we then went to our last attraction of the day which is the Chinese Temple. It was the only Chinese temple in Malacca. I learnt that in Taoism there are 101 gods and each had to take care of their own aspect.
We had our last lunch in a Chinese Restaurant. At there, it was really noisy as everyone were so excited about going back Singapore. Loud chatters could be heard and at our table, all of us kept laughing while trying to finish our food. I think among all the breakfast, lunch and dinner, that last lunch was the best and the food was the nicest. Afterwards, we then board our bus back to Singapore. The two days learning journey on Malacca was really memorable and awesome. I honestly hope that we get a chance to travel somewhere again as a school. The only thing that is regrettable was that 2E2 was unable to stick together as a class like how every other classes did.
_End of second day
