One Night In Muar

初三! Went to Muar, 자기야's hometown, on the third day of CNY, to pay his family a visit. And it was my first time. Not to Muar though, as I had been there before when I was young as my family used to buy pastries from their well-known local shop, Yong Sheng. Rather, it was my first time meeting The Parents. I have seen pictures on Facebook; his younger siblings all added me. Still, it was somethin to be nervous about for me (◕ˇ0ˇ◕｡)

Being the good girlfriend that I m, *ahem*, I suggested to 자기야 that I would take a morning bus up to Muar by myself  since the journey from JB will only take at most 2.5 hours, which was considered easy peasy considerin the fact that I always travel to and fro KL-JB.

I usually arrived at the bus station 15 minutes before departure time, but this time round, I was a lil late. Only five minutes left before the bus was due to leave, I was in a state of panic. All because it was my first time takin the bus to Muar and I did not know where the bus was and I couldn't find it. The woman at the counter was of no help at all, instead I got a scoldin from her. Bleh! But thank God for Daddy, my superhero, he managed to find the bus for me and off I went. Obviously I was the last passenger they were waitin for -.-

Like I've mentioned just now, I will always try to arrive early just so that I could go toilet and be well-prepared, even though buses to KL will usually make a stopover for toilet breaks. Assuming that it will be the same, I held my bladder since I did not manage to go to the toilet before going up the bus, thinkin that the bus will soon stop for toilet break. How wrong was I! In the end, I had to bear with the unbearable urge until I reached Muar. 

Had lunch at 자기야's home, got grilled by relatives, haha! and then had a touristy visit around town with 자기야. And what's a trip to Muar without these?

Otak-otak!

Usually only get to eat these either at mamaks or hawkers, so was happy to finally have the chance to try the famous otak-otak in Muar. True to its popularity, it was so nice that I actually ate about 20 sticks myself and bought another 100 to bring back to JB :D

This is the famous street whereby most otak-otak stalls are situated at. Despite staying in Muar most of his life, 자기야 didn't know which stall is the most famous one so we ended up tryin those stalls with the most customers before deciding on which to buy from.

We then had dinner at Restaurant Ting Ting 津津生鱼米粉 to have an advance birthday celebration for 자기야's Mum. As it was Chinese New Year, hence they only offered set dinners so we had one of the 7-course dinner. Apparently it was one of the famous restaurants in Muar. Dinner was overall delicious.

After dinner, The Siblings actually asked me, "Can we take pictures with you?" which really shocked me haha. So we ended up taking selfies outside the restaurant with 자기야 being the photographer which explained why he was not in any of pictures below lol.

EJace's Thread of the Day #etotd: Peplum Top from Padini, Shorts from Kitschen, Jelly Ballerina Flats from Jelly Bunny, Bag from Taiwan

After dinner, 자기야 brought me to have a walk around the riverside. We were at this Clock Tower area when we saw alot of people flying kites there, yes, at night when I chanced upon this kite-decorated tree. Special, right? Lol.

After the romantic walk, we then have our supper at one of the cafes in Muar (they really have alot of cafes here). 자기야 decided on this Lotta Cafe. It's like a big bungalow house with indoor and outdoor seating. They have tables set outside on the garden and we actually ate in the dark. No pictures taken except of a piece of cake. Haha. The food was slightly overpriced though and not exactly that exceptional.

Apparently 자기야's best buddies wanted so much to meet me that they actually created a Whatsapp group named "All About Yeong's Gf". Hahaha. Can't believed it until 자기야 showed it to me. So we had a drinking session at another cafe, Read Cafe. Told ya, Muar really has alot of cafes. Gave his buddies a chance to grill me, lol. Drank till 2a.m before heading back to sleep. And with that, ended my one night in Muar :)

Till then, x!

Buon Viaggio Aloysius!

Back to KL after 6 months, to send cousie Aloysius off to Italy for his student exchange programme. Jelly max! How I wish I had the chance to go for a student exchange programme when I was young. Not that I m old now wtf, but I should have done that when I was youngER. Hahaha.

Didn't want to follow at first but decided otherwise since I could go shopping. Yay! Shopping wins over everythin. Hehe. Went up by bus with Mummy, Aloysius and Aunty Christina one day earlier as Aloysius has a briefing before departure. Acted as the tour guide since I was the only one who know the way around with public transport. The journey to the hotel alone was a disastrous one having to lug around so many luggages and it was really really inconvenient. KL, when exactly are you goin to improve our transportation system?

But, I digress. Reached hotel, wandered off to Bukit Bintang area as the only public transport we had near the hotel was the monorail. Had our dinner of the day at T-Bowl Concept Restaurant, a theme restaurant based on bathroom concept. Its interior design is basically based on bathroom items such as the toilet bowl being used as seat, basin as dining table and mini toilet bowls as food bowl. Not for the faint-hearted. Lol.

Chocolate Ice-cream On A Toilet Bowl!

Aloysius with his ice-cream

Mushroom soup in a bathtub. So special right?

Next day we went to Times Square to walk walk and took pictures of some of the Christmas decorations. And then it's shopping time! More like shopping for Christmas gifts time hehe.

Aunty Christina & Mummy

Had dinner at Kim Gary coz not sure what else was there to eat. Finally got to eat my favourite Korean Spicy Noodles a.k.a Instant Noodles wtf.

Went back to hotel to sleep after that and the next day we headed to the airport. Uncle Philip, Nicholas and Margaret were also on their way to KLIA, about the same time we departed from the hotel. They came up later than us as Uncle Philip needed to work and Nicholas had school. So we met up at KLIA and then it was goodbye to Aloysius!

After sending Aloysius off, we headed to Pudu for Fei Por Chicken Rice as it was one of the few shops that I could remember opening till late. Went back to hotel and I sneaked went out to meet YZ and Kelvin hehe. They came to fetch me and off to Changkat Bukit Bintang for drinks. Didn't quite remember the name of the bar as well as the drinks even though I did snap a few pics of them haha.

I was also able to pass my Christmas pressies for him, Shelly and Zoe to him. Mission accomplished, yay! Next two days we went to Sunway Pyramid, Petaling Street and also back to Bukit Bintang area before heading back JB. Brought Nicholas to Low Yat also since he's a geek and I was sure he would love it. Hehe. And yes, he was! Bought a few pressies from there, includin Nicholas's gift for me lol. Yes, I already knew what it was coz I chose it myself haha and I had to top up somemore wtf. Will reveal in another post :P

And then we went back to T-Bowl again to have lunch coz Aunty Christina wanted to bring the other cousies to check out the place.

Super cute doggie

Also, got the Lip Smacker Christmas Edition in Christmas stocking and it's pink! Major loves :x

Hello Kitty say tata!

Till then, x!

Tanjung Sepat: Lover's Bridge

After the makan-makan session, we continued our trip to the highlight of this small fishin town, the renowned Lover's bridge.

I believed it was named so due to the functionality of the bridge, well you guessed it, for the villagers to go datin. Hehe. Must admit that it's an amazin place to be sittin on the bridge, starin at the stars and layin in the arms of your loved one. This what we call, blissful ;)

As we take our own sweet time strollin on the bridge, takin uncountable pictures (as you can see later), we came to slow down our paces n started admirin the beauty of nature surroundin us. How many of us have actually put work n studies above all else n when things do not go the way as expected, we thought it was the end of the world? In the busy world we live in nowadays, we tend to neglect the things we deemed as less, if not unimportant to us at all n only focus on the material gains.

Sometimes it's good for our health to just relax and enjoy what God has created for us. With scenery like this and wonderful friends to boot, who still needs money? (naive thinkin ;P)

Enjoy the pics! :))

The only group pic :D

The healin power of the tree trunk. Haha.

This cracks me up :D