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7 Feb 2008, 1st day of Chinese New Year / Che It
Dong Dong Jiang! It was the 1st day of Chinese New Year, Che It. Bye bye Piggie year. Welcome rat/mice year. My bro and I wore Ang ang / red red. Hopefully it will be a better year for all of us.
The hotel provided 2 complimentary breakfast for each room. They have about 12 sets, mostly western menu and nasi lemak. I ordered the huge set with 10″ sausage (if I not mistaken) so I could share with my mum. 
After that, we went to Stadhuys and waited for the ‘Hop On Hop Off’ bus.
Took picture in front of Christ Church.
A candid shot in front of the fountain.
The uncle took the picture of 5 of us. Almost 1 hour and still no sign that the bus is coming, while the tour buses kept coming and dropped the travelers. We continued the walk to the other side of the hotel with so many museums along the street.
Dataran Pahlawan and the shopping complex.
The colourful and flower-ful beca.
We went to A Famosa (fortress gate) and the St. Paul’s Hill.
It was hot. The sun was so eager to say Hi to all of us. I felt tired hiking up the ladders. This is the sign that I am lack of exercise. Duh..
Enough of the sightseeing, we walked back to the ship area. That was when we saw the double decker ‘Hop On Hop Off’ bus coming. Without wasting time, we took a ride on it, RM 5 / person. Not bad, with that price we could see Malacca town already, even cheaper than the Malacca cruise.
During the journey, I saw this cafe named ‘Kafe Bulldog’ serving Nyonya food. -__-” I just felt weird hearing bulldog as a cafe name. Couldn’t get away with the bulldog face. The bus also went to Malacca Sentral, bus station, opposite Tesco.
After 1 hours plus, it drove back to Stadhuys where we hopped off. It was already noon when we finished our lunch and finished packing. Unlike hotels in Medan which allow you to check out at 1pm, this hotel is quite strict. The staff called and reminded us that check out time is at noon.
Bye Malacca, you will always be in my memory. I’ll pay you another visit some time within this year. What I regretted was that I haven’t tried the famous rice ball with golf size. 
We checked out at 12sth and took the van to KL. It was the same van that took us from LCCT to Malacca. This time we had 15% discount from the previous price. But since we were heading to Bukit Bintang instead of LCCT, we gotta pay another RM80, which made the taxi fare became RM330 from Malacca to Bukit Bintang, KL. Again, it was for the sake of convinience. If it wasn’t peak season, we would take bus instead of taxi.It was a hot day. The car’s aircon broke, we gotta be glad with the wind from outside. In about 1 hour plus, we reached KL already. Before dropped us at the hotel, the driver brought us to the chocolate factory somewhere near Imbi road. They accepted credit card with minimal purchase, Rupiah, SGD, and USD.
Done with the chocolate shopping, we were dropped at Agora Hotel, where we spent the next 4 nights. The check in was smooth. The room was clean but no Astro and bathtub. After took a rest and had some shower, we start the shopping time. Off we went to BB plaza which is opposite the hotel and walked to Sungei Wang. So many shops were closed until Saturday or Sunday.
Enough of Sungei Wang, we took Monorail from Bukit Bintang station to Maharajalela station. From there, Chinatown a.k.a. Petaling Street a.k.a. Ci Cong Kai was in walking distance. I preferred to go Chinatown in the evening or night. Less hot, more stalls.
Like the previous visit, I was hunting for Rolex watches for my Dad. -__-” We went from stall to stall until we found what we want. It was a hard time bargaining the price with the seller. Last year I could get that watch at RM65. This time, 2 watches almost RM200. Aiyoyo..Through the bargain, the seller knew that we were Medanese. Then he said that his wife is a Medanese too, though her house is not in the Medan city itself, but Sunggal, near the famous Sunggal He-Ci stall. He even shown us her IC and their pic at SiPisoPiso waterfall. Bah.. The world is so small.Consider pe pe Medan lang, he gave us harga pas instead of discount price. -__-” RM160 but I still didn’t satisfy with it. After a long bargain, we closed the price at RM155. Ai si, what a tiring bargain.
Then Mum saw the bag that she wanted. Another hard time of bargaining. From speaking Mandarin, this young man (the seller) spoke Hokkien with us. -__-” We then knew that he was from Johor. The price stopped at RM75. We cao and came back again for a few times, but he still couldn’t gave it cheaper, not even cheaper by RM1. Duh.. Mum wanted it so badly, we came back to the stall when it was about to close. After sold the bag to us, he offered to be friend with me. -__-” Sorry, man.We ended the night at almost 10pm and went back by Monorail.
