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As a compensation for working during the weekend when he was offshore, Frieza received two days off the office and took it on Thursday and Friday. On Thursday he used the day to take care of the car and on Friday we went on a holiday to Melaka.

Friday morning, we woke up late, actually I did woke up in the morning to do my prayers but I went back to sleep because nobody was leaving early and hoping to wake up at around 7. Eventually I woke up at 8, prepared breakfast, woke up Radit who only had a bottle of milk for breakfast, took a bath, packed our clothes and stuffs and we departed from Kampung Warisan at 10 o’clock. The Tun Razak highway was rather crowded. Around Nilai area, Radit had to do a pit stop, so we parked at Nilai Rest Area for Radit to do his pit stop and Frieza had another breakfast (bread and egg was not enough…hihi..)

I was trying to feed Radit too when he threw-up, most likely due to traveling with an empty stomach. So I had to clean him up first and change his clothes and then feed him again with nasi lemak and a hard-boiled egg. We continued our journey at around 11.15 and arrived at Malacca Town at 12.30. Went around the town to have a look at the situation and tried to called several hotels for an available room. The hotels recommended by Frieza’s friend were fully booked so we just tried calling other hotels we passed by and looks ok. We finally got a room at Seri Costa Hotel, but couldn’t check-in until 2 o’clock, so we went to find the nearest mosque for Frieza to do his Friday prayers while me and Radit waited in the car.

On the way to the hotel, we passed Jonker’s Walk, which was a road full of antique shops if you’re interested in, but we weren’t so we didn’t make a stop.

The hotel was adequate for us who just need a place to crash-in, it’s clean, the room’s ok, the hotel’s location is convenient. After checking-in and putting our bags in the room, we went for lunch and sight seeing around the city. It’s a old & small city which reminds us of Cirebon, with many preserved old-fashined buildings. We walked around the Proclamation of Independence Memorial, A’Famosa fort, walked up to St. Paul’s Church on top of the hill where we could see the city from up there, then took the beca’ passing the People’s Museum & Christ Church where there were many souvenir shops and sidewalk stalls. The beca’ itself was was modernized with a tape and cd player, during the ride we were entertained with Malay songs.

 

Afterwards we went back by ourselves to the souvenir shops and bought a pair of t-shirt+shorts for Radit, ate cendol & es kelapa tehn went back to the hotel to rest. We were planning to go out again later at night, I wanted to watch the ‘Light and Sounds’ show (and Frieza said.. "jauh-jauh cuma mau liat lampu" .. anybody remember that old joke ?!) and the beca’ driver said that there will be a night market where we can find many varieties of food and of course we wanted to see the city during night time.

But none of the above plan could be actualize, because Radit was very exhausted, he slept from late afternoon until the next morning. We thought about letting him sleep in the car while we go around the city, but he was sleeping very peacefully that we decided to stay in the hotel. Frieza went out to buy dinner and we just watched horror movies on the TV that night.

The next morning, yes, Radit woke up early, so we all took a bath and had breakfast downstairs (provided by the hotel). Radit ate so many sausages, he must’ve been very hungry. Afterwards we ride around the city with no destinations, went back to the hotel and checked-out at 10 o’clock.

Took the exit at Afamosa Resort and went to Afamosa Water World. Played there for around 2 hours, went on the family raft ride, then Radit went to play in the Kid’s Pool, went to the wave pool and finally followed the lazy river that circled the entire area. Afterwards we had lunch, took a bath and went home.

Radit immediately slept even before we exited Afamosa Resort. We stopped somewhere along the road to buy durians, ate there and took several home. The weather was so hot that it made us who just went swimming very sleepy. I slept for a while and then took over as a driver from Nilai to our apartment. The traffic was rather congested in the MRR2 and we arrived home safe and sound.

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