It's been quite a while since I've written. I guess I'm not used to the sharing-my-thoughts part of this, cause well, I'm not much of a chatty person myself.
A lot of things have happened in the past few months that reality just hasn't quite caught up to me yet. Though, I have to say, Malacca is one interesting place to visit! A big bunch of us Matric students went "outing"(outing is what we call being freed from the confines of KMM) during our first weekend back after a week and a half of our mid-sem break.
Me and my friends have been to the two biggest malls in Malacca- Mahkota Parade and Dataran Pahlawan, quite a number of times already, so this time me and some others decided to venture out of the air-conditioned shopping malls and brave the sweat for some taste of the real Malacca.
First of course, we went to the Porta de Santiago and St. Paul's roofless church for a few quick pictures. Then down to the Red Square where there were throngs of people walking around and lastly, to Jonker Street. I have been through all these tourist places once before with my parents, so it wasn't really that much of a discovery for me. It was interesting though, to watch people line up right on the road where cars, trishaws and motorcycles were driving on, just to eat in one of the Chicken Rice Ball shops at one end of Jonker Street. The things people do for "famous food". Well ok, I did eat my Chicken Rice Ball lunch, but we chose a big shop that didn't require any waiting on the streets at all. It was only so-so really. I say that because the first time, I ate at a small shop near Equitorial Hotel and it was amazing!
This time around, me and my friend went walking on the street beside Jonker Street(I don't know if it is part of Jonker Street though).There we saw the Cheng Hoon Teng Chinese temple, an Indian temple and a mosque. All three on one street just like the one in Penang. That day was the first time I ever walked right into a mosque, though we only stayed for like a minute cause time was running out and we had to go do some shopping too.
All in all, it was quite an enjoyable day. I loved not having to study and do homework for a whole day, or go to classes and worry about quizzes day in and day out. In fact, my friend-who has been in the same class with me since secondary school, went with me to a not-so-legal screening of Toy Story 3 in on of the lecture halls that night too. Boy, what an experience! The audience was so emotional over all the big, exciting moments and great escapades of Woody, Buzz and Co. that I was quite exhausted at the end of it all. The movie was indeed, not just entertaining but moving too. Thumbs up for Pixar and the guys who made Toy story such a good one to watch.
In the movie, Andy is all grown up and is going to leave for college soon. Everyone in the hall went 'wow' when we saw him for the first time. Time passes by so quick. We have all grown up. No longer little kids,no longer playing with the toys we used to love, no longer living at home. It was sad to watch Andy leave at the end of the show. Ah, life. What else are you holding in store for me?
