RANDOM @ MALACCA TOWN,MALAYSIA

BICYCLE RICKSHAWS!!!!!!!...XD

ANTIQUE TRAINS....

THERE'S THIS NAMELESS MINI PARAPET BY THE MALACCA RIVER..WE WENT UP AND I EVENTUALLY TOOK 2 LAME SHOTS...XD

FAKE CANNONS...XD

THE MALACCA RIVER CRUISE...AN ATTRACTION WE MISSED...HAIZ...XD

D.Z.BYE.XD

ST.PAUL'S CHURCH @ MALACCA,MALAYSIA

YERPZ..WE'RE GOING TO VISIT 'OUR LADY OF THE HILL'...XD.

THAT'S THE STATUE OF ST.FRANCIS XAVIER ON THE LEFT...

THE FORMER CHURCH WAS CONSTRUCTED BY A PORTUGUESE CAPTAIN...THE RUINED BUILDING WAS LATER TURNED INTO A DUTCH GRAVEYARD AND RENAMED AS 'ST.PAUL'S CHURCH'.

THERE WERE GRAVESTONES ON BOTH SIDE OF THE GROUND...EACH SIDE OF DUTCH..WHILE ANOTHER OF PORTUGUSE..

THE WISHING 'WELL'....FEEL FREE TO DROP A QUARTER AND MAKE A WISH.XD

WYNGY,EDSON AND WINSTON...

AND NOW IT'S MY TURN TO SHINE...ON THE LEFT..ZZZZ..XD

D.Z.BYE.XD

CHRIST CHURCH @ MALACCA,MALAYSIA

BUILT AT YEAR 1753 DURING DUTCH PARAMOUNT ERA,CHRIST CHURCH IS THE OLDEST FUNCTIONING PROTESTANT CHURCH IN MALAYSIA.I LIKE THE BELFRY AT THE TOP OF THE SOLID BUILDING...IT'S BEAUTIFUL..XD

WINSTON,WYNGY AND EDSON.......

D.Z.BYE.XD

BABA NYONYA HERITAGE @ MALACCA,MALAYSIA

SO HERE WE ARE...THE BABA NYONYA HERITAGE MUSEUM...ONE OF THE IMPORTANT CULTURE PRESERVATION LANDMARKS OF MALACCA...XD

TOO BAD...PHOTOGRAPHING IS NOT ALLOWED...SO I'M GONNA GIVE A LOWDOWN OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE GUIDED TOUR HERE..XD.FIRSTLY,THE ADMISSION PRICE IS RM8.00 PER PERSON.ONCE IN THE MUSEUM,VISITORS WILL BE EXPOSED TO THE EXOTIC CULTURE AND AUTHENTIC TRADITIONS OF A REGULAR 'PERANAKAN' FAMILY.THE WORD 'PERANAKAN' REFERS TO 'STRAITS-CHINESE'..WHO WERE CHINESE IMMIGRANTS THAT ADAPT LOCAL MALAY CUSTOM IN THEIR LIFESTYLE.'BABA' REFERS TO A MALE 'PERANAKAN'...WHILE 'NYONYA' REFERS TO A FEMALE..XD.THE TOUR SHOWCASES THEIR LUXURIOUS LIFESTYLE...THEIR FASHION FEATURES...THEIR MARRIAGE PROCESSION(UNMARRIED MAN HAS THE STATUS QUO OF 'IMMATURE AND IRRESPONSIBLE'..XD)..THEIR DISTINCTIVE ARCHITECTURAL SENSE...AND THEIR TRADITIONAL HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES/ANTIQUES..(THE KITCHEN STOVE IS THE BEST BIT OF THE TOUR..XD).WE HAD A GREAT TIME IN THE MUSEUM..REMINISCING THOSE DRAMA SCENARIOS FROM SINGAPORE HIT-SITCOM 'THE LITTLE NYONYA'.WE RARELY GOT THIS GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO GET A GLIMPSE OF THE FADING HERITAGE OF THE 'PERANAKAN'.SO THISPLACE WILL ABSOLUTELY BE IN OUR 'MUST' LIST.XD.AT THE END OF THE TOUR,EACH VISITOR WILL BE GIVEN A SOUVENIR IN THE FORM OF A PROMOTIONAL BOOKMARK..HMM..XD.

YES,WE DID TOOK SOME PICTURES OUTSIDE AT THE PORCH AREA..XD

D.Z.BYE.XD

ON THE WAY (TO) BABA NYONYA HERITAGE MUSEUM

ON THE WAY TO OUR NEXT ATTRACTION...THE BABA NYONYA HERITAGE MUSEUM...XD NON-STOP WALKING ROCKS BABE!!!!!!!!!...XD

D.Z.BYE.XD

JONKER WALK @ MALACCA,MALAYSIA

YERPZ...WE'RE AT JONKER STREET/WALK.....A PLACE FILLED WITH MINI BUILDINGS AND SHOPHOUSES.....THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE BUILDINGS IS BREATHTAKINGLY AWESOME..(NO,I'M NOT EXAGGERATING..ZZZ..XD)

THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF ANTIQUES SELLING SHOPS ALONG THE NARROW ALLEYWAY(MAN,IT'S STRICTLY A ONE-WAY ROAD...WHICH IS 'BROAD' ENOUGH TO TAKE UP THE SPACE OF A CAR..ZZZ..XD)

YOU KNOW WHAT???I DON'T OWN A DSLR...SO ALL THESE PICTURES ARE QUITE LAME IN THE SENSE OF CAPTURING TECHNIQUE AND IMAGE QUALITY...XD...

A TYPICAL SHOPHOUSE...XD

THE BRIC-A-BRAC HOUSES ALONG THE STREET IS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT COMPONENTS OF MALACCA'S HERITAGE ROOTS...XD

DAY AND NIGHT.....XD

WOW,CUSTOMIZED RICKSHAW WITH LIGHTWORKS AND HIT-SONGS BANGING HI-FI SYSTEM..LOLZ..XD

YEAAH TOO BAD IT WAS A WEEKDAY....BECAUSE THERE'LL BE A CARNIVAL ROUTINE FOR EVERY WEEKEND....DAMN WE MISSED IT!!!

JUST A RANDOM PICTURE OF A SHOPHOUSE AT NIGHT ALONG THE STREET...XD

D.Z.BYE.XD

MALACCA RIVER @ MALACCA,MALAYSIA

JUST LIKE A FREE RIVER,TIME FLOWS SMOOTHLY IN THIS HISTORICAL CITY OF MALAYSIA...EVERY PIECE OF THIS CITY HAS A STORY OF ITS OWN...WHICH TRUELY MAKES IT ONE OF A KIND.THE MALACCA RIVER USED TO BE A PIVOTAL ROUTE FOR FELLOW TRADERS DURING THE GLORIOUS ERA OF MALACCA SULTANATE...BUT THAT WAS THEN...AS BY NOW THE LANDMARK IS MERELY A TOURIST ATTRACTION..XD D.Z.BYE..XD