Malacca Trip (Part I)

My parents paid us a visit in October 2010. They have not seen Ethan for almost 6 months. Ethan was already asleep when they reached at about 9pm on the 2nd Oct. When he was up the next day, I brought him to the guest room to meet his grandparents. He started to cry loudly when I left him alone with my dad. Haha...I guessed he was having stranger & separation anxiety! Anyway, he warmed up quickly & he accepted them pretty soon.

After breakfast, we went for a Malacca trip. It was Ethan's first long journey. He started to scream & got fussy after sitting in his car seat for more than 1/2 hour. After failed to comfort him, we had to get him out from his car seat. Finally we reached our destination after 1.5 hour journey. Initially we planned to have our lunch at the Marco Nyonya Restaurant but it was full. We ended up having our lunch at Bibik Nyonya which is just a few shops away from the Marco. The food were so-so but the durian chendol was good!

We checked-in to the Hotel Mimosa after lunch. Got Ethan to have a nap and took a rest ourselves before going out for a stroll early in the evening. Luckily the weather was good, not too sunny & not rainy too. We spent more than 1/2 hour to wait for the river cruise, felt like being cheated by those boatmen that the next boat will be in 5 mins, a few boats passed by but none stopped to pick us...and finally we were informed that it was their shift changing time, so we gotta wait for a while more. At last, we got onto a boat. We were expecting Ethan to be excited in the boat, excited to see the river, the houses & scenery...BUT he has more interest in the boat men!! He kept on looking & smiling at the boat men throughout the cruise...duh!!


We headed off to Jonker Street after the cruise to hunt for dinner. Failed to find the fried ice-cream as broadcasted in the The Railway show. Wanted to go to the Jonker 88 for durian chendol but it was closing already...sigh...no luck. We ended up simply enter a shop for a dinner of Nasi Lemak (which is just plain white rice), asam laksa, nasi rendang and mee. Ordered banana & durian chendol too...well...thumbs down for those dessert.

Went back to hotel after the dinner, Ethan was looking blur as he was exhausted and sleepy already. Bathed him in the hotel bathtub and he really enjoyed it. Han fed him with milk while I took my shower. To my surprise, Ethan knocked off right after drinking the milk without needing us to rock or pat him as usual. He's really exhausted...poor boy.