blueblob: pics 4 malacca trip n dear's bday

i stil cant manage to use the stupid upload pic function, so i tried to do it on the old ofc laptop. it works, n i can drag the pics, bt the stupid comp jus HANGED in the middle of my typin n despite my numerous restartin the laptop, it jus kip sayin tt "there is no OS avai" -.- huh???? then i tried to use back the new ofc laptop, bt using the "edit html" option, whereby i hav to cut n paste the html codes 4 the pics to where i wan them. bt its soooo ma fan!!!!! argh!! so now i'm back to usin the old laptop, typing EVERYTHING first then insertin the pics in between the typed paras loh. arghhhh!!!! i asked justin abt his blog posts n he got no probs leh!! y my laptop lk tt!!! argh!!!!

anyway, now i jus resign to fate la. i jus use the old laptop n try my best to do up a presentable post. hmph.

nvm, hapi tots hapi tots. ok, so here r the pics to update the earlier posts:

Malacca trip - 21 sep 07 to 23 sep 07

tart tart shop - beautiful tarts tt r avai in many many flavours! i lk the peppermint cheese, durian cheese, n choc chip ones. din try the others tho, hahaha.... i lk cheese tarts!!! they oso sell gd n reasonably priced fruit shakes, n i had the mango one twice wen i was there, yum yum. aids digestion wen u r overeatin on overseas trip too, hehehe... guess no chance to eat the tarts agn le, since dear quit his dbs job plus the malacca hse is sold off by dbs le, so no more cheap chalet to motivate us to go le, hahah....

captiol satay "lok lok" - this is the super long q steamboat shop, whose "soup" base is the satay

sauce. b prepared to wear thin clothes cos its hot wen the stove/fire is directly abv ur thighs wen u sit down :( bt the food is gd!! i missed eatin lok lok wen we came back fm malacca (first time ate wen go wif dear's parents), so i specially requested tt we go eat agn tis time, hehehe.... and its easy to c y the q is at least half an hr wait cos there is only lk 8 tables in the shop. *bleah* seems lk with the numerous newspaper n mag articles inside the shop doesn improve business sense? they can easily expand to the small road beside or the empty neighbouring shophouses' front lane mah. well, guess reali no business sense *shrugs*

bus tickets - these r reali the old type of bus tiks tt i rem seein wen i was a small kid, ahha... pay wen u go up the bus n the driver tears off one of the tiks indicatin ur fare. these tiks r for our return trip to Malacca Sentral bus interchange to go back to SG. RM0.70 for a ride in an old n rickety bus, v '80s feeling!

Dear's bday - 28 sep 07

city view - taken fm ferry departin the Marina South Pier, gg to Kusu island n St. John Island. can c all the city skyscrapers in the foreground building the IR.

information board at kusu island - describin the history, size, map of the island. interestin story abt the chinese n malay fisherman tt got saved by a giant turtle durin a night of rainstorm.

giant turtle - purportedly there are 2 giant turtles on the island, bt hard to spot them as they lk to hide in the caves for shade. well, as luck would hav it, dear spotted tis giant turtle swimmin out jus as we were leavin, ahhaha... its swim speed is fast!!! amazing.

baby turtles - kept by the chinese temple on the island, these baby turtles feed on vegs such as kang kong n cai xin. there is another open air turtle observatory tt is nt under the temple's, with lotsss more turtles there. one even waved at me, hahaha!!!

nice seaview - calm blue waters with an occasional tanker passin by with loads of cargo. there are beach benches with tables around the area, so its convenient to sit in the shade n admire the sea.

ferry entrance at st john island - jus tot of takin tis pic at the jetty, ahhaha....

map of st john island - sm parts of the island under-goin construction now, n i was tryin to find out fm the map which were the locations tt ppl sighted dolphins. sigh, unfortunately, the areas are under construction n cordoned off, so din get to sight any dolphins. no coral reefs sightin too. :<