It's been many weeks since I last posted anything in my blog , which of course is no excuse for a stay-at-home-mom like me ! Well , you are wrong , the recent weeks were filled with many activities and almost everyday I was tied up with work , family , home and charity activities . On one particular weekend , 8th August 2009 (Saturday) , I lead a group of women to go on a trip to Malacca , the historical city !
The group consisted of women from Kumpulan Marhaban Kg Pandan and it was organised by Kak Yah the leader in the Marhaban group . We were there to pick up the passengers early , at 7.15am we were already there at the pick-up point . We departed on schedule at 8.00am and everyone was excited to explore and see as many places during the daytrip ! Wow , for a group of middle aged makciks , they sure are an excited bunch !
The first stop was the Taman Mini Malaysia and we were there for 2 hours and the next stop was Taman Buaya Melaka . We were there for an hour or so because there weren't that many things to see from my point of view . The group of makciks were more interested to shop at the many shops near the roads that sells belacan , various crackers , cencalok , handicrafts etc.
Next we head straight to Masjid Selat at Bandar Hilir for our Zuhur prayers , we were all mesmerised by the mosque which is facing the sea ... it so reminded me of the mosque I went to in Jeddah many years ago ... Then off we go to Bandar Hilir , everyone dropped of at Dataran Pahlawan and went on to have lunch on their own . They were there for almost 3 hours , so most of them made a beeline to visit the Maritime Museum , Menara Taming Sari , The handicraft centre , lunch at the famous asam pedas restaurant in Bandar Hilir . As for me , I headed straight to Mega Mall Malacca and did some serious shopping at Branded Outlet store ... I was pleased with the things that I bought for my daughter , Umaira and my hubby . Well done , Leena !
Umaira had the time og her life when dear daddy decided to give her a treat by getting her first ride in a trishaw !!! She was thrilled to bits and I couldn't say the same thing for me simply because I felt so sorry for the poor Pakcik Nasir who had to cycle using all his mighty to go around that 30 minutes right up and down the hill ! My weight was a major concern for me and in the end I paid him extra RM5.00 for the "extra weight" he has for a passenger .... lol
It was already 6.00pm by the time everyone boarded the bus again , by now all the makciks were already dead tired from all the walking so the river cruise was out of the question . They wanted to have Ikan Bakar at Umbai for dinner and that's where we headed next and it was our last stop . After dinner , everyone were sleepy and tired so the ride home to KL was quiet . They were entertained by Umaira who took over the microphone by singing all the nursery ryhmes and songs she learnt at school !!!
All went well , and the group arrived home safe and sound at 10.00pm . Thank you to my cousin , Kak Tik for recommending us and to Kak Yah , thank you for giving us a chance to serve you and to the rest , thank you from the bottom of our hearts ! See you next trip !
