Week 27: More picture spam time ala Malacca!

the week i landed in malaysia was about the same time as when swine flu started to tighten its grip on the nation. the day i arrived, there were 3 deaths and three weeks after when i left, the death toll had shot up to >60. amazing huh? so naturally, there was a lot of hype, fear and prejudice against dear old A(H1N1) a.k.a. hini and everyone who exhibited its symptoms.

enter, ms. yap yee leng.

for about the whole of the first week, she was coughing and sneezing and just feeling all kinds of hini that we started dubbing her as ms. hini. it even caused her to bail on our malacca trip hence we dedicated our entire day there to her and her sickness. at the end of the day, we were just trying to increase public awareness to the dangers of hini.










anyway, malacca was shitloads of fun. food is always good, and food that you can't always get IS EVEN BETTER! oh yea, i finally managed to try the greatly elusive yet highly talked about and sought after satay babi. it was alright. perhaps i'd raised my expectations sky-high because it definitely did not meet it. the sauce was a bit weird (70% pineapple, 20% peanut and 10% lain-lain). but alright, nonetheless. at least, now that i've tried it, i'll feel less inclined to drive around lost and blind hunting for the damned shop.