getting to malacca from singapore

i have once again chosen the starmart express bus service during my recent trip to malacca. the first time i booked with them was during my kuala lumpur trip with my brother. our kuala lumpur-singapore round trips were both comfortably uneventful except on the fact that we never had a stop-over during the 5-hour ride.

and i definitely prepared myself this second time around! to keep myself from squirming due to some probable nature calls, i only took a sip of water just to get me through the long bus ride because sadly, everything in its liquid state is diuretic for my body.

i even expected that it would take much longer to reach malacca because breinn and i scheduled our trip the day before the chinese new year. there would likely be a horde of people who want to cross the border, in immigration exit points.

where is malacca, malaysia?

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if you can't see the start and end destinations (i have no idea how to zoom out the view by default.), kindly click on the "-" button to see them.

there are many bus companies that ply the singapore-malacca & vice versa route and there are even travel agencies that offer a 1-day tour from singapore. it's like saying "hello & goodbye malacca!". bus rides are comfortable and relaxed, along conveniently-laid out expressways.

how to get to malacca from singapore?

itinerary: malacca, malaysia

oh yes, here i go again, just popping out of the blue! even the graph of my stats screams utter boredom and it's going down down... well, i'm just glad that it hasn't reached zero yet. haha!

where have i been in these few months? i've been working but not that i'm extremely busy with work which is an incredible change by the way. i'm guessing that the writing spirit in me has gone on vacation somewhere really far, say to timbuktu! but i would like to think that it's back and it settles just fine here in singapore. :)

two occurrences had probably somehow pushed me to continue writing a disarray of words and thoughts. first, i followed lonely planet on twitter and to my disbelief, it followed me back! yeah, probably it just follows anyone who follows them but still, it's lonely planet! haha and with that, i rest my case.

second, paulo coelho's blog post on travel found its way on my facebook's news feed, courtesy of the sole sisters' facebook post and i couldn't agree more on his thoughts on travelling.

but before i get lost in another long introduction which i likely do every time, here's my itinerary on my recent trip to malacca, malaysia during the chinese new year. breinn was with me, so yeah!

Christ Church, Malacca, Malaysia

the christmas season in a not so far away land

the not so far away land is just 4 hours away by plane from home. though those hours can mean shelling out more money than my comfort during the christmas season. so, i stayed in this little red dot in the globe which is singapore!

it was the first time i was away from home during christmas. not that we really have such a big celebration in our family. it's more of the time that we spend together because all throughout the year each of us has our own affairs. my brother and i engulf with our work in separate locations. my sister with her studies while my parents are back home nurturing the future generation of the philippines.

it's also the time that we will be able to catch up with our relatives, bond with them and give small gifts to each other for it's the spirit of gift-giving after all. for the past 3 years or so, every christmas i come up with some little things that i can give to my relatives who are simply living the rural life sans the city's rat race. that would have to forgo in 2011 and good thing, my brother was there to fill that post.

Christmas 2011

it wasn't really a very dramatic christmas in which i would be all alone in my room, crying my heart out with no one to talk to over the phone or in the internet because everyone would be fussing all around at home. but probably for a minute, it kinda hit me but not that hard for i was able to spend my christmas with my cousins who are already based here in singapore for many years. i had myself adopted by them during the christmas eve, went to mass, and overloaded my body with much carbo to last me a month!