Melaka Getaway 2017, Day 2

Melaka Getaway 2017 Day 2

Day 2, Sunday, 16^th July 2017

As told previously in my last post, we ended up playing Monopoly till it passed midnight. The last time I played this board game was when I was 10, 11, I’m not so sure. So, after a brief explanation of its rules, we started playing.

Note: I was actually exhausted from the day we’d spent and couldn’t wait to hit the sack as soon as possible. I was sleepy and thought the game should only take roughly around an hour or two, tops – then 4 hours later into the game, I realised that the thought was bloody ridiculous! LOL

Quickly into the game, all of us got hyped but still humble, not showing our true colours yet and prayed for good luck in securing on as many properties before others can. Yun, in particular was VERY LUCKY :P. She managed to buy the most places and we all could predict that this was going to be trouble. She meant business! She was acting quiet and all but I just knew she was waiting for others to slip and with the secretly-hidden hopeful expression she was having on her face, I was shitting myself not to be one of the victims.

I personally secured a few properties and how lucky I was that I was able to put up a few ‘houses’ on some of them. I was even luckier, thanks to Zi and Nazri that one of my primary properties was ‘visited’ by them twice, or was it thrice? I don’t know, I couldn’t remember maybe due to the evil and satisfying feeling to see them handed me their money and even caused them to sell off one of their properties to the bank.

I felt alive, I didn’t feel sleepy anymore. But I was just worried that the game might not end. Until, at one point … the dice were rolled, Zi and Nazri made their move, tap tap tap tap and TAP, they landed on one of my most expensive properties. That had caused them BANKRUPTCY! That’s when the game ended and we called it a night! I think we were all kind of pissed with one another. Every time someone was about to roll the dice, everybody else was praying for the worst for them. Indeed, there’s no friends in Monopoly. No hard feelings, just simply business. LOL. Imagine if we used actual money? I might ended up killing my closest friends to get away from paying them. JK

After just a few hours of sleep, Kamil and I woke up to get everyone breakfast. The initial plan was to get some roti canai but the queen in the house demanded for nasi lemak. If you read my first post on Melaka Getaway 2017, you can easily guess who that person was :P

So at 7am Kamil and I drove out searching for our breakfast not having a clue where to head to. Looking out of the window seeing one or two stalls were only starting to open up – I thought maybe we were a wee bit too early. But luckily we found a couple of shops that sell roti canai AND nasi lemak (Thank God!) on the route heading to Masjid Tanah (about a 5-minute-drive from our accommodation).

Roti kosong and roti telur!

Kamil and I decided to have breakfast there. So we both ordered roti kosong and roti telur. Where I come from these are usually served with dhal, curry and/or sambal. But there they offered other options too including kuah asam pedas and rendang. I didn’t feel like trying these combination and played safe and just ordered the usual dhal and sambal as my sides. They were good! We chilled for a little while and got a packet of nasi lemak and the rest of the roti canai for the rest of the guys back at the house. Also, it was kind of strange to me that they didn’t even wrap the roti canai in any paper sheet or anything. They just chuck them into a normal plastic bag. Like, seriously, why?

So once we got home, some of the guys were already up and had their breakfast. Oh by the by, the queen was mad at us for not buying 2 fried eggs for her nasi lemak. Hmmmm

All of us started to sit down and chat then suddenly, one of my mates sat in front of the Monopoly board and asked us all to play. I was like, “You’ve gotta be kidding me?!” I was actually reluctant to play but I had so much fun robbing other people’s money the night before I figured I might get lucky again.

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I WAS WRONG! LOL

I had a poor start and other people were all fired up with all of their purchases. I think they had prayed so damn hard after the first game and thought that God had answered their prayers or something. Kamil used black magic, I thought. Or since he donated his blood the previous day, the blood demon might have helped him when he acquired all four stations (KLIA, KLIA2, Pudu and KL Sentral). In the beginning we were like “Okay, so what?” But little did we know, it was jackpot for him. We kept on landing on the stations and according to the rules, if a player controlled all 4 stations, others that landed on any of his/her station would have to pay 2,000 dollars! It was a goldmine! He was slowly enjoying his fortune.

The rest of us started to increase the value of our properties by putting up 2-4 houses but we weren’t very lucky. My fate was turned 180 degrees from the night before. My friends didn’t know this but I almost tried to make an accidental fall on the board to create a mess so that the game would end. Don’t judge me! I was left with 2 million dollars and I had to get pass through the properties that some costed up to 11 million dollars. I was on the verge of bankruptcy. I was sad and constantly asking God to save me! And then, someone landed on one of my expensive properties. I got some money… to survive a couple more rounds. Then suddenly, Kamil also landed on one of my properties and had to pay me 8 million dollars! We, the very good friends as we were, obviously laughed our asses off and we somehow felt like justice had prevailed after all the money we had given him every freaking time we landed on his stations. Anyway, it wasn’t over! His next turn saw him landed on Yun’s most expensive property and had to cash out another 11 million dollars!

Seconds after he had to spend the total of 19 million dollars to Yun and I

Unfortunately, we didn’t have time to get to see Kamil weep as it was almost lunch time and as planned, Kamil, Yun, Yan and I were responsible of cooking lunch for that day. Kamil were in charge of cooking sambal udang and both the girls were on salads. I, on the other hand, was asked to cook ayam lemak cili api – simple dish but with a slight twist. Ayam lemak cili api that I usually eat, tend to be very spicy. After all, it is called, ayam lemak cili api. I would use about 27 chilies for one and a half chicken worth of the dish. But Yan and Zi can’t tolerate that level of spiciness so especially for them I just used 13 chilies. I had fun spending time in the kitchen. We were fast (maybe because we were really that hungry) and everything went smoothly.

The last time I cooked ayam masak cili api was in mid-2015

Our lunch!

After lunch, I performed my prayers and soon I dosed off for a couple of hours. When I woke up, some of the guys went out to Klebang Beach again and left Yan, Ezad and Yun playing cards (No, no. Not Monopoly, thank God!) I even decided to join them playing UNO. I couldn’t remember the rules of playing this game and didn’t know how to work on any strategy to win. So, I just went with the flow and hoped for the best – as previously with Monopoly it worked out great for me. This time, it wasn’t that great. Final rounds were left between Yan and I. You see, I am not an evil person. I played for fun and tried to enjoy my time before dinner time. Yan unfortunately, had planned for the opposite. She waited till the last minute to end the game in a way that left me speechless. She even smiled and jumped off the floor as soon as she won the game. I was left lying down on the floor, defeated, cheated and hurt. Heartbroken.

Then came dinner time and Dinie and Zi were the main chefs for that night. I was frankly, still full from lunch but once dinner was served, I became hungry again. LOL.

Our dinner!

Unfortunately as soon after that, Yan and Ezad had to make a move to KL. They had to work on the following day. It was brief, but at least we got the chance to spend some time all together.

Photo of them before Ezan and Yan leave

Later on that night, we all wanted to get some fresh air and were thinking of having drinks near the town centre. But somehow, we ended up taking a little detour and stopped by at Jonker Walk for a bit. The timing was off – most of the stalls were closing up but we did manage to see what products were sold – mostly phone casings and beverages and snacks. Nothing much to experience though. Should have planned to come sooner.

Jonker Walk

Love the lights

COB

There were a few stalls that were still open

After that we stopped at a mamak nearby for a little chit chat and drinks. That’s what I love about the gang. Anywhere we go, we will always ended up talking and reminiscing about our past. Always brings back memories, and the conversation even continued for some of us when we reached back to our accommodation – a good way to end the night, our last night there.

To be continued ...