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| Another temple. I find the ads for alcohol surprising.
| St Peter's Church, notable because it's the building I found near where
the bus dropped me off the previous day that allowed me to figure out
where I was.
| The colonial-style church (?) next door to St Peter's. (It was fenced
off so I can't say anything more about it.)
| One house on Kampung Morten, a traditional Malay village near the Melaka River.
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| In the same district, a house with an unusual roof.
| Villa Sentosa, a family house in the same district that welcomes
visitors. It didn't really look open; I didn't attempt to enter.
| Inside the Architecture Museum, a model of the long-roof design found in
this part of Malaysia.
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| Maritime Museum
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| The (air-conditioned) ship that holds part of the Maritime Museum.
| Some of the many lively, unsophisticated (but not in a bad way) paintings
in the museum. Perhaps because they were on display to show events, not
as pieces of art, they were unattributed.
| A particularly moody painting.
| One of the many model ships in the museum.
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| Early ship designs.
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| Lunch at Restoran Peranakan
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Restoran Peranakan, where I had lunch.
My lunch, at
18 MRN, was cheap by U.S. standards though expensive compared to the
previous day's lunch of chicken rice balls (4 MRN).
| Inside.
| Ayam goreng chicken: delicious, extremely-lightly-battered fried
chicken. The chili paste was surprisingly cooling! I have no idea how
they do that.
| Kang kung belachan: a good, standard rendition.
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| More Museums
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| A diorama. I'm not sure what museum this was in.
| In the same museum, an informative sign about a particular type of fish
trap.
| One of the many energetic, spirited paintings in the history museum.
| The accompanying text that explained the painting and told this chapter
(#63) in the history of Melaka.
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| Dinner at Makansutra Gluttons Bay (Singapore)
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For dinner I ended up at Makansutra Gluttons Bay (which I'd previously
visited) not because it was any better than any other food
courts--they were all good--but simply because I knew all of its stands
were open late.
| The Alhambra Padang Satay stand.
| My satays, along with accompanying fruits/vegetables. The meat was so
well marinated, I preferred it dipless. That said, the pictured dip was
a good home-made peanut dip with the right consistency; I just didn't
need it. I don't know what the white-fleshed fruit was but do know it
was tasteless. (It could use the dip!) Also, there was a black soy
chilli "padi" dip (not pictured) that was really spicy. (Indeed, if you
saw how much smaller that bowl was than this one, you'd guess how strong
it is.)
| "Cheng tng." I got this dessert soup from the same drink stand I used
on my past
visit. It looks very similar to the special I had last time, but this definitely
had barley and longan berries and other different stuff. Some research
tells me the sliced nut is ginko and the little white mushrooms are
cloud fungus. I thought there might have been dried apricot or
persimmon, but it's really hard to tell because everything's been soaked
through by the liquid. Research tells me the fruit was more likely dates.
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| Singapore at Night
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| In person I liked the way the sparks gleamed as they flew from this
welder's torch into the night sky. Naturally, the picture doesn't
capture this effect in the least.
| St. Andrew's Cathedral, the Singapore Flyer (ferris wheel), and
Esplanade-Theatres on the Bay (spiky ovoid), as seen from my hotel room.
I took this
picture during daytime the next day.
| Another view of Singapore's skyscraper-filled skyline as seen from my
hotel room.
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