17 out of the probably 300 Ferrari-es in Singapore took a drive up to Malacca for a road trip with the last stop at Equatorial Hotel Melaka. Sleepy Hao, Akiraceo Jian and I were there to take some pictures.

P/S : Credits go to Sleepy Hao and Akiraceo Jian.

I am not even 1/3 as popular as most celebrity bloggers out there.
My traffic barely touches the 1,000 visits per day mark.
10,000 unique visitors per month always seem to be a dream for my blog and me.

Like it or not, I don’t see myself as a celebrity blogger like Kenny Sia, Ringo Tan, Timothy Tiah, Shaolin Tiger, Kimberlycun, Fireangel, Suanie and the many more heavy weight bloggers in Malaysia blogsphere.

However, I think I am blessed with a lot of loyal and nice readers who never stop reading my blog over the years, treating me as good friends, buying me meals, baking me cookies and muffins, writing me snail mail and cards and even buying me gifts or souvenirs.

I woke up feeling drowsy due to insomnia during the previous night and saw a package sitting on top of my notebook. It was from Chong, a relatively new reader of mine who happens to use the same camera as me, Canon EOS 40D. We never meet up before.

Looking at the fragile sticker behind, I carefully opened the parcel and I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the writings on the box.

B+W Circular Polarizer Filter for 67mm. This piece of glass, I estimated it to be somewhere around RM250 +- RM50.

The function of a CPL filter, an illustration I grabbed from Wikipedia would explain it clearly.

For the uninitiated, B+W is probably the best filter manufacturer around since the early age of cameras. It is considered a branded item and very well known among photographers. It is made in Germany and using brass. Hence, the excellent built quality and weight.

Inside the box, was a short note that reads, “Souvenir and be-late-d birthday gift from Singapore. Cheers, Chong.”.

Friend, while I truly appreciate the gift you got for me, isn’t the gift a little too expensive? I even feel guilty about it. I was merely joking about getting one for me as a souvenir while you were in Singapore. Honestly and seriously, thank you very much. It could probably be the best birthday gift I ever received so far. I owe you one, big time.

One of those lovely and cooling evening when Nee suggested to have Singapore chicken rice for dinner. I cringed myself a little when I heard the suggestion but since she was the one paying strongly recommended it, thou crossed my finger and agreed to it. I mean, Singapore is famous for its chicken rice, but better than Malaysia’s?

We fdrove ourselves to Kepong and the shop is somewhere near Jusco Kepong, Metro Prima.

Shop interior is simple and nothing fancy. As we were early, there weren’t many customers and service was rather swift. One of the workers has this very weird and funny Cantonese ascent. They not only serve chicken rice, but also BBQ pork, roasted pork, fish balls and vegetables.

Herbal tea. The glass is also transparent black, hence, all black.

While the vegetables were still reasonably crunchy and nicely done, I reckon the dish was rather oily. Fish balls were bouncy and juicy. Most importantly, it didn’t taste weird or have the fishy smell.

The roasted pork tasted average as it didn’t have the crunchiness that all roasted pork skin should have. I also like my siew yuk to have this unique saltiness in it. Heh! As for the BBQ pork, I love it to the bits. It has the right texture, hard on the outside and soft on the inside, with slight sweetness in it. Not to mention, the slight burnt edges, yummy! Damn nice as its the kind of char siew I like.

How can we eat chicken rice without chicken, right?

While the meat wasn’t too stiff and still tender enough to qualify as a good steamed chicken, the whole plate of chicken were drowned in onion oil, sesame oil and soy sauce. The sauce may go very well with the rice but it practically overpowered and covered the natural flavour and juiciness of the chicken. It’s a double edged sword and I guess, its down to personal preference. We ordered half a chicken anyway, with me clearing most of them.

The bill came up to RM35+. Cheap? Expensive? I don’t know, as I think its still pretty reasonable.