On 15 April 1989, then-Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad officially declared Malacca City to be a historical city. Ever since then, 15 April has been officially celebrated as a state holiday for Malacca, the Declaration of Malacca as a Historical City. Malacca City was Malaysia’s unofficial historical city until 7 July 2008 when the […]
When you think of museums, you might normally think they’re nothing more than big, stuffy, boring exhibits of past civilisations and events in history that you had slept through during Sejarah class. That may not be too far from the truth for some museums, but others feature many interesting subjects like food and science. Here […]
Now and then, we would like to just order a nice meal to relax and enjoy instead of cooking at home. We would look up restaurants, but hesitate when we see that the restaurant is in a hotel. Some of us think that hotel restaurants are just places where they sell overpriced food just to […]
What comes to mind when you see the word “raptor”? For some of us, it would be the dinosaurs called velociraptors, or the Ford Raptor high performance 4WD, or perhaps even the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor fighter jets. But since the 19th century, the word “raptor” is used to refer to birds of prey. Raptor […]
Asam Pedas, Kuih Keria Gula Melaka, Jonker 88… ohh listing them here makes me hungry already. Melaka has been one of my favourite place to go for a day Food Trip! I live in Kuala Lumpur and the distance from my house to Melaka is estimated around 133KM (aprox. 1Hour 30mins of driving hours). I’ll […]
Melaka is one of Singaporean’s favourite getaway over the weekend given that it is so close (merely 3 hours by coach) to us. I made a trip to Melaka recently and was very eager to try all the good restaurants and must-eats. There is no lack of Peranakan restaurants especially, but if you only have […]
Source The one-week march school holidays can be a conflicting time. You want to bring your family overseas, but one week seems too short. Staying at home is also not an option, which is why you should bring them to local destinations. Just be grateful that you’re living in Malaysia, because here’s where you can […]
Research and archaeological excavation works at the playground started from 1 June till 30 June, 2010. This site is situated at Jalan Kota, next to the Central Melaka police headquarters. This area as chosen due to its proximity to the remnants of the city’s walls, from Bastion Fredrick Hendrick to Bastion Santiago, based on a […]
The Taman Mini Malaysia cultural park is located a few kilometres outside of Melaka, near the town of Ayer Keroh. If you have an interest in traditional architecture and ways of life, this is a great place to go exploring. Each of the homes represents the architectural style of the 13 states in Malaysia and […]
After the fall of Melaka, Portuguese built a fort to deter enemy threats at the time. The fort built by the Portuguese from laterite stone was sourced from the surrounding areas. The fort was built circular to the city and had 8 bastions, built in each corner of the city as well as strategic locations […]