Of People of Melaka

Someday between chillax-ing over beer, thinking over the drone of the television and staring at my photos i came to realise something about Melaka. That if you look beyond the architecture, the history, the food and the touristy crap they have there, Melaka boils down to just one thing. It really really really is all about the people, and how they live in this place they call home.

And somehow you can apply this operation to almost anywhere. So whatever architects, historians, cooks and trashy tour guides do, beyond the cheesy glass acrobatics, cute fusion displays and huge ferris rides, they really are about one thing and one thing only, the people. And then no matter what I end up doing in life i'll try to remind myself of this and perhaps coming back to this place i wish i was born in will help me keep this conviction. (and chillax along the way in lifes many trials and tribulations)

ah heck before it sounds like some political life changing speech, lets just get on with the pictures.

Everytime i come back i see new people, if i'm fortunate enough, make a few new friends along the way too. Then you start talking to alot more people and then some. Chatting with people who love the same place just like me just makes me wish conversation like these don't stop,that it'll continue longer like how there's always some hesitation leaving the Melaka sentral busstop for home.

and here's my defo favorite shot of the trip...street shot wise

Keymaker, originally uploaded by jonolist.

okay so he was wearing a penang shirt, but he was really from melaka, i took it somewhere near the kampung bridge where they sell lots of tin kitchenware. and hey penang is a ncie place too. anyway some photos like the carrot cake shot and the the chendol seller were from previous trips there but i needed to fill up the gaps in this post.

People have their Siem Reaps, Luang prahbangs, Chang Mais, Kuchings and Hues and even though Melaka isn't really in their league it still has the number one spot in my
"list of places i'll never really get sick of visiting over and over and over again and then some"

I think this isn't my first post about this but heck it. I probably should start a whole blog on this or write a book like how Lim Huck Chin and Fernando Jorge did with Voices from the Street . Of which i was totally inspired by to take these few photos and am proud to be a owner of an autograph copy of this tome of treasures. And then there's Huilian's brilliant idea of proconservation which i'm totally grateful for a channel to share all things worth keeping. I really love starting new ideas and projects but i'm never one to see it through so I think i'll settle for these few instead, that is that blog and this one which are brilliant enough as they are already.