The entire Moleskine sketchbook

The entire spread in the Moleskine Japanese Album large format.

Beca or Trishaw

Beca or Trishaw in Malacca. They are gaudy, colourful, decorative, kitschy, and some will think it's silly to sit in one of these trishaws with the kiddy hello kitty, stuff toys and butterfly roof in pink, shocking pink, bright blue or red! There are also adorned with fake flowers. However, the tourists love them, locals don't hate them. Some say the rides are the best way to enjoy Malacca. Plus, they blink at night with blaring pop music.

Lunch place

Did a quick sketch on the exterior of the Peranakan restaurant while waiting for others in the coach.

Peranakan Cruisine

Lunch at Ole Sayang. Quite disappointed at the Peranakan or Nyonya food especially when you have high expectation. Every single dish was just too salty. We asked for belachan chilli and it was like eating salt. I will probably give it a miss if I visit Malacca again. Perhaps the only consolation is the ambiance and the Peranakan style interior.

Malacca

Another sketch scanned, more to come. This view was from our hotel room at Hatten Hotel just opposite the Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall looking at Malacca skyline. The famous Jonkor Street is in the middle with the yellow end wall. Overall, the impression of this trip was not up to my expectation but our spirit was always high.

We were lucky to have a room with a view at Hatten Hotel on the 16th storey. The room was very big with 2 TVs. It was love at first sight but later on, we had to call for bath towers and the curtains did not work that I had to use the paper clips I brought for sketches to hold the curtains together. I noticed some rooms like those opposite our corridor faced the 5-metre narrow internal courtyard overlooking each other's room.

hotel breakfast in Malacca

Breakfast at the hotel, i was very relax and calm although the place was crowded with tourists.

Inside the coach

First sketch inside the moving coach on our way to Malacca on first weekend in December. It takes for ages to scan the Moleskine Japanese Album, will take some time to scan the whole book on sketches for the weekend trip to Malacca.

weekend trip to Malacca

My husband and I went to Malacca for a short weekend getaway trip. Malacca was super crowded and the traffic jam was so bad. There was no way for me to sketch the famous landmark - The Red House with the group tour but I still managed to sketch when the tour members went shopping and I stayed in the hotel room or a cafe to relax and sketch.