SVDP Outing to Melaka

The team of SVDP at BSC organized a members outing to Melaka and hubby gladly signed us up for the trip. I remembered the last time we had a dinner gathering instead of travelling. This would be the first time for us joining the team.


Woke up early and assembled at BSC Church to wait for the coach. I was feeling sleepy and tired but Faith was all awake and excited. We had a great & smooth coach ride from SIN to Melaka as our tour guide & driver were fantastic.

Our first stop was in JB where they stopped us for breakfast. We went to this simple coffee shop where we had our breakfast. The food was cheap and pretty tasty. After our breakfast, we continued our long journey to Melaka.

When we finally arrived in Melaka, we went straight to the local Chinese restaurant for our lunch…food was great. Our tour guide Richard told us that our rooms at Hatten Hotel are ready and we happily checked in after lunch.

This would be our second time staying at Hatten Hotel. We visited Melaka with our family last year and we stayed there. The rest of the group went out for some shopping while I preferred to stay in with Faith.

The coach came to pick us up to St. Peter’s Church for sunset mass. It is our first experience to attend mass. The St. Peter’s Church was built in 1710 and till date, it’s about 303 years old. The place is very well kept and it really has the traditional church feel when we stepped on the church ground.

After mass, we went for Peranaka dinner at one of the popular restaurant where they considered one of the better ones. The dinner was pretty good and our little Faith enjoyed dinner even though she only had eggs with rice. We finished our dinner early as we tried to avoid normal dinner time as many will be celebrating Mother’s Day.

True enough, the crowd started flowing in by the time our dinner ended. Richard then suggested that we should take a walk at Jonker Street as it will be cooler to walk in the night than the day.

I remembered the last time we went to Jonker Street during our visit, it was in the day and it was so hot that we did not even enjoy ourselves. This time, we walked slowly and noticed that there was quite a lot of stuff to buy and see. As usual, I bought some (in fact) lots of goodies from San Shok Gong… that’s part of the reason why we visit Melaka. Lol

After a tiring and fruitful day, we went back to hotel to rest… Good Night Melaka!