Mini Malaysia

It was a bright sunny day and me, Siangee, Stephanie and Crystal decided to head for…

MINI MALAYSIA!!

Mini Malaysia is a place where visitors could see the traditional house for each state in Malaysia (consist of 14 states) and even though for a glance looks similar with one another, but differ in the sense of architecture and design.

Let's introduce the people in this entry..

Purple guy: Siangee

Yellow girl: Crystal

Pink girl: Stephanie

Sadly, no pic of me in this because I was the photographer.. Then again, if you know me, you know how I look like right? :) Or not.. SHAME SHAME!!

Our first house was Rumah Pahang (House of the Pahang State) ..

Imagine.. if we were in the olden days in Pahang..

What do you see wrong in this picture?

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Time’s up!

Answer: See me holding a Mc Donald’s Coke Cup? LOL

Second chance!

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Couldn’t guess it?

Well, for starters, there are two French chicks sitting down..

And Stephanie is wearing a food cover as a hat! :p

We then proceeded to houses such as..

Rumah Penang

Rumah Kedah

Rumah Perak

Rumah Sarawak

And may other houses… to mention..

But I will not miss..

Rumah Melaka!!

Wooohhhhoooooooooo Melaka!!

Here’s some other funny shots taken..

Auntie Siang ee: Ole sayang~~ ole sayang~~

King Kong Jac

*HUAH HUAH HUAH!!*

*ground shakes*

Stephanie: Ahhhhhhhh……… It’s so tiring!!!

Stephanie: Come Siang ee.. it’s only you and me… I won’t tell.. (in sexy voice)

Stephanie: Mmmmm.. Kinder Bueno….

Wondering that Kinder Bueno is? :p *jac points down*

After much photo takings and completing all the 14 houses in Mini Malaysia,

I suggested to walk over the other side, where there was..

MINI ASEAN!! (ASEAN houses, eg: House of Philippines, Thailand, etc)

Basically, there were too tired out, so we went on a slow walk instead.

To our surprise, it was like a flashback in time when we entered Mini Asean.

The smaller picture:

Jacyln thinks: WOW.. what the heck is happening? Why are there people in traditional clothes? Are we stuck back into time? Oh my god.. I have no money.. OMG.. I have to like marry someone.. WORST.. be someone’s slave.. AHHHHH!!!

The bigger picture:

OMG…. It was TV9 filming a series!!
(TV9 is currently a new television station in Malaysia)

While I was busy taking pictures to prove to my other friends that I saw tv9 that day, one gentleman even offered me..

A POSE!

While we were busy figuring out what was going around,

I stopped and asked around like some nosey reporter and found out, there were doing a series on the famous 5 warriors of Melaka!

If things aren’t as confusing as it is now, I would love to tell you the story of the legendary 5 warriors of Melaka..

In terms of popularity in locals,

1) Hang Tuah
2) Hang Jebat
3) Hang Kasturi
4) Hang Lekiu
5) Hang Lekir

All are sworn brothers (despite no blood relations)..

Hang Lekir and Lekiu are among of the quietest brothers and not much spoken about due to their low profile. But heck, i got some pictures of the cast members who hold this role!

Here's Hang Lekir

And this is..

Hang Lekiu..

I even had one with..

Hang Kasturi!

Hang Kasturi then told us his story in the series (spoiler! .. lol)

Well, Hang Kasturi had a very interesting love story where he promised to take care of a dying villager's daughter, which later fell in love with him. Hang Kasturi did not love her but married her over obligation. He then went to war where he found another girl which he fell in love with, which in turn, stole his belongings and money the next day.

Hang Kasturi realizing that he had been unfaithful, went back to his wife after war, and cherished her. Sadly, his wife died and it was a spirit of her who was around taking care of him. Once he knew, the spirit evaporated with a sad cry.

But of course, this story wasn't as popular as Hang Jebat, who was a very loyal brother to all (no pictures of this cast member, he was busy battling Hang Tuah in a scene).

Anyway, his history goes that Hang Tuah's death, murdered unjustly by the Sultan he served, fueled Hang Jebat to avenged his brother's death. Hang Jebat's revenge allegedly became a palace killing spree or furious rebellion against the Sultan.

The real hidden fact was that Hang Tuah was still alive, believed to be saved by the Bendehara (Prime Minister) before his sentence. During the havoc in the palace, the Bendahara informed the Sultan that the only man able to stop Hang Jebat was Hang Tuah, who was still alive. The Bendahara recalled Hang Tuah from his hiding place and the warrior was given full amnesty by the Sultan and instructed to kill Hang Jebat. After seven gruelling days of fighting, Hang Tuah killed his bestfriend Hang Jebat. (Yes, Hang Tuah does sound like a bitch)

But of course, the last and best story was about the love story of Hang Tuah.

Hang Tuah progressed in his years after the death of his brother, Hang Jebat. He was ordered by the successive Malaccan Sultan to court a legendary princess on the Sultan's behalf. The Puteri Gunung Ledang (Princess of Mount Ledang aka Gusti Putri) was so named because she resided on Mount Ledang at the Melaka-Johor border.

According to legend, the Princess met with Hang Tuah and both fell in love.

Hang Tuah rejected her wish to be together because he was a messenger for the King (Yes, hang tuah is a bitch for killing his friend and YES, a bitch to give the girl he love to the stupid sultan), and feeling that he had betray the Sultan for falling in love, he threw his keris (Malay sword) into the river and disappeared.

Heartbroken, the Princess agreed to marry the Sultan only if he satisfied a list of requirements, or pre-wedding gifts. The list included a golden bridge linking Melaka with the top of Mount Ledang, seven trays of mosquito livers, seven jars of virgins' tears and a bowl of the Sultan's first born son's blood.

The Sultan knew that the final wish was impossible as his son was the only heir to the throne and knew that he was fooled. Angry, the Sultan cast a curse on the Princess saying..

Sultan : You think you damm prettyy issit? Pegiii lahh~! :p jk..

Okay, jokes aside, his curse was that, starting from the next sunlight whomsoever saw the princess will die coughing blood.

Hang Tuah, having heard of the curse of the Sultan from the Bendahara, rushed to Mount Ledang to see her one last time. With only one day remaining he rushes to the top, only to arrive after the sun has risen.

But Hang Tuah is so determined to see her again that he wouldn't care that it would cost him his life. The story ends when the Princess reveals herself to him. It is henceforth unknown what happens to him and her next.

Pretty cool story huh? :)

But still I think Hang Tuah was a bitch for killing Hang Jebat :( *points middle finger at hang tuah*

And that was the end of our Mini Malaysia trip as well as my long LONG bragging about the 5 legendary warriors.

Before I end this, I would say..

You RAWK Hang Jebat!! Woohooo!! :p I respekkk!!!