A nice hello to all members of this forum!

As I had a lot work to do the last weeks I finally find the time to introduce myself.
My name is Steffi Dobbertin, I'm from Germany, from the nice and pretty cold city of Hamburg. I found this forum when I was browsing the net for information about Peranakan Culture and facts about the history of the Chinese especially in Melaka and Singapore ... Why this? - I'm a writer of novels, so far I finished three (in German language, sorry  ;)), and I'm about to start the fourth one, which will be set mainly in Melaka, but also in Makassar, Singapore, Amsterdam and on a tiny island off the shores of northern Germany ...

And guess where I am in the moment?
Melaka! i just arrived a few hours ago and I'm quite irritaded - the city seems to get more and more tourists over the years, and the old centre changed quite a lot!
I'm here, of course because I absolutely love Malaysia (I lived in penang for two years with a Baba Nyonya family, but they were, unfortunately, not much into the old custums, and anyway, at this time, I didn't think about writing this book) - but I'm here also to do some research, roam the museums and all the places of interest once more, this time with sharpend eyes ...

I'm very much looking forward to be a guest of your forum (of course I cannot contribute much, but only learn a lot).
Is there by any chance somebody from Melaka here whom I can pester with questions ;D That would be absolutely great!

I will be back online in a couple of hours ... now I'm going for a stroll, enjoying the atmosphere.
Best regards from
Steffi