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* Tuesday, June 17, 2008 *
Batam - 14th and 15th Jun 2008
went for a 2D 1N batam retreat with my family AND extended family. an astounding 17 ppl went... haha... it's like a mini tour grp lar...
first day at the harbourfront port was nothing less den CHAOS. imagine trying to get the passports of 17 ppl, ahhhh i'm kinda lazy to describe. but trust me, the few hrs in the morn tire me out alr... -_-'''
anyway we missed our 910am ferry, and lucky for us, we were able to rush for the 935am ferry... otherwise we could have juz rotted at harbourfront.
reached KTM resort at last... aft near 45 mins of ferry ride, near 2hrs of trying to locate my uncle's golf bags which was last seen at check-in.
KTM resort
we took 5 houses altogether... and me and my family was in C16!!!
that's our house, with a kitchen, 2 bedrooms, 2 toilets and best of all, 2 televisions with Channel 5, Channel 8 and Channel U!!! wahahha...
C16 :: the kitchen
the first thing we did was to unpack our stuff and go for lunch.
my sis and i :: sis, cousin and me
and this is soooo nice lar!
the path to the restaurant for lunch
it's flagged by mini ponds at the side, complete with fishes etc...
my parents savouring the humongous coconuts
the coconuts they serve us were damn freaking huge lar... aft finishing up 1, i was full to the brim alr.
my sis and mom in front of the massage and spa area :: the females of my family =)
tat's my cousin, uncle, mom and sis
we went for this saltwater jacuzzi at the resort aft lunch, and it was soooo fun lar! i think the sheer force fr the water coming out made my waist and butt lose 1 inch around or something... haha...
and this is the part, where i was soooo glad i told everyone abt my tattoo alr... otherwise when i strip down to my bikini and they see it by accident, they'll prob go speechless or something...
nuaed ard in the room aft tat and watched this trashy channel U show... before goin for dinner at this seafood village, called HarbourBay...
Harbourbay
the place was damn romantic-looking lar... kinda like fisherman's village in spore but abit nicer-looking and much MUCH cheaper.
1 of the 2 tables we took up :: the empty plates aft
we ordered like hell lot of seafood and it onli came up to S$60 PER TABLE. tat's like how cheap!!!!!!! we ate stuff like chilli crabs, grilled teppanyaki sotongs, sambal stingrays, lalas, satays etc etc...
the lalas are supa dupa wupa NICE!!!!! i nvr knew i'll like it so much coz i've nvr tried them before. i always tot they taste like hums, and i absolutely hate hums... but lalas are so nice lar!
the next morn, we woke up as early as 6am... coz the resort serves breakfast at 7am.
my cousins in the house next door
some photos in the balcony of our house before checkout.
my sis and mom :: me and my mom
my parents =)) :: the dad who insists i take a photo, coz he wan a photo with the sea behind -_-''
went for buffet breakfast... chinese buffet breakfast... and the best thing there was their toast... -_-''' coz everything else was sooooo oily! and unlike lester who loves oily breakfast, i absolutely hate it.
view fr the restaurant :: that's spore and her skyscrapers!!! haha
aft breakfast, we chatted and waited for like an hr before our tour bus came.
ya like any other typical family, my family booked a one day tour.
and luckily we did. coz we intended to take the 6pm ferry back to spore... but due to overwhelming response, we onli managed to book the 830pm ferry. how late is tat... aiyo.
the tour guide brought us to this supposedly famous bridge in batam... which was, not that i wanna say, but really small and nothing spectacular.
it sort of reminds me of brooklyn bridge in new york tho...
the small islands ard batam
my family, minus my bro (who's in NS)
there were these peddlars surrounding our tour bus once it stopped... and they were all selling the same stuff...
the crabs are humongous okay!!!!!! and trust me, they all smell sooooo freaking good i almost wanted to buy it... but erm they dun look like they're even close to 50% hygienic so we didnt.
the rest of the one day tour included ralph lauren polo factory outlet (where i bought a $40 polo tee for my dad for father's day!!!!), a place to buy local food, this humongous shopping centre called "MegaMall", and a heavenly massage at IndoThai Spa & Massage.
trust me, it is heavenly! it's exactly like the one me and lester had in Bintan, juz that this place in Batam looked more atas and classy... haha...
and before i end off... some sightings ard Batam...
5 ppl squeezed onto a motorbike
and according to our tour guide, sometimes they squeeze 7ppl... and tat's a COMMON occurrence, mind you.
i have no idea how they do tat.
smallest house in batam
see that box there?
seriously i don't think it's even the length of my body. according to the tour guide, tat house belongs to an old man.
arent we all lucky ppl? seriously, i looked at some of the hses ppl over there lived in, and i absolutely cant imagine how they manage to get past each and every day smiling... sometimes we've got lots to learn... and things liddat remind me now and then to be contented with wat i already have... =)
**sorry, this is such a short post, i'm kinda rushing! =)
went for a 2D 1N batam retreat with my family AND extended family. an astounding 17 ppl went... haha... it's like a mini tour grp lar...
first day at the harbourfront port was nothing less den CHAOS. imagine trying to get the passports of 17 ppl, ahhhh i'm kinda lazy to describe. but trust me, the few hrs in the morn tire me out alr... -_-'''
anyway we missed our 910am ferry, and lucky for us, we were able to rush for the 935am ferry... otherwise we could have juz rotted at harbourfront.
reached KTM resort at last... aft near 45 mins of ferry ride, near 2hrs of trying to locate my uncle's golf bags which was last seen at check-in.
KTM resort
we took 5 houses altogether... and me and my family was in C16!!!
that's our house, with a kitchen, 2 bedrooms, 2 toilets and best of all, 2 televisions with Channel 5, Channel 8 and Channel U!!! wahahha...
C16 :: the kitchen
the first thing we did was to unpack our stuff and go for lunch.
my sis and i :: sis, cousin and me
and this is soooo nice lar!
the path to the restaurant for lunch
it's flagged by mini ponds at the side, complete with fishes etc...
my parents savouring the humongous coconuts
the coconuts they serve us were damn freaking huge lar... aft finishing up 1, i was full to the brim alr.
my sis and mom in front of the massage and spa area :: the females of my family =)
tat's my cousin, uncle, mom and sis
we went for this saltwater jacuzzi at the resort aft lunch, and it was soooo fun lar! i think the sheer force fr the water coming out made my waist and butt lose 1 inch around or something... haha...
and this is the part, where i was soooo glad i told everyone abt my tattoo alr... otherwise when i strip down to my bikini and they see it by accident, they'll prob go speechless or something...
nuaed ard in the room aft tat and watched this trashy channel U show... before goin for dinner at this seafood village, called HarbourBay...
Harbourbay
the place was damn romantic-looking lar... kinda like fisherman's village in spore but abit nicer-looking and much MUCH cheaper.
1 of the 2 tables we took up :: the empty plates aft
we ordered like hell lot of seafood and it onli came up to S$60 PER TABLE. tat's like how cheap!!!!!!! we ate stuff like chilli crabs, grilled teppanyaki sotongs, sambal stingrays, lalas, satays etc etc...
the lalas are supa dupa wupa NICE!!!!! i nvr knew i'll like it so much coz i've nvr tried them before. i always tot they taste like hums, and i absolutely hate hums... but lalas are so nice lar!
the next morn, we woke up as early as 6am... coz the resort serves breakfast at 7am.
my cousins in the house next door
some photos in the balcony of our house before checkout.
my sis and mom :: me and my mom
my parents =)) :: the dad who insists i take a photo, coz he wan a photo with the sea behind -_-''
went for buffet breakfast... chinese buffet breakfast... and the best thing there was their toast... -_-''' coz everything else was sooooo oily! and unlike lester who loves oily breakfast, i absolutely hate it.
view fr the restaurant :: that's spore and her skyscrapers!!! haha
aft breakfast, we chatted and waited for like an hr before our tour bus came.
ya like any other typical family, my family booked a one day tour.
and luckily we did. coz we intended to take the 6pm ferry back to spore... but due to overwhelming response, we onli managed to book the 830pm ferry. how late is tat... aiyo.
the tour guide brought us to this supposedly famous bridge in batam... which was, not that i wanna say, but really small and nothing spectacular.
it sort of reminds me of brooklyn bridge in new york tho...
the small islands ard batam
my family, minus my bro (who's in NS)
there were these peddlars surrounding our tour bus once it stopped... and they were all selling the same stuff...
the crabs are humongous okay!!!!!! and trust me, they all smell sooooo freaking good i almost wanted to buy it... but erm they dun look like they're even close to 50% hygienic so we didnt.
the rest of the one day tour included ralph lauren polo factory outlet (where i bought a $40 polo tee for my dad for father's day!!!!), a place to buy local food, this humongous shopping centre called "MegaMall", and a heavenly massage at IndoThai Spa & Massage.
trust me, it is heavenly! it's exactly like the one me and lester had in Bintan, juz that this place in Batam looked more atas and classy... haha...
and before i end off... some sightings ard Batam...
5 ppl squeezed onto a motorbike
and according to our tour guide, sometimes they squeeze 7ppl... and tat's a COMMON occurrence, mind you.
i have no idea how they do tat.
smallest house in batam
see that box there?
seriously i don't think it's even the length of my body. according to the tour guide, tat house belongs to an old man.
arent we all lucky ppl? seriously, i looked at some of the hses ppl over there lived in, and i absolutely cant imagine how they manage to get past each and every day smiling... sometimes we've got lots to learn... and things liddat remind me now and then to be contented with wat i already have... =)
**sorry, this is such a short post, i'm kinda rushing! =)
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