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Tuesday, December 15, 2009 -{'10:16 AM
Went for a short trip to
BATAM.
The boat ride was about an hour. Basically everyone has nothing to do on the boat; but sleep! There's a little TV on Penguin 1 but I'm not sure if anyone is watching... cuz I'm resting already!
Took some nice shoot through the window (:
TATA! Here we are!
The first stop of the tour was at Ralph Lauren. But no one from our tour purchased anything there. Wasn't very expensive compared to Singapore but everyone is looking for cheap stuff there!
KUEK LAPIS!
We went to watch "THE MAKING OF KUEK LAPIS". Not an easy task! You have to spread the butter layer by layer.. The kuek ranges from $1 to $50 depending on what kind of ingredients are used. Our tour guide recommended everyone and we brought it at $24. Was a good deal and it's super delicious!
BIGGEST ASIA TEMPLE!
Went to the temple.. we prayed a bit and got a "qian" for ourself. A uncle told us what ours is about. Mine was qian no. 62. It's a "shang shang qian". Most of the time, qian about 50 is good. There was a JEH restaurant and we went in to take a look. There's a variety spread of food. We tabao some (about 8dishes) in a "mixed vegetable rice" style and it only cost us $2 plus! Saw some colourful cute baos there too! (:
Transport in Batam
This mini bus is their main transport there. It's like our SBS bus but only thing is that it works like a taxi. They'll travel around to pick up passengers without a fixed route. You stop the bus and tell them where you want to go. If it's convenient, they'll send you over. Bikes too! They go round fetching passengers. One bike can sit up to 3 people! Licenses there are easy to get; YOU BUY THEM! So it's not surprising to see kids riding!
Shop Houses
Brought nice coffee powder, drinks, tibits and candies there!
Kitten sleeping in front of the shop house xD
REMEMBER THIS?? We used to sit on these when we were young! But too bad we can't fit our butts in now. This little boy has a stack of coins.. His mum was talking on phone so he was sitting quietly and inserting the coins in when the machine stop moving. CUTE! :D
LUNCH
933 seafood restaurant but we can't eat so they prepared vegetarian dishes. FAIL! HAHA!
Because it's all vegetables! And tasteless soup :/Luckily we tabao some food from the temple earlier.
camcore one corner ^^
Special sink?
Cool generator!
GO CART
Feeling was like you playing mario cart!
$15 for 10mins.
There's only 2 pedals; go and stop.
The whole tour didn't play it so they have to wait for us to finish ours.
Seriously at that point in time we don't understand why the rest of the youngters came when they didn't want to play these..
Performance
Went to watch some traditional performance. And we had to
tip them after the show. They eat glass, jump over the fire hoops, etc.
Massage
Had a massage at HOTEL 89.
$20 for 1and a half hours!
That was very reasonable yeah!
All ladies massagers. Ivan of course feel song la! Extra service sir?? LOL.
Shopping
Bought not much things here. There's nothing much inside. We went to 2 malls. Extended 2hours to shop there (:
A&W
It's been some time I tried A&W and it still taste as great! (:
Thanks to Florence, our pretty tour guide. We really enjoyed our trip although the auntie behind us was very noisy and complain so much things!
GOODBYE BATAM! :D
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009 -{'9:29 AM
Went CCK to meet Mr. Chew.
tried surprising him with a cake, but failed.
I'm frustrated.
it is because you know each other too well that you can't surprise anymore.
sometimes doing nothing is THE SURPRISE. -_-:
anyway, i know it's a boring birthday he spent with me.
no choice, no money, no time. :(
hope Friday will be much much better.
HOWEVER, the good part of the story.
he love the card. yes, I've made a birthday card for him (:
i admit my art isn't good but pass-able.
a bad beginning for today.
please buck up for tomorrow and wake up!
my eyes is still painful.
not enough rest.
never enough...
