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Sunday, August 02, 2009Y

Batam Trip - Words only

Shah organised a wkend getaway at holiday inn batam... and its a SMASH! hahaha.... total 6 of us joined in the fun! Shah, alaska, eve, me, vic and edmd lim..

Sat morning.

7.30am: breakfast at harbor front mac... bumped into ed at mac...sat down to wait for eve shah n alaska to arrive..chatted..took some pictures... i didnt eat much.. maybe too excited? lolx.. its been some time since i last went for a short trip...

8.30am: we all headed for toilet break..before entering the customs... waited like idiots for the gate of our ferry to open..

9am-10+am: finally boarded the ferry..was a jerky start... watched mr bean... took some pics... we reached batam waterfront city.. i realised something about indonesia... they are quite laid back..... there was a huge queue forming... 2 customs officers were on duty to chop the passports ..etc.... then one just left... end up... speed lowered... longer queue formed..

once we cleared the customs..we took a bus to our Holiday INn hotel... received a warm welcome for hte staff... overall ambience of the holiday is nice... they lighted some candles and used aromatherapy..

great kids pool! got slide..got giant mushroom... excited sia! we entered our two bedroom suite and were greeted by a dead xiao qiang on the floor nxt to the tv cabinet. -__-"""

cleanliness? duhx.

nvm.. we rested awhile..before we headed off for the Nagoya shopping mall at the other end of batam island... shah helped us book a cab... 6 of us.. so 2 cabs.. we all had A n W for lunch... OMGG.. missed the food .. lolxx.... then we all did some shopping before we returned tot he hotel room and prepare ourselves for WATERSPORTS!

the guys wanted to try cable ski.. so shah led us tot he cable ski area..unfortunately.. it was under repair....we got to see some pet monkeys at the cable ski area.. reminds me of someone..oh nvm about cable ski...

we went for the water package near Harris.... 50 singapore dollars for a jet ski ride, parachute and banana boat ride... uncle big didnt join us int he water activity.. he concentrated on photography...jet ski was really cool... its nice to feel the wind going against u... the gentle splashes of sea water on your face... its about 10 mins ride... it does get a little bumpy when u hit the rising waves.. overall. FUN!

parachuting was enjoyable.... the feeling of being in the mid-air above sea waters.... its amazingly quiet and calm when i reached the highest point in mid-air... i got to get close with a sea eagle..i think its a bailey sea eagle.. lolx. its only a few metres away from me........ soo relaxing to be up there....

the banana boat ride was really memorable... all of us were pretty hyped up.. all smiling away to the camera and totally anticipating the ride..unfortunately..shah just have to sit behind me.. and used me as a support for him to stay on board the banana boat.. serve him right for his first dramatic fall into the water.. =X it was just a gentle turn... our organiser just have to land into the water for no reason.

the first capsize was FUN! ahahahaha.. we were literally thrown off hte banana boat... uncle big managed to capture us falling into the water..lolx..swallowed sea water.. got water into my ears..... all of us were laughing all the way.. bth.. getting back onto the boat was rather difficult for me.. lolx.. i needed much help from everyone...

the 2nd capsize has taught me that shah can be super hero.. he flew across my head.. i can feel someone brushing pass my head.. lolx.... he injured alaska while crash landing intot he water... the hero wanted to stay on the banana boat longer.. -_-"" eve n ed had a minor collison with each other.. thank god..everyone was fine


after the watersports..we headed back to the hotel to nua at hte swimming pool.. i was looking forward to it..becos of the mushrooom and slide.... at first..none of them wanted to play with the slide.. The rest attempted the slide only after i went for a couple of rounds on the slide and some persuasion.. lolx.. i think they can see im having fun..so no harm trying.. end up..all of us got addicted ot the slide..u can never get enough of it..

we returned tot he hotel room and got greeted by cockroach number 2. zzzz... shah managed to shooo it away.....we all had a bath... and then dinner at a restaurant near the jetty...

we all headed back..watched movie form the tv channel....played uno...played with camera.. we all had some fun shots.. lolx.. iw ill upload hte pics in sequence once i get the pics..too many pics..will create a couple of slideshows..we had snacks..before all of us konked off one by one..

i couldnt slp...insomnia i guess? lolx...

sunday..its the day we all head back... it took us all some time to get up....get ready... we headed to batam centre for lunch at godiva bistro.. nice food.. gd coffee...shopping... eve headed back first.... the rest of us took a later boat back... shopped more...

we reached singapore about 6pm..wanted to catch a movie at vivo..but there wasnt any gd seatings..we tried TBP.. but failed as well.. end up..we all had a humble dinner at QI JI before we home sweet home..




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