Batam

Went to batam with JAOZ over the weekend. Stayed at Harris. Duno why, this trip doesn't seem to be as fun as those that we had before... maybe my expectation too high esp after hearing the experiences of my cblc kakis who went there last year. But anyway, as usual, some funny things do happen. The most happening is O. During go kart, O, being a reckless driver, duno how, managed to mount J's vehicle. For me, my camera bag n hand kena fed with black oil.

Went fishing in a fish farm. That one is super kelong one. No matter how u fish, you will never catch the fish. The fishes are so small, that they only nimble the bait andso won't get caught in the hook. JAZ rolled up the fish food into cakes or balls and scattered them into the pond to feed the fishes instead. SGD $10 wasted for nothing.

Sat lunch is just a simple fare of pizzas. But dinner is the indonesian food cum bbq buffet. Nothing exotic though. Best is the corns. The desert drink (looks like our chendol) doesn't suit my taste bud cos there's too much coconut sugar inside. yucks

Went to Nagoya to do some shopping on sun. But quite disappointed. Nothing to buy at all. The driver told us there got a robinson, and we were so excited, determined to find it. Being recee trained ppl, we have no difficulty in nagivating around in unknown terrain without a map. Finally, we found robinson and 此robinson非彼robinson. It's just a shopping mall call robinson, nothing to do with the one in Singapore. Level of Excitment dropped instantly. Worst shopping experience.

Had KFC for lunch. My conclusion is the chickens in batam are organic chickens. So small!!! Must be never use those chemicals to make them grow big and fat. The drumbstick is like only 1/4 - 1/3 the size u find in Sg's KFC. Want organic chicken? Then you knwo where to find. But then hor, be prepared to visit NKF if you eat too much of the chickens there. Utterly salty.

4pm batam time, we set off for the jetty. The jetty is almost empty, so unlike the bintan one. After clearing the customs, no one to guide us to anywhere. But we smart, go and find the ferry ourselves... else might have to spend another night in batam...

On the journey back, O was sharing with us about the australia's experience. And that's our next major overseas destination. In the middle of the journey, I went up to the upper open air deck to eat some sea wind. Feeling bo liao, I took some pics of the setting sun and the sentosa island that appears soon after.

Back in Sg, and guess what we eat. PIZZA again. This time round, we went to SPizza at harbourfornt. Order 3 large and 1 medium (cos O has a voucher for 1 medium pizza). Can't remember the name of the pizzas, but We ordered the J, F, U and S. Nice pizzas, delicious. Anyway, that meal was paid for by O and me as a treat for our birthday boys: JAZ.