went to batam on 12th september 2009, saturday for one day.
woke up at 5.30 in the morning! *yawns*
then reached harbourfront mrt at 6.15 plus plus. waited for waihong.
then went to cruise center...
then blah blah blah....
vivian fa pi qi at the cruise center...
yaddah yaddah yaddah...
we were on the ferry at about 8 plus.
the ferry was......okay.
the view out back was GREAT and windy.
reached batam at 8 plus(batam's time is 1hr behind s'pore.)
then customs...
then boarded bus
sat with qiu yii {qiu ginj's sis}
then started munching on snacks...
first, we went to a bridge called rainbow bridge.
took pics.
there was these people fishing there.
one guy caught 3 fish.
everyone was fascinated....lol.
then we went to a bakery.
they bake kueh lapis (layered cake)
they actually bake it LAYER BY LAYER!!!
wow.
the smell was great.
they had tea reception for us.
waihong took tea and added lots and lots of condensed milk until it literally became condensed milk.then he didn't drink.
pure coffee tastes awful...
then when we were leaving, reuben busy body and a guy ended up pestering him to buy stuff.
next stop...snack shop.
outside the snackshop, there was this mini stall that sold preserved fruits.
i tried this green round fruit. all i can say is:"yuck!"
i had a hard time eating that.
snack shop was crowded. there was this orange cat there.
most of us was disturbing it from it's sleep.
poor cat...
bought chewing gum.
started to chew.
next stop...temple.
it's the largest in batam. i think.
all i know is that it has large statues.
took pics.
looked around.
took more pics.
then we left.
next stop...LUNCH.
it's at some restaurant called 933 prawn or something.
they served SNAILS!!!!
i ate one and kinda lost my appetite.
gwen ate SEVEN. i think.
her dad ate...a lot!
O_M_G!!!
after we ate our fill, we walked around.
the guys were fooling around, as usual.
reuben made qiu yii cry.
he seemed worried. haha
then we went on the flying fox for $5!
it was fun. very windy.
the first thing that kuan yang said when he reached the end was :"my balls hurt"
lol.
i learned how to skim rocks :D
gwen's dad skims the best rocks!
then got go-cart.
100,000 rupiah for 10 mins around the track.
most of the guys went TWICE!
one car crashed into the "spectator stand"
claimed she couldn't stop.
victims: 2 cans of drinks, 1 straw and a chair.
there was this guy that drifted a whole round. cool
next stop...ralph lauren polo shop.
expensive stuff there.
we played around.
i guess the staff would have been irritated.
but get this..if they do not give you a receipt, u get a free cap. cool right?
looked around, played more, secretly snapped some pics then we left the shop.
waited waited waited on the bus. bored.
until FINALLY...we left
went to a shopping centre called nygoya hill, i think.
we shopped, me. gwen. qiu ginj. qiu yii. and qiu ginj's dad.
bought shirts for about $2plus each.
qiu ginj bought a shirt for wanlu and shoelaces for nigel.
i bought two notebooks for glen and jett.
gwen bought about 5 stuff for her friends.
then we drank drinks. weird drinks. but nice.
i liked the avocado+chocolate drink. yum.
then we went for dinner.
tastes better.
boys tried to scare us outside the toilet. ATTEMPT F-A-I-L.haha
ate dinner in non-peace.
then left.
left batam for singapore.
ferry was better then the last one.
went out deck for almost the whole trip.
it was dark, windy, dark.
then gwen, waihog and chester came up too.
had some fun and scares.
then reached s'pore. at about 10.30 at night.
*yawns* reache home. went to sleep.