BATAM! yea it was only a 2 days trip, yet i enjoyed myself super a lot...cos the iternary for the 2 days are packed with activites! it even made me forget at times that i was down with a bad throat. was attracted to the water sports, though i only played, it was nevertheless a good experience! *smilez* shall note down everything as much as i can rmb before i forget :) cos there wasn't much photos taken. not even the beach, which was supposed to be the highlight of batam, isn't it? will have to rely on my photographic memory.

day 1:
reached batam view hotel which was practically teeming with singaporeans where everything there was charged in S$. nonetheless i think the tour agency was good, cos they took care of everything, including our passport. we were all super hungry n *tink tink* saw lunch buffet for only S$10 in the hotel. of course we jumped in cos we were super hungry. ehmz it turned out to be like a normal mixed veggie meal, think we each prob ate only $2.5 worth of lunch.

travelling in batam was made easy thanks to diana's father's friend who lives in batam, hence recommended a taxi who follows us ard batam when we need him to. without him, i wld prob feel quite unsafe n may not have travelled so many places. due to the rain, our first plan was city tour.

first destination was: MASSAGE! went for the a 2hr thai massage plus body scrub! good would be an understatement. massage loosen my joint, cracked many bones and was comfy except towards the end where i really wanted to go toilet but had to hold it. cracked my fingers, my toes, my sides and even my head. scrub makes me feel really clean, except that i was a little tramautised cos i m totally not used to feeling exposed. maybe nxt time, i can specify that i don't want certain segments but i think there was quite a bit of communication problems.

second stop was: shopping! megamall i think. went there for movie plus A&W! watched bolt. nice movie, nice cinema. wanted to watch twilight but didn't want to reach back hotel too late. yeahs and it was A&W time. yummy yummy, their waffles, their root beer float, their curly fries! diana n friend disappeared for toilet for a long time, only to come back with lots of clothes.

then it was dinner time! travelled to golden prawns for seafood! yummy yummy all wasn't very hungry so we settled for ceral prawns, chilli crabs, toufu and gong gong. yen, our taxi driver, was invited to sit for dinner with us. despite my terrible sore throat, i jus couldn't resist my 2 fav seafood dishes in front of me. muhaha no doubts my throat came back feeling really much worse.

by the time we reached back batam, it was batam time 10:30 batam time. yea had some phototaking at the reception area n we were off to finally step into our rooms! the hotel is indeed comparable to singapore's, which has cable, channel 8, channel U etc. deco was good and room was clean. by then, the 4 of us were almost dead tired from the one day of fun.

day 2:
BUFFET BREAKFAST really started my day off really well! cos it has really all kinds of breakfast, from beehoon with ingredients to porriage to western (cerals with milk) to bread and spread to 3 different types of eggs. it really has almost all kinds of breakfast i could think of. then, felt almost on top of the world with food as the main theme. went exploring the hotel which has its own private beach, zoo!, jetty and parrots. *smilez* it was a beautiful place, but we missed to opportunity of photo taking due to the limited time.

with our taxi, we travelled to waterfront where most of the water sports are. yea! played go-cart. i was the most cautious driver there, cos the rest all overtake me 2 rounds. ehz, how come the rest not scared they lose control n fly?! at every turn, i slow to almost a stop. haha super pai sei. i was even stalled at the start, had to restart the engine when everyone is out. LOL. i super pai seh. nonetheless it was fun!

next was WAKEBOARDING! *smilez* the world is so small and batam is seriously full of singaporeans. so qiao till i even saw billy trying wakeboarding! *smilez* due to our tight budgets by then, we only tried for an hr on the kneeboard. haha fell at the same turn towards the end, almost had to end up walking back. (the motorbike wldn't even fetch cos i was near the last checkpt) yea yea was super happy when i finally managed to complete one round smoothly instead of being tucked by the rope which is causing my arm to hurt like mad. nonetheless it was very fun! i don't mind the abrasion on the hand or the tugged but it is quite an expensive sport. didn't get to go to the pretty bridge at the southern end due to the long travelling time of 2hrs.

lunch was an ngoya (donno how to spell) hill shopping center. tried ayam penyet plus meatball soup. super nice wo. went shopping to spend off all our rupiah. but no matter how, i couldn't find anything. being a cautious buyer, i guess it makes instant buying quite hard. seems like if i go bangkok i might not buy anything. wellz, i bought socks though. lolz. finally, it was time to set for home. went back hotel, wanted to take pictures but was raining, so had to give it a miss.

*smilez* it was overall an excellent trip, esp thanks to diana's recommended taxi who made the whole trip safer, easier, more fun and travelling with ease. though short, i guess the activities was memorable. without her, might have ended up staying in hotel instead of travelling all ard exploring the island.