.Batam Getaway (Part 1)

We finally got to the ferry counter at Harbour Front around 8 plus in the morning. Gosh, it’s the holidays! Can’t we just sleep in a little later? Who in the world goes to the resort so early?!

[Tired but got to queue – we were like at the end of the queue]
[When I say there’s a queue, there’s a QUEUE!]

[Finally gotten our boarding passes, Batam here we come~]

It was a long wait to collect the passes and even to get onto the ferry. Why is there so many people waking up so early! So meanwhile on our way to Batam …


[Harris private bus]


Yay! Harris Resort – and spa here we come…

[We were given maps and a glass of bandung – and those cups were so cute, I want to bring them back!]

It’s like the miniature version of the big sugarcane mug.

[You see! He is totally so happy that he can smoke wherever he go! Happily smoking away! Supposed to quit last year, quit until where?!]

“Where’s the hotel voucher?”
“it’s with you, right?”
“no? I thought it’s with you?”
“aiyah…. I think it’s at the ferry counter la. That guy took it, never give us back!”
“why you so blur!”
“I asked you did he give you back, you said ya ya… how I know?”

But luckily they can check through their system. Heng ah!


“Why the travel agent so dumb to put us in such an early ferry?! We got to wait until 2pm for check in la!”

“Actually… I chose the timing. Thought can check in early and go play… Hehehe *guilty*”

Aiyooooooh!!!! This guy ah. Anyway we went to check out the café and had an early lunch.

Vahns lighting up again, I think I should just make a collage of each time he lights up to smoke. Don’t understand why people like to smoke. It smells and taste bad, it’s bad for your health and your wallet and it seriously STINK up your hands and mouth, also my hands since I held his.

The food was mediocre. But it’s still resort food, you know… that kind of standard. But the beef soup Vahns ordered was yummy! Wah shiok shiok man!

I order a Nasi Campur and he ordered the Beef Stew/ Soup (comes with rice). Apparently I was expecting mine to have like, a lot more items like those I get in Singapore. But sadly, some sticks of chicken satay, 1 egg, ikan bilis and peanuts, beef meat and a few raw veg. Eh how pathetic la~! The only thing that was nice – the egg. ‘Cos I like sambal eggs. That’s it.

Even Vahns’ plate of rice looks similar to mine just that he doesn’t have an egg and satay. His beef soup was so nice, we almost finished it. It’s a little like soto ayam taste – but nicer! And it reminds me of the mutton soup I had in those Indian stalls. Only ‘cleaner’ (no loose parts and remnants from the soup). They say the ‘dirtier’ the mutton soup is, the nicer. I don’t mind having another bowl!

To be nice – I’ll show you guys the menu!

While having our lunch, the staffs from Harris will come by and ask if everything is alright, how are you and so and so… So polite and friendly! Unlike Singaporeans. Ah… don’t talk about them. Makes my blood boil. =)

Despite the long wait for checking in, it was still rather pleasant. Though I was getting sleepy – I wanna get into my room!

Vahns walked around to let them ‘know’ of his existence. Lol! And finally we’re on our way to our room!



I didn’t know they had construction!

But throughout the stay, it didn’t really bother us much ‘cos we were quite far away from it. Except occasionally by the Neighbour. All cooped up in their room. I don’t rmb bumping into them or hearing their doors opening or closing. Just tv and more tv. And late at night, early in the morning their doors open and closed. Hhaahaha…. Weekend romp la! Must be!

I think I’ll end off here. Getting tired of typing and I still got tons of photographs to resize and edit. We took like 400 odd pictures over at Batam! Imagine that. Siao sia!

.i almost forgot my password and userid!

i just logged in like a week ago to post up something.
and today, i nearly forgot my userid AND password.
then i will be locked out like from my many other blogs once again!

Vahns says I have a goldfish memory. Scatterbrains, you called it.
For instance, I can place my car keys in my pocket and go like, "Where's my keys?"

But but but! At work, it's different okay? Hahaha... the reason why i tend to forget is because i'm so relaxed at home la. Haha! BS!

Anyways then he will go on with the face that goes like... *eyes popped out, cheeks inflated and a "bloop" sound, staring into your face*


[Hokay.. I attempted a quick draw on the supposed GOLDFISH]

I just came back from a really nice and eventful trip from Batam. And it's definitely very memorable! Will talk about it in my next posting! Still got plenty of pictures to upload and resizing to be done!

Definitely wanna go back there again - perhaps I will want to go to the other suite to try out and other resorts over there! And the people there are so .......... polite! Comparing to singaporeans here? Win hands down!!!!

Coming back here only add to increased level of blood pressure. Talking about that - I need to rant again about some irritating P plate driver - HE was driving a WHITE toyota vios! Okay the type of car wasn't important but still.... Oh my god, it was so infuriating!

This guy just cut into my lane when it was obvious he took the wrong lane (it was a turning lane, and he needed to go straight) He sped to my front and cut me. I almost hit him! Like wtf?! Prior to that, I was already driving towards the traffic junction when he was coming out from some place (obviously I had the right of way, they are supposed to wait til the coast is clear then drive out) - this bugger came out and was in between two lanes (including the one I'm in) I gave him a slight honk to let him know and continued. Then at the junction he was beside me right? I stared at him straight in the eye to let him know im pissed. And when the light turn green, that's when he sped and cut into my lane AGAIN!!!!!!!!!

I wished I had some honk, and it can just say - "HEY! WATCH IT!" to those frustrating drivers. You don't go around cutting people's lanes okay! That's how accidents come about. URGH!

Anyways - not to spoil my day for this stupid incident. I shall think about what I can do for my birthday!

Vahns was saying we should go HK - airfare cheap cheap! Shall sit on it and see how it goes...

By the way - I desperately need a new computer. My laptop's dying on me already after 4 faithful years. Should I get an IMac? Hmm.......

.i don't know why but this is stuck in my head

"Ponyo Ponyo Ponyo She's a tiny little fish~"


a little video to share, in case you don't know what i am talking about:

Ponyo is a new japanese anime and its trailer has been out on TV for days already.
Apparently, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (崖の上のポニョ, Gake no Ue no Ponyo?) is a by Japanese Anime Studio Ghibli, written and directed by anime filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki.

It's about a baby fish, or you can call it a mermaid since it has a human head with the face, named Ponyo who becomes a human girl. Sounds like the good old sweet little mermaid show without the lovey dovey thing going on.

And I wanna watch it! *HINT*

The song for this anime is so kawaii! Esp with the small kid singing.

And sadly to say, I'm stuck with the tune and the song that I kept humming to it.
Alright, sounds a lil' stupid but sometimes it really lightens up your mood when you hear such songs.

Nowadays all the cartoons and shows have pretty violent songs. Lotsa special effects and all in the song. BORING~

Where are all the good ol' days when all the cartoons have happy go lucky songs and tunes with happy people running around?

.kindness, who?

*push push and push further*

OMG! What's up with that auntie?
Hello? I'm also getting off at the same stop as you.

So quit pushing! And the train opposite is not gonna arrive any faster even when you rush to the front of the entrance.

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Fine, so that's just another auntie who irritated me almost every other day when I take public transport to work.

and it gets more frustrating when ANOTHER (older) auntie push and rushed into the train, seperated me and V when we were getting into the train. and she can stand right in the middle of the both of us~

Thanks huh! V and I stared at her and stared back at one another, then V grabbed my hand and attempted to pull me towards him in the cabin. When she realised we were together, like finally!, she moved backwards to let me go.

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Like what's up with all the people nowadays?! Kiasu huh! Singaporeans, please!
Shame la! Be gracious? Forget it man... Even having the Kindness Campaign, it's not gonna work.

I don't think even when people are nice, they will even appreciate it. So far, I've only bumped into 1 that is kind enough to say thank you and smile when we held the lift door open for him. The rest just mumble and grumble some rubbish and move on.

it's all stuck in their head!

all those selfish, d**b r****ds - cannot drive, cannot walk properly, cannot talk properly.

why be kind when all of them will piss you off eventually?!

I'm nice and polite to others. Only if they are, to me as well.

And speaking of driving, oh my god.. i think 80% of the singaporeans cannot drive. And they should ban people like aunties, and tais tais and those young kids, and taxi uncles!

then again - MEN are often the ones who think they can drive, but they can't la!
Hogging of lanes, taking two lanes - swaying here and there and the most irritating one - don't signal! is it so expensive to signal? the light bulbs expensive huh?

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Be Kind. Be Gracious. Wait HOR.
we're like a Third World country acting like Kings and Queens, man.....
(Even people form a Third World country have better manners than us)

.we MISSED Mas's wedding!

hur hur hur....
we missed Mas's wedding!

Omg omg omg omg!

I was still telling Vahns we should get this and bla bla for Mas.
And there we are, forgetting that it was HER wedding yesterday!

The funny thing is, I've forgotten one of my primary sch bestie's wedding too!
So looking forward to it, but I actually forgotten bout it. Until the day ends, and while I was bathing then I remembered.

I think its quite horrible to forget a wedding. Sucha HAPPY occasion!

One of the many resolutions for 2009: Write down, set alarm for important events~!

.the expensive camera

it's been a long and tiring weekend. Sometimes holidays with you having to come back for work on a Friday is so.... frustrating!

You're having the time of your life, then you stop. go work. then party your weekend away again~

it's UNHEALTHY! didn't they say you cannot stop all of a sudden else your heart might just stop altogether? (hokay! i was just bs-ing!)

A note to add: we had a great dinner over at our place with some friends and Vahns did a fantastic job in cooking and also clearing up the mess when I was sleeping. The place was spankingly clean when I woke up. So thanks, dear!


anyways the Vahns and i sorta got "chop the carrot head" just 2 days back and i think, we paid like one to two hundred extra for a low end digital camera. We've been thinking of getting one and well... I've been thinking of getting one too. But didn't think it was much of an importance. Anyway - we got it still.



Okay, I managed to find a picture of it online. That's the J110W FujiFilm camera, can somebody tell me if this is worth like 400 odd?!

Vahns is so upset and I was laughing away when I see his ultimate frustrated and sad look. Well, we bought it already - what can we do, right? Just LLST.

I had to tell him, "maybe that guy didn't cheat us la, bla bla bla..."

We were looking at Panasonic Lumix or a Casio Z100 or Cannon. But that guy showed the difference in color quality for the different cameras, (he showed Panasonic and another brand - think Sony or something) and the color for FujiFilm was the closest you can get from reality and on tv. And we were sorta 'bought over' by the way the camera thingy lens shift in and out so nicely! Looking so like a mini digital SLR camera.

And seriously! I did not want to buy it just because he commented that Vahns and me have "fu qi xiang"!

It wasn't true! IF that's the case, then isn't it very easy for the sales people to con me, right?

But... I was still happy la! Hahaha... And to make myself clear - I didn't want it because of that comment!

Furthermore, must be the watch that Vahns was wearing that made that guy jack up the price for the camera. Cos he was saying that guy was looking at his watch while stating the price. -__-

So people - next time go buy things, PLEASE, please! wear like those pasar malam watches (without the BLINGS, please) and in rags, okay? So those con men will 'siam' you far far away.

That is why - never ever go buy things at Sim Lim! You never know when you hit a "black shop".

.the gingerbread man has a tale to tell.

Latest Update: I managed to find a picture of the gingerbread man we did!

Me and the poor Vahns had to sleep at 5 am in the morning.
Thanks to the many little 'gingerbread' man cookies that we baked for Christmas.

I made orange choocolate flavour instead of the usual gingerbread flavour, in case many of them didn't like the taste.

Sad to say - the cookies tasted not too bad. But all of them are breaking their legs and heads!!!!! to my horror!

Vahns tried salvaging by putting icing and attempted to mend them. and his icing didn't harden as well! Argh!

In the end, an army of 30 over cookies - we only managed to get a few out to work. So depressing! Was rushing for time and had to forgo the rest. But I think Vahns is happy 'cos that means later tonight he'll have more cookies for himself!

Note to self: I should use a more crispy biscuit recipe instead of the softer one. Always always go get pre-made icing before the event.

Let's just hope they will like my cookies this Christmas!

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Oops! I realised I didn't post this up! Anyway for updates - I only managed to save the gingerbread men and gave them to friends as goodie bags along with some sweets and choc bar.

Note to self: never try to bake things in a rush 'cos I will end up throwing half of it away. Nice things only will turn out nice when done slow~

But at least, Edmund and gang said that my bread pudding was worth the wait!

Also, thanks for the many gifts that I received! Love them all! Of course, Vahn's gift is the best la - okay! Hahaha...