Sunday, March 18, 2007
This blog is so dusty!Ha.No one's blogging? :(
My mind was all over the place today. Have no idea where though. Wasnt concentrating during work. Tried too, but to no avail. So sad. Gotta push all this thoughts aside and concentrate on packing my luggage.
Looking forward to the trip! Hopefully it helps me get some things off my mind. BUT i really dont know where its wandering too.. Hmmmmmm...
mel! :D
4:20 AM
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Friday, March 16, 2007
THIS IS SERIOUSLY A CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION! I CAN ACCESS BLOGGER FROM HOME. I HOPE THIS KEEPS UP! ((:
it's been sucha long time since i've last posted something here and i really miss reading my posts. haha. okay tht sounded quite ego but still, you've gotta love yourself you know?
So many things have happened since I last blogged. Good things and bad. I guess we just have to cherish the good moments and learn from the bad ones. One thing good, I CAN BLOG AGAIN! YAY!
Anyway, as you guys probably know or dont know, i just got back from Batam and I'm feeling not so good. Dont ask why, i dont know why; and it's not the food. The food there's awesome. Let me take you on the 3 day 2 night journey I had there with Qing Yun, Joseph, Hui Shi and Lina.
Day 1
We met up at HarbourFront at 8am and had some breakfast at Seah Im Food Centre before heading off to board the ferry. Ahhh, i guess i'll be having breakfast there everyday next sem. Haha.
Then after getting out tickets and waiting for the gates to open, we boarded the ferry. The ride was quite nice and took only about 40 mins. I was awake the whole time cos i really really love the water and how it would splash whenever the boat moved. haha.
Then we reached the jetty and we were greeted by some orange shirt people who were from our resort. They picked us up and brought us to our resort which was really just 60 seconds away. It's really amazing. It's like the only decent piece of building there, at Waterfront City, the place where we were at.
HARRIS RESORT! They brought us to the lounge to chill as they got our rooms ready and we just sat there and met up with a real friendly chap, RUDY. I guess he's like the manager of sorts and greeted us and stuff. Real nice guy la.
Then we got our rooms (: Quite comfortable. Very comfortable actually, considering how everyone slept so long and soundly throughout the nights and even days.
After settling down and stuff, we headed off to town. We hired a cab for the entire day for about $60 and he took us all over Batam. First, he brought us to Nagoya Hill shopping centre in the more developed part of Batam. The roads are so scary la. The journey there took about 30 mins and the roads were so bumpy and full of holes and cars were travelling in two directions on a single lane. Seriously, not for the faint hearted. The drivers there are bloody skilled; that's all i can say.
We told him to pick us up after 3 hours. So as we headed into a very big shopping building, we were full of hope. But sadly, it was sucha disappointment. It pretty much reflects Batam la. So much land area, but extremely bad use of land space. There were so many empty shops and shops that were not open. So so sad. But surprisingly, I managed to find some pretty nice stuff and bought a pair of nice shoes for just $143,000 which comes up to about S$20+. What a bloody bargain man.
Then we saw something really interesting. BFC. Yes, BFC not KFC. Best Fried Chicken. The food served there was rather different. They served like chicken rice and soto ayam and fried chicken as well. Innovative I guess. Had some nuggets which tasted like nvm, and their chocolate milkshake had nuances of strawberries. Dont you just love that word, nuances? HAHA!
Our driver for the day picked us up promptly and brought us to our next destination, Batam Centre. I hoped the shops there were better and they were! Although it was smaller, the shops were mostly running and they had a Quiksilver and Roxy store there and you wouldnt believe how bloody cheap the stuff there is la! I really should have changed more money! So we walked around and I got an Everlast tee. Quite nice, another olive green shirt to add to my collection. haha. Then we bought snacks and drinks for our intended late nights which never happened. And donuts! Such tasty and pretty donuts they were! Yes Yes.
It was only 6pm when he picked us up so we asked him to bring us to somewhere beautiful and scenic. So after a long long long drive, he brought us up a huge bridge that overlooked the sea on both ends. It was so beautiful and the wind was amazing.
It was late by then and we were dying for some seafood so we asked him to bring us to a nice seafood place, preferably on a kelong. So after another long drive, we arrived at this super deserted place where they served FRESH seafood. It was by the water and our dinner was still swimming in the enclosure when we got there. But 10 minutes later, well let's just say it looks nicer on a plate than in the water; and it tastes nicer too! We had 2 crabs, a fish, kang kong and Gong Gong for just $14 a person and it was so good. Seriously so good.
So we got back to our rooms and had a good night's rest. That's all for day 1.
Day 2
Lina was still asleep so we wrote her a note telling her that we went swimming. So Qing Yun, Jo, Hui Shi and myself went swimming in the pool and it started to drizzle. I was so devastated that there was no sun out! So after some time Hui Shi and I went back to the room cos Jo and Qing Yun wanted to swim somemore. Yea right. I'm sure that's what they wanted to do. You guys already sleep on the same bed and now you want the pool? SIGH!
After they got back to the room and everyone was ready, we went down to see what we could do in the resort. So first, we went to the gym which looked half dead and played around with the equipment. The weights were all rusted and I didnt dare try some of the machines for fear of my safety. Then we went to the bowling alley for some fun. We had the whole place to ourselves till about before we were gonna leave. 2 pros came and played a few lanes away and I didnt know where to hide my face. That followed with playing on the worst pool table of my life with the worst balls and cues i've ever come across.
Then we went back to the rooms and cleaned up and they fell asleep again. The beds must have been really comfortable for them. I was watching tv the whole time. haha. Just give me a dumb black box and I'll be happy. When it came to dinner time, we went down to have some free meal which was pathetic and left us hungry even after that but it was all good when we were at the lounge. Yes we chilled there after dinner, listening to the band perform. We were also called on stage and sang along. Yes, tone deaf Warren was forced on stage cos i requested them to play Hotel California. What happens in Batam, stays in Batam.
Goodnight from Day 2.
Day 3
Nothing much happened on day 3. We checked out of the resort and boarded the ferry. I got a little ill cos i had soft drinks and chips for breakfast. Not a very good combo for breakfast. Hence the illness now. I'm sick and pretty pissed cos after waiting 5 hours for the pics to be sent to me, it got cancelled when it just had 10 seconds or so left. Talk about bad karma.
what goes around comes around, what goes up must come down.
p.s. pictures will be posted up soon, after i get them.
2:28 AM
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Monday, March 5, 2007
Be strong guys. You know who you are. Take care.
We're always here..
Love, mel.
10:28 PM
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Thursday, March 1, 2007
I just did one quiz and dumb blogger decides not to publish it. FRIGGGG.
YAY, exams are over!! No books for 6/7 weeks. London, I'm coming! :)
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