Monday, June 11, 2012

My short Batam trip~!!! - Part 1

on 2 June, my hubby and i went to Batam for 1D1N as he had bought a Groupon coupon. so we asked his parents to take care of Sonia. happily, i went to do manicure and pedicure at Color Zone on e dae b4, aft my work.

1st tm doin artwork on my toes~! nice? lol

on Sat mornin, i woke up v earli :( hubby rushed mi cos he scared we will be late when we rched Harborfront. initially, i was stil glad when he told mi we would tk cab lol. we jz ate some cakes den prep 2 go out. Sonia woke up aft i finished bathin. i was upset on e bus cos tinkin of her haiz.. we were earli at Harborfront so we sat one side 2 rest b4 boardin e ferry. we oso went 2 e Duty-Free shop 4 awhile. hubby asked mi wanna buy beer anot. i said dun wan cos nv thought of drinkin. i saw Xie Jia Fa or his look-alike, of Yes FM93.3 with a few ladies at e gate~! when e ferry arrived, we went 2 sit at e upper deck. thr was nth nice 2 snap outside e window durin e journey.

Xie Jia Fa

we rched Batam abt 45 mins ltr. we needed 2 find e tour guide 2 bring us ard Batam. fortunately, we managed 2 c her aft i went 2 e toilet. it was a long queue at e smelly toilet. we took a bus outside e ferry terminal wif 2 malay families. i saw a cute & pretty baby ger :)

firstly, e tour guide brought us to e Polo Ralph Lauren shop. she said e stuffs were authentic from USA. hubby and i juz went window-shoppin thr cos e clothes were ex to us. we oso saw other branded bags and wallets such as LV, Hermes & Gucci thr. aft tt, she drove us to do massage. she said we could not do in e hotel cos thr were no more slots.

prior 2 e massage, we soaked and washed our feet in a basin. den we went our upstairs 2 gt ready. hubby and i were jz bside each other wif e curtain btw us. e female masseurs were friendly. we lied on a mattress on e floor. e whole process was relaxin and abit ticklish. hubby felt lk slpin lol. e masseur asked mi whether i did massage b4 and i answered mine was lyin on a bed not on-e-floor style. she said den mine was spa nt massage. aft we finished our massage, we tk photographs of e place as it had a nice ambience and decor which resembled e one we went in Singapore.

Taken after our massage~!

Taken before we went downstairs...

e tour guide came 2 fetch us aft our massage. she took all of us to taste some layer cakes outside a cake shop. Indonesia is famous for layer cakes. there were 4 flavors namely original, chocolate, prune and i forgt e name of e other one. i liked e Prune flavor e most as it tasted e nicest, so we ordered one box.

a portion of Prune layer cake

finali, we could go lunch. i was v hungry cos i oni ate abit in e morning. we went 2 a seafood restaurant 4 lunch. e place was called Golden Prawn 555. hubby & i sat at e same table with 3 malay kids fr out bus. e 1st dish tt arrived was e chilli crabs (shown on e left pic - centre pic, white plate). next dish was e clams soup (shown on e below pic - top left pic). as u can see fr e left pic, we oso ate chiili oysters (orange plate in e middle), fried fish (top pic) & fried prawns (below left pic). fr e rite pic, u can see calamari (centre pic) & green veg too. my hubby & i lk e veg oni as it tasted e best among all lol. we oso ordered one coconut 2 share. but i din snap a photo of it. i stil fd e local coconut more tasty. e malay kids din eat mch but i noticed they lk e fried prawns n fried fish. we ate all these wif white rice of cos.

aft lunch, e tour guide brought us 2 c a Indo traditional show b4 leavin e place. she said we could gif tips if we were satisified wif e show as it was a free performance. it was short wif e purpose of wanting 2 encourage their own young ppl 2 learn e traditional yet dangerous fire-shallowing and glass-eating acts. my hubby did pass e man some rupiahs aft they finished and everyone applauded.

den, we took some time 2 tour an outdoor miniature house exhibition. e tour guide wanted us 2 guess which house belonged 2 a cannibal tribe in Indo. no one guessed correctli but nvm one. she gave my hubby & i a brief description of all e various houses as we could nt understd e malay words engraved on e small board.

nw, we came 2 e adventurous part. my hubby & i gona play e Flying Fox. e weather was hot and e queue was abit long. nt mani ppl fr our bus joined us. we gt ready by wearin e helmet & harness band 1st. we needed 2 climb 2 e top of e starting point. a man was thr 2 connect our harness 2 a rope & we were told 2 hold onto e handles. he counted to '3' and off we went down e rope 2 e landin point at a far end. my heart was beatin fast while i was in mid air! it was excitin as it was my 1st tm playin Flyin Fox!

b4 we went 4 our dinner at a shoppin mall, we went 2 a Batik shop. we missed e temple and e Factory Outlet cos thr was nt mch tm left. we bought nothing at e Batik shop. my hubby bought a pair of leather shoes at e shoppin mall which was called BCF. we saw mani branded bags thr, so my hubby bought mi one lol. we dined at a cafe and my hubby ate Fish & Chips and me fried seafood kway keow. it was delicious :) we oso ordered a strawberry milkshake as shown below.


at last, we could go back to our hotel oredy...