Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Batam Retreat 2009
Best hotel ever
you pay for a suite, you get the whole hotel!
only 3 other rooms were lit by 10pm.upon arrival
Sir, pls pay 1.12 million rupiah for the room
because the four millionaires only had about 2.5 million, so paying the full amount will cripple our fund>>
can we pay a deposit first?
yes sir
how much is the deposit?
1 million sir
-.-
or sir, you can deposit your passport with us
XIAO...
no, we will pay, is half of the total enough?
ok, 0.6 million
The frontline staff look at us in a weird manner as the millionaires take their money out from their wallet.
your room is at top level, 4th floor.
pass KEYS to millionaire#1.
millionaire#2 casually asked, 'where is the lift?'
no lift
lift - not working
only 3 other rooms were lit by 10pm.upon arrival
Sir, pls pay 1.12 million rupiah for the room
because the four millionaires only had about 2.5 million, so paying the full amount will cripple our fund>>
can we pay a deposit first?
yes sir
how much is the deposit?
1 million sir
-.-
or sir, you can deposit your passport with us
XIAO...
no, we will pay, is half of the total enough?
ok, 0.6 million
The frontline staff look at us in a weird manner as the millionaires take their money out from their wallet.
your room is at top level, 4th floor.
pass KEYS to millionaire#1.
millionaire#2 casually asked, 'where is the lift?'
no lift
lift - not working
in the morning, we saw a cleaner walking around the edge of the pool, sweeping the surface of the water using a BROOM! fuck, who dare to swim!
Acacia is not even near the beach! so millionaire#2 call up a friend to ask for Harris Resort's contact number.
backtrack to1st night, went winsor beer garden to have dinner! anyway, the moment we reach batam, the fella who picked us up at the ferry terminal asked if we want to go disco, estasy available at S$5. And the driver doesn't know how to speak english, so whenever we call for free hotel transport, the driver comes with a translator.
first night dinner was good
backtrack to1st night, went winsor beer garden to have dinner! anyway, the moment we reach batam, the fella who picked us up at the ferry terminal asked if we want to go disco, estasy available at S$5. And the driver doesn't know how to speak english, so whenever we call for free hotel transport, the driver comes with a translator.
first night dinner was good
food was good and cheap!
titbits for the night.
beef flavoured chips was damn good! (we didnt notice it was beef when we bought it)
millionaire#1 munching on chips, 'hmmm, very nice, what flavour is this'
turn package and it screams BEEF FLAVOURED POTATO CHIPS
taboo!!! millionaire#1 took the forbidden beef!
and he got downgraded to 'ahnei', no more millionaire.
beef flavoured chips was damn good! (we didnt notice it was beef when we bought it)
millionaire#1 munching on chips, 'hmmm, very nice, what flavour is this'
turn package and it screams BEEF FLAVOURED POTATO CHIPS
taboo!!! millionaire#1 took the forbidden beef!
and he got downgraded to 'ahnei', no more millionaire.
upon seeing the additional bed not being able to accommodate the fat nei, being the usual nice me, i let nei have a walkover, void the voting and offer the comfy bed to him, while i sleep on the extra bed.
early next morning, after qw managed to push get lazy nei to wait up, we went searching high and low for the legendary curly hair that hairy nei drops while asleep.
the one that will round up into a CIRCLE after dettachment.
went for buffet breakfastwile waiting for Harris people to come fetch us.
we cancelled our second night booking at the hunted hotel and book with Harris instead!
btw, 2nd day AM frontline staff is same as the PM frontline staff on the 1st night. I think she stays in Acacia.
the expressions say it all
we cancelled our second night booking at the hunted hotel and book with Harris instead!
btw, 2nd day AM frontline staff is same as the PM frontline staff on the 1st night. I think she stays in Acacia.
the expressions say it all
restaurant without aircon, they use ceiling fans like this>>
dirtier of cuz!
we ordered 2x chrysanthemum tea and 2xgreen tea.
but the restaurant staff came back to us and say they only had 1 can of chrysanthemum tea left.
WHICH HOTEL ONLY HAD A CAN OF CHRYSANTHEMUM LEFT IN THE STORAGE?!!
3 minus 2 stars hotel
we are leaving for good!
Goodbye to batam and hello to Harris!
In bahasa, harris staff#1 asked driver, 'from where did you pick them up?'
driver, 'Acacia'
I think we are not the first case, picking up guest from Acacia to Harris could be a common practice.
WE LOVE HARRIS!
In bahasa, harris staff#1 asked driver, 'from where did you pick them up?'
driver, 'Acacia'
I think we are not the first case, picking up guest from Acacia to Harris could be a common practice.
WE LOVE HARRIS!
they give welcome drinks and chilled towels to clean your hands!
and the number of frontdesk staff is actually mroe than the number of guests!
we saw alot of singaporeans there! so happy! feel so safe!
and the number of frontdesk staff is actually mroe than the number of guests!
we saw alot of singaporeans there! so happy! feel so safe!
i dont know why we came up with this pose
2 flying millionaires!
beauties and the beast
contest! my last shot, i had the same points as millionaire#2, they dont allow me to win her, so they keep disturbing me! in the end i got the same score as her lo! they are as erxin as nei's curly hair!
this is what we call breakfast!
we played different games! and the loser with the least points will be the secretary and will have to make plans for our future trips.
qw endorsing the documents..
qw endorsing the documents..
finally bought something at the departmental store!!
happy batam retreat 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
the H1N1 episode feat. SZ and HK
i know this is overdue. library fines can go up to hundreds.
Here is it>>>
MY SZ/HK 2009 TRIP!
lovely Singapore Changi Airport, T3
bHere is it>>>
MY SZ/HK 2009 TRIP!
lovely Singapore Changi Airport, T3
efore you know it, TADAH! HK!
the same post 1 yr ago, but this time without freaky.
everywhere we go, we see people spitting on the ground. i saw black patches everywhere and suspect its fossified spit. super unhygienic! and everywhere we walk, we saw people staring at us, we got really paranoid. as soon as we smell a thief behind us, we immediately walk back to the opposite direction, they really stopped and pretend to smoke! scary!
went shopping first night..clothes all cmi. but shoes..hmm, see later pictures.
Metropark SZ
our room is HUGE!
got kitchenette...
Metropark SZ
our room is HUGE!
got kitchenette...
head down to window of the world.
a familiar picture if you play facebook's spot the difference long enough.
Mount Fuji+apartment block
Venice
Holland
China... we are GeGe.. not ming yue and caixia!..LOL
ok laugh and stop
Rome
London
SINGAPORE!dinner@the hotel
good and surprisingly cheap food!
new sleep shorts
last night in SZ..went for mani- and pedicure. the mancurist says nails are women's 2nd face. i said NO, my aunty says, BOOBS ARE WOMEN'S 2ND FACE. i know there are people who will agree with me..LOL
we ten bought some food from the street hawker..
some are very nice! some can eat and throw.
we ten bought some food from the street hawker..
some are very nice! some can eat and throw.
oh and i met a thief! i had on my wristlet on my elbow while choosing tee for batman bro. Suddenly i felt a light tug, turned around and saw a woman in her last 20s, my wristlet in her hand, almost zipped open to steal my money! WTH lo! filthy fella stoealing from the filthy rich.. hahahahhahaha
she looks quite decent, somemore wearing a black vest, and a bob cut hair.
my heart jumps 1234567876543 beats/min!
she immediately drop my bag and pretend to look the tee-shirts before shoving off. i was later told that i'm lucky that she is inexperienced.
everywhere we go, we observed people looking at us from head to toe. we finally figured out its the slippers!
qw wore pumps bcuz she already predicted spit pool everywhere, while I insisted on slippers.
she looks quite decent, somemore wearing a black vest, and a bob cut hair.
my heart jumps 1234567876543 beats/min!
she immediately drop my bag and pretend to look the tee-shirts before shoving off. i was later told that i'm lucky that she is inexperienced.
everywhere we go, we observed people looking at us from head to toe. we finally figured out its the slippers!
qw wore pumps bcuz she already predicted spit pool everywhere, while I insisted on slippers.
our buys..>>
the blue pump is only S$3!! it's too small for me! but its only 3 bucks! and maybe I didnt cut my toenails, hence cant fit in. maybe...maybe maybe..
OH but the htel bed..FUCKING HARD! we're like sleeping on a piece of wood!
our back literally ached from sleeping in it.
and something damn funny.. bbefore we sleep, we don a mask and place teabags on our eyelids. soon, we realised we cant sleep! talk all the way till 5am! so now you know, caffeine works this way too!
on our way back to HK! to a safer land!
the backpackers.
its fucking heavy btw!
our back literally ached from sleeping in it.
and something damn funny.. bbefore we sleep, we don a mask and place teabags on our eyelids. soon, we realised we cant sleep! talk all the way till 5am! so now you know, caffeine works this way too!
on our way back to HK! to a safer land!
the backpackers.
its fucking heavy btw!
all the taxi has a seat cover that reminds you of the day of the week.
if you realised, we didnt take much pictures on the street. the people there are too jei tou jei lian already.
back to HK! safer place!
here's where we live, we almost wanted to stay in Metropark HK but the website says no lift service due to renovation..so we didnt book that..HENG no need to quarantine.
went lamma island to have must-have seafood. uncle henry says its good!
there are like 5 rainbow restaurants, we asked the 1st restaurant and the manager says no reservation no seats. the never-give-up went around to ask the other outlets and finally waited about an hour before we got a seat. we adopt the singapore-style stand, watch and wait method before we got our seats.
rainbow had their own ferry, so we took their ferry back to main island instead of the public one. took the upper open deck, and the whole ride was similar to that of a roller coaster (yet to ride on one yet, but yaaa..).
super nice butterfly bun!!!!
SUPER SINCERE followers walking all the way to the big buddha..
its FUCKING FAR CAN! AND DAMN MOUNTAINEOUS!!
sincere? thrifty?
went to the super nice steamboat, but somehow not as nice as the first time we came. after we ordered our food, we saw a group of 4 (2 triad-leader-lookalike and their wives).
we noticed that their crockeries are gold in colour while ours are plain metal.
they must be what we thought them to be?
so dangerous, sit so near us!
what if they got guns?!!?
THEN..we realised some other tables also got gold spoons..
yuan lai steamboat use plain metal crockeries.
ala-carte use gold ones.
say CHEY!!
we noticed that their crockeries are gold in colour while ours are plain metal.
they must be what we thought them to be?
so dangerous, sit so near us!
what if they got guns?!!?
THEN..we realised some other tables also got gold spoons..
yuan lai steamboat use plain metal crockeries.
ala-carte use gold ones.
say CHEY!!
2 person but we ordered a table full of food, so much that a big table is not even enough. people around us started staring and laughing at us.
in the end, we proof them wrong and finish most of the meat, left some veggies and toufu.
desserts!
in the end, we proof them wrong and finish most of the meat, left some veggies and toufu.
desserts!
sing-till-you-sia ktv and super nice street hawker food!
on the day of return, we were ding some last minute shopping until qw got a call from wb saying we have to go back now, Metropark hotel customers all got quarantined. other hotels might be next. we i quickly go queue for fitting room, quickly pay and left. in a hurry, i accidentally reverse my mask after fitting clothes.
we left for the airport 2 hours earlier than early! which is like 4 hours beforehand!
we left for the airport 2 hours earlier than early! which is like 4 hours beforehand!
need a new mask badly as i'd threw the only one away cuz it's tickling my nose.
BUT airport masks ALL SOLD OUT!
went to money changer to change some RMB to HKD.
THEN.... money changer say i got counterfeit notes, must call police!
CALL POLICE LEH!!!
police says its very common, there are cases like that everyday, and since we are tourist, we are likely targets. common sight!
and SO, we took pictures with the friendly airport policeman!
and SO, we took pictures with the friendly airport policeman!
and TADAH I GOT MASK!!! friendly airport policewoman gave me de!! so friendly right!
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