twenty oneeeee

Alo alo! Hey thereee, I'm back from home.. I wana go back. Home sick already :( Home is where baby is at a.k.a. Forfar Heights, Strathmore Avenue :( Just arrived in MY yesterday, and it has been such a great week. I really thank God I've had such an awesome week after them hectic finals.. I'm sure baby did too! (:

Anywayss long story short, we celebrated my 21st Birthday together! Now for a second there I really thought we were going to go to a chalet on sentosa to just have a celebration and put up a night there... I was so wrong lol.

Woke up in the morning and we had to make a move to Harbourfront, apparently to meet a friend. "oh and don't forget to bring your passport leh, I don't think it's safe to leave your passport at home" *why do I need a passport to go to sentosa LOL* *Felt weird before leaving when dad asked me to call them.. if anything happens, they got contacts down there.* Down where wei lol. *seriously, go sentosa need to call backup? lollolol*

So go to Harbourfront and needed to meet this 'friend' at Starbucks, lol I thought chong was gonna pop out of nowhere, with Jin, perhaps. Or later la at sentosa. Still, thought maybe this is the friend baby's talking bout ma lol.

Baby : "Baby close your eyess"
Me: "Whaii?"
Baby : "Just closeee"
Me: "Aaa okay la okay la" *at least I get to know what it is*
Baby : "Okay you can open your eyes now!"



Baby surprised me with a trip to Batam OMG!! O.O
Honestly, how many people are that fortunate to be taken off to an island BY SURPRISE to celebrate their birthday! well not blindfolded and then SURPRISE (cuz you probably wouldn't get pass the immigration dept without being suspected as a terrorist with that blind llolol)

Anyways, dam syokla, super psyched about going d. I didn't know what to expect. Is it dangerous? Is it ulu? Is it like just another Malaysian island I've been to that's affected by the ongoing monsoon? Is it filled with illegal immi.. I mean, is it filled with loads of people? Isolated? Conjested?

While waiting for the gates to be open.. there was this shop.. they should be Why Pay More, instead of DFS ._. DFS lol sounds like some game, like NFS lol. Anyways, no they don't sell PS3, Wii or 360.


AND I THOUGHT THIS KINDA PLACES ONLY EXISTED IN DUTY FREE LANGKAWI OR JB! oops sorry caps. I meant to do it :D Dam excite kay! Our Bailey's was only $34! (ITS CHEAP DOLLAR TO DOLLAR OKAY, DONT CONVERT CUZ I KNOW UR DOING THAT RIGHT NOW. xD) And check out this Absolut Rock below la, a must-have for poyo rockstars - Someone ought to send some to the Jonas, and those people who were involved with camp rock hahahahahha

And we're off! onto our ferry ride which was so motion-sickness-ifying. Actually not that seriousla, but I felt a bit dizzy after going to the toilet. Managed to deduce the formula of
Confined Space + Rocking Ferry - Clean Toilet - Snack Bar(baby said bintan 1 have snack bar maaa) = Motion Sickness

anyways pics againn!


And finally, we arrive at Teluk Senimba. Where it looks like a cosy part of Batam Island..




Then there was this guy who had this face -.- who was in charge at the immigration, did not allow baby and I to have our passports stamped together and insisted we go one by one. Seriously as if we're gonna start a riot? Yah me and my baby start a riot LOL i would wanna see that.

Anyways, didn't know where we were staying till I saw our ride. Epic shuttle.

yez we be checkin in da holidaaeee iinnnn


Oh one thing to note is the highly commended service of Holiday Inn. I don't know if it's like that at EVERY Holiday Inn resort, but the workers there are just SO FRIENDLY. And these guys don't just treat their guests to feel like their at home, they treat each other the same way too! Talk about harmony wei. In malaysia.. they don't give two hoots about each other, guests - they probably do it cuz it's their job, and some of them don't even practice it lol.

Anyways pics taken from our balcony!


And the kitchen, oops forgot the living room, and the bedroom!
And ourselves of course lollol. It was drizzle-pouring (in between drizzling and pouring la) when we arrived, had to suit up with sweaters.
And we haven't had lunch since we arrived, my tummy was already pestering me to pester baby to makan, but baby asked me to wait for the cake. And it arrived eventually, on the house yo! Free caaaaakkkkkeeeee (:






I'm a happy boy, i mean, MAN. sorry I keep forgetting my age is catching up with me hahhaa

And off we went for lunch! We were told the Thai Orchid had some all you can eat promo, but it was only open till 2 and it was 2+ almost 3 already, but we decided to give it a shot anyway since it was drizzle-pouring.

Thank God it was still open, even with our Malayporean timing we were still in time! Cuz we were in Indon. lol. Indon time is -1 hour behind MY n SG time. So it was still before 2 and we managed to grab a bite there. Good stuff tho, learnt a trick on cooking baby kailan from the baby kailan fried w salted fish! that's the trick! it really tastes different from normal baby kailan fried with just garlic ok! more pics!


And some camwhoring before going swimming!

Baby I know I should take classes for swimming la, uber fail lolollol but I CAN TREAD WATER K. Okay technically I don't know how to, but can somehow float so..should be fine rite? ahhaha. Anyways, after we swam.. tummy called again, we couldn't decide where to eat, definitely NOT the Thai Orchid again, so decided to take a look at the menu for the other eateries - Terrace Cafe, Akusumthingsumthingmono Teppanyaki and Dragon Inn Restaurant (this is a seriously misleading name - is it an inn? or a restaurant ._. )




In the end we decided on..








Room service! :D You get the beeeesssttt of both worlddsss!
That yang chou fried rice rocks man. And baby, I dono why but this picture makes me hungry everytime i look at it, even now, as I'm typing this out lolollol.

There's not much of a nightlife around Holiday Inn cuz it's rather secluded from town centre, but that also makes it a bit more peaceful and somewhat secure la. We ordered a jug of milk which came along with the sweet and sour prawns served in d pineapple, and it was the same dude who attended to us at Thai Orchid who brought our meal right to our doorstep! Along with the overpriced milk.. it was almost the same price as our bottle of Bailey's.. that's how ex it is man..

That was pretty much day one and we woke up to thissss.

Ya got MIST OKAY! So nice right you mist like in genting or camerons, yet we're on an island and mind you, Holiday Inn is just a stone throw's away from the pier! Literally. seriously, run there also can wei.

Anw it's not mistla, it's my cam getting foggy cuz of difference in air-cond room temp and the sunlit morning. Off to breakfast, a complimentary international buffet at the Terrace Cafe :D They have quite a variety here though it's more to western kinda buffet, but asian food oso have la.


A few more pics we took before we had to check out :( It was only a 2 day 1 night trip, but seriously that 1 hour difference in timezone was really significant it felt like we had extra hours to live lol!

Back on the Golden Image and heading back to Harbourfront SG.

I've done many 2d1n trips before and they're always fun. But this one, this is really different. It'll be a special and great memory. I'm glad I got to celebrate my 21st with you, baby. (: All of this could've happened because of Him and you (: Thank you for everything, not just this celebration, but for being there for me through it all.


Lots of love,
CS

PS: I can so get used to us travelling together and going on holidays. I love every moment of it. I love you. (:

All the best in your Os baby! Hardcore mugging here we gooo! xD