alighted at Harbourfront and my whole family decided to have Taiwan Shilin Snacks for dinner..lol

Short trip took place in Batam, Indonesia..Very nice place..slightly smaller than Singapore as in Batam alone..definitely modernised and something familiar to Malaysia's JB..just that things in Batam are somewhat cheaper and people there are friendlier..

the girls there quite pretty and simple in looks.. also, talked to a lot of people there who can understand and even speak 3 languages: Malay, Mandarin and English..so cool!~

1st day: woke up at 6am (only 2-3 hours of sleep!!) then headed to HarbourFront. Took the ferry to Batam for about an hour..damn long and weather was damn hot..upon arrival, we looked for our one day tour guide and boarded the bus..he's quite funny..spoke Mandarin, English and Melayu to all of us..of course his english isn't that good but good effort nonetheless.

Headed to the largest temple in the world and then bought some food stuff from small stores..right after we went for seafood lunch at the Golden Prawn..hahaha the fish was nice and tempura squids was also nice (although i only ate the flour and then didn't really eat the squid XD)

Right after we went to, omg, 4 shopping centres..quite tiring also..bought a few apparel from this store called "Felic"..it's like Singapore's "77th Street" where they sell many things that appeal to the young and the young in mind..

We went to Nyagoya Hill Shopping Mall and had lunch there..

Spicy Fish (so damn nice and spicy!~ =P) Fried Ice-Cream (Vanilla Flavour) my bro had chocolate..Not bad but flour too much and ice cream too little so melts quite fast..=)

Btw this shopping centre is just beside my hotel..it's really near!~ very convenient for us..and I ate at this Happiness Restaurant twice and ordered takeaways back to my hotel once!~ =D It's the largest and newest shopping centre in Batam and my Hotel is the newest hotel in Batam too! Only about 5 months old..=P

After this shopping mall we headed to another one which was older but quite big also and that was where I bought my 1st apparel of the day from "Felic" (photo above where i'm wearing the striped jacket)..

Then right after that we went into Mega Mall, located opposite the ferry terminal. There, we ate again but this time lightly because we spotted A&W!!!!!!!!!!~ YAY!!! after so many years since the last A&W in Singapore closed in 2003 I finally get to dine at an A&W outlet once again..bought the waffle with ice-cream and then ordered curly fries. was so so full at that time and still managed to cram in part of the waffle and curly fries..hehe

How the traffic is like in Batam, Indonesia (near Mega Mall)

After that was "sayonara" to the one day tourists in the tour bus with us..and we stayed for like.. 3 days..lmao =.=" After the tour guide settled everything while we were in the bus, he and the bus driver drove the big bus to a main road. Only 4 of us in the bus (my whole family including me) because most of the group went home and some of them had already took a van to their hotel far far away from the city. The sky turned dark from there and our tour guide who introduced himself as "Rudy Hartono" (lol) went to take his car opposite the road..i think it's his in front of his travel company where he works..then we took his car and he drove us to iHotel..chat along the way..very funny guy. One thing about Indonesia is that their poverty line is quite great..you can see beggars asking for money on the roads!~ we went past one mother and daughter on the road and the side mirror was so close to the daughter's face!! omg mann..her head could have flown off if the car was travelling at a fast speed..

Reached iHotel near 6pm Singapore time and checked into our rooms..was separated from my parents bcoz our rooms were about 2 rooms apart due to other tourists who checked in during the afternoon..so i shared the room with my bro..very nice hotel..outside our rooms there's soothing music playing from the speakers and almost everything was provided for..hotel was cheap..around $80 per night and we had 2 rooms..

After checking in for half an hour, we headed to Nyagoya Shopping Mall again to have our dinner and to shop

This is only the outer front of the shopping centre (no air-conditioning here)..

All the toysss!!

Entering through the front entrance
Heart of the shopping mall with the Indonesia's flag in the middle for their National Day

Headed up the 2nd and 3rd floors of the mall..2nd and 1st more to shopping and 3rd floor for food and entertainment such as the movies, karaoke, pool, ice cream palour, arcade etc..

Look!!~ 88th Street there just like Singapore's 77th Street!~ but this "street" dosen't sell many things, only girl's stuff (as you can see, very small shop)..
Went to the 3rd floor and ate at Bistro Cafe (can't remember the name clearly)

drinks galore!~ very cheap around 12,ooo rp about 1.80sgd (for these type of drink it's very cheap..would cost ard 4sgd minimum..

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2nd day: nothing much just more to shopping and entertainment!!

shopped at their megamart

hoodies!!

Be@rBrick shirt!! but didn't get it coz too small (including other bearbrick tee-shirts) Instead, got a Stussy shirt from the same shop

where i got most of my caps



Then we went to Happiness Restaurant to dine once again!!~

Ordered the Spicy Fish Rice Rp 16,000

Same type of fish, Spicy Fish but ordered separately Rp 28,000 =p

Went into "The Monic" a KTV outlet on the 3rd floor
40,000 rp per hour around 6.34sgd

and this store called "Sunboss" wahh..very daring lehh..look at what they're selling!!

C.I.A sehhh =D
L.A.P.D somemore..lol

My mom went to wash/blow her hair at this salon in Nyagoya Hill Shopping Mall..XD around 3sgd

bought this cap along with 3 other caps..=P

takeaway to hotel fried rice (very delicious!)

take-away spicy fish meal too!~ yes i ate both but didn't really eat the fried rice because too much small vegetables inside..

and then...also ate curly fries from Bistro Cafe!~ hehehe very bloated..

also..ate during the 9pm Channel 8 final episode!!~ yeah this hotel had Singapore's Channel 5 and 8 too!~ good right see that's why i say this hotel's great!~ and cheap somemore..lol

the caps that I bought (excluding the black one at the back bought in Singapore)

Breakfast at iHotel for 2 days..very very nice!!!! of course it's F.O.C because we stayed at the hotel..XD and it's buffet..

iHotel taken from Nyagoya Hill Shopping Mall..it's near trust me..

Panaroma view of hotel room (moved to a connecting room on the 2nd day)

Swimming Pool and whirpool spa (the circle one) just outside our window

on the mini bus to the ferry terminal

on the ferry (went to the bottom seating where it's air-conditioned) =D

Reaching Singapore..

What we spent on and how much we spent..=.="
credits to my parents..

Kueh Lapis 12sgd (half only) very delicious better than Singapore's version..=0

Sugar Sotong

Stuff that I bought = 110 sgd..=.=" didn't know I spent that much..lol