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Monday, December 12, 2011 ♥9:16 AM

I came back from a short holiday to Batam yesterday. It was my mum's workplace holiday trip, and staff can bring their family along. So my whole family went haha!

We took a ferry from harbourfront to Batam, about 1hour trip. We stayed at Harris Resort, supposedly a very good hotel in Batam, but as compared to other hotels in other countries I think it failed in comparison :x The aircon don't seem to work and we had to call the room service in and they tried to fix it. After fixing it was better, but 18deg felt like 25 deg lol. And the wifi signal not very good also..sometimes can receive sometimes cannot..only the lobby has the strongest signal. Although the facilities not very good, but I think their service is great! We were warmly welcomed with cold plum juice, cold towels and dance by the staff. The service in Harris cafe was good too.

After checking in we went for a 1 day tour. First station was a kueh lapis shop. Haha now I know why this shop sells the most expensive kueh lapis ($25) as compared to other kueh lapis shops we visited. This one taste the nicest!

This is the signboard of the nice kueh lapis shop. Haha the guy with the round face is our tour guide for the 1 day tour.

After that we went to eat seafood lunch at some outdoor restaurant. Then went to some local products shop which sells alot of crackers, but we didn't buy any..unhealthy food mah :p Next was shopping at a souvenir shop and 1st factory outlet. The factory outlet sells genuine clothes from Burberry and Polo Ralph Lauren. We spent the most money there. I think that is the only place you can find real branded stuff, the Nagoya shopping mall we went to sells fake stuff. You will know its fake when you see the price lol.

A picture taken inside Nagoya shopping mall.

After the tour we went back to hotel for dinner. We ate buffet for every meal. Now I feel like I am scared of food :/ The food is okay, not exactly nice. Maybe not suitable for singaporean tastebuds haha.

This is the view from the balcony of our room. I didn't swim there, coz nobody accompany me :(

2nd day started with breakfast buffet. Haha the food that I like best is the egg omelette. I ate like dunno how many eggs in the 2 days of breakfast :p After that there was teambuilding games. Coz its a company holiday mah, must bond the staff. And I was forced to join :( Okay lah, got enjoy abit. We played at the beach.

Nice scenery at the beach :)

Me landing on the ground after standing broad jump. Hee haven't jump for so long.

In the afternoon we went shopping at the same places again. There is J CO donuts at the Nagoya shopping mall. We bought 30 and treated everyone on the bus coz we want to spend finish the rupiah. One donut costs 6000 rupiah! Its only about $0.90, much cheaper compared to Singapore.

After that we went back to hotel to wash up and prepare for the cowboy night. Haha the theme of the dinner is cowboy thats why..and everyone had to dress up.

Do I look like a cowgirl? :p

Last day just eat and slack in hotel room, then checked out and left Batam. I feel great that I am living in Singapore. The living standard here is really good as compared to Batam.