Back!! Photos!!

I'm back!! Well of course I should, it was only a one day trip. I came back feeling groggy from the ferry and slept for... erm.... pretty long! =D

Friends have been asking me how was my trip. I don't know how to answer that! Hmm.. I think it was just ok? Nothing fantastic, nothing to complain either. It was just a getaway one day trip.

It began with a little cock up. He went home after work and supposed to leave home at 8:45AM to pick me up but he fell asleep. In the end he left home around 9:10AM. I thought we were still on time but NOT! Xta had been showing me the ferry schedules from BatamFast website so I always thought we would be taking the 10:50AM ferry. In the end she made booking at Penguin which I didn't know the time changed to 10:20AM!! We were late for everything!! Xta and Tri already got their tickets! Zzz... Almost thought we had to take the next ferry because the gates already closed! So damn fucking lucky we met someone working for Penguin that he know. Specially arranged tickets for us and brought us in immediately. Phew!

Got on the ferry and it set off promptly. Settled down on the top deck and Xta initiated camwhore session... Lol...

This shot taken with Leica.

Disappointing camera! Or you can say maybe I don't know how to use it yet. But in my opinion, a good compact should be able to shoot nice pictures with auto mode. If I had to twitch a lot of settings with it, I might as well do with a DSLR! Most of the pictures came out from the Leica looks brilliant on the LCD display, but under exposed when I load to the computer. I had to adjust the exposure in Photoshop to get the picture above! I would say the Leica has good lens, good LCD but not an intelligent sensor.

Enjoying the breeze...


Practising on Photoshop. =)


Peeping... Heehee...

I remembered from my previous trip to Batam, the ferry took about an hour. He insisted it was shorter and his friend told him it would take about 35minutes only. Screw him! Ferry left at 10:15AM and reached there almost 11:45AM Singapore time. The bloody ferry took a long time to berth. Zzz... Anyway Batam is 1 hour behind us. After getting off the ferry, took some time off exchanging currency. We were free to roam until 12PM local time which Xta made an appointment for the massage centre to pick us. Went to the mall opposite and jalan a bit. Very fucking hungry. Lunch time!

Very familiar mascot ya!


Do you miss it too? =)


Brings back the memories....

Xta wanted to try the highly recommended J.CO donuts. We were too hungry to think that donuts are not enough. Maybe try that later as snack after massage. Didn't realise we only had 30minutes to lunch. Regretted the A&W. Should have tried their KFC. Lol...

A Chinese man came to pick us up. Later I guessed he's the boss of the massage parlor. He speaks fluent Hokkien. Anyway car ride took quite a while before we reached. I thought it was going to be only 5 or 10minutes.

Street of Nagoya.


Isabella Massage House at Nagoya Hill.

Omg! I'm loving my wide angle lens! Lol.. Anyway, both of us went for the Bali Thai style massage. Cost about SGD$22.50 for a 2hour massage per person! Cheap and also good! Tri also went for Bali Thai. He didn't like it. He was complaining being twisted around, uncomfortable and painful. LOL! I supposed he don't like Thai massage.

After massage went shopping again. Isabella offers round trip transportation. We requested to drop us at the BSC Mall which is nearby. Xta's research said it is one of the bigger malls around but so boring there!! Yes, lots of clothes but not our taste! He was complaining, "有钱怎么花?!" LOL!! Xta and Tri bought nothing. I anyhow bought a green cotton top with a kitty print. Green top goes with blue jeans and my oleng shoes! xD Took some rest at an indoor cafe. Smoking is allowed.

But you must use a broken ashtray. Hehe..

Can't say Xta bought nothing. The supermart has many cheap things for grabs. Xta was telling me about the cheap toothbrushes and some necessities. Omg! All the way to Batam to stock these?! I didn't check her shopping bag though, but Francis came to me and say, "Oei oei... Lingjia 她买好几包tampons!跟她讲那个toiletpaper也是很便宜!" LOL! Anyway we stock quite a few bottles of body scrub. About SGD$1++ for a bottle and it comes in many scent. We used one bottle that night. Hehe...

I can't remember the time when we finished shopping. 6:30PM? Or 7:30PM? A bit lost with the time difference. Anyway it was what Tri was craving for - dinner at Golden Prawn.

Wide angle lens takes very ugly closeup.


Trying to act pro!




See that hungry ghost!

After dinner everyone was feeling sleepy. PIG!! Time to hit the bed!

Very late check-in to Harris Resort.

I fell asleep probably around 12AM plus. No idea what time Tri and Xta slept. Maybe they bathed and slept in the tub. I woke up at 3AM local time feeling hungry. He bought some cup noodles from the supermart earlier. Cup noodles?! Zzz... We ordered room service instead. Avocado prawns salad tasted great. Ribeye steak sucks! After makan we slept again. Woke up in the morning about 9AM. Received a SMS from my mother, "你快回来咪咪在哭喊着呢" Aiseh! Mai siao siao! My mother can SMS! Called my mother and she said Mimi 叫得很凄凉. LOL!

Checked the ferry schedule and decided to go back earlier than 2PM which we planned. The next earlier timing was 12:40PM. The friend from Penguin sold us return tickets. Penguin ferries don't serve Waterfront terminal which is nearer to the resort we stayed, so we had to head back to Batam Centre which is 30minutes car ride away. We don't really have to go there but we don't want to waste the tickets. Called over to their room and Tri picked up the phone. Asked him if they were still asleep, informed him that we would be leaving earlier. He just went, "Mm... mm... mm..." Lol.. Still dreaming I think. We were still early, decided to head Batam Centre for shopping and food. Only window shopped because there's seriously nothing to buy. Oh and we didn't go for the free 30minutes massage that came with the resort stay. If we were to go for the massage, would be late for the earlier ferry.

Wahahaha!!


And of course, try out J.CO donuts!




Yummy~

Heading home time... If anybody has noticed, it was a futile trip for my lomo troops! LOL! At least I tried to take some pictures with Diana during the ferry back. Left two more shots in it, maybe find a chance to finish the film on Mimi these few days then send for process. Still alot of shots in the Fisheye. =(

I thought coming back early means we could have more time to spend in Singapore during "daylight" before he goes home. Well, we did... Reached Harbourfront the first thing was rushed home to check on Mimi. Dropped my things and drove out together to Cathay Photo. Bought a dry cabinet. Then he had to go home. So soon... Haiz... Anyway I didn't have any idea where to go, he couldn't stay for long either.

The dry cabinet gave me some troubles. Had a miserable time carried it up from carpark to my house. Came home and realised the cabinet was dented. Zzz... Went back to change yesterday. They don't have anymore stocks for the model I bought. Have to wait about a month. They will deliver it to me when it comes. Then maybe I will sell my current dry box to Huimin since she was asking me about it.

I always loved pastries like donuts but I never tried any of the donuts in town even when the donuts craze was going on. After trying the J.CO donuts in Batam, I was craving for more. Last night He companied me to Raffles City to tapao some J.CO donuts home. I packed a dozen!! I would say the donuts only taste great if you eat on the spot. Leaving around for too long without kept at the right temperature, the thing don't taste as good.

Passed by a Godiva Chocolate counter at Raffles City. He suddenly commented, "Chocolates can make a woman happy!" Then he offered to buy me chocolates! LOL! I accepted as appreciation. Kaoz! Anyhow pick a few cost $40++!!

Thank you darling!!


Dinner was at quite a very "lok" place...

Someone (I think was Vincent) told me of this place that serve nice 小笼包 and a variety of the common Shanghainese delights. Checked out the place last night. They claimed to serve traditional Peking food. Not a lot of items in their menu. Just a few dishes like 炸酱面, 锅贴 and such. Not even any dish with century eggs like what you would find with the normal Shanghainese delights. We only ordered 炸酱面 and the 小笼包.

Looks very plain and normal.

Tasted plain and normal too... The 小笼包 was not bad though. He was complaining he asked for some sliced chilli but they don't serve!! He don't seems to know how to appreciate food in their origins. Zzz... Quite surprising to find crowd in such a small eatery. You can even find Japanese there! Anyway, I don't think we would go back again. I don't find the food fantastic. There are better 小笼包 around.

Now holiday is over, back to sianzing in reality again. A lot of laundry to do! Upkeeping of the room too! Mimi's fur is accumulating on my bed, his litter sand is spilling over my room. Hoping to get an aircon soon. Maybe go browse with my mother tonight. Darling offered to subsidise $1.5k for it and already gave me the money! =)