just came back from batam yesterday
i had only one day to explore the place, and i think it was more than enough. there's really nothing much there. i was lucky that when my friend and i were walking around, we met a ship crew who was with his auntie (a local). Luckily, the auntie brought me around to buy the ikan bilis and dried shrimps my parents wanted. From there, we just tagged along with him, as he also had another friend bringing him around.
1. we first went to dua bei gong temple to bai bai. i dun really believe in such things la, but just do it to show some respect. q interesting lah. e chinese really pray to almost every famous character in the chinese history.
2. then we went "shopping" at Batam City Square. the so called newest and largest mall there. nothing much too. but we mainly shopped for food/snacks to bring back to ship.
3. then the 'highlight' (which i think everyone on my ship went for): a one and a half hour massage. Now, for those who are thinking what i think you are thinking, the massage parlour was a clean one. No special services... But the massage was indeed v cheap. around 13 sgd for the 1.5 hour session. But dunno if the massuses know wat they are doing... they got do a lot of funny manoeuvres lah. twisting the head, back, ankle... pull the fingers, toes, legs... kneeling on your back... but dunno if really good or not. but feel v shiok after that.
4. ate some seafood at dunno where. my crew's friend brought us to this open air hawker place. the food was ok lah. quite cheap though... think it was around 50 sgd for 10 pple. but we didnt pay cos the crew's friend was v generous.. so paiseh. the place q interesting though. got an open air karaoke and got pple singing. then when u sit down, beer girls each representing a brand will stand around your table asking u wat to drink. but in the end, my friend (the crew) ordered green tea...diao...
after one day of 'enjoyment' at batam, we went for the exercise. i wasnt involved in the actual exercise, so i helped keep watch (something like guard duty) when the ship was at anchor at night. super boring. first night i managed to finish dan brown's 'angels and demons'. but second night i got diarrhoea and amazingly managed to survive the night and keep watch.
lucky today feeling much better. starting course on monday at safti mi for 4 months. so no more duties and sailing for the next 4 months! haha.
i had only one day to explore the place, and i think it was more than enough. there's really nothing much there. i was lucky that when my friend and i were walking around, we met a ship crew who was with his auntie (a local). Luckily, the auntie brought me around to buy the ikan bilis and dried shrimps my parents wanted. From there, we just tagged along with him, as he also had another friend bringing him around.
1. we first went to dua bei gong temple to bai bai. i dun really believe in such things la, but just do it to show some respect. q interesting lah. e chinese really pray to almost every famous character in the chinese history.
2. then we went "shopping" at Batam City Square. the so called newest and largest mall there. nothing much too. but we mainly shopped for food/snacks to bring back to ship.
3. then the 'highlight' (which i think everyone on my ship went for): a one and a half hour massage. Now, for those who are thinking what i think you are thinking, the massage parlour was a clean one. No special services... But the massage was indeed v cheap. around 13 sgd for the 1.5 hour session. But dunno if the massuses know wat they are doing... they got do a lot of funny manoeuvres lah. twisting the head, back, ankle... pull the fingers, toes, legs... kneeling on your back... but dunno if really good or not. but feel v shiok after that.
4. ate some seafood at dunno where. my crew's friend brought us to this open air hawker place. the food was ok lah. quite cheap though... think it was around 50 sgd for 10 pple. but we didnt pay cos the crew's friend was v generous.. so paiseh. the place q interesting though. got an open air karaoke and got pple singing. then when u sit down, beer girls each representing a brand will stand around your table asking u wat to drink. but in the end, my friend (the crew) ordered green tea...diao...
after one day of 'enjoyment' at batam, we went for the exercise. i wasnt involved in the actual exercise, so i helped keep watch (something like guard duty) when the ship was at anchor at night. super boring. first night i managed to finish dan brown's 'angels and demons'. but second night i got diarrhoea and amazingly managed to survive the night and keep watch.
lucky today feeling much better. starting course on monday at safti mi for 4 months. so no more duties and sailing for the next 4 months! haha.
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