went for the batam recee trip the day before with marc.

we met at harbourfront mrt station together with augie and matthew tay from T29.

we then went to harbourfront centre, where we were supposed to meet at the information counter. marc went to macs and bought breakfast. saw ms ng walked past. i waved. she waved back. we then went to the information counter nearest to the entrance of the centre with ms ng there. we then realise, after like quite a long time, that the rest are at the other information counter. according to mr tan ht msg, we were supposed to meet at the info counter. but in the end they were at the Singapore Cruise Centre (SCC) info counter instead. but nvm...
there is also t23 ppl, freddie and marcus tan too with their home tutor ms fan. gabriel wee's t29 and last but not least tan ht. oh ya, still got one tour guide who is working at he resort that we are going to stay in during our trip.

we checked at about 8.15 am. according to the boarding pass, the gate opened at 8.30 and final call at 9.15 and departure time is 9.30. which means we had to wait for one hour for the ferry. after waiting for that hour, it's gonna to be another hour of ride there. cam-whored at the SCC with our bunch of toilet paper lest we would shit there due to any unhygienic circumstances. took wrong pictures of the ferry but still managed to capture the name of the ferry that we took. it got a nice name. ASEAN RAIDER II. sounds like name of a racing horse. haha. watched kungfu panda but was a silent one.

Harbour Bay Seafood Restaurant
finally, after one hour of bumpy ride. took a mini van to our first stop of the day-Harbour Bay Seafood Restaurant. as it name suggests, it had really great eating atmosphere and wonderful sea view. sumptuous meal i must really agree. it just simple dishes like chilli crab, steam fresh fish, cereal prawn, gong-gong, calamari, fried kang-kong, their special fried rice which is really nice, fried noodle, sweet cooling coconut juice, bowl of soup. ya that's all. actually not alot lah... -_- heard from tan ht, 13 bucks per head for this meal. one word to describe it - SHIOK !! don't worry my friends, we will be having our meal there on our last day. FEAST TIME!!

Purajaya Beach Resort
our second stop to the resort where we will be staying. checking out of facilities and the room and everything... had cocktail refreshment when we reached there. then we went checking out the type of conference rooms they had. as we walked down, we can see a clear sea view. there is also a water slide thingy in the middle. there are many facilities there--a BEACH VOLLEYBALL court, lots of empty space and sand and beach, tennis court, street soccer court if we request, a rather pathetic gym, punching bag, table tennis table...next up to the rooms we are staying. a typical 4-Stars room i must say. 2 Queen size beds, sea view (see if you are lucky enough to get a good room), nice toilet. the accomodation is going to be like 4 people per room. went on to see the teacher's room- a King size bed. UPGRADE WEAPON--went on to a Executive Suite, ES code name for us. again, as the name suggests,it's just executive suite lah =_= i am sure you all can imagine how luxurious it looks like. back to reality...sad thing is the guys and girls are separated into two different wings. ):

Al Fateh orphanage
our third stop to our first orphanage that we are exploring.
run down
lots of incompleted construction like classrooms, tiling of the floor, leaking zinc rooftops

Darul Falah Orphanage
fourth stop.
what they lacked? educational materials
what we need to do? white-washing, ventilation prob

008 orphanage
fifth stop.
mainly interacting with the kids there

sixth stop-hardware shop if we were to buy anything.
bucket: small-5k M-10K and 15K
paint brush: 10K, 15, 30 K
a pair of gloves: 2.5K
a freaking pair of scissor--6ooo rupiah

back to my heaven resort to have our HIGH TEA... fried beehoon, fried chicken wings, fried vegetable cake, their traditional kueh and fruits. of course there is coffee and tea, or it won't be called high tea for a reason.

long trip back to the ferry terminal. finally had the chance to take a nap on the bumpy van. shopping tie once we reached there. bought many things. bought Dove and Pantene conditioner for my mum and anyone who needs it, toothbrushes, bathing foam, snack, bubble gum. things there are really CHEAP. toothbrush for 80 cents SIN, colgate brand. bathing foam 80 cents the one i using in sch now, conditioners 1 plus to 2 plus sin...

another one hour ride.