My batam trip

I just came back yesterday... I dunno wad to say abt this trip... it's definitely below my expectation... when i was taking the ferry ride back to Singapore, I just have that horrible sense of homesickness... yeah, u will say it's only 2 days but i am sure i miss home! there's no place better than home.. when i went to sydney, i felt exactly the same thing, i tot it was because sydney was a longer trip but i was so wrong... comparing singapore to anywhere in teh world, singapore is still the best..

Overall, the best thing abt batam is the cheap massages and spa treatment u can get from as low as S$20, which lasted for 1 and a half hr.. pure traditional javanese massage.. u get ppl rubbing and stretching ur whole body.. it's pure pleasure.. i almost fell asleep.. the first day i had massage at 10pm singapore time at the resortt i am staying.. u get to listen to the waves, feeling the sea breeze blowing lightly against ur face.. u get to drink hot ginger tea after the massage.. yes, u may not get to try this in singapore.. and i tried the massages for 2 days.

despite getting to see seaview, the resort is not a very grand or up-to-state one.. maybe it's indonesia, i felt like i am staying in a chalet.. but lousier one than singapore's... but we do have chickens running around the resort and waking us up every morning... definitely feel like kampung.. haha

I also get to see the state Indonesia is in.. i tot that since batam is near singapore, it should be quite developed than other parts of indonesia.. but i was wrong, u see the squatters, u see kids selling newspapers at the roadside.. when the lights turned red, they will flock to the cars, asking u to buy newspaper from them.. I rmbered on the first night, it was raining so heavily that the vision was blurred.. But there they were, covering the newspapers with plastics and selling them while they were drenched in rain... so pitiful and they earned only 2 cents from each paper they sold..

the santitation condition is also far from what i expect.. when we went visiting the temples, i can only say that the toilets were just so original.. u used u flushed. and they have a basin filled with water located just between the two cubicles. after using the toilet, u have to use the pail and scoop water to flush the toilet.. how cool is that?

But the worst thing abt this trip is during the ride back to Singapore. I am so sick... We have no time to have our dinner as we went to massage so we were rushing staright to the terminal after that. being so hungry, i do not dare to take my motion sickness pill on empty stomach so i went to board the ferry... unlucky thing was, we were seated at the open air part and a group of indians sat behind me! they were laughing, talking loudly and SMOKING! At first, i do not feel sick at all, but as time goes, i almost get suffocated by the cigrattes smoke and the endless talking. I start to feel sick, no air nothing and i had gastric pain.. looking as singapore getting clearer in view, i seriously do not want to go back to batam again.. i am so not used to the hr long ferry ride! u can see the difference between singapore and batam.. one dark and gloomy, another bright and lively... I rmbered telling my mum at that moment that i am so grateful that i did not apply for SIA.. i think they were right, i'll miss hm!

I am so glad that i am a singaporean and i grew in this tiny island.. small island with big heart!

Enough of my grumbling, i will attached a very nice pic i taken from batam..