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today will be 1 day tour..will be kinda rush lor..1st stop..go watch Barelang Filsabillah Bridges (the first bridge connecting Batam to Tonton Island).. the bridge was kinda nice..and when u alighted the bus, will hv many pple selling fried prawns, fried crabs..really smell nice..but dun really dare to eat..haa..there are many small islands on batam..and saw one small island..and indeed small~

Next, we went praying at one of the temples, Maha Vihara Duta Maitreya, also known as the Laughing Buddha temple.. is one of the largest Buddhist temples in Southeast Asia..
finally lunch!..damn hungry..but b4 tat, went buy many crackers..waa..a lot..den go Golden Prawn 933 for seafood lunch.. 6 dishes 1 soup.. wanna drink coconut drink, but hv to wait for more than 1 hr..too bad..and wana go massage also, but fully booked..haiz..well, lunch was nt tat nice..thou gt 'gong gong', fried prawns, bittergourd soup, sweet sour fried fish, crabs, veg curry..
after tat, go nearby and watch 10min Kudalumping Show..see pple eat charcoal in fire, eat glass, use teeth and peel coconut skin..
Next, shopping for dried food..also lots of crackers..but this round, only mum bought..those sea cucumber, dried scallops..nth much..found out tat the housing are ard the same patterns one..hee..Nxt, we went shopping at Polo Ralph..nth to buy..v ex..hmm..rem tat tm when Indo for my education trip, i bought one shirt sia..haha..forgot hw much le..hmm~..Next, went pray again..at Tua Pek Kong Temple..den went nearby and eat some kueh..nt bad..and saw one mini cat..really mini sia..
Next is the most boring session liao..shopping!! ya..might sound interesting, but totally boring!!..and gonna spend 1.5 hrs there somemore leh..haiz..went to duno wat shopping mall.. only noe gt JC Supermarket..went few rounds, but dun really suit us..left 1 hr..no choice, went shop at supermarket, else everyone will juz fall aslp..damn tired also lor..haiz..waa..the food there was like CHEAP!.. and dad finally found his avocado..haa..he bought 8 big ones..and only ard SGD$3++.. yeah..gt avocado drinks le..hee..and saw my mee goreng!!..damn cheap!!..was ard 20cents per packet also..and too ks until bought 10 of them..haa.. crazy..but really cheap.is like everything was less than 70cents, where cost more than 1buck in sg..hee..shopping in supermarket indeed can pass time lor..left ard 45mins..so went sit down and had avocado drink..nt bad..
Dinner time~.. seafood dinner..tis time at Golden Prawn 555..nt 933 le..hee..but tis time round,food is nicer and gt coconut to drink~.. and ate lots of prawns, was really fresh and heng din mk my mouth itchy..gt fried omelette, fresh steamed prawns, fried calamari, pepper crabs, veg soup, fried fish, kangkong..and many live prawns, crabs, fish, crayfish, even small sharks for pple to catch and eat..
nw waitg to go GoodWay Hotel and rest..was really tired..haiz..restless..finally~ but ended up our room and parents room was far~.. not enuff rooms le..but we gt the corner room~ and was real big lor.. their single bed is like queen bed like tat.. too big enuff for a person like me..haa..
had a good nite slp of cos.. wakie had our buffet brkfast..nt tat nice..sian..haha..and wsting our time in the whole morning..cos they earliest start open shop at ard 10am, which is 11am in SGT..haiz..and nt really sure wats nearby lor..and was startin to rain and HOT again..overall weather is good! but managed to walk to one area with shops.. and supermarket again..and bought mee goreng again.wahaha..total 15 packets!.. terrible hor? hee.. again wait and wait til 130pm, finally set off to Batam Centre for ferry back hm to sg~.. heng no need to wait tat long..tking 3pm ferry..journey back was kinda longer..and waves are bit strong..heng i feel okie..phew.. listening to my jay songs loudly..
tada~.. home at ard 5plus.. tired..and took a pic of wat we have bought in batam!.. horrible..tats a lot! wahaha..think is less than $100 lor.. gt less than $50 mah? hahaa..lalala~

and worse still.. one Big packet of fish crackers was finished within less than 6 hrs in ofc!!. well done my team..wahaha..




















is sat morning le.. had only 3 hrs of sleep..tired..went down for english brkfast..can only see one gang of orange pple..haa.cos our teambuilding shirt is in orange colour..but also good for our morn activity.. Amazing Race.. well, is nt abt Eating.. is abt Solving and Running to another stop. tiring sia.. long tm no run liao leh.. sian..haha.. but good exercise la..leg pain le lor.. =X hee.. and happily the LAST stop is SP.. no wonder we were given cash for cab..haha..was fun, as challenging with other team..and trying to be first to reach the stop..haa..and juz trying to find any orange grps walking near us..and juz follow them.. and soon reached final stop.. tiring and gonna rain liao.. and we were the 3rd!.. yeah..hee.. waitg for the rest to b back and started our buffet lunch at Food Haven..potato salad was nice sia..haha..nt much food left also..and after lunch, was the end of our teambuilding 2007 liao.. see u nxt yr~~~
Mayday sang lots of songs.. sang until damn tired sia.. juz waiting for them to tok..pls tok..at least can listen to their jokes.. sing non-stop for more than 30mins and finally rest toking time.. and cont to sing again.. and i keep complain to joey and sis.. y no Wang Ci?~! sian.. loved tat song lor.. and when start to L-O-V-E.. everyone starts to get high liao! all showin L-O-V-E hand signs while dancing all the way.. and group by group also.. and tat Zhong Jie Gu Dan.. actually this song..every concert is a SURE SING song..and always asked..HIGH BU HiGH~?.. den everyone will shout HIGH~.. but this time, cos the concert theme is JUMP!.. so this song also added one jumping action..as in.. lift up right hand, lift up left hand, lift up both hand and JUMP!!..
concert ended ard 1130..3 hrs..woo.. hee.. went 85 for short supper and Home Sweet Home~..

started to bbq liao.. waaa..deb prepared alot of food leh.. din expect so much.. gt kebab / chix wings / chix meat / jin zheng gu / prawn / sotong / steak / mo mo cha cha / salad, etc by deb/pr and satay / otah by KS and mifen / curry chix by darren's mama..

den ks and his family came..today was his eldest daughter bday.. and even bought durian cake for celebration.. tat cake is nice sia..haa..and even bought sparklers..cos his youngest daughter like it..and ends up, everyone is playing with it..and took pic of it also..haha.. and james's son trying to catch those bbq smoke..hmm.. cute boy..
and funny part is tat ks's youngest daughter and nd are argueing here n there.. non stop sia.. and 1st tm.. nd 'lost' to this 10 yr old kid ba..haha.. or shld say..nd cant stand her? cos really nonstop until she went hm..haha.. oops..
