maybe it don’t sound like a paradise trip for everyone, but to a couple like me and joelle, whom never really had chance to go for any couple time-off WITHOUT THE KIDS, and yes, i have to make it bold… a day off to holiday inn resort at batam sounds like paradise to us… :)
The Lucky Miss
24/07/2010 0912h $80/-
it all started in the early morning, when we actually missed the 9:20am ferry at the harbourfront… thot we’re doomed to take the 2pm ferry but wah lah, due to high demand, they actually have a direct ferry at 9:30am instead! (psst, that 9:20am ferry is a longer ride that stop by another terminal before reaching the waterfront city)
24/07/2010 1100h $125/-
its less than 1 hour before we reached the waterfront city terminal at batam… thereafter, a free shuttle bus bringing us for the looooong ride to the hotel for free… btw, loooong ride as in 5 minutes… its that near…
the checking in is pretty smooth, and thou it says 2pm to check it, we’re able to get our room even we’re early… there we go to our room, and found out, the room is occupied!
and why am i still not complaining even thou we have to walk back to the reception to get another room? cuz we’re given the free upgrade to the suite! keke… somehow, when i’m opening the door to the suite, i’m kinda hoping its occupied too… haha…
and for that, we’re getting a much bigger room… :P
with a much bigger living room…
24/07/2010 1239h $47/-
no offense, but i really hate the idea of eating chinese food whenever i’m travelling… i meant, i’ve been eating chinese food back home and why would i and how would others be doing it better than what we have at home and… gosh, the food looks great here… omg, this fried toufu thingy is really good!
hate to say, it taste really good too!
hmmm… next time, we’ll eat here again at the Dragon Inn… when we’re here again…
The TEA TREE SPA (not yet…)
24/07/2010 1344h $--/-
the reason for our return here after god know how many years ago… the award wining tea tree spa…
after a hearty lunch, we went jalan jalan to walk off the fats and to check out and book our spa package… there’s a 20% off before 2pm or what, and of course, its always fully booked… and hence, upon our arrival, we booked our spa at nite time… which i feel is ideal as we can drop back to sleep right after the spa…
not much changes… in fact, no changes in the spa surroundings, and walking around the area lazily after a heavy lunch is really… heavenly…
24/07/2010 1659h $--/-
after a much needed couple time walk… and we really walk like really old couples, with no worries (especially the kids)…
we lazed around the hotel with no worries…
we swam in the pool… with no worries…
and for the first time for the past 2 years… i slept with no worries…
24/07/2010 1844h $50/-
i’m pretty sure the holiday inn website spelled it as Terrace Cafe but somehow the menu is spelled as Terace Cafe…
nevermind, the starbucks quality cafe latte is good enuff to cover up for any spelling mistakes they have…gosh, that cafe latte taste heavenly… maybe its the mood that overwrites the taste bud bah… haha… :9
how can u tell that woman is pretty much satisfied so far?
still waiting…
and here comes the free-flow appetizer… koropok?
my grilled chicken…
and joelle’s … i dun remember what its called, but i remembered calling it the HIMALAYANS instead… it look like mountain peaks lor… and that will be the Mount Everest Rice Cone in the center… :P
once again, eat until full full, dun know what to do do… take photo lor… and gosh, i look rounder and rounder liao…
24/07/2010 2038h $297/-
here’s some more shots before we went in for the real deal…
i dun remember the exact name of the package items we got, but it consist of 30 minutes scrub, 30 minutes wrap, 90 minutes massage… and the package name is Ultimate Relaxationnnnnn…. awwww……. god help mee…
Things People Do When They’re Happy, or Crazy…
25/07/2010 0032h $--/-
right after our Ultimate Relaxationnnnnn… we’re suddenly and totally rejuvenated and decided to walk around the very very quiet pool…
and since the poolside is so quiet… and no one is around… we decided to skinny dip… no lah, we ain’t that crazy yet…
but if our children or our parents were to see us trying to do this, they’re sure to say “whats these 2 siao ones doing??”
we’re trying to do light writtings… here’s mine…
and here’s joelle’s…
it supposed to be a quiet nite one… haha…
25/07/2010 1458h $14/-
i dun know how we ended back on the ferry, back to singapore, back to reality… but i do remember having to pay for the $7 departure tax for each person at the ferry terminal at batam… why dun they set it to $7000, and i may consider not departing at all!
no lah… i still wanna get back to reality, cuz back at reality, there’s sweet things waiting for us…
glad to have this getaway… glad its only 1 day else i dun know how much i’ll miss the girls… glad to be back home… glad megan is missing us and showed us her unhappy look when we’re back home… keke… :P
So sweet to take time off to chill with your wife!! You two look so great together... I'm sure you had fun!! :)
ReplyDeleteBtw, I hate the idea of eating Chinese food at non Chinese county as well...
oh well... the chinese food is actually not bad lor... keke... :9
ReplyDeleteHow nice a gate-away without the kids, how i wish i could do that with my lovely wife,,,,,,,,,,,,mmmmmmmmmm
ReplyDeletehappy to see and read about this,,,,
take care now and god bless
awww.. so sweet =)
ReplyDeleteshould always have these types of trip to relax!!
nice blog and i realli liked ur light writings =)
It's wonderful to spend time with spouse without kids tagging along but yeah sure u guys gonna miss them much if being away for long... :-)
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