2 day 1 night in Batam

Finally the day come for our organised tour together with the Bitching Inc couple minus Hedy and Alvin to Batam. Me and Kim have been waiitng for this day to come. We can relax ourselve and not think so much. This time round, we planned a fishing trip and a overnight stay in the Utama Hotel.We went to the nearby island called mermaid island to fish.

As planned , we arranged to meet 0800 at harbourfront Macdonald for breakfast before getting the tickets. After having the breakfast, we procced to the ticket counter to collect the tickets. Never know that the ticket counter have changed to the 3 floor and there was a long queue waiting at the counter. Dardar cut queue and managed to get the tickets without breaking a sweat. When we reach the entrance of the departure gate, we were told that we were 5mins late to the boarding time. Not another time !!! Was abit pissed off as this is the second time we missed the ferry.

Finally aboard the ferry. But the ferry only managed to depart 20mins later. We were stucked in the sea as the Star cruise Virgo was docking in and the ship was so big that it block the passage way for the ferry to go pass.

The sea was so calm and peaceful. Dardar playing the psp while I was enjoying the sea breeze. We reached the Batam centre at around noon time. Met up with Chris and drove us to the seafood resturant for our lunch. The lunch was so much better than the first time we had in Batam.

After the lunch, we proceed to the beach for our fishing trip. Got the boat ready and off we go to the Mermaid island. Found some spot and we started our fishing. The boat was rocking slightly and the gals started to feel abit nausea. So decided to leave the gals on the island and the guys carry on fishing.
John, soon chong and me continued fishing. while waiting for the fish to get hooked, we saw 4 dolphins and a turtle. What a great sight of the dolphins in the water. Did not managed to took any picture of the beautiful sight as I forgot to bring along the camera and the video cam. John managed to caught 4 fishes , soon chong 1 fish and poor me nothing. No luck for me.

After fishing, we went to Nagoya food court for dinner. The place was crowded with people and there was even a stage whereby a lady singing hokkien and chinese song. The scene was bring me back to Korat where they also had such setting at the outdoor food court.

After the dinner, we went to KTV at the hotel for singing session. it been some time we had went to KTV together with the Bitching Inc group. Me , dardar and john was having a great time singing our heart out. John was like having his own concert. Songs after song he keep belting out the songs. We spent close to 4 hours in the KTV. and spent around 50 buck for the drink. We ordered a jug of beer, a glass of Tie maria and rainbox. the room was free. What a bargain. If in singapore, the price will be more than $100 for 3 couple.

Went back to our own room after the singing session. We were so tired after the full day of activities. Almost drop die on the bed after the bath. Dardar was still active playing the psp while I was struggling to keep myself awake.

THe next day, we woke up and went for our breakfast. The food was so so only. Not really that great compared to the one we had in Batam view. But I had a very full breakfast. After breakfast, we went back to the room for rest before checking out. So we took a nap before checking out.

We proceed to Megamall after checking out. Did not managed to buy anytihng at the MEgamall. We took the 1530 ferry back to singapore. This time , we were so kiasu that we waited at the check in 45minutes beforehand.

On the way back to singapore, the weather seem to get dark and from a distance, can see that singapore side was raining heavily.

Finally, we reached Singapore. Dardar wanted to have ramen for dinner before going home. Went to Ramen teh for dinner. The food was not really nice. Will not go there again.

Overall, the trip was fruitful. This was my first fishing trip even though I did not managed to catch any fish. At least I experienced fishing in the open sea. Looking forward to the next trip with dardar.