Batam - Harris Resort 12-13 Feb 2011

Went to Batam with HL & husband, Weng, for Valentine Day celebration. Brought the deals.com.sg's package at S$170 per room - 2D1N, ferry tix, 1 free pizza, 1 game of bowling, 1hr of massage, free shuttle to Nagoya.

It wasn't that smooth as Weng's boarding pass was printed wrongly however we managed to board on time. Reached Harris Batam, it was the same feeling when we went on 2005. All the staff are filled with smiles and you can hardly get it in SG.

We were staying in the new wing, which i think the old wing is better.. more cosy. Then we set off for SHOPPING!

Took the shuttle bus to Nagoya, but nothing much to shop and zw's heart was with DC Mall. hahaha. Had lunch and brought one tights. then we proceed on to DC Mall for RP 40K. DC Mall had detoriated quite a lot since we last went but the shop is still there. ZW was there 1-2 hours and tried a lot of shirts and jeans and he went back with 7 pcs of clothes!

After that had snack at KFC (the A&W there had closed down!), then went to the supermarket. Brought fireworks from the supermarket itself. Dinner at Godiva coffee. We saw the salon that we last went so we went for wash & blow service, and our hair like 60s like kena bomb!! hahaha then took cab back to Harris.

Went back to room to put things then went down for fireworks. Was accompanied by their security guard to the beach for the fireworks. next time have to buy the bigger ones hahaha... small one no kick... hahaha... then went back to room to bath and indonesian massage at HSpa at 11pm.

the massage was very good. 2 in a room, almost all of us fell asleep. the atmosphere is very relaxing. though we were their last customers for the day they are still professional enough making us as cosy, comfortable as possible.

Woke up around 8.30 for breakfast. Breakfast wasn't as good as before, average ... stil had our eggs hahaha. then played GoKart for S$15 per 10 mins, Battlefield pinball for $25 per pax for 200 bullets, Pistol shoot for $15 per pax for 50 bullets, foot reflex for 1hr for $17 per pax, bowling free with package. A lot of activity but Expensive!

Had our pizza when waiting for their shuttle bus back to terminal. The pizza is nice. not very 'flour' .

We were the 1st to enter the custom and look for the best seat in the ferry! The spirit of ME!! hahhaa

Think we spent almost 800 SGD for these 2 days! faint...

In Loving memories of Snoopy (25 Feb 1997 - 4 Sep 2010)

Snoopy has left peacefully to another world at 4 Sep 2010 0545hrs at Mount Pleasant Hospital (Whitley). He was weight at 6.05kg.

He has been with us for 13 years and in this 13 years, he has brought us happiness, jitterness, gan cheongness, comfortness, sadness... Though the cause is not very clear but what we know it has to do with the brain. He was cremated and place in The Pet Hotel Columbarium #3102. He has neighbours surrounding him and is at the 1st level with his favourite snack, food, leash and his handsome photo with him.

Honeymoon - Kao Hsiung to Taipei- 6 Mar 10

Our bus took the expressway back to Taipei, along the way we saw Sakuras!! who say only Japan have... And they are beautiful too!!

Reached Taipei at around 1plus already too hungry!! ate Dan dan noodle. nothing much... like zha jiang mian.. We had to stay at 台北故宫博物院 for 2 hours... went walking for a while then went to the cafe for tea and had Haagan Das. ZW say its cheaper in TW then in SG. The toilet signs are so cute! they feature those 公公 and 宫女 hahhaa.

It began to get colder as we are into  middle of the day... we went to the Taipei 101 for window shopping. Went to the 小南门传统豆花 as recommended by 小杨. the beancurd is very smooth and the red bean is nice!!! We went into DKNY shop and saw 1 bag which seems nice!! but its around SGD 600!! expensive... hahaha.. 不舍得买. i can go for another holiday with this 600 ... u know!! hahaha.. Went to Coach to help eileen to see her wristlet. but we didn't buy cos its about 100. so we have to try our luck in HK.

小杨brought us to the tibit shop, vigor kobo, to buy souvenirs. its quite high class and cater to mostly tourist. so we didn't buy much.. think outside is cheaper. Last thing in our tour schedule is 士林观光夜市. And we begin our MAKAN venture again!! wanted to go to the mutton soup that 小杨 recommend but too many ppl so we skip that and went to the BBQ stall!! SOTONG!!! NICE!! 微笑碳烤 everything $11 only sotong is more expensive. Next nice one is 家乐鱿鱼大王。。 walking through the shops everywhere seems to sell almost same same things. We went to one of the souvenir shops to buy those confectionary items and sepnt almost $100 SGD!! 恐怖!!

中源大饭店 http://www.nc-hotel.com.tw/pricelist.php  Our Hotel seems nice and just beside it is 24 hours supermart le. So convenient and nearby also have 宁夏夜市. The room is quite new but we are given 2 single beds... but its already full le so ew just have to stick to it...