Unknowingly, school started for me and dear's in Thailand.

However before he left, he asked me to look for the stack of letters in my bedroom. I found them hiding in my drawer and today marks the 14th day apart.

"The first thing that came into my mind when i first saw you- you are gorgeous"- your husband to be.
That was the quote he started off from his letter. He remembered saying that when in the cab and back then I was his social date partner. How time flies and now this beautiful girl is his girlfriend, his future wife :')"

Awwwww so sweet.

 

Pretty round face with short hair. Courtesy of dear who took this picture :)


Saying hello to cookie monster! *wavewave


Have you seen before a cookie monster commando? hahahah

Took a photo at the parliament house together.



Tasted my first corn dog. LOL originally I really thought corn dog = big sausage. I WAS WRONG.
Actual meaning of corn dog:

corn dog

Fighting to eat the 4-bites-finish-ok-whats-next-for-both hot dog.

Bought this juicy hot dog with chilli cheese for $8.80 near Madagascar rides (canopy, dinosaur rapid adventure). Was expecting the hot dog to be as big as what it seems on the signboard but... it disappoints us. Nevertheless we ate all of it while watching waterworks performance!


Happy us :)

Soon the Hollywood Parade started and everyone crowd around the pavement to watch the performance. It was really a cool sight with all the movie characters coming to live! I personally love the hollywood though. The parade only lasted for few minutes and everyone busy taking pictures.

Madagascar

Shrek happy ever after fairy god mother

Jurassic park

One of the best best rides ever the mummy ride! Worth every time queueing for it every single time. Love the indoor roller coaster comes with a story book adventure. There's a few kids in front of us who backed out when they're about to reach the end of the queue. We tried to persuade them but failed terribly.


"Let me hold your hand forever and bring you to every parts of the world possible" :)


Pictures perfect memories;


Heart shape!

Took me quite a small bit of courage to stand on the car. Was worried somebody will come and scold us lol


Went out of Universal Studio to satisfy my craving- all time favourite penang laksa! I really really love this. Always finish my bowl of soup with noodles yummmmmmm Price: $5.50

Trying on our very cool hats!

POLICEWOMAAAANNN

We ended our last ride with Canopy ride, which we didn't have to queue for freaking 1hour plus!! By the time 7plus, majority of the tourists left and we queued for 35mins before watching the hollywood fireworks at 8pm. Scary ride I promise, like there's no protection except for a tight belt.


Woooooooooooo time for some fireworks!!!


Pewww pew pewww


Took photo with world greatest wife/world greatest husband Oscar award. The trophies are lil quite expensive so we didn't purchase both of them in the end ($19.90 per sculpture). But dear being really sweet, he went to secretly bought a small "world best girlfriend" trophy for me before he went to thailand. Such sweet gesture :')


That was our last ever-fun outing together before he went to Thailand for 3 good weeks. Can't express how happy I am when dear told me they are coming back on the 1st!! Missing him badly now :(

Ciaooooooooo

Yay! Our ferry arrives and we all queued up to enter the ferry to Batam. The ride to Batam was pretty smooth however we had a crazy time queueing at Batam checkpoint for 2 hours and everybody was squeezing their way through.


Mandatory selfee with dear who loves me so much :)


In the ferry with comfortable seats and amazing sea view from the window! Fell asleep within an hour cause really too comfortable to be sleeping on dear's arms. Hahaha.

We supposed to reached Batam and clear the immigration checkpoint at 130pm but was delayed till almost 3pm... walked over to the big mega mall (just cross the overhead bridge from the batam ferry terminal) and had pizza hut for our lunch! Look at the menu slurps slurps.


Majority of the pasta cost $5-8 per plate. Worth it because it's delicious!!!!!!!


The food doesn't look as appetising because I didn't bring a good camera haha oooops!

Tip 3
Do not be deceived by their taxi fares in Batam! Majority of the people trying earn money from tourists, especially singaporeans. Do ask around for their rates and if you can, take taxi from outside than shopping malls. They usually charge 50,000RP-60,000RP for short distance which it's extremely not worth it. On first day we took their price but subsequently, all our taxi fares cost 35,000RP and below. Try to negotiate if possible! ;)


Checked into Paranoma Hotel. Really big bed for 4 person instead of 2.


What I'm most satisfied about! The gorgeous view of Nagoya right outside our hotel!!! Can't express how happy am I because our location is too DAMN GOOD OHYAY



Walked to nearby shopping mall and there's like a mini amusement park. Majority of the rides cost $2.50 and you save more if you top up by purchasing their arcade cards.


Pardon for the blurry pictures.

AND OHHHHH I REALLY LOVE THEIR ARCADE! Each game cost 30c only damn cheap or what HAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAAHHA Must to play in Batam! We just kept spamming their slot games to try our luck. (note: very very addictive)


We walked around ourselves which it's quite dangerous, considering there are motorcyclists and cars everywhere. There's this small hawker centre selling seafood, kuay tiao noodles and ayam peyak chicken. Guess how much we bought our stingray for? .......... for $2 per piece OMG. 



Yum yum yum. We get to choose what we wanted and we bought 8 pieces of stingray and 2 packet of rice back to hotel.


1 packet of satay which tasted horrible............. I never tasted any satay which includes chicken fats, beef organs other than the meat itself. Felt really damn cheated, but still pretty cheap! Word of advice: be careful when you purchase your satays. There are a few stalls selling the same ones.


Our spread!!! That concludes our dinner for the night. The stingrays damn damn delicious.

Day 2:  

RISEEE AND SHINE!!!! Beautiful view from our room!!

At 8am, majority of the people set up their own tents and stuffs ready to sell!!! Got me really excited because you'll never get to experience such thing if you travel with tour agencies. Woke dear up and off we go to see what they sell in their flea markets!


YAY with my messy hair


Wore our couple tee together that I bought for our 6th month! :) :)

Wow. They really sell everything, even army t-shirts, singapore marathon shirts which I've no idea where they get from. The streets are bustling with people and the items are pretty cheap! I can't really remember but dear bought 2 pair of sandles ($4 each) while I bought 2 shirt ($3 each) 1 shorts ($2.50) and a pair of shoes ($3)

Btw you won't be able to get anything new here, however the shirt, shoes are in good condition. Some, even selling branded goods like zara, f21 stuffs at less than <$5


It strikes me that the people there are living in poverty and majority of them work at a young age. They don't mind sitting in corners with mud, dirty water or rubbish areas. I've learn to appreciate life more and be grateful to our country.


OMG PREPARING TO SET THE FIREWORKS!!!!!!!!



Dear was so worried cause the tube kept vibrating when the fireworks is out. My super brave dear :-) Everyone was clapping for us until no more hahahhahahahaha


Day3

DAY 3 WAS BAD CAUSE OF HARI RAYA HAHAHA
Haha shop all close, missed our breakfast hotel buffet and the roads damn quiet. Seems like everybody is celebrating this festive season at home with their families. Walked and walked, finally came across this wet market hawker centre with only few noodle stall operating. Ordered Mie Ayam and Mie Sop Ayam for our breakfast! :)



Yum yum $1.50 per bowl inclusive of mineral water. The soup rather tasty!!


Went to visit this small boy who touched my leg haha. Value drop lollollol Dear visited their shop again to buy his briefs before off they went to celebrate Hari Raya! ;)

Finally it's time for us to go back to Singapore. We wanted to take taxi but this friendly uncle offered to send us to the Batam Ferry Centre at 20,000RP! So three of us on motobike.... really dangerous but it's a good experience!!! ;) By the way during our trip to Nagoya Hill mall to BCS mall, two really nice guys offered to drove us with their car for free! Lucky us.

Saying cheeeseeeee

Oh yes don't be deceived by the stall. Haha they are selling really cheap steaks for $1.50 and they taste DAMN GOOD. Small portion but good enough! ;)


Food is here!!! The kway teow taste damn delicious.


Dear's favourite spaghetti topped with BBQ chicken for $4!

We bought boxes of maggie goreng home and some frozen chicken and seafood home. Reached singapore at around 7pm and dear came to my house awhile before he booked in for army. That concluded our whole trip... and.......

Just want to specially thank you, my dear for pampering me throughout this Batam trip, offering a short relax massage cause I'm feeling exhausted from all the shopping and all massage parlours closed for Hari Raya!! You're best and this marks the end of our adventure to Batam together! It was definitely the best and not the last. Thank you for loving me so deep <3 love you dear :)

xoxo can't wait for 19days later...........
Any questions regarding batam you can comment below, will be sure to help! :)