My new iPhone 3GS

After several weeks of waiting & waiting & waiting, finally got my iPhone 3GS recently!!!

小心翼翼, 一层一层的打开...

开宝箱, 赢巨奖

爱不释手...

各位观众, the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet!


Even Hitler wants it badly...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqEpXj9Ot3A

Batam Weekend Getaway (Part 3)

The 2nd day was Free and Easy. Just explored around freely before ending our Batam tour with the evening Ferry ride back home...

I had did a little bit of homework before I came, read that many people recommended the famous "Yong Kee Seafood Restaurant" (Must Try!!!). Therefore we kept asking along the way for directions and finally found it...

Ordered a fish, a seafood soup and some vegetables...

Seriously I would recommend anyone going to Batam to try, especially the seafood soup is very very nice (到现在我还对它的味道念念不忘).

After lunch, just roamed around without any destination though it was drizzling lightly...

Haven't seen these kind of traditional push carts or tidbits-stores around for some time...

As mentioned in previous post, there is a Sky-Lounge at the Top-Level of the Planet Holiday Hotel. Happily walked towards the Hotel which was just nearby, and thinking of having a good mug of beer while enjoying the great view, since we still had a few hours before heading to the Ferry Terminal.

To our surprise, when the lift door opened at Level 22...

After checking with the Hotel staff, they told us the Sky-Lounge closes daily at 2pm, and reopens at 6pm for dinner, which was too late for us since we had a ferry to catch... Sighz...
不管怎样, 硬硬就是要拍到一张从高处望下去的风景照...

Shooting through the glass window from the closed door =)

Finally we ended up at the bar in the Hotel Lobby Level 1 for our drink...

After our drink, drizzling had stopped. We still had time, decided to check out another nearby hotel, Goodway Hotel...

This was also one of my initial choices as I have read some good feedback about the hotel... Check it out!

It was time to head to the Ferry Terminal for checking in...

At Batam Centre Ferry Terminal, we still had a little bit of time for last-minute shopping at Mega Mall, currently the biggest shopping mall in Batam...

There's nothing to shop actually, therefore we kept eating and eating to kill time...

For tea break, we bought donuts from J.Co, I can't remember what flavor we bought, think some "cheesy" flavour which we don't find back home... It was nice!

Just less than an hour later, we were finding out where to eat for dinner... We found this pizza & pasta restaurant... What?! 50,000 dollars for a meal?!

Oh I see, it's in Rupee... Rupee 50,000 is very cheap for a 2 person set-meal in fact...
终于决定在这里落脚吧! 气氛还不错哦!

哇, 丰富的晚餐就要开始了...

Interestingly, while we were going through the choice of pizzas available, this "banana-flavoured" pizza seemed to be very unique... It's quite sweet and I liked it... Creative hor?!

After makan, we saw something in the mall that was very amusing to us...

When we passed by this kids' level, there are many kids-ride available, in the form of Motorcycles or Cars...

However, if you noticed, the "little car" is being controlled by the guy in red, who is the staff there, with a remote-control in his hands. That means the poor little child was driving a car, which was being controlled by another person...

I think this little boy was "kan-cheong", he must be looking for his "controller". Because without his "controller" he could not drive!

又到了说再见的时间...

Home Sweet Home!

Batam Weekend Getaway (Part 2)

A very popular lunch venue tour-agencies always bring tourists to, is the famous "Golden Prawn 933", a "kelong-themed" seafood restaurant...

After the seafood lunch, the program was to bring us to a nearby park to watch some traditional Indonesian dance-show performances...

People were just seated down and waiting for the performance to start. Meanwhile, let's take a look at the surroundings...
有很多动物的雕像...

White elephants...

表演刚刚开始了...

第一首为大家表演的舞蹈是 <<当我们快乐同在一起>>...

多谢大家的支持... 也别忘了给幕后工作者一些掌声... 感谢你...

不好意思, 因为刚才忙着彩排, 所以午餐吃得不是很饱...
我还有点饿, 现在就为大家表演 "吃椰子" (的壳)...

哇, 吃饱了, 通常我喜欢吃点玻璃当甜品...

妈妈常说, 吃饱后做一些简单的运动, 可以帮助消化...

The itinery after lunch was to bring us to a nearby shopping centre. We went to Nagoya Hill Shopping Centre...

Look, there's still A&W around!

After the shopping, finally it was time to check-into the hotel...

This was the hotel we stayed in, Panorama Regency...

Not bad huh the room... Very spacious!

And has good view too!

In case anybody finds this above picture familiar, I have used it to experiment with the "miniature effect" in previous post...

Just across the street opposite to our Hotel, this is the Planet Holiday Hotel... Panorama and Planet Holiday is the 2 tallest hotel in Batam, 22 and 21 storeys respectively...

Right on top of Planet Holiday there's a Sky-Lounge, where visitors can have their food and drinks, while enjoying the beautiful scenery of Batam City from elevation...

To be continued...