"..Best In S'gapore, JB and some even said in Batam.."

so i went to Temasek
(modern name : S'gapore )
4 1st time in 26 years..
poor old me.

actually the idea
is starting from my friend, firdaus.
he urged us to attend Mike's wedding
@ ulu tiram , johor bharu.
following that,
we add extra values by
decided to make almost a day-trip
to such islands..

we arrived @ kg melayu majidee
around 3.30am christmas day..
took a cab to Kompleks Imigresen & Kuarantin (KIK)
around 8am.
arrived at kranji in s'gapore 10am sharp.

later,
we bought Mass Rapid Transit ( MRT )
day-ticket passes as to visit places of interest.

we had time to discover
esplanade, merlion park , orchard road , little india, etc.
of course, i captured a few moments
in front of that lion statues, recognised symbol of this country..

after jumaat prayer
we went to victory mamak restaurant @ arab street
to savour the special big murtabak..value 4 money,really...:)

around 5.45 pm the same day ,
we boarding the boat to batam island
& upon arrival @ batam international ferry terminal
we hired a taxi & immediately searching
4 cheap budget hotel..
4tunately, just in 2nd attempts
we managed to stay @ koletra hotel
by paying 230k rupiah ( extra 20k bcoz PH )
per room..

8pm batam time,
we ate our dinner @ golden prawn 5xx..
here, they served fresh seafood cuisines
but the taste is so-so :
siakap asam pedam is so awful,
the price is quite higher..

26 Disember 2009 ~
(5th anniversary tsunami disaster 4 reminder )

we strolled around batam town,
snap some pictures @ KTM resort,
fi sabilillah bridge & masjid raya baiturrahman.
pampered bodies with 1 1/2 hrs massage,

lunch @ salero basamo minang restaurant
~ the menus as follows:
fried gurame, babat, sambal ijo ,
fried village chickens,
chocolate avocado juice, etc
to name a few..

no need to rushing,
we still hv time to
shopping @ nagoya hill shopping centre -
i bought fake giorgio armani shirts, fake polo t-shirt &
'batam island' round-neck shirts ~ that's all...

finally,
we ended the tour in batam island
by boarding ferry to stulang laut, JB
around 5pm...

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Sunday 27th Disember 2009
we attend Norazmil aka Mike wedding ceremony
@ ulu tiram to complete our purpose
here & there...