Just returned from Batam! This is the last holiday getaway I'm having before I return to school. Went with some of the class guys and girls :)

There's really not much Batam has to offer - the shopping's horrible (fashion wise, but at least there were shoes of my size though I didn't buy), many things were repeated, the food was alright (cheap), not much entertainment. At least we tried the massage and spa, those were good! For the massage, it was 1.5 hours and those staff really massaged from head to toe. Been having stiff shoulders for quite some time so it was good to have it :) I loved the part where they twisted my neck and waist, when there was the cracking sound it was SHIIIIIOOOOOOOOKKKKKK LA. Hahhaha!

2nd day I had the spa, for 2 hours we get a massage, body scrub, sauna and a bubble bath. Was a very interesting experience for me because it was my first time having a spa! I wouldn't mind going back to Batam just for that again :) And hahaha they actually gave tummy fat reducing pills at the end of the spa with some ginger tea, and of course we ate it straightaway even though we knew it wouldn't work!

I didn't really like walking along the pavement beside the roads in Batam, because they were horribly rundown and dirty, and traffic was worse than what I had experience in BKK. The smell was often foul, and I found the place quite miserable somehow. You always see those shops that look so isolated and dirty, you'd wonder how can people make a living here. Shopping malls over there usually have only a few people wandering around, even though it's a weekend. Wonder what do the residents of Batam do really.

This time round, the guys probably shopped more than us girls because there was really nothing that we liked. (at least for me) The clothes were of quite bad quality, the price is not that cheap as well sometimes - I would rather fly back to BKK and have a nicer time shopping for my clothes. And I didn't buy the Ralph Lauren shirts that I said I wanted because I still found them expensive - SGD$60 for a shirt, that's still expensive to me even though they told me Singapore sells them for double the price. Saw some shirts that were funny, but after being in BKK recently, looking at their price tag of SGD$10 puts me off. =( So for first timers, never ever go to BKK before u go to Batam because you will end up comparing prices everywhere you go and you'll never buy anything in the end.

Finally had A&W again! Honestly, I expected more from it. The root beer was standard. Having it as a float however was very different from BKK's A&W. BKK's ice cream was the normal ice cream that you could find in any supermart, and it was scooped whereas Batam's was using those smoothie machines that you see in Singapore mac, you know those soft serve and they will just squeeze out one small round on the top of the mug -__- Food portions were quite small and I don't think it was worth if for the price, even if it was cheaper than Singapore's fast food. The waffle was good though. And the prices on their menu was all before tax, tricked me into thinking that it was really dirt cheap ='(

Ok BKK is still much better, but I wouldn't mind going back to Batam just for the massage and spa again! Andddddd school's starting tomorrow.... (technically I skipped Monday lessons) gotta try and turn in early.

XOXO

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