i think the Bintan trip was rather good. not much stress, not much worry. L drove us there to the TM ferry terminal, we checked in, and filled in the white card, before going through the immigration access point.
the ferry ride was quite fun. saw a group of people (mainly man u fans) seated next to us. One guy had on a scent that i quite fancy, Davidoff cool water. nice…
we took the coach to the Nirwana Gardens. There was a welcome party and drink, while we waited to check in. thankfully we could check in at that time. the buggy sent us to the villa, which looked quite nice, except for the many lizard droppings… ermm… looks like it had been a while since the last occupancy. We went to the rooms, rested, while i checked my emails. Then we went for lunch at the Rin japanese restaurant, which was quite near where we stayed.
the food was so-so, but the ambience was quite lovely. It started to rain, while we ate. we went to buy slippers, and walked around the resort center. it was very empty, practically looked like we had reserved the whole place. one thing good about holiday taken during the weekdays, is that there arent much people or crowd, which i like!
we went back to the villa again, then i read my emails again, before heading out to the beach. =p ooo… the sea water was quite clear, although low tide, we could see jelly fish, fishes, crabs and star fish. cool. We went to the swimming pool which was empty too. hehe… Washed off all the sand the sea water, cos it was getting itchy for us. Thankfully, my sensitive skin didnt breakout.
Went back to wash up before going for dinner. We had dinner at the Kelong, which was quite a distance away from the villa. The food was pretty good, we had a ten course meal! we were so full, we decided to take a walk to the Calypso bar, which was a bridge away. Even at night, we could see the fishes swimming around.
We went back in the buggy again, the driver showed us the wildlife kept in the hotel premises. There were snakes, crocodiles, catfish, birds. So scary.
Then we watched abit of tv, I read and answered my mails, before going to bed.
woke up a few times, then went for breakfast about 8. ate at the restaurant. the food was ok. loved the pancakes!
then we took a stroll at the beach again. came back to hotel to rest, and read my emails. thereafter, we went for sauna. It was quite good, except, my sore throat was quite bad, so i had to come out of it when it got too hot.
showered, then we packed and left for checkout and massage. Amazingly, i met a friend from ITD. He was with his parents. very surprising… didnt expect to see people i know there.
the massage was quite an eye-opener. I had never done this before, never fully unclothed in a room with people. so scary and frightening… not an experience that i will want to have it anytime soon…
we went to pasar oleh oleh to shop and have lunch.
then went back to hotel, picked up our luggages and head towards the ferry!
i met a guy who reminded me of Ruan JingTian. So goodlooking, except he looked more nerdish than him, but still cute… =p RJT had more pouty lips and strong charisma… sigh… would be so nice if i can meet such a guy. heh.
reached back home, and rushed out to go kbox with the apron dept people. they are quite nice people… =)
thereafter, followed them to st. james, but i think i had enough of it, so decided to say goodbye and walked out of there.