23th Dec 2008:
Ate lunch and my father sent us to Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal.
Waited for my cousin's family and more cousins : 2 adults, 7 "children". Soon it's time to check in. This is the first time my brothers and I are going overseas without parents.
The water was very choppy that day. I'll still shuddered when I think about it. The whole 1 hour plus boat ride was a horror. My cousins loved it though. Saw a lot of people vomiting. I was very queasy. There was this personnel walking up and down, giving out tissue paper and bags.
Like what the captain said "you can all breathe a sign of relief" when we were reaching the terminal there.
Travelled to Bintan Lagoon Resort. Checked into our hotel rooms and changed for swimming. Love the hotel room, very nice and romantic.
The 3 girls stayed in one room, the 3 guys in another, and the rest in the last room. I love the en suite very much, with its full-length mirror and bath-tub. Too bad I didn't have a chance to use it.
We didn't swim for long as it started raining.
Went to Pasar Oleh Oleh for dinner. To get there, we had to take 7-seater car. It drizzled while we were having dinner so we went indoors to eat.
24th Dec 2008:
Had hot dog rolls for breakfast at first, but since there's free buffet breakfast provided, we went there to eat.
Checked out of our hotel rooms and we went to Laguna for a short "trip". There's supposed to be a presentation of Angsana Resort and Spa but since we didn't have enough time, we went back to Bintan Lagoon.
Checked into our big villa (Angsoka 06). It's really grand and beautiful. All the times we came to Bintan, we stayed at the small villa. So, this is really a great change. It's very expensive though, a $1000+ per night.
The whole day was just raining away so we missed out a lot of good things. My cousins and brothers played with their water guns at the private pool while I stayed indoors. Even my uncle's golf session was cancelled.
There are 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 "sitting" rooms, 1 large living room with TV and stereo system, completed with a private pool.
We watched all the DVDs I bought there. 4 to be exact. First was Get Smart, Mama Mia, Kung Fu Panda and 27 dresses at 1+ in the morning. We also watched Good Luck Chuck on HBO.
Sang Christmas songs with my cousins and got wild, we were dancing and running around the living room.
My uncle booked KTV from 10pm to 12am. This is my first time going to a KTV and sing. Sang Christmas songs and other songs with my cousins. I usually don't sing in front of people.
The songs were sadly outdated, they seemed to update the song list last in 2004.
Countdown to Christmas at Bintan's time and exchanged presents. My cousin got my name and I got hers. Fate, my brother called it.
I got her "Little Emmett" the bear. I got a dragonfly necklace from her.
We, apart from one of my cousin and uncle and auntie, slept in the master bedroom. The guys on the bed. The girls on the floor on mattresses.
Slept at 4am and woke up around 9am.
25th Dec 2008:
Had the free buffet breakfast again. Went to the beach a while to take photos.
The waves was huge and we were saying that today will be a bad day to go home.
Still raining away, what a waste of the pool. I don't really like swimming in the rain.
Packed up and went to the lobby to wait for the bus to take us to terminal.
Surprisingly, the weather turned good and the journey home was quite smooth. I took 2 "anti-nausea" tablets this time since 1 apparently don't do its job and I slept a little.
Our parents were there, waiting for us.
Went for dinner at Sushi House at Kallang Leisure centre. My stomach wasn't feeling too good and I was really tired.
The food is not too bad though Sakae Sushi is nice.
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It's good to be home. I like it there but it's always rushing here, rushing there.
The weather was real bad this year. Therefore, no BBQ, seldom time for swimming etc. All we can do was to stay indoors and watched TV.
Hope to go back next year to get a Polo Tee. I wanted one but my parents were not around and I didn't have much money. There's always next time though.
I must find a time to make use of the bath-tub the next time. A perfect waste of a perfect thing.
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Luckily, no bad news about Twilight stuff these few days I'm not in Singapore. I hate it when something sprang out of nowhere and caught me in surprise.
I'm sad and angry that Twilight did not make it to the number 1 spot during its the opening weekend in Singapore. IP Man got the spot!? What the...
I watched it twice with my friends and cousins and brothers.
Apparently, the 2 weeks of sneak peeks of Twilight got the most money but because sneak peek is not included in the final box office earnings, Twilight got the 2nd place.
Ah well, Twilight makes money. That's what is important.
PS: Will update the pictures soon.
