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Tuesday, March 14, 2006 @ 11:42 AM

Bintan holiday

heyys.. just came back from my holiday at Bintan!! i'm sunburnt!!! but i got a nice tan!! whoo! hah...
Day 1:
We got up at around.. 7:30 to grab our stuff and head off for tanah merah ferry terminal.... sat there for 30min listening to my sister's iPod nano.... just got it the day before!! haha.. anyway.. we boarded the ferry and sat there for another 30min... was getting a headache cause the ferry was rocking... yeah... haha.. anyway.. the boat started off for bintan.. it was a 45min trip.... was stoning the whole way.. couldnt sleep.. some kid was so noisy!! we reached BINTAN FERRY TERMINAL and boarded the bus to nirwana gardens resort and was greeted by a traditional indonesian dance. we checked in.. headed off to our rooms!!! i loved the room.. it had tv that had HBO!!! whooOO!! so happy!! we changed into slippers den walked around... played pool.... i won! but the table was soo small! it was 2ft smaller than the normal one.. haha. den we headed off into town.. had to get a driver cause it was a 1hr hour journey... and it would take FOREVER to get there by foot. haha.. didnt do much in town la.. kinda boring.. so i'll skip that part. we got dinner at a local hawker centre.. nice food i must say.. we headed back.. den watched tv and slept!!
Day 2:
Got up and changed into our swimming suits and headed off for a free breakfast! Food was nice... pancakes.. sausages...need i go on? haha.... it was a fantastic breakfast!! after that.. we headed off to the pool!! cold.. cold.. water.... haha.. but got used to it. spent half the day there... that was where i got sunburnt! during the MORNING SUN!! can u imagine how hot it was.... gosh... haha.. after that.. we headed off to mana mana! the sea sports area... rented a ocean kayack for 1hr.... 30min for my 2 sisters.. and the other for me and my dad.... guess what.... we.. capsised!!! cause the wave was damm strong... and like.... gosh! my dad was leaning on the side that was in the water!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and so we capsised....... haha... it was quite a funny experience... we managed to flip it back over and bail water out... as soon as almost ALL the water was out.. a wave came and put all the water back!!!!!! stupid...... did that many times and the same thing happened!!! so i gave up and my sister came to "rescue" us... so 3 of us were there trying to get it back out in the ocean.. but couldnt cause the kayack was filled with water.... inside it.... ya.. it was damm funny man! spent like.. 25min trying to get it up right... anyway.. we gave up and brought it back to shore... haha... was laughing like crazy man... haha.. trully an unforgetable experience.. haha.. oops! oh ya.. we were looking at our tans.. and sunburns.... i was the worst cause i completly forgot to put suntan oil on that area.. haha.. whoops!! after that we went to kelong for dinner. had sea food! saw the sunset and took pictures! whoo! haha.. kinda cool.. but the food and mocktails were good!! haha.. den did abit of shopping. bought bubble gum and some really cool stuff! and i saw shells that were HUGE!!! like.. 30-40cm long!? COOL!
Day 3:
Headed off into the pool again... got a water polo ball and played water captains ball with it! it was damm fun man! had my mum be the captain to catch the ball and sometime we purposely dropped the ball into the water near her and got her all wet!!! HAHAHA! so evil.. haha.. anyway, 2 kids joined us... kinda fun really... one couldnt swim though the team with my big sis was quite good. haha... played for a while.. but they won cause my mum kept throwing the ball back to them and not to my team!!!!!!!haha.. my sisters and dad got tired so i was left playing water monkey with the 2 kids.... hmm... the smaller one who couldnt swim was the monkey.. haha.. to be KIND like i always am... i threw the ball to that it just goes over her head... haha.. so kind man. hmm, stoped at around 12 to wash up and pack.. left checked out at 1:30... and had to wait till 3:30 for the bus to come to bring us to bintan ferry teminal. played daidee for the whole two hours! haha.. we did the usuall stuff at the ferry terminal.. u know.. the sercurity stuff... then we waited for the ferry to come and choinged into the upper deck of the ferry!! grabed the window seat. haha.. anway.. we traveled and experience a couple of rocky times... yepp.. there was one where the ferry really rocked from side to side! haha! that was fun!!!! yep.. upon reaching the waters of singapore, we were stopped by the coast guard to conduct a sercurity check... hmm.. none of them were handsom... hahaha.. while they were checking, the boat rocked somemore!!! haha.. really very fun!! haha.. after the police made sure that there were no terriosts or what nots on board, we were then allowed to move on! along with the ferry rocking again! ahah... super fun!! by then, it was around 7pm. we went throught the customs and searched for the car key.. haha.. couldnt rmb where we put it. found it eventually and we headed to changi village for dinner!! didnt see any aquas... haha. i ate ipoh hor fun! haha.. headed home after dinner and watched tv!
that should be it! =]

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