My short Batam trip~!!! - Part 1

on 2 June, my hubby and i went to Batam for 1D1N as he had bought a Groupon coupon. so we asked his parents to take care of Sonia. happily, i went to do manicure and pedicure at Color Zone on e dae b4, aft my work.

1st tm doin artwork on my toes~! nice? lol

on Sat mornin, i woke up v earli :( hubby rushed mi cos he scared we will be late when we rched Harborfront. initially, i was stil glad when he told mi we would tk cab lol. we jz ate some cakes den prep 2 go out. Sonia woke up aft i finished bathin. i was upset on e bus cos tinkin of her haiz.. we were earli at Harborfront so we sat one side 2 rest b4 boardin e ferry. we oso went 2 e Duty-Free shop 4 awhile. hubby asked mi wanna buy beer anot. i said dun wan cos nv thought of drinkin. i saw Xie Jia Fa or his look-alike, of Yes FM93.3 with a few ladies at e gate~! when e ferry arrived, we went 2 sit at e upper deck. thr was nth nice 2 snap outside e window durin e journey.

Xie Jia Fa

we rched Batam abt 45 mins ltr. we needed 2 find e tour guide 2 bring us ard Batam. fortunately, we managed 2 c her aft i went 2 e toilet. it was a long queue at e smelly toilet. we took a bus outside e ferry terminal wif 2 malay families. i saw a cute & pretty baby ger :)

firstly, e tour guide brought us to e Polo Ralph Lauren shop. she said e stuffs were authentic from USA. hubby and i juz went window-shoppin thr cos e clothes were ex to us. we oso saw other branded bags and wallets such as LV, Hermes & Gucci thr. aft tt, she drove us to do massage. she said we could not do in e hotel cos thr were no more slots.

prior 2 e massage, we soaked and washed our feet in a basin. den we went our upstairs 2 gt ready. hubby and i were jz bside each other wif e curtain btw us. e female masseurs were friendly. we lied on a mattress on e floor. e whole process was relaxin and abit ticklish. hubby felt lk slpin lol. e masseur asked mi whether i did massage b4 and i answered mine was lyin on a bed not on-e-floor style. she said den mine was spa nt massage. aft we finished our massage, we tk photographs of e place as it had a nice ambience and decor which resembled e one we went in Singapore.

Taken after our massage~!

Taken before we went downstairs...

e tour guide came 2 fetch us aft our massage. she took all of us to taste some layer cakes outside a cake shop. Indonesia is famous for layer cakes. there were 4 flavors namely original, chocolate, prune and i forgt e name of e other one. i liked e Prune flavor e most as it tasted e nicest, so we ordered one box.

a portion of Prune layer cake

finali, we could go lunch. i was v hungry cos i oni ate abit in e morning. we went 2 a seafood restaurant 4 lunch. e place was called Golden Prawn 555. hubby & i sat at e same table with 3 malay kids fr out bus. e 1st dish tt arrived was e chilli crabs (shown on e left pic - centre pic, white plate). next dish was e clams soup (shown on e below pic - top left pic). as u can see fr e left pic, we oso ate chiili oysters (orange plate in e middle), fried fish (top pic) & fried prawns (below left pic). fr e rite pic, u can see calamari (centre pic) & green veg too. my hubby & i lk e veg oni as it tasted e best among all lol. we oso ordered one coconut 2 share. but i din snap a photo of it. i stil fd e local coconut more tasty. e malay kids din eat mch but i noticed they lk e fried prawns n fried fish. we ate all these wif white rice of cos.

aft lunch, e tour guide brought us 2 c a Indo traditional show b4 leavin e place. she said we could gif tips if we were satisified wif e show as it was a free performance. it was short wif e purpose of wanting 2 encourage their own young ppl 2 learn e traditional yet dangerous fire-shallowing and glass-eating acts. my hubby did pass e man some rupiahs aft they finished and everyone applauded.

den, we took some time 2 tour an outdoor miniature house exhibition. e tour guide wanted us 2 guess which house belonged 2 a cannibal tribe in Indo. no one guessed correctli but nvm one. she gave my hubby & i a brief description of all e various houses as we could nt understd e malay words engraved on e small board.

nw, we came 2 e adventurous part. my hubby & i gona play e Flying Fox. e weather was hot and e queue was abit long. nt mani ppl fr our bus joined us. we gt ready by wearin e helmet & harness band 1st. we needed 2 climb 2 e top of e starting point. a man was thr 2 connect our harness 2 a rope & we were told 2 hold onto e handles. he counted to '3' and off we went down e rope 2 e landin point at a far end. my heart was beatin fast while i was in mid air! it was excitin as it was my 1st tm playin Flyin Fox!

b4 we went 4 our dinner at a shoppin mall, we went 2 a Batik shop. we missed e temple and e Factory Outlet cos thr was nt mch tm left. we bought nothing at e Batik shop. my hubby bought a pair of leather shoes at e shoppin mall which was called BCF. we saw mani branded bags thr, so my hubby bought mi one lol. we dined at a cafe and my hubby ate Fish & Chips and me fried seafood kway keow. it was delicious :) we oso ordered a strawberry milkshake as shown below.

at last, we could go back to our hotel oredy...

Mother's Day 2012

last Sunday was Mother's Day. i had planned to treat my mom dinner so dad or sis would go and bought at the coffeeshop downstairs. cos it was inconvenient for my mom 2 go out. after discussion, we selected 'crispy chicken', 'kai lan', braised tofu & pork ribs which we usually eat and mom could eat.

i told my hubby tt i wanted to go back earli from his place cos i oso intended to go buy a cake for myself at AMK Hub. since he cannot find any Polar Puffs & Cakes at central. Sonia went with us. there was no Stitch cake at e Polar outlet here. i was abit disappointed. so we went to other bakeries. after comparing e price, i chose a black forest cake at Bengawan Solo.

we reached my house quite late and ate dinner b4 feeding Sonia. luckily, she could wait. b4 my hubby went home, we cut and ate e black forest cake. it was nice and i was happi cos this was e 1st time i was celebrating Mother's Day with Sonia :))))

Sonia (7+ months old) & me

Sonia's growin teeth!!

one Friday, Sonia was down with fever. i was worried and so i took Childcare Leave. no wonder she kept turning in e middle of e nite. when i carried her at 2+ am, she was not ok. her body was hot. so i measured her temp. it was 36.8 degree Celcius. den, it raised to 37.5 degree Celcius at 4+ am. aft feedin her at 5+ am, i went out to buy e fever patch for children cos she kept movin and made her wet hankie drop. fortunately, a shop is open and sellin it. i quickly read the instructions while i was in e lift. aft reachin hm, i put one patch on Sonia's forehead.

i waited till 7am to inform Auntie Janet tt i wun bring Sonia to her house le cos she was sick. i had given Sonia e med 2x from e polyclinic but it was not effective. so i decided 2 bring her 2 c doc le. luckily, it was not long queue. e doc was gd and praised Sonia tt she was obedient. he measured her temp and asked whether she got cough and flu. he said Sonia had fever was cos of virus not cos change of milk formula. Sonia is now 8.6 kg. he advised me not 2 bathe her and juz sponge her. he said its normal for babies 2b sick when they are 6 months onwards as they are building their immunity. he oso said if her temp shot to 38 degree Celcius den nid 2 bring her to KKH le. he said we can gif her drink honey water or glucose when she had fever. in additional, he told us not to on the fan so tt she will sweat n recover. he prescribed fever and flu med for Sonia. this fever med seemed to be stronger than e one from e polyclinic as it required fewer mls to give to my baby.

in e evening, Sonia's temp was 36.9 degree Celcius but her body was stil abit hot. my hubby said we went back his house so we can take care of her tog. thus i oso brought back e ling yang water tt my dad bought from e herbs shop. when Sonia was at my hubby's house, we gave her the new med before she slept. her temperture did become lower.

after a few days, Sonia was not completely well though her fever had subsided over e wkends. she got abit of running nose. she oso accidentally fell down from bed at my hubby's house. den her fever came back :( and continued takin her med. one week ltr, i noticed tt she was growin 2 lower teeth on her gums cos it felt sharp and hard. there were oso small white parts. i asked Auntie and she agreed. i was v excited and happi as she was oni 6+ mths old & developin so fast ;p no wonder she lk 2 bite things oredy lol.

My DEAREST Sonia!! (6+ months old)

BIG FIGHT!! GRRRRR...

2 days ago, i asked my hubby whether he can lend my dad car cos he needs to bring my mom to hospital on 2 days this week. he refused and said he would sponsor the cab fare. so i asked him if he remembers our deal that after CNY, he will try to ask his stpd dad to lend us e car. if he wun he will argue with him. den i said he broke his promise! my hubby said our deal is till end of Feb not after CNY. he saw me so mad and compromised, saying he will go ask his dad then. but i'm not happy already and told him dun nid. i said y he only agreed after i got angry. den he asked what i wanted nw...

my hubby did not tok to mi mch snc den... he said let him hv depression and end his life. he dun care baby and i wun go back to his hse on wkends anymore. he is sick that we alwiz quarrel cos of our families and e car. i dun understd y he alwiz nid 2 ask his stpd dad's permission to lend car 2 my dad. my hubby & i paid 4 e car while he oni put his stpd dad's name under insurance. nw his stpd dad drv it 2 work everyday cos i hv no license & he tk public transport 2 work. i hate his family! i juz oni wan try 2 help my family save e cab fare cos my mom is going to hospital 3x a wk. once, i asked his stpd dad myself whether he can lend e car 2 my dad for 1 dae. he's so calculative & asked y. when i lied 2 him tt my dad wanted 2 bring my ah ma 4 chkup, his stpd dad did not want 2 lend. so selfish of him!!! his stpd mom lk 2 kpo my matters n her mouth is bad 2 my baby.

at 1st, i did not wan 2 ask my hubby animore abt lendin e car cos i noe i will hear e same ans... seein him lk tt nw, i told him i reli will stop askin le cos oso so sick of it! i gona pass my driving tests faster 2 obtain a drivin license & possess e car! den i can hv my own use w/o e nid 2 kp ask his stpd dad! i dunno y my hubby becomes lk tt cos of tis. y he cant let mi hv my way when i asked him e 1st tm :( jz once oso cannot. i dunno y he seems 2 push all e blame 2 mi. i did fl abit bad 4 not goin bk 2 his hse. i tot if he mk mi fl better i will try endure his stpd family agn n go bk. tis tm, he nv apologizes 2 mi. i dunno when he will b ok le.

its a new yr... but we oredy fought mani x cos of tis.. haiz...

My first birthday celebration in 2011~!!!

1st of all, happy new year to all! i had spent my New Year's eve wif my bf :) we nv went 2 countdown cos he dun lk crowded places. how abt u all? i hope for a better yr ahead...

on e dae b4, GB and Ros celebrated my bdae wif mi. GB was late. at 1st, we wanted 2 go dine at Indo Padang cos i had voucher. but in e end, we nv cos it dun hv e halal cert. so we went bk 2 PS and had dinner at Secret Recipe. Ros and i kept disturbin GB cos of a young waitress who is a newbie. she dunno e menu well and had accidentali spilled water on e floor. but she looked apologetic and went 2 chk e menu. an unfortunate thing happened. e cafe power was tripped n we din gt 2 eat brownie :( e mgr had suggested 2 chng 2 cheesecake so we were ok lor. cos no choice. Ros said it was e fault of 2 chefs. we oso kept remindin em 2 replace e cutleries. GB said nx tm he wun cum here agn cos of e poor svc. i nv expect e svc 2b lk tt... GB had given Ros her belated bdae present and a souvenir 2 both of us.

Souvenir

Beeconomic Voucher

aft tt, we went 2 Ben & Jerry's 4 icecream :) yeah~! thr were so mani flavours 2 choose fr. we shared 3 scoops wif a waffle in a bowl. GB ordered 'Coffee Coffee Buzz Buzz', Ros had 'Chocolate Therapy' and i ate 'Sweet Cream &Cookies'. we compared e sweetness and mine was e least while Ros' e most ;p den we chatted and walked 2 Orchard mrt station 2 catch e last train. aft GB alighted, Ros gave mi my bdae present!

Ros gave mi tis cute bear :) i like it!

i'm v happi 2 mit em cos they r my buddies! i fl sori tt they r unhappi wif their work.. i wish em all e best in their job hunt ;p

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My Visit to Universal Studios, Singapore~!!!

On 31 Oct 10, it was my bf's company's Family Day! i went to Sentosa wif his parents and him. he had bought e corporate tickets to Universal Studios, Singapore :)

b4 we went 2 explore USS, we needed to walk 2 km for “Walk for Rice @ South East” campaign to Siloso Beach and den bk 2 e starting point. e walk commenced at about 9am. aft e walk, e organisers provided us breakfast. at tis tm, it began to drizzle. we rested while waitin 4 e rain 2 stop.

den it's time 2 go USS le~!!! we changed to clean top b4 proceeding. yeah, finali my bf and I were alone ;p e pics below show u wat we saw after walking thru e entrance...

e first movie character we saw...

Kungfu Panda~!

Further on...

Betty Boop~! My childhood fav character~!

My fav pic wif Frankenstein~!

Nice posh cars in USS...

Madagascar theme...

Another fav pic

Shrek theme... we went 2 watch e 4D short film~! i dunno it was sooo nice & touching~!

Jurassic Park - The Lost World theme...

in e aftnoon, we used e vouchers and had chicken rice 4 lunch in tis restaurant... 2 our disappointment, it was nt delicious and ex :( even e one sold at local coffeeshops is better lor lol.

Ancient Egypt theme...

Sci-Fi City theme...

we got ourselves wet when watchin Steven Spielberg's movie special effects show! aft lunch, we joined his parents n his mom wanted 2 catch a roll-and-roll styled musical performed by e infamous Universal Classic Monsters. it's called 'Monster Rock'. e threatre was crowded. lastly, we went 2 e Universal Studios Store to c wat souvenirs we could buy. my bf bought a Betty Boop cup 4 mi :) he's so gd 2 'sacrifice' buyin a mug. his mom bought a big crystal ornament.

tis tm, my bf dun allow mi 2 play those thrill rides aft wat hap at Disneyland, Hong Kong :( i noe tis is his kind intention la.. i stil pref Disneyland, Hong Kong to USS cos it is bigger and more attractions there :>