the long awaited holiday

gotta tell you that i finally had my long awaited holiday - after arranging it for months ago (with tears and sweat ..well, ok ..almost). just because of the first nite race for the F1, it's soo difficult for us to get the hotel. we, literally, almost given up if the online tour did not recommend us to try the next door hotel. anyway, here's the recap for the holiday ..

25th September 2008

feby, vida and i were arriving the airport at 6.15 a.m. dan ternyata kita salah turun pula! dan akhirnya mengharuskan kita untuk jalan hampir sekitar 1 km. lumayan lah ..jalan pagi :(, walaupun agak gempor juga krn geret2 koper. untungnya msh agak kosong, hehehe. akhirnya kita check in deh. i thought that it will be another chaos considering my last holiday to Bali back in Dec 07 for the new year. the line was not that long and the officer was quite helpful, phew! we managed to take some pictures while waiting for the plane ..

- at one of the restaurant -

- just before boarding -

and here's our pictures inside the plane ..

- thelma and magi -


- me, feby and vida -

we arrived Batam airport slightly early than schedule. we went straight to Batam Center harbour to catch the earlier ferry. somehow, this trip seemed a lot easier than my last one when i went to Singapore through Batam. that was a NITEMARE, i tell you. anyway, this time ..it didn't happen. everything went smoothly ..well, except that it took us almost half a day to reach Singapore while if we're going straight from Jakarta ..it took us less than 2 hours flight. here's some of the pictures taken while we were in the ferry ..

finally ...we arrived in Singapore safe and sound :). we're sooo tired by the time we got in the hotel and yet ..nothing can stop us from wandering around. hey, we're in Singapore and we're officially on our HOLIDAY, yay!! and here's the pictures ..tada ..

- at the front of our hotel -


- at the Clark Quay for the River Festival -

- at the bridge -

- dinner time -

26th September 2008

our 2nd day in Singapore. we decided to walk around the neighbourhood - just to catch that familiar "Orchard feeling" we always have whenever we're here. apparently, Orchard was not as beautiful as always ..they're doing lots of renovation for some of the buildings. that includes Parangon, the Meridien ..and so on. the girls had decided that vida and me to become the tour guide for this trip. so, the night before ..vida and me had prepared for places to visit. well, things aren't always happen the way we want it to happen. it was raining ..very ..very hard. we almost didn't even make it to Takashimaya. once we got there ..we had our lunch at the food court downstair, hoping that the rain will stop when we finished our lunch. again ..the rain was getting harder by then ..so we decided to buy an umbrella for each of us. then we went to Suntec City for the (as vida said) "warm up race" ..

- Magi (expecting to show you how hard the rain was, sigh!) -



- feby and vida -

- me, thelma and magi -

- thelma and magi @Suntec -

- vida, me and feby @Suntec -

afterwards ..vida, magi and thelma went to see the "warm up race", leaving me and feby to wander around the mall. sumpah ya ..dari dulu sampe sekarang, gw rasanya nyasar mulu klo ke sini deh, hehehe. sebenernya sih klo diinget2, gw sm feby cm muter2 doang. tp ya itu ..scr i lack of navigational sense in my brain ..jadilah kita jalan2 ngk jelas sampe kaki pegel2. huaah, cuapeeekkk banget deh. tapi tetep doong, malemnya gw, vida and feby asik jalan2. biasalah ..sekitar Orchard ajah krn udh ngk sanggup jalan jauh lagi. magi and thelma stayed at the hotel ..they're just too tired to walk (cos they've been standing all day during the excercise) and didn't even bother for the sightseeing.

27th September 2008

vida, feby and me decided to go to IKEA. we used to go to the Alexandria but this time, we decided to go to Tampines. heard that this is even bigger than the old ones. none of us have been there before. it actually took us 27 minutes by MRT ..you can imagine how far was that. once we get there, we thought that it will be quite difficult for us to get there. but hey, you know what? they have shuttle bus to go around Giant, IKEA and Cold Stores since they are in the same complex ..sigh, see how easy these Singaporeans live?

when magi, thelma and vida went to see the qualification, feby and me went around the Orchard once again. well, actually ..we tried to go to Mustafa ..but we got lost and we had this "life threatening situation" (don't bother to ask!!) and so we decided just to walk around our hotel. never again in my life to step my foot there ..honestly.


28th September 2008

again ..this is a three people trip :). vida, feby and me went to Chinatown ..just to look around and bought some souveniers. almost went crazy ..soo many cute things to buy :). nice place ...

afterwards, vida had to left for the racing joining thelma and magi. feby and me?? we continued to stay at Chinatown just to look around and had our lunch there. after that we went back to the hotel, arranging our luggage. it was quite surprising to know that i didn't spend much for this trip ..luckily. secara ya ..ngk lagi sale dan kebetulan IDR lg turun against SDG, jdnya smua muahaaalll. males banget liat2nya ..paling beli cuma souvernir doang. malemnya gw sm feby ..again, jalan2 sekitar Orchard. tdnya kita mau muter2 ..tp krn ada racing, banyak jalan yang ditutup. ya udah, kita jalan sebentar trs balik lagi ke hotel. nonton F1 di TV ..hahaha!!


29th September 2008

kita decided to leave early. soalnya takut ngk dapet tempat di ferry, krn pesawat kita malah dimajuin jadi jam 4 sore yang tdnya jam 6. untungnya smua lancaaar banget ..again, gw ngk nyangka bisa selancar ini. well, despite rasa capek gara2 naik ferry. oh iya ..magi kali ini ngk ikut balik ke Jakarta, krn hrs ke Hong Kong for training. huaaah, ngebayang ngk sih btapa capeknya? eniwei, di ferry itu ..gw sm vida jatuh cinta sm anak laki2 yang duduk di depan kita ..huahahaha. bahasa gw yah :). abisnya anak itu lucu banget tampangnya. sumpah ..i actually have his picture with me ..but i won't share it with you ..hahahahaah! we arrived Jakatra around 6.15 p.m. it was a loooong journey. but then, we agreed to fly straight to Singapore next time ..no more ferries (which we thought more economical) ..trust me, it didn't!

that's the end of my holiday ..and i can't wait for the next one. will keep you posted :)