Originally Posted by nono1973
Look like your trip got good got no good. Anyway,i suppose it's part of Batam's hit & miss. Out of 10,how many point would you rate your Batam trip this time round? My rating for my 1st Ramadan Batam trip was 7.5/10 tho,hehehe...
Next time in Formosa ,ask for room close to the lift...Wifi will be a bit better.
According to what i have read in this thread from bro Black Page and other bro's postings input,more advisable to go 1 week after Hari Raya,more choice of girls to choose from. I think most places would be closed during Hari Raya and for the 1st 3 days after Hari Raya.
Agreed with you,bro Mas... that at some points,off topic a little do spice up the thread. It's just that i am used to staying in topic as stated on thread title,sorry bro...just personal preference here. i need to emphasise here that a little off topic in this thread sometime do helps me understand the situation and culture of Batam better. Not forgetting that Batam is part of Indonesia,whereby Jakarta is still its Capital and closing of Dolly & their ongoing election do affect Batam one way or another.
Talking about Hungry Ghost in Batam,i believe i need to pay the temples a visit if i were to make my trip next month during the festive. I will then learn how Hungry Ghost is celebrated there as well. Come to think of it,i wonder if the temple in Batam will sell those hell notes and paper Ipaq etc etc or not...lol. If not remember wrong,i think i do see some ancestral tablet somewhere in corners of those temples i visited previously...it'll make sense if they do celebrate Hungry Ghost. But am guessing most likely not as active as in Sillypore. So long i don't go and step on burning incense paper and the offerings if i see them in the street and most importantly,be extra respectful to the unknown.
I'm sorry,i cant help laughing when you talk about the Dynasty99 Girl you book,when she explain how she come about to start eating pork...lol. But i think the person who talk her into taking pork make sense too,tho it may sound a bit stupid. I was in NS when i hear story about bringing pork Bak Kua into Pulau Tekong Camp and people getting possess becos of their possession of Bak Kua. And also how the Temple medium force the spirit out of possessed person by forcing him/her to eat raw grass plucked from the ground.Anyway,what i say here are just hearsay during NS time.
In case you didn't realise,most of your postings in this thread are rather in depth,and i benefited quite a bit from it. I can only reply others to the best of my understanding of this thread and personal field experience when it comes to Batam stuffs. As for coffee,it happens the topic is on Luwak coffee and i am interested in it since Batam sells it. So in order not to get chop carrot head or cheated to buy fake stuffs,therefore i check online before i ask my many questions. Thanks for your compliment.
There is actually another thing that i am very interested in that are for sale in Batam....hehehe....that is their sea food. While i may be allergic to sea food,i am actually more interested to Batam's dry sea food that has therapeutic herbal effect,example Dried Sea Horse? I remember seeing somewhere in this thread before that near BCS area got a wet market,now my question is if there will be dried sea horse for sale there? or if it is for sale anywhere in any part of Batam? Reason why i ask is becos dried sea horse in Sillypore are very expensive stuffs and i need to find it and compare the prices with the one sold in Sillypore. It's meant for a part of a herbal ingredient mix for some usage,and i do understand it's another of my ignorant question. So no obligation to reply tho.
9400/SGD to 8900/SGD is a tremendous drop. I wonder if it's due to the upcoming election result this coming Tuesday? I believe some indo Govt/business gamblers are buying up the IDR,or could be the indo Govt suddenly stop printing IDR and when the election is over,those who buys will dump it off their hands for a good profit.
Bro Authenticanie,you have just post some good info at the right timing this time. Let's hope IDR comes to 10k/SGD 2 weeks after their election result....*joking*
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