bintan trip was really awesome. i really hate my pathetic vocab, but that's just the word for it. i think out of my overseas trips this must be the best yet!it's the perfect company, perfect weather, perfect activities. you probably wouldnt agree with me, because it wasnt sunny all day; it poured on the 1st day and drizzled on the 2nd day. it wasnt that all the activities went smoothly; it rained when we were snorkeling and we had to head back slightly earlier, we rode the elephants in the rain(that was quite fun though). but i still had fun!! i was really happy all day long for the 3 days cos i really love the sun sand and the sea and all the other land activities that i got to try!=D

i guess i'll go for a brief mention of all the activities i did:

day 1
reached at about 1230 sg time, 1130 bintan time. eat lunch which wasnt fantastic but ok. played badminton cos it was raining. it was really funny cos we kept laughing at each other and mainly at sam cos she can only hit the shuttlecock in a certain manner and cant really be bothered to run around LOL. then we went for full body indonesian traditional spa! it was damn shiok, although some parts were really painful and i thought i was going to die when they cracked my head,neck and torso (felt quite shiok after it was cracked but i was damn scared cos she looked like she was going to judo me). then we checked into our hotel and went to nua at pool which looks like the infinity pool at mbs!and the jacuzzi there was damn shiok also LOL.went back to cook pasta for dinner. at first it looked damn alot but we actually finished everything cos we were damn hungry i guess LOL.then we just chillax play cards and drink, shiok max. went to sleep at 11, which is 12midnight in sing.pretty early but i guess when u're overseas your sleep time kind of screws up.

day2
wokeup to a bright sunny day=DD went for a buffet breakfast and bought an activities pass which includes about 8-9 activities for just 40bucks!cheap yo! went to kayak first which was abit tiring, but it was quite fun cos it's my first time kayaking(can you believe it LOL). but half the time we were taking photos and nuaing somewhere out in the sea LOL.we're damn chill really(: and cos we didnt bring a watch, when we went back to return the kayak they said we still have 20min out of the 1hr more!LOLOL.see how slack we are man. then we went to nua around on the beach and then we snorkeled!!didnt rent the boat out cos it's 40bucks per pax, damn ex!so we had to swim out from the shore to the nearby island to see the corals.we barely made it before it rained.saw alot of dead corals and very few small fishes. but i was quite proud of myself cos when i saw the corals i got reminded of the different patterns of corals.although i cant rmb the names of the patterns but i can recognise the diff patterns and appreciate them haha!guess nat heri's quite cool but just dont ask me to rmb the names LOL.my 1st time snorkeling too (im damn noob man) and the water kept getting into my mask at first cos i wasnt used to breathing through my mouth=x drank a few mouths of sea water bleah.but it got better as we went along!had to chiong back to the shore cos it started raining, although i could swim quite fast with the flippers but wah it takes leg muscles to move it man.and cos there was the snorkel pipe so i didnt have to come out of water to breathe, so i just continued staring at the fishes when i swam back.and cos i was swimming along the island on the way back i actually saw more stuff than when we were heading towards the island lol.it's really fun man. i would want to go for a proper snorkeling session next time(:

then cos it was raining we walked to another part of the resort (yes in the rain but we were wet alr anw) for land activities. on the way we saw a mini wildlife reserve!it was damn cool man!has like really hugeass pythons(thrash those in sg zoo man) many alligators, king cobra, turtles, fishes and really cute deers!!the deers were feeding on a stack on grass, and a few rooted in the grass and ended up having haystacks btwn their anthers LOLOL.it was a damn funny sight haha!when we reached the rain had stopped, so we did the flying fox 1st cos it takes the least time!i thought it was quite high at first but it was alright!but u had nothing to cling on so it's abit scary!but it's really okay, the speed was just right and it feels really good!!then we went horseriding, the horse is called monica haha.i actually like the feeling of sitting on the horse and having the horse trot!it's abit bumpy but if u go with the motion it's a nice feeling, like a real merry go round seat that goes up and down LOL.then we went to ride the elephants. by this time it was drizzling again but the elephants actually likes the rain cos it keeps them cool!so we rode them with the steering man carrying an umbrella.i think it was a really cool experience but uh less comfortable than sitting on a horse.and the elephants ears keep flapping onto my leg.not exactly painful but it's prickly cos elephants are super hairy!!and their hair obviously aint soft. after that we got to take photos with the elephants and we even saw pple feeding the elephants bananas.the elephants just pick up with it's trunk and throw it into its mouth. reminds me of the arcade game of this cloth girl with a super huge mouth and u throw balls in it, cos the elephant obviously doesnt need to chew the banana man.damn cool.

then we tried air rifle!!i love this man!me and sam totally thrashed the guys at this.we had 15 pellets each and i shot down at least 5 plates, sam also around there.the guys barely shot down 2 haha!we've got secret talent man!too bad for ns that we dont have to serve, not that i want to really(: then we did archery.has like 3 targets of different distance, i actually manage to shoot on the 2nd furthest, not on the bullseye but at least i hit the 3rd ring from the bullseye, not too bad=D and i hit the bullseye for the nearest one!it's quite a feat since there's nothing u can use to gauge where u're shooting, at least the rifle has that aiming thing haha.

yeah that's all for the land activities!but i really enjoyed them cos i get to try all these new things that i've never tried in my life!then we went back to the beach nearest to our hotel to chill and fool around, before bathing and heading for dinner, buffet steamboat!we went abit late though, but we still had enough time to eat. it was quite shiok!we were all spamming the beef LOL. after dinner we went to bowl cos it's in the package too.just 1 game though!i scored 79 and i had the highest score, cant believe it. i think bowling is really quite fun and i should do it more in singapore!the sucky thing is that my thumb's nail always chips off when i play bowling=x had to file it off nicely when i came back to sg cos it kind of ate into my skin=x but it was still fun!no pressure at all cos there was only us haha!then it was back in our villa for more chilling and playing cards and laughing at each other.

day3
just breakfast and then we headed back to singapore.i didnt really want to leave!i dont mind forgoing another few more days of internet for more chillax sessions at the beach!guess i really really love water=DD but i was really glad to be back in singapore also somehow(: it's still home!

so im back to my mundane hol life once again. i wonder if i made the right choice of doing batch 2 cos dammit really everyone is in batch 1 man. but i wouldnt trade my bintan trip for anything so i would have to settle for batch 2(: dont really mind that much la, still can have dinner with friends although they are most of the time super tired. jiayouuuuuuuuuuu friends!

+ val-* @ 10:50 PM

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