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[fde83]

Originally Posted by Myhorizon

Please look out for their own Indonesian National day sales

Look out for booking joint and massage plus plus doing the same. Yeash!!

[cougar666]

Originally Posted by Myhorizon

If going to Batam this week).

Thanks for sharing and will check it out tomorrow.

[cougar666]

I observed there are some auto scan passport gantry like those in Singapore at Harbor Bay custom while queuing up for custom clearance this afternoon. I guess they will be implemented in the near future. It would be useful if Singapore passport can be used.

There are also many people offering prayers today as it is the 15th day of Chinese 7th month with ashes flying around .

Lastly there are several property development exhibition in BCS ground floor today. I guess Bro Nono will be interested

[m600]

[QUOTE=cougar666;19081280]I observed there are some auto scan passport gantry like those in Singapore at Harbor Bay custom while queuing up for custom clearance this afternoon. I guess they will be implemented in the near future. It would be useful if Singapore passport can be used.

Bro, As for what i knew from the custom staff this auto scan gate is only for Indo passport. Cheers

[Leoric]

Originally Posted by nono1973

Notice Batamfast travel from Tanah Merah to Harbour Bay and i notice they also have ferry from Harbour Front to Harbour Bay too. Then again, only 4 time slots to travel. If the ferry timing fits me, well...i seriously dont mind saving S$2 per ticket tho,hehehe...

...what happen if one day Horizon ferry decide to fail me? At the very least i will still have another alternative. Note that "ticket" i have been talking about is not E-Ticket. They are all physical ticket. And they are open ticket where one can make changes on ferry timing and dates within its expiry date.

Must be extra careful when buying, there're 2 types of Btmfast open ferry tix in the market. One can only goes from Tanah Merah to HBB & other btm ferry terminal, the another type can goes from any ferry terminal in sg to any ferry terminal in btm.

[nono1973]

Originally Posted by PowerBenz

I saw this coffee selling at mega basement hyermart...the price $30sgd like tat..The got small packets one which cost cheap abit...

I noticed you edited your post to change the price. The price you stated is similar to the Luwak coffee powder i saw at Hypermart Nagoya Hill Mall at around 300k rupiah too. What i saw one was in powder form and not in seed-form.

I think they were the version 2 type of luwak coffee. I bought quite a lot of version 1 whenever i am in Batam tho,hehehe...yes,i arent a "real coffee drinker" ,any type/s that suits me i consume.

*avoid quoting my whole post, i saw a few of your posts got removed before i could reply them...very sorry (they are not removed by me). The last thing i wish to do is to offend anyone hence the clarification.

**I still manage to catch this one before it got removed tho,hehehe...

[nono1973]

Originally Posted by Leoric

Hahaha...u are now on google. .

I just tried, & it works!

Hehehe...thanks to SBF's SEO ranking/setting,hehehe...

Originally Posted by Leoric

Heading to batam next week again after National day but before the indo national day on 17.

Nowaday each 2d1n trip cost me around :

Ferry : $28/$38 (coupon = $28, orange tix = $38)
Overnite Girl : 1 jt anytime of the day before sunset, after 11pm = 700k/800k
Hotel : 300k/600k depending on hotel room class.
Taxi : 0

Total cost most time is within the $200 unless i play big boss.

You are enjoying yourself there weekly. Why not rent a room in Batam on a monthly basis instead?

I think can help you cut back on your expenses even more,hehehe...

Recently i got attracted by an ad in an online market place selling 3 pieces of horizon one way ticket from Batam to Singapore at $20, hence i PM him asking of its 3 piece of that for S$20 but he later reply me its one piece for S$20. I then told him , "do you know that the online market place he put his ad is selling 2 way Horizon ferry tickets" at lowest S$30.50?"

After some negotiation, i manage to convince him to sell me his 3 pieces one way tickets at S$20,hehehe...

[nono1973]

Originally Posted by cougar666

Agreed, one can have several meals a day but with smaller portion and healthy food like what Dr M or some elderly said, small portion and 70% full is good enough. I have 4-5 meals a day sometimes starting at 7am, 10am, 12pm, 3pm and sometime 6-6.30pm.

One little thing to point out, please do eat on time (interval no more than 45 to 60 mins), whether the amount of food that goes into one's stomach is big or small. As we age, our body works like a clock, there's a fix time for our stomach's acid to step out to help us digest food and at that period of time when there's no food to digest, it will start to hurt. Doctor call it, Gastric...and if not taken in proper care, the next level of illness would be stomach ulcer.

Originally Posted by cougar666

I am a believer of "the food is the medicine and the medicine is the food". I also agreed with you that our body is capable of self healing. It is good if 1 can abide to healthy food and good living habit but it requires a lot of discipline. We sometimes go against nature by sleeping late instead of before 10-11pm, over eating especially if it is buffet which we paid so much and need to recover the cost and eating unhealthy food especially a lot of processed food nowadays.

Agreed with your points above.

I am a food therapy person, but i arent that discipline enough type to eat whats right all the time,hence i will pick a time to indulge myself in food i like at a certain point of time. So i have to pick my "right balance" in terms of healthy life-style and/or Health Preserving (养生), at the same time dont deprive myself over those food i love.

Everyone is different,and what suits me is the best and what suits me doesnt mean its gonna suit everybody. Its my way of calling it "balance" (not exactly a balance diet tho).

Originally Posted by cougar666

I have a friend who is 70 years old and he looks younger, full of energy and walk faster than me He does not take dinner for 10 years, do a lot of walking and eat healthily though he does drink beer and hard liquor.

Coincidentally, the friends i got to know in Batam who are older than me, some in their late 50s/60s, some in their 70s and there is even 2 or 3 of them in their 80s,...9 out of 10 of them were as fit as an Ox,hehehe...

Remember i mentioned about Samat, the security guard in Singapore? He passed on at the age of 80 plus,hehehe...even the cleaner who lose most of his money, he also passed on almost reaching 70 (he's less healthy for some reason/s tho).

Tell me, which men dont wish to be live over 70/80 and yet can still run around and may even bonk around? Some made it, some dont...but there's always hope,hehehe...and these hopes can start by living healthily today.

Originally Posted by cougar666

I tried eating healthily and I do feel my body changing. I feel lighter and only fall sick once with running nose for past 1 year. It is rarely to found someone like you who understand and appreciate the concept. I would also like to recommend you a documentary, Food Choices which you can find it in YouTube. It clarify most of the myth one has on food.

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Happy National Day.

Thanks again for sharing.

[cougar666]

Originally Posted by m600

Bro, As for what i knew from the custom staff this auto scan gate is only for Indo passport. Cheers

Noted with thanks

[yourslovingly]

How to get 35$ harizon ferry ticket

[cougar666]

Thanks Bro Nono for the noodle recommendation. I tried Ji Long yesterday and Bai Long today. Both are nice and serving is fast. Bai Long uses porcelain bowl and spoon while Ji Long uses plastic. Ji Long's portion seems bigger. I also tried the carrot cake at both sides at 16k each.

I tried to post picture but unable to do so at various area using WiFi at hotel and restaurants even my own data roaming as well.

[nono1973]

Originally Posted by cougar666

I tried to post picture but unable to do so at various area using WiFi at hotel and restaurants even my own data roaming as well.

There is a link that teaches forum user how to post photo/s in this thread,hehehe...

https://sammy.services/showpost.php?p=13...ostcount=31240

(at post #2 of this thread)

Have a good and enjoyable Batam trip.

Cheers!

[Kaboon]

Originally Posted by cougar666

I tried to post picture but unable to do so at various area using WiFi at hotel and restaurants even my own data roaming as well.

I think ur camera resolution too high, try to reduce ur photo size after taking them before uploading ur photos to post here.

Most website don't support photo upload that would takes up too high bandwidth.

Originally Posted by nono1973

There is a link that teaches forum user how to post photo/s in this thread,hehehe...

I think u misunderstand his words. I believe he knw how to post photos in a forum, just couldn't do so due to some issue.

[cougar666]

Originally Posted by cougar666

I observed there are some auto scan passport gantry like those in Singapore at Harbor Bay

Thanks both. Managed to upload it after the picture is reduced from 3.5 MB to 1.5 MB

[cougar666]

Went to DC Mall for this round and found that the stuff is cheaper over there and bought something at level 2.


I like this kind of belt with latch instead of holes as it is much easier to adjust as compared to holes which one needs to punch additional hole if the waist line expand. It costs 59k while 1 of the store at BCS quoted 250k which I didn't bother to negotiate as just testing the price.


Bought this Under Armour track pant at 158k


These Converse shoes cost 85k while 1 of the store at Penuin market quoted 140k.

Went to Kupu Kupu on Fri and there were only 5-6 ceweks and OKT quoted 1.5 junta. Bunga has 20 over ceweks and the mummy quote 1.4 junta and reduced to 1.1 when I told her I came alone. Didn't pick anyone as just want to spend sometime alone relaxing for this round.

I also saw several guys (think above 50 years old) at A2 food court lah kopi in the morning. Life is so carefree for them

The salesman for Baloi condo (they called it apartment) quoted S$80k for 3 bedrooms, around 80 square metre pool view. The landed is S$125k for single level at 144 square metre and S$175k for double storeys. He wanted to bring me to the showroom but too rush for me as need to catch the ferry.

Lastly I didn't realized it's so crowded on weekend in the mall full of local and Singaporean though the driver said some are from Malaysia as well.