2D 1N in Bintan (Part 1)

Our initial destination was a trip to Kukup together with my Poly friends. As there were insufficient people for the trip, it was changed to Bintan instead.

For most of us, this was our first trip to Bintan.

The hotel rooms that we have booked were not ready yet hence, we were given a choice of a Villa instead. After viewing the Villa, we decided to stick to our hotel rooms.

There were 9 of us, but the Villa only has 2 toilets. And also, though it has a private pool, it does not seems to be as cosy as the hotel rooms.

A group photo at the Villa !

Back at the hotel reception, we were told that our rooms would only be ready in 2hrs time. To pass time, we headed to Pasar Oleh Oleh for our lunch and little "shopping".

All of us have the same thought initially, would 2 hrs be enough for us to spend our time at Pasar Oleh Oleh? Well, upon stepping foot on the place, we all concluded that 2hrs would be more than sufficient. 

This is the only decent eating place, Cafe Helo Helo. It's something like the Zi Char place back in SG. And in Bintan, they actually use SGD, hence things are not cheap either.

Feasting time !! (^_^)

The star of the day !

We ordered a set meal for 10 Pax. Food was pretty normal, and the price was considered reasonable, as we had a big crab.

After our hearty lunch, went around to explore Pasar Oleh Oleh. And it only took us 15 mins to cover the entire place. Boring place !

This place is really a kampong !

I supposed this is the mascot of Bintan?
See this logo at quite a number of places in Bintan.

Half a day has passed, and we finally got our rooms! A little rest and exploration on our own before all of us meet up again for dinner in the evening.

Dinner at Jap Restaurant !

Couple expression !?!?

After dinner, we were supposed to embark on a night tour in the swamp. There was a mixed-up between the agency and the local company, and the tour was called off. We have booked a tour for 9 person, but the local guide told us the confirmation he received was for 3 person instead of 9 !

Luckily we have planned some games and we retreated back to our rooms.

Lots of titbits, beers and hard liquor !

The rowdies !!!

and the "demure" gals ! =p

And so the game begun! Shubin taught us a new, fun game, with scribbling of faces and drinking of beers/liquor as punishment!

The game master drew first blood, getting the opportunity to draw Tze Liang's face. But what goes around, comes around ! She kena karma and got punished as well!

Draw Draw, Scribble Scribble !!

The most De Yi look !

and he was actually quite photogenic with the scribblings ! =p

Helena: "Ah Heng, u saboh me! I will remember deep deep!!"

Punishment time !! =p

The "Perfect" Couple !!! =p

Guilty look on Shubin's hubby when he was caught stealing chips ! Guess Shubin was ashamed of his actions as well =p

Finally i got an opportunity to execute my revenge !

We have came to the end of the game, but some of the faces were still relatively "clean" !

The Top Hits !
The 4 most drawn faces !

Contestant No. 1 for the most photogenic drawn face!

The Modern Bao Qing Tian !

Contestant No. 2......

The Naruto-wannabe

Contestant No. 3 .....

Rocker Heng !

Public Enemies !

The cleanest face award !

Same goes for this 2 !

How can we tolerate those people with clean faces?!?!

Bring them here and punish them !

Caught ya !

No where to run !!

wahaha, scribble scribble !!!!

no use struggling !!!

Shubin: "Oei !?! Am i on camera ?"

Me: "Opps, I think so!" =p

Helena: " Wahahaha, i caught her! i caught her!"

"Quick draw her !!! "

Artist at work ! =p

Now that's more like it, no more clean faces ! =p

The biggest losers for the night were Helena, Tze Liang, my gal and I. The game was played in Shubin's room, and the 4 of us had to walk back to our rooms, which was at the end of the other wing ! Boo !

Brunch @ Krish

We had $150 worth of Krish vouchers to use, hence decided to spend $50 on Brunch, keeping the remaining $100 vouchers for dinner for another occasion. Krish had just revamped their brunch menu, and we were hoping for some interesting dishes in the menu.

FYI, Krish is a New-Indian cuisine, in case you are wondering.

The dining area for brunch is over at the open area Greenhouse Bar section. Nice set-up, but as the name suggest, Greenhouse, it can be pretty hot and humid in the afternoon.

Gal spotted her all time favorite swing !

This dish is actually on the Kid's section. We ordered this pancake on top of our mains to share. Simply fall in love with this pancake, especially with the spread and honey. Unique taste but it is nice!

Being first time here, and their brunch menu is pretty new, asked the waitress to introduce nice dishes for us. This is one of their signature, and i suppose popular dish, Crab Cake Benedict, if i got the name correct.

Most of the Egg Benedicts that we tried come with Hollandaise sauce, so it's something special to try egg benedict with a dressing which has a crab taste. And instead of the usual bread, it was replace with a soft crab cake.

It was tasty when trying it for the first time. After a few bites, I started to feel quite "Jelat".

Gal's choice, forgot the name of the dish. It seems like the Indian version of an English Breakfast. It comes with scrambled egg (you can choose how you want ya egg to be served), bread, sun dried tomatoes, baked beans, chicken chipolata and something which tasted like hash brown.

I preferred gal's over mine, especially the sides which taste like hash brown.

The waitress was super friendly and even invited us to explore inside seating of the restaurant.

Love their cosy little bar counter inside the restaurant.

Krish is not recommended or known for their brunch. Perhaps this is why there were only 2 other customers other than 2 of us. Will be back to try out their dinner. Hope it will be much better.

Renovation's progress !

We went back to check on the progress of the renovation. All the electrical points were up and raw materials were spotted in the living. Wondering what have they complete beside the electrical points.

The extension of the wall at the kitchen's entrance was completed. It was necessary to hide the fridge, else it can be seen from the living room. The finishing looks pretty raw on this side.

The view on the other side of the wall. From this view, one could not tell that the wall has been extended. The workmanship looks pretty gd! The base for the fridge was completed as well.

And so were the base for the kitchen cabinets, the gas piping and the electrical points in the kitchen.

The entrance to the common bedroom 2 has not been sealed up yet.
work in progress ??

The edge to separate the wet and dry area in the master toilet. There will also be a shower screen.

One week has passed but not much has been done. Perhaps both of us were looking forward to the completion of the project! Hope the progress would be much faster in the following week.

Shopping for bathroom & kitchen accessories, & lightings !

For the past few wkends, we were busy with our house reno and this sat was no exception as well. We had an appointment with our ID to source for our bathroom & kitchen accessories, as well as the lightings.

We thought it would be done in 2 hrs at most, but it took us the whole afternoon!

the taps and the wall-mount basins

and the semi-recess basins .....

and the taps for our basins were among them !
make a guess ? =p

Rain showers look pretty cool and shiok! But it can only go with a storage water tank. In the end we chose the instant water heater for both our toilets as it was more practical and cost-savings.

And our last stop at the lighting shop .....
Bling bling swarovski lightings !

Ah Heng's Birthday Celebration

Dinner was supposed to be at Jpot but we ended up having steamboat at Bei Shang Chuan as we were unable to make a reservation.

After our filling dinner, we went to Pacific Coffee for our small talk and cake for the birthday boy.

Knock Knock, Hack Hack !

After 3 rejections from the HDB, we finally obtained the approval needed to hack one of the walls adjacent to the master bedroom (MBD) and re-locate the entrance of the MBD. We are converting one of the common room into a walk-in wardrobe cum study area.

The hacking of the wall marked the start of the renovation process! Next on the checklist will be the electrical wiring of the whole house.