Batam Golf Trip

Yes, we're back :D

Friday

Though I woke up at 5:45am, we only get to set off at about 7am('cos I've awaken daddy up a little too late, thus the delay). Renee woke up when daddy was washing up and she was all bright and sunny, guess she must have remembered about the trip :).

We arrived at the ferry terminal on time and many families can be spotted - must be taking a break to celebrate 'Father's Day' I suppose(for us, it's 'double celebration' - our wedding anniversary & Father's Day, though nothing was done to indicate either hahaha).

The boat we boarded didn't look good on the inside and it was already full. We finally managed to find seat for me(as I'm carrying Renee) but it didn't move off til much later and it was whilst waiting on the 'wobbly' boat that I suddenly remembered : {oh no, what if Renee gets motion sickness?} and I told daddy that I should have packed a plastic bag to standby. Trying to distract her, I told her to go to sleep and though she fretted, she soon fell asleep on my lap.

We arrived at Batam terminal around 5-10mins before 8am, local time. Daddy and gang headed straight off to Palm Springs Golf Club while we both were ferried by the hotel's bus for our rest - thank goodness, we both sure needed it! We played a little in the hotel room and Renee asked for her slice of milk bread, of which reminded me that we should take a nap first. When we woke, I placed a room-service order of their Nasi Goreng Istimewa and Renee had her porridge whilst waiting for mine. After our lunch, I decide to bring Renee down for a swim but I realised that I've forgotten to pack my swimming costume and not even an extra Tee & Shorts, so we just make-do for a swim in our private 'pool' - the Bath Tub!(even better, with warm water and lotsa bubbles!) hahaha. Just before we went into the tub, Renee told me this : "oh, I forgot to bring my teddy. I cannot take care already" hahahahaha.

After our little 'swim', I was contemplating if I should get a room-service spa massage when daddy came back, a while later - you can tell from here, how long I was considering the massage rite, haha! No choice, as not sure of their programmes at all and couldn't tell when we'd need to meet up with the rest. Anyway, dun think there's much time left for it either, a pity though 'cos the services are cheaper than what we would have to pay for, here.

Daddy had a little rest before we took Renee down to the beach for a walk before meeting the rest up for dinner. Renee had a wonderful time picking sea shells and wasn't afraid of the waves/tides closing in on her! She was just a little afraid when daddy first warned her of the first wave but after that, she simply can't be bothered hahaha. We also took her to the in-house playground for a little exploration before heading for our dinner.

The dinner buffet spread wasn't very big but it has its variety, good enough for me :D. Took quite a few chicken wings but surprisingly, our dear precious didn't want any, she had not wanted even the one that came with my lunch earlier on. Hmmmmm... but she took the rice and some other stuffs, including the crackers(though we limited it to only a couple of pcs and made her drink more water 'cos her lips were cracking already) and quite alot of butter(yes, her favourite, especially on its own!) with and without her milk bread.

TV - There are now quite a number of channels available on their TV selection and as they're able to receive Singapore's TV signal, I get to watch my favourite - "Supernatural"! However, the difference was that the time was still 'early' when the show ended when it's usually considered late by the time the show finishes when watched back home :).

Renee didn't fall asleep as early as I've expected and I wasn't sure if it was due to the morning nap or excitement but I later realised that it was due to the absence of her bolster!!! She turned to my side, trying to hug and 'press' on me, flipped and pressed on daddy's pillows and flipped back. In the end, I told daddy to give up 1 of the pillows(he took 3!) for her to hug/press and in less than 1 min, Renee's soundly asleep hahaha. I carried on with my TV till I knocked out at close to 1am, local time.

In the middle of the night, Renee suddenly 'coughed' and looked like she was going to 'vomit' but I saw no 'action', so I patted her to sleep when she began another bout of the same and daddy said she really did 'vomit' - it was more like milk regurgitation(maybe she ate too much? or too much butter, or both? lolz) and we woke up to a room of foul & sour stench the next morning hahaha.

Saturday

Daddy woke up earlier for his golf game and as usual, he moved about nosily and I woke up too. Lucikly I managed to resume my sleep half hour later and finally woke up together with Renee at 9am, local time. Woah, it's been sooooo long since I've ever got a chance to sleep this many hours(well, I guess not so much, to many others :>).

Whilst Renee's having her milk, I quickly rang the reception desk to check on the arrangement, like the check-out time and the bus to Tering Bay Golf Club & Country Club to meet up with daddy & the rest. Apparently, the arrangment was not noted(daddy told me that he'll get the organiser to arrange), probably due to the change of staff(shift work?) and I've to make my own. However, as it's a Saturday, no late check-out is allowed and I hurriedly dailed for a room-service lunch and after the food's delivered, I began my mad rush of showering Renee, getting myself ready, getting her to eat up as much of the food as possible, packing/repacking('cos too many things as some were originally packed into daddy's golf bag) and I ended up having to throw away a couple of things to make way for the pillow that we took from the car to standby. But in the end, we have to throw away that pillow when we got home as we realised that the corner of the pillow was 'fouled' with the 'sour milk stench'... arrrghhh

When we finally met up with daddy, we still had to wait a while for them to 'finish the event up' and I roamed around the club with Renee. Renee saw the golf course and asked to play golf, of which, her daddy later obliged for a short last minute one with her.

As we're taking the later ferry back, we walked around abit more and it was when daddy didn't 'return' after he's gone in search of our car keys that I've almost lost our camera! He's left his mobile on the table and after we've waited awhile, I decided to go look for him instead. And concentrating on his mobile, I must have forgotten or dropped the camera(from my bag) on the chair, after I've packed up the stuffs into Renee' backpack.

Found daddy in one of the meeting rooms, playing cards with the gang, geez! Renee entertained them for a short while and most of them won money upon her arrival hahaha. Even our trip was like 80% paid for, from daddy's golf and card games' winnings :>.

Whilst waiting for the ferry, I suddenly realised that the camera's not in my bag and daddy asked his friend to contact the organiser to try and retrieve it...It was then that a guy whom must have heard us, approached and asked if the camera he's holding was ours, THANK GOODNESS!!! He's found it at the club and not wanting to hand it to the people there(where it'll most likely be a goner if he'd done so, hahaha), he thought to bring it back to Singapore and try to locate the owner. *PHEW*!

The return boat trip was alot better as the carrier was nicer, cleaner and much more comfortable. However, due to the long wait at the jetty, Renee had fallen asleep on my shoulder and I had a hard time trying to balance her head on my shoulder, clutching her tight and boarding the boat...

She woke up when we've arrived at the terminal and asked if we're going to take the boat hahaha. I told her that we've already taken the ride and she was sleeping throughout the journey and that we're heading our way home. She then told me : "mommy, I want to go back to the passport house". For one moment, I was wondering what that was and asked her, she said : "it's the small room...", then I realised she's talking about the hotel hahaha. She must have related travelling/hotel to the passport 'cos when I brought her for the photo-take, I've told her that we needed that to get her passport done so that she could go holiday with us hahaha.

We decided to go for our usual gathering at my mom's as we're celebrating the 'Father's day' for my dad and I quickly sms-ed and call my sis whilst que-ing for custom clearance. We made it to the dinner but as we've to leave early for home, Renee requested for her aunts Elsie and Li to come over her home hahaha. But Li was cleaning up the windows for my mom and Elsie later text me to say that they'll not be dropping by since it's already quite late - as well too, since I've gotta unpack/do laundry and daddy has decided last min to join his friends for another golf game in JB early tomorrow morning...

Overall, though it's kinda short, it has been a nice trip for us(especially Renee AND daddy) plus a trial-run for our 'future trips' and I've got quite abit of really nice snaps of Renee.

Renee must have got the kick from this trip, had requested to sleep on our bed with us tonight :)