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Nice threads. Planning my short getaway soon.

[mr20k]

Brother Nono, you are born 1973 which made you 44 years old. Your parents and relatives okay with you going oversea to call chicken for the whole CNY?

[fde83]

Originally Posted by iicycold

But hor,let me share with u wat bro nono taught me the last yr wen i go btm with him. U no need always stay @ 1 gate to scan yr ticket de,u can jump 2 any gate of the 3 available gates 2 scan yr ticket. Tat meaning is even my ferry abt 2 cum wen it's shwn on the TV screen 2 ask me go Gate 2 prepare myself 4 boarding tat time,i go gate 3 or 1 to scan my ticket instead, where tere is likely no queue...lol...cut all the other queue on gate 2 for my own ferry. Dn't believe u try next time.

I have done this when I was a kid playing in batam, just wait for the blue color (boarding soon) change to green color (boarding now) I straight away rush to gate 3. Thanks, very insightful for beginners who are lazy and always demand answers only but never contributed to this thread. Saying you have a wonderful trip and received a good massage from your last batam trip really is very useful contribution/infomative.

[Belt]

Originally Posted by fde83

I have done this when I was a kid playing in batam, just wait for the blue color (boarding soon) change to green color (boarding now) I straight away rush to gate 3. Thanks, very insightful for beginners who are lazy and always demand answers only but never contributed to this thread. Saying you have a wonderful trip and received a good massage from your last batam trip really is very useful contribution/infomative.

thanks for sharing, very informative thread and planning to have a short trip them soon

[kookoo88]

Originally Posted by m600

have anyone see this before ? tell me this is not true !

TARIF BARU
PANGGILAN HOTEL BATAM
- ST: 1x crot/waktu maks 1 jam..
- LT/BOOKING: 2x croot/waktu minimal 4 jam - maksimal 6 jam..

- ST 400, LT/BO 900 (18 pilihan)
- ST 500, LT/BO 1 juta (18 pilihan)
- ST 700, LT/BO 1,5 (15 pilihan)
- ST 1 Jt, LT/BO 1,8 jt (9 pilihan)
- ST 1,5 Jt, LT/BO 2,5 jt (3 pilihan)
- ST 2,5 jt, LT/BO 4 jt (3 pilihan)

Catt:
-- PEMBAYARAN DIAWAL, LANGSUNG K SI CEWEK..
-- Khusus untuk karaokean/ON duluan di lanjut booking, tambah 200, dr tarif normal LT..
-- harap ikuti peraturan..

Took these Okt before 3 weeks ago.... Mostly run by the mommies.
Agreed that need to bargain... Managed to bargained the so called 1.5m to 1m for the booking. But coz I stayed muka kuning area, I need to pay for the taxi, so added 200k.

Bros who stayed in Nagoya area should be able to get the booking price close to the booking joints price.

Cheers

[kookoo88]

The only sad thing for me is hard to get girls to come to muka kuning area... All complaining far.. Even with top up taxi fare also dun want.

[iicycold]

Originally Posted by fde83

sin city is in Vegas leh.

Originally Posted by BFOMF5

I going to the nearest one in Phil.

sinkpore aso can b call sin city since using sin $...lol

Originally Posted by BFOMF5

No alcohol! (the owner scare uou drunk..after that dont pay..)
Milk only

aiya, u under 18 la,tat's y tat boss no let u drink...lol,not scare u cn't pay la.

Originally Posted by BFOMF5

drink milk it fresher n warm.

agree lei..sm more it'd be warm & veri fresh. No need boil aso can drink liao.

Originally Posted by BFOMF5

9539 up up up

sg nite time rate buay zhun 1 la...must look @ nxt day late morning & early noon rate. Late nite hour go btm money changer if they open shp,i tink onli can giv me 9400 max but nw i can get 9450,change by thousand sin$ may b 9470.

hope tomorow can break 9500 mark @ btm money changer.

[Nulgath]

Originally Posted by nono1973

1. Over the last 2 CNY,Batam has been flooded by Foreign workers from Sillypore,i look into the reason and learned one little thing. Citizens from Bangladesh has been granted entry without the need for Visa-On-Arrival on 2nd March 2016. (India citizen was granted Visa Free on 7th Oct 2015)

Now that's one reason why over the last 2-3 years there're so many S'pore foreigh workers in btm.

Good to see yr summary out.

Originally Posted by nono1973

5. As usual,got the chance to sit down at coffee shop to tcss with friends from this forum as well as some taxi drivers. Many stories were heard but one of the most prominent story was a bro who visited Links at night time to see the "performance" got drunk and created a scene due to some jealousy issue over a dancer who butterfly around. Almost started a fight. Direct words from the taxi drivers in Links, "Why? Only Singaporean got money to come out to play?" ,..."Indonesian cannot have money to come to play...",hehehe...all parties involved were high on alcohol.

This is interesting.

[nono1973]

Hehehe...new movie in Batam Cinema 21 and all of Blitz theaters...Logan. A movie I have been waiting for (other than Kong,Skull island). Its an X-men movie,just that this one is all about the character Wolverine. And about the end of Wolverine.

Logan

The storyline :

In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hide out on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are up-ended when a young mutant arrives, being pursued by dark forces.

The Trailer

(its actually an all trailers and clips)

The trailer started with Amazing grace music,hehehe...I think I might just have a chance to watch this movie in a theater. I think this movie is going to start pretty slow in the beginning. Honestly speaking,i like the music...one day when I grew old,i might be able to understand the song, Hurt...

...and the lyrics...

Enjoy the movie guys (if you are in Batam),and seriously I doubt this is going to be a really bad movie...and I don't think I am going to buy any food and drinks from the theater on this one,hehehe... see,look at what happen when you eat too much tit-bits...

Its an about 15.6mb animated photo below

( Click to show/hide )

Next movie I am looking out for...no need me to spell out so clearly...hehehe...

May all have a good time in Batam....

Cheers!!

[fde83]

Originally Posted by Belt

thanks for sharing, very informative thread and planning to have a short trip them soon

No problem. Wish you all the best on your short trip. Do remember to write your adventures in batam here. Sadly most don't, demand answers only.

Sri Kandy is own by a polisi in batam. Not a big shot, but we'll enough to open a joint. Please don't ask for spoon..... I mean proof. Just take it that I'm bluffing like how I ask for baby elephant.

[BFOMF5]

Originally Posted by iicycold

aiya, u under 18 la,tat's y tat boss no let u drink...lol,not scare u cn't pay la.

No lah, I above 55, so must drink milk.

Originally Posted by iicycold

sg nite time rate buay zhun 1 la...must look @ nxt day late morning & early noon rate. Late nite hour go btm money changer if they open shp,i tink onli can giv me 9400 max but nw i can get 9450,change by thousand sin$ may b 9470.

hope tomorow can break 9500 mark @ btm money changer.

now 9492

[goldie9660]

Going Batam for an adventure soon. Any bros know if Batam Center Ferry Terminal sells prepaid SIM card? How much does it cost?

[grandfather]

Originally Posted by kookoo88

The only sad thing for me is hard to get girls to come to muka kuning area... All complaining far.. Even with top up taxi fare also dun want.

my guess is they cant run away ........
middle of the nite...... u asleep.... gal cant escape and run...

[nono1973]

The 36th Trip summary for my trip on Feb/Mar is out,and broken links on my signature has been fixed. Now,i will have to focus more on repairing some of the link's content. i am more likely to bring back repeated content from the previous old Batam thread to this one and then re-link them up later. Its a big quantity. They will all be Batam-related,just repeated from perhaps about a year or 2 ago.

Fix and re-link,thats my priority now and then re-set up a new info vault for myself.

Enjoy reading but if you think i am spamming or didnt like my posting hereafter, ignore button is only at the bottom left side of all my postings. Click on it,and you can skip reading them all.

Once again, my apologize to all who were being send to a broken link.

Cheers!

The Batam Food List
(Updated on Jan 2016)

Beginner's Guide for 1st Time Batam Visitor



My Batam Trip Summary from 2014 to 2016
(up till Dec 2016)

弱者報仇，強者寬恕，智者忘懷

Batam Places to avoid :
Morena series of joints,Delta Spa & MM

My latest 36th Batam Trip Summary
(for Jan/Feb 2016)

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[fde83]

Good, with all the hard work done by nono, most answers can be found in the link (not boking joint call the link) or in the 1st few pages of this thread. Hopefully with this, lazy spoon feeders who demand answer but contribute none can be avoided but who am I kidding.