first day, arrived at Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal and proceeded to head to Bintan Island. even before we left everyone was in a crazy mood already, as can be seen by ppl laughing at each other's passport photos. 2 whole boxes of food was packed to ensure that food costs could be kept to a minimum.
took a ferry to Bintan and connected via shuttle bus to Bintan Lagoon Resort. the villa there was great. 2 stories, 4 bedrooms, a nice hall, dining area, "al fresco" dining/tanning area, personal pool and of course a kickass buggy! woot as yp said, the buggy is a permanent source of amusement. at least for ppl like him, joses and myself who dont even have a driving license yet.
Day One
Played beach volleyball until my hands were quite painful after that doh. but it's pretty fun i think, although it wouldve been better if we were all more skilled at it. as it was the rallies were v short haha. swam in the pool a bit, then went to play beach soccer woot. hmm come to think of it the other team still owes us drinks lol, since everybody on our team, keith, yp, zhiyang and myself all scored a goal apiece. oh yeah and at night heard they played some drink or tell game which i totally missed out on since i conked out on the bed at 'round 11 or so haha.
Day Two
some of the other guys played beach volleyball against the staff and won 3 hours of free pool time heh. also played water polo, which was easily the most fun game cos everybody could participate and everybody seems to be pretty evenly skilled for the game. except nat haha, who was easily the overall top scorer. in a 1-on-1 situation with her, i was goalie and she kept faking so many times that i pulled my calf muscle a little bit due to excessive jumping - oops -.-" oh and she scored too :sweatdrop: at night went for Laser Quest which was super tiring, and my score sucked haha! oh yeah and went for KTV after Laser Quest. it was really fun. although towards the end everybody was belting out the songs regardless of whether they had the mic haha. sadly they didnt have the more recent songs though, otherwise it wouldve been even more kickass! oh yeah that was also the night in which the legendary buggy accident happened. masterminded by keith-chaoyang-oh, he took a really wide turn and the buggy wobbled on 2 wheels before turning over haha. he ended up with really bad abrasions and so did kenneth. amazingly debbie escaped unscathed thankfully. oh yeah still remember andrew, yp, martin, nat and myself were sitting on the deck chairs singing to the guitar playing when tengchi burst in as the bearer of the bad(?) news.
Day Three
played water polo again, as well as soccer. woot this time the soccer was really fun cos it's way easier to run on grass than sand. also netted a brace woot haha. think the rest of them couldnt be bothered to run haha. at night went to Pasar Oleh Oleh, a kinda nightmarket place for dinner. it was kinda small and slightly disappointing. i mean the food was fine. but the souvenir shops were blah. oh ho! but the real fun was when we got back. a campfire was setup on the beach and some of them played vodkaslap, which i swear is just to provide amusement to everyone because the game makes zero sense haha. also played 7-up, which i still suck at even when im sober. doh i said "up" at 13 what the heck. but waaaait a minute, if that was bad, how about nat who said 7 after jason "upped" on 49! haha random man! suffice to say, we both sucked at 7-up. which was prob why we were the first 2 acting abit stoned. after 2 shots of absolut citron i was staggering around. and to make it worse i recall falling flat on my back when i tried to walk. wah lau damn paiseh haha. played 4 kings back in the house after that. it was a show of strength and endurance when neither nat nor myself acted strangely even though we kenna the most at the start. rather, jason had to puke first, and of course tengchi was pretty much insane by the time the night was out. he was doing all the imaginary electric guitar impressions and apparently was trying to sing Bohemian Rhapsody or something. not to forget the "im sorry i didnt watch Pirates 2 with you guys" while doing all the mini ultraman handsigns haha.
Day Four
packed and chilled mainly. then headed down to the pool for a last game of polo, where this time some angmohs and another kid joined us. was pretty fun for a last hurrah of sorts. back in singapore we went to eat at East Coast Lagoon. laksa, chicken wings, stingray etc. yum. guess whatever weight i lost through exercise was regained in just one meal haha.
all in all i probably couldnt have wished for a better trip, although i must say that it wouldve been great if tanglin, weiyuan and siska could come along. im sure the fun factor wouldve gone up haha. thank you all for making this happen. and as i said in my "speech", much credit should go to andrew also.
DISCLAIMER: i only have very few pix because i din bring my camera, will add more once the compilation comes out.
extracted from d A r y L ' s mind at 10:04 AM
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