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Originally Posted by retirebatam
Thanks for recommendation of hotel 89, I will give it a try if I am able to stay longer in Batam the next trip.
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No obligation bro.
If you are there just for a night or 2, better to stay at hotel/s you feel familiar with. Cos one may feel used to the surrounding area, hence might face lesser error & unforeseen surprises.
My familiar place were near NED,hehehe...a 2 star hotel. Where breakfast only bread & butter (coffee & tea as well).
Good thing is straightaway can ask random lady receptionists to come to my room during night shift,hehehe...alternatively, can ask male receptionist to recommend me girls in the area too. Over there, i actually feel like a king,hehehe...
Just too bad hotel closed down due to covid (not Formosa Hotel).
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Originally Posted by retirebatam
The exciting part not so much on the free shuttle service hehe, but more about the in-house massage service and the above average breakfast..
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Ha! To me, the exciting part is often the free shuttle service.
A lot of shuttle drivers in Batam knew many things better than a lot of taxi drivers & cheonging tourists.
One of the thing i did was bribe them to bring me anywhere i wish to go to on the hotel's expenses.
Like i often say, you win, i win, everybody wins (ah kong lose tho,hehehe...).
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Originally Posted by retirebatam
Location still acceptable although not as near to the BCS mall but at least within walking distance.
In fact hotel 89 location is even nearer to DC mall area and is accessible by walking. From hotel 89 cross the road walk the small lane pass the residential area directly leads to DC mall in 750m by 10 minutes walk according to goggle map.
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Wow! This is what i didn't know.
(see, sharing is caring & knowledge is King)
Thank you for sharing.
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Originally Posted by retirebatam
Like one samster ever said before, could not remember who liao
There is no all lousy and no all good situation.
Everything sure have pros and cons
事情往往很難兩全其美,有一好就没有二好...
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Was i the one who said that? Hehehe...nevermind, cannot remember also, but what i knew is there is no such as all good & no bad, or all the bad & no good.
I often try to work towards 兩全其美 tho.
My perspective in Batam on girls is either i get a robot girl or i can get a passionate girl,hehehe...a robot girl can become a passionate girl. But a passionate girl will try to beat the other passionate girls.
I choose not to bulldoze my kind of fun with money.
If i do that, i won't choose Batam. Stay In Singapore better, since gonna spend the same.
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Originally Posted by retirebatam
Yes, I encountered most of the 3 star hotel or above will serve porridge during breakfast time but not 2 star hotel like city central, hana, paragon, etc.
Agreed, breakfast with porridge is a must for me too...
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Heaty, fried & grill BBQ food usually taste nice.
Some time we need to allow our stomach to get some rest with some lesser oil food.
Fruit & porridge were some of them.
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Originally Posted by retirebatam
If did not remember wrongly, I came back to spore from batam on 11 Oct 2022 while you came back from batam on 12 Oct 2022.
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Opps! I calculated the date wrong, i came back to Singapore in 13th Oct, Thursday.
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Originally Posted by retirebatam
MAS tightens monetary policy for the fifth time in a year to dampen inflation on the 14 Oct 2022 and the sing dollar on that day appreciate from 10650 to 10850 rupiah. And today 20 Oct 2022 the exchange rate for sing dollar has further appreciate to 10930 rupiah.
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This also makes most Singaporean feel rich in other 3rd world countries.
Price of stuffs in Batam also gonna go upway too.
Easiest way to get things done in any part of the world is just to dump & throw out money.
用钱砸你。。问你服不服。。哈哈哈。。。
(general illustration only & not referring to you)
Thats base on my experience :
My mum pays S$3000+ for her wet-dry vacumn cleaner endorsed by Mark Lee,hehehe...i told her she anyhow spend money. I spend nearly S$9000 for a 128mb ram laptop, she also say i anyhow spend money. Notice the different perspective on whats important to her & whats to me?
Whether it is 8000 rupiah/SGD or 10650 rupiah/SGD, i will still visit Batam. Just like the current price for ferry ticket, hehehe... from before covid's S$28 to S$70 today.
All-humans has basically one main aim in life (yes, i used a strong word "all-humans").
That is To-Be-Happy.
What is money when it can buy happiness.
So long my mum & myself happy will do.
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To bro nitecrawllerr , most fixed deposit in Singapore now all up until above 2.8% & more. Time to put some spare money inside for some free money (if you haven't already do so), hehehe...
To bro Hurricane, silver prices is at crazier than before high price recently compare to few years ago too.
To bro Cash, buy low, sell high. And keep buying low for expandable. Inflation isn't as scary (pay S$87 for S$100 NTUC voucher), hehehe... to date, i haven't really feel the inflation in Singapore...yet.