My summary for my trip from 5th to 8th of Nov 2014 is finally ready.
5th Nov 2014
Before my bad memory starts kicking in on my 10th Batam trip,i guess i better start typing. Just before 5th Nov,PMed the chosen 3 bros whom i think wont fly me aeroplane and agreed to meet up at 1115am at Harbour Front. And on that day,all 3 of them did turn up. We have Bro S,who have been to Batam twice but didnt have much of a good experience in Batam.Then we have Bro A and Bro B who are 1st timer to Batam. All of them are nice people from different walk of life and we self-intro ourselves,and proceeded to get our ferry tickets from ex. Prima Ferries who is now called Horizon Ferries.
(photo is originated from bro SBY's previous post few months ago)
Horizon Ferries (ex. Prima Ferries) now has a new Business Class seat in their booking category which cost S$48.00 + S$6.00 (or was it S$8?). If you do not wish to take the business class,you get the normal bottom deck seat,you dont get priority to alight from ferry 1st and the service crews are visually all Male. And paying S$6 (or S$8) extra gives you upper deck seats with sea view,with many crews welcoming you aboard (and off board too)and you will be served by all beautiful Indonesia female crews wearing traditional indo uniform like the SIA girls. No special service on board the ferry tho.(not too sure about off-board) But the seat was pretty neat,can lie-down type of seats ,more spacious and more leg space too.
Ok,back to topic...Bro A,B,S and me meet up and we all decide that business class not really for us for now (its their 1st learning trip after all,must not let them be too comfortable),so we skip it and pay S$48.00 for the lower deck seat which is still pretty comfortable as it was after all a brand new ferry,much better than the previous old ferry that Prima Ferries has. There is still 45mins before we need to check in,so we all find a place to smoke at Harbour front and at the same time get to know each other better. We finally check in ,boarded and in the ferry,i brief them whats to come and what to expect in Batam. All talks are mainly evolved around a more detailed itinerary and how to choose the right girl ,getting good service etc etc...
New Horizon Ferry leave late by 15mins becos Horizon allow only the Business Class payer to board 1st,only after all Business Class passenger boarded then the S$48.00 passenger can board and hence there was a big crowd just outside the ferry becos S$48 passenger is 10 : 1,meaning only few VIP and number of S$48 passengers way surpass the VIPs. Nonetheless,we still reach Harbour Bay on time as stated cos the new ferry is FAST,more stable with minimum turbulence during the trip. Business Class passenger also gets to disembark from the ferry 1st too,hence they also get the chance to reach the custom 1st. There is also a special queue counter at the Batam custom for Business Class passenger too,just like the VOA counter.
Out of Batam custom,our unreliable driver has arrived. I told him to wait a bit while we change some money 1st at the harbour Bay Money Changer, after which we head for Kaha for our rooms and then to Formosa Hotel. I think i am out of focus at the moment of time to the extend i forget to guide Bro A,B and S to the ex Prima Ferries counter at Harbour Bay to book their ferry back to sillypore.
We reached Formosa,try to get 4 rooms but 2 of it isnt ready,so we check into one of the good bro's room 1st,rest a little before heading to opp Formosa Money changer to change more money. After that we head to Meximo pub area to have lunch :
We had 4 bowls of handmade wan tan noodles and 5 drinks.At this point, I ask bro A,B,S to take note of the bill later,which turns out to be 111k.
Next we head to about 10 joints to pick the girls,i reminded them what to do in each joint or else they will sure become blur from seeing so several hundred girls in such short time frame. And for those who asked me where is MM Massage location...here it is (w/o showing address & tel) :
Even i tell the address or give OKT number to everyone also very hard to find,so in order to find it,you need to find New Berry 1st. New Berry is opposite Bali Hotel,beside New Berry is Indah2. On the way up the next block follow arrow on the pics above you will surely find MM. Remember,New Berry already half dead,and its a Banned Joint by senior bros here,book the girls there at your own risk. Remember,you need to be specified with the OKT about your needs from the girls in any joints ,especially so for MM.
End of our "shopping trip",Bro A got a girl from MM at 1.1m after bargained from 1.2m,i got a girl from MM too at 800k (which was later resold at 1.2m the next day),bro S pick a girl from Selina,bargained from 1m to 900k and bro B got one base on OKT recommendation from Goldbird at 800k. All 4 girls are classified as SYT from my point of view. We all request the unreliable driver to deliver the girls to us between 530pm to 6pm.
We were all back to Hotel around 4pm. Since we still have a bit of time before our "shopping list" arrive,and after some rest in the room...i took them for a mini walkathon from Formosa to Nagoya Hill Mall. As usual,i am the only one buying things from there...the mall's upward escalator brings all of us to a point where there is no way to get down,and that is where i show the way down. Before returning back to Hotel,took them to a provision shop behind Formosa to show the bros the shortest method to get themselves helmets,groceries etc etc.
By 530pm,all bros fall-in at my room,we had some small chat before the unreliable driver arrive at abt 545pm with our girls. Yes,all of them were send to my room,hehehe....and they all bring their own respective girls and return back to their OWN room until our roll-call time at 745pm,Hotel Lobby where i bring them for dinner. And i have no plans to see the bros i brought to Batam eats in the same place.
At 730pm,i am already at Lobby and i saw bro B already there with his girl. Immediately i check his rating for 1st round and he told me maximum he gave is 6/10,not fantastic and a bit disappointed. For me,it's 5/10...maybe becos i have a higher expectation due to my 9th trip last month which was 9/10. After about 5 mins,bro A came down with his girl...his score? A whopping 8/10....lol,and we all smiled. 745pm,bro S still not here yet,so we make a call from receptionist to his room to hurried him,hehehe....hopefully he isnt "half-way-thru"...lol. 5 mins later,he appears at lobby and well,his score is 0/10...was told "engine" havent started yet.
We have dinner at the zi char store near New Berlian and the reason why i bring them there is becos i need to show them where is New Berlian which is within walking distance from Formosa Hotel. Dinner for 8 person with craps,prawns,some shell-like stuffs,drinks etc and cigs cost 700k in our final bill. Lots of TCSS and around 9pm,we pay up and i bring them to the nearest provision store, closest to hotel so they know where to get their stuffs when they need to in the middle of the night w/o the need to bother one another.
After 930pm,everything is OTOT. And we decide to have row call and breakfast the next morning at 9am,and as bro S is heading back Sillypore on a 1245pm ferry,i decide for them not to take the FREE buffet breakfast at the Hotel but arrange to try the Mickey Mouse Bak Kut Teh. Have arrange the unreliable driver to pick us all at 12pm next day to Harbour Bay. We actually planned a massage session at Kings at 10pm,but they only have 2 girls available when we have 3 person going for massage,so we skip and went over to Bridge,worse still...they only have 1 girl. So we decide to walk back hotel and to try our luck next day. Relax and Linda were all closed then.
Next morning after the respective girls left around 8pm,all come meet at 9am for row call,breakfast at Mickey Mouse,cost 232k for 4. I think bro A's girl was the last to leave...lol...keep clinging to him and during row call,she is still in the room sleeping. At Mickey Mouse,we were all wondering why Disney never sue this shop since it started in 1979...lol.Upon leaving Mickey Mouse,bro A,bro B and me decide to go for massage we missed the previous night and bro S decide to go back room to pack up his stuffs to leave Batam at his designated time.
Bro A,B and me went to bridge massage,had our massage without the girls popping the GQ..lol. It's a massage place with occasional special,so will need to update the list again. Oh,wait....thx to bro SBY,i have my 1st massage in Batam over my 10 trips w/o using oil,hehehe...
Finished Massage,meet up the unreliable driver at 12pm and we see Bro S also waiting at lobby. Before heading to Harbour Bay,i show all of them that if in the event they forget to book their return Boarding Pass back to sillypore,they can always ask the Hotel receptionist to do it for them. Still,both bro A and bro B needs to be shown where the ex. Prima Ferries counter to collect their boarding is...and i did just that.