After like-a-thousand-years of waiting....
I can finally write again, fill this lovely forgotten-for-a-while blog with words, super words for us all to read.
Well, first thing first..
I'm no longer in Java, the most populous crazy island on this planet. Instead, I'm in Batam Island. A small LESS attractive island near MUCH more attractive tiny island of Singapore (You know what, it's only 15 miles away from Batam!) So, what am I gonna tell you actually? Let's just push the play button!
Batam is a tiny island located in Malacca waters, just 15 miles North-Eastern-ward away of Singapore and South-Eastern-ward of Malaysia's Johor. It's a central business region of Indonesia's Riau Islands Province as it is set to counterpart its neighboring super busy Singapore.
What Am I doing here then?
Simple, I'm working! LOL
It's not really bad lah to work here even though it's a little, if not more, different. I'm working in the hospitality industry. yeah, I'm drowning in the hospitality industry and it's my very first time to get involved in this kind of thing.
I got a little bit .....er.......confused how to deal with this job. However, as the time goes by, I got used to it. Moreover, I enjoy this job.
Now skip the job thing and move to Batam things instead :)
What are there in Batam?
Many things!
When my feet stepped out of the airport corridor, what I felt was just.....HOT! HOT AS HELL!!! I mean, can you figure out how to deal with AT LEAST 33 degrees everyday? I need rain!
What I like most here is the food. SOME of the food. I mean, the Sumatra's cuisine and Chinese cuisine influence MUCH and sadly I do not really like Sumatra's cuisine as it is LOTS of coconut milk! No way lah for me to eat. Hehe.. But I love NASI GORENG SEAFOOD a la Batam! It ROCKS!!!!!!! You know lah nasi goreng, don't you? But, what makes it different with the ordinary nasi goreng is the seafood itself! The size of the ring-shape cut cuttlefish, the shrimp, and the "collision" between Nasi Goreng Jawa and Chinese's twist makes it look and taste like a leisure with pleasure. And...it's not over yet, as Durian Juice is waiting for you to close the muchy-time! You know what, It's only IDR15,000.00 for Nasi Goreng seafood and ONLY IDR10,000.00 for the juice!!!!!!! You don't even need a calculator to sum it up!
However, It's quite hard to find carrot juice here as it's sooo expensive! I mean, the carrot! My friend here told me that she once bought 3 carrots and it cost IDR12,000.00! And I once bought carrot juice here which was IDR8,000.00 and it was more like water than the carrot juice instead. It's disappointing lah.
There're so many things to share here about Batam, but now now lah. Later! :)