This was the view from our house on Sunday morning......the brown river beyond the trees is actually a road but you would have needed a kayak to get along it!
Last week, Kelly, Dawn and I went for lunch to a restaurant in Batam called Kazu. It's a traditional Japanese restaurant with individual cubicles for each group and you leave your shoes outside and sit on the floor. You have a remote control on the table and you push a button when you want a drink or to order and a wee waitress in a kimono appears :D
I have to say though, it's not the easiest thing to get back up from those little chairs, pretty difficult to do it in a ladylike fashion!
We ordered Sashimi (just raw fish!), a huge board of Sushi, meat dumplings, miso soup and Chawanmushi (a steamed egg in a cup with prawns and chicken). The food was amazing, and pretty healthy too!
If only I could get Brian to try something like this but I don't think there was a single thing on the menu that he would eat!
I did notice while I was there that there were quite a few cubicles with only one pair of shoes outside and I though it strange that so many men were eating alone.........how naive am I?!? Apparently, it's the best place in Batam to pick up a high class working girl although I didn't see that option on the remote control in our cubicle.................................
Saturday was Bintang Cup day. It's Bredero Shaw's annual golf event with a difference. Basically, they have their own set of rules and the more beer you drink, the better your score is. The day starts @ 8am with a Bloody Mary (or 6) for breakfast, beer all day on the course and then margaritas to finish before hitting the bars in town.
Unfortunately, what happens at the course, stays at the course so I've no idea what went on........except that one of the players was stark naked by the 11th hole and lots of others were too drunk to finish the round. But it's by pure golfing skill and only a few beers that Brian came 3rd overall, yeah!
So what do the girlies do on Bintang Cup Day? We went to the spa! I had a two hour facial.......I've no idea what went on but there were lotions and potions and at one point I had my face vacuumed! And do I look any different? Nah........
We also had a hair treatment, a manicure and pedicure and a neck, back and shoulder massage. Looks like we all had the same idea for the nail polish too.........Christmas toes!
The massage was a bit too firm for me.......I felt like I've been hit by a bus by Sunday morning and think I'm a wee bit bruised.........I'm like a peach, I need to be handled gently :D
Anyway, after the Spa we met up with the guys in Nagoya (well, those that were still standing after the golf!). I've not been out in the town at night yet so it was a bit of an eye opener! We went to Kampung Bule (kampung is indonesian for village and a 'Bule' is and expat!) Kampung Bule is basically a street full of bars, restaurants and karaoke places and it comes alive at night. A lot of the bars are 'girly' bars though, Batam used to be the place where single Singaporean men would come for a bit of 'fun'..................
We ended up on one of the bars called the Cock and Bull (not one of the girly bars!) and had a few drinks, food and a wee dance. Te bar across the road was called 'Lucy's Oarhouse' so you can kinda guess what goes on in there! Ahem.... Anyway,we all had a great night and would definitely go back, it's a great place to people watch :D
So this week I'm going to have a second attempt at getting Brian a Christmas present in Singapore. Dawn and I are heading over on the ferry tomorrow for the day and we're gonna meet the Singapore girlies for lunch. Must not buy gifts for me......................
Sampai jumpa lagi!
Lou & Brian xox
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