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it always seems to rain the moment i step onto Bintan, that Indonesian island 1hr ferrry ride away (not to be mistaken with that other Indonesian island about 45 min ferry ride away which I have also sorta begun to know because of a story I had to write and made a couple of friends there as well!)

Anyhoo, got there Saturday at noon. Bintan Lagoon Resort. a good friend from JC managed to chope the PSA villa there so we had the whole place to the three of us - swimming pool, large garden, two whole fricking floors with FIVE bedrooms.

Having stayed at the Indra Maya villas twice, I must say that the BL villa was quite a disappointment. First of, the whole place felt like ... well.. suburbia. Identical houses laid out flat on a grid. All the bedrooms were done up in the same furniture and textiles, although with different sized rooms and beds.

The pool was a one without a view, unlike the glorious views that the Indra Maya infinity pool provides of the sea (and the occasional fisherman in his sampan)

Of course, Indra Maya does come at a price = a whopping $1,000 per night (divide that by four people and you can figure out how much i paid).
And while PSA does give its staff a v nice price (of just about $250 for 4 nights) a quick check on the Bintan Lagoon Resort website tells me that the Angsoka villa we stayed at could've cost us $1,600!!

Not worth it, not worth it at all.

But it was fun. We cooked lunch, dinner, breakfast, lunch and a snack to go for the ferry ride back, (and even washed up), swam, hit the beach and just hung out.

Thankfully, the Sunday was nice and sunny with not a drop of rain.

But unfortunately the sea sports did cost a pretty penny. With the wakeboarding at 30min costing S$70! Far more expensive than Singapore! Although it would definitely be more pleasant to fall into the sea than into the lovely waters of Punggol Marina, which now come to think of it, is something I've not done for months. The last time I was supposed to go, a few weekends back, I came down with a nasty cough that never really fully went away.

And so it is back to Singapore, back to rainy wet Singapore, where work begins again tomorrow (I don't work Mondays) until Thursday. I fly off Friday morning for Hong Kong! (yes, so in May it's been Bintan Bintan Hong Kong). Where to next? I don't know!

Meanwhile, hucks beat me to it, but here goes:
This is my current CD Wishlist.
Aimee Mann - The Forgotten Arm
Teenage Fanclub - Man-Made
The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
the delgados - Hate, Universal Audio
jolie holland - escondida
Ben Folds - Songs For Silverman
Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins


iTunes is currently playing Tori Amos - Don't Make Me Come To Vegas