Monday, October 24, 2005
finally d dae has come for our company batam retreat.. we r leavin at 6.10pm on fri.. so 2dae we can go baq slightly early at 3pm so tat we can take our tinks.. most of my colleagues wont b able to go home as they stay quite far frm wrk place.. for mi, of coz i can go home n i muz go home.. 2dae is oso my mom's bdae.. so muz go home n accompany her cut cake 1st.. i order a cheese cake for her.. so i share cab wif mandy n eil.. eil is goin to mandy's hse to bath.. when i reach home, my mom was surprised.. coz i nv td her tat im able to cum home n take my tinks.. i hv onli an hr at home so hv to make it fast.. i bathe 1st while waitin for deardear to cum.. den we sing bdae song n cut d cake.. d cheese cake taste nt bad.. aft cuttin d cake, i double check my luggage n its time to leave home.. so i hired a cab den go n fetch mandy n eil b4 we go harbourfront together.. so excited! its my 1st time to batam.. n might b my last time coz i surely wont go baq again.. i rather go bintan den there.. :P
d boat ride is abt an hr.. by the time we reached there, its already 7+.. batam time laspe sg time 1 hr later.. so its batam time 6+ when we reach but the sky is veri veri dark.. there's a resort van there to fetch us to d resort.. when we reach, we hv a welcome drink n wait for our resort keys.. mi, mandy n eil r in the same room.. d room is veri veri big wif a king size bed..

aft we unpacked our tinks, its diner time.. we r all veri hungry.. its seafood diner.. but onli d vege r cooked.. so we just eat d vege 1st.. but by the time d seafood r cooked, we all r veri full le.. so dint get to eat ani of the seafood.. so sad we eat vegetarian tat dae...

den we went baq to our rooms to hv a bath.. since there's no programme frm den on, we hv our own entertainment.. kristy n esther r supposed to cum down to our rooms.. we stay at 2nd n they stay at 5th storey.. den we called eunice to join us oso as we noe tat hoon nee surely sleep veri early n she wil b alone den.. but eunice td us tat alan wil oso b alone as cherng chiat has gone swimmin wif bill n ernie.. so we oso called alan to join.. d 1st to cum is eunice n hoon nee.. was surprised to c her as we tght she might b sleepin le.. haha.. den its alan n cherng chiat.. was another surprise as we tght 'uncle' (cherng chiat-tat's wat we call our boss in office) wont join us as we wil surely b noisy n he cant take it.. we juz chit chat while waitin for esther n kristy.. but aft an hr, they stil nt down yet so mandy called them.. they say wil b down soon.. but stil nt yet.. by the time they reached, we almost fall asleep liao..
den we juz gather ard d floor (veri big space for sit almost 9 of us).. we played a few games usin poker cards n uno.. surprised to c tat uncle laughed n enjoyed himself so much.. so diff in office whea he's always so quiet.. played n eat (forfeitue) until we r all tired n voiceless (due to those shoutings).. haha.. ard 2+, they all go baq to their rooms n we r ready to sleep.. but we stil cant sleep so we chit chat n watch tv in bed.. i sleep in d centre coz i wont change position.. so pitiful.. sobz..
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