Batam trip with Jap class

Yay to a successful outing to Batam with Jap class friends! I can't believe I've known these people for 8 years! So there was really no awkwardness but lots of fun and epic moments. Unfortunately not the whole jap class could make it this time! X.X

Don't be deceived by my smile. The morning was pretty distressing as Jocelyn overslept and was uncontactable until B told me to call her house phone LOL.

The ferry to batam was pretty fast as we killed time by playing some games that the guys learned from uni freshie camps. (Wow, freshie camps feel like such a long time ago for me!)

The first stop for us was go kart! I thought I would hate it because I'm such a timid driver but it was so fun! My adrenaline was pumping as I swerved through the sharp corners and enjoyed the wind in my hair!

After that we went to purchase the local kueh lapis which happened to be a bad decision as it turned out to be so oily TT literally every bite would squeeze out some oil from the lapis. Gross!

CC our papa bear then treated all of us to bird's nest which costed him $15! Yay to collagen! (although there was only enough for one spoon per person XD)

Near stop was a visit to the factory outlet for clothes shopping. Unfortunately the design were too untrendy for the ladies but the guys managed to buy some nice printed shirts. We also made the conclusion that guys are such picky shoppers who take as much time as girls to be done XD

We also went to a local bracelet shop where B took a liking to the bracelets where the guy could carve our names/pictures on a wooden plate. They cost $2 for 1 and $5 for 3. After B collected his first bracelet, the seller told him to get 3 for the discount. To which he replied "oh sorry but I only have 2 hands" 

(!!!)

Everyone stared at him and laughed because he has unwittingly trolled the uncle with his (as usual) weird comments HAHAHA. It's funny because he is really not doing this on purpose.

Back into the tour bus and taking selfies! <have so many of these but shall not spam>

After that we checked into our comfy hotel at Harmoni One. Jocelyn and I had nothing to do in the room so we decided that we should start training our head voice. FYI that means high pitched screaming. 

Jocelyn easily did it and reached some supersonic high pitch. At the start I couldn't access it but I think it may have worked at one point of time! Yay! Halfway through the screaming we realized that we should be considerate and ask if our neighbors can hear us. So we made a phone call and asked R if she heard us. Turns out that they did HAHA. So we ended our vocal training session prematurely. 

Aww we look so happy here!

After washing up and resting, we went to Mega Mall using the hotel's free shuttle service. Had a wonderful dinner at A&W. The waffles are a must try! So soft and fluffy and warm!! <my face is huge in all the pictures as I was the designated photographer with my iPhone TT>

We went for our long-awaited Kbox session after dinner (Joce and I wanted to try out head voice during kbox -cue evil laughter-). The best song to practice that is "heart attack" by Demi lovato. After singing the super high pitch part and coming to our senses, we realized that everyone was covering their ears and death-staring at us. Oops, maybe head voice training is not such a good idea XD

The group then decided that Jocelyn and B should sing a duet together since B was a singer with much potential but has yet to realize it (think an in-tune but really creaky voice) so B should start training XD the rest of the 4 of us took it upon ourselves to direct the whole singing session, telling the 2 how to count the tempo ("remember ah, no gap!"), how to singing with expression and most importantly, how to have EYE CONTACT (LOL). Laughed so much because all of us were so agitated when coaching and it was so hilarious when they followed our direction! 

We made them sing "wu ding" 4 times (!!!) and saw a marked improvement! The trainers and singers were all very proud of ourselves!

We had to leave as the kbox closed at 11. On the road back it was very dark and scary. R even saw a bunch of cockroaches running towards them (!!!) Suddenly, due to the rugged terrain, Jocelyn's wedges broke to a point beyond repair! She bravely tried to walk on but the floor was too prickly. 

In the end......

She got piggy backed by B! The picture looks sweet but it wasn't always smooth sailing. When Jocelyn first jumped on, B actually collapsed backwards LOL thereby hurting Jocelyn's pride HAHAHA. But awwww, look at how sweet the picture is! (Jocelyn why didn't you turn your head to the right! Teehee)

CC and R also took turns to carry Jocelyn because at one point of time, B's muscles were too overworked hahahha.

After we went back to the hotel, we had a nice time eating Maggie Mee and having HTHT talks, which revolved around the topic of how to get out of the friendzone, but we haven't found any case study of that happening :OOOOOO

Next morning we had the hotel's buffet breakfast and we loved the eggs and pancakes! Hearty breakfasts are the best!

We had one hour to kill before the bus took us to the ferry so we went to the swimming pool to take pics! I love this photo I took!

So sunny but worth it as the photos are nice!

This would have been perfect if not for the obscene stomach flashing! XD this picture is in reference to #爱情的形状 which is a song lyric in wu ding. I don't know how it happened but we just spontaneously came up with this formation hahaha.

..... Some weird photos in the loot as well XD

Successful OOTD shot! :)

We ended the trip with a nice photowall that CC spotted! <3 

I'm so happy that this trip happened despite everyone being so busy. The guys have freshie camps and orientation stuffs every week but still managed to take 2 days off their busy schedule. Glad that there are really no awkward moments with old friends, conversations flows naturally and inside jokes can be repeated endlessly. The whole trip we just kept going "warao I only have 2 hands" and "排成爱你的形状" to laugh at B. Aww awesome memories :)

Looking to the next trip with this bunch! <3