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Originally Posted by micmac888
And recently the satay was irregularly available... major, major sadness LOL!
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Hehehe...have not tried the satay yet tho. So far,in my own opinion,the best Batam satay comes from :
Warung Sunda Bu Joko,the one beside Lai Lai Hotel.
I will be looking forward to try the satay from Botak Cun as well.
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Originally Posted by micmac888
True it is cheaper than SG - then again - just about anything in SG is just too relatively expensive compared with all other South Asia (not just SEA) countries !
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Hmm...you just reminded me,there used to be a bro in this forum who shared a similar resort (with in-room swimming pool) in the old thread with a similar concept like Montigo hotel resort somewhere in Tanjong Pinang. What he shared was he booked a girl from Batam,and spend a night at that resort by travelling there via a speed boat. Cant seems to find that post in that old thread....hmm....and it actually cost no more than S$150/night back then.
I think i will go look for that post one day.
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Originally Posted by Wg0326
Dear all bros I would like to know there is the joint near winsor food court what is the name . Many thank ��
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Diagonally 10 o'clock opposite Hai Hai 2 hotel is Permata Indah. Which is just almost just beside Windsor Food Court.
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Originally Posted by newyorker88
Yes, there are Indians here too, mostly from Singapore as tourist. rejecting dark skin? Probably due to their smell( again no offense), batak people are darker than many Indians as I know. The malays also have a smell too, if you are keen in smelling. As they say smelling the Chinese. Even the Ang Mo have a distinct smell too. Due to climate and food we eat.
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The scents of an individual could be ONE of the reason. Perhaps the characteristic behavior/trend of a certain group could be another. Just like when one China Chinese parent allows his child to poo in the open street (and another peeing in front of a restaurant table) and a few China Chinese adults who poo and pee in public tourist area overseas (even when there's a public toilet beside it),most will assume that majority of the whole 1.3 billion+ China Chinese population will likely do the same.
The theory should be similar when i was younger,many Indo Chinese were popularly known to be arrogant and proud (during 70s and 80s) in Sillypore. Today when i walk the streets of Batam,the Indo Chinese (and the indos too) were one the friendliest people even when i have no dealings with them.
Side note : Come to think of it, I do remember reading an article written by an Euro tourist guide before,who says that a China Chinese man who just bought a US$60k branded watch was not willing to pay a small sum to use the public toilet there. That Chinese man instead peed beside public toilet bushes with the rest of the tour group.
2 sides of the coin.
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Originally Posted by newyorker88
A pros does not reject any size, race or age when it comes to money making.
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No one would wish to reject a money making opportunity unless the "process" in between the deal were untold for in advance and unreasonable.
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Originally Posted by Nulgath
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This sounds like a good opportunity for me when cheonging in Batam.
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Originally Posted by Nulgath
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The likelihood to push Batam into becoming like the more expensive Bali will be much higher. More
Green Bean Soup will be in the making.
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Originally Posted by Nulgath
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And this may eventually pose some social problem as China Chinese were popular known to vandalize and at the same time have the mentality to class themselves higher than others.
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Originally Posted by wala
If in Jkt, I would buy fruits like mangosteen from mobile roadside vendors, they kinda cheaper. But in Batam, those roadside stalls selling fruits, I would not recommend. Truth is they really chop carrot unless u speak fairly good Bahasa, even then I found their weighing scale...from 1 stall I tried, 1Kg actual weight only 800g.
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Now i understand why some Indo Chinese (my parent's ex.colleagues when i was younger) in Jakarta will carry those portable Karung Guni weighing scale when they go to the market,hehehe...
And they will always bargain regardless how cheap things were to be. I am guessing they are more adapted to the Indo culture.
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Originally Posted by iicycold
It reli depends,sm China's countryside non city area,small town tat i went to b4 were more dirtier than btm.
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Most people from the China's countryside village area (much lesser develop) has some of the nicest and honest people i have known. However they were lesser educated hence their knowledge on hygiene were very much lesser than those who lives in bigger cities.
I happen to live in those "more dirtier than Batam" places by your definition for almost a year,hehehe...having said that,i believe you havent been to some smaller scale village in Batam which is away from the Batam main city area before,right?
Want to go? Next time if fate allows,i'll bring you there.The kids in the schools there will surely brighten up your day.
