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Originally Posted by fde83

I need to apologise to bronono for not tagging along after few pms (next time if given a chance I will join).

No need for apologies,it was meant to be a link up which didnt work out.However, I did link up with quite a few other bros in my 26th Batam group trip . They didnt like big groups and some mainly just wish to meet for a massage,coffee,dinner or at most times simply all about sharing experience w/o hidden agenda.

Link up = Meet for coffee or certain activities

Joining/tagging along = being in my group trip

My rules were pretty harsh when it comes to joining and tagging along in my group trips so as to try my best to get newbie bros with similar frequency to come along to learn together and to share. No point having newbie joining in my learning group trip and yet dont show interest to learn. And you arent a newbie.

Originally Posted by fde83

Hope I be able to tag along on the next bronono future trips. Im planning to have a group outing again with my friends in the near furture.

There are always trips to Batam for me. Shown in this forum 12 times a year w/o fail (like a time capsule/travel dairy) in 2015,hehehe...if fate allows it in future,we shall meet.

Enjoy your trip.

Cheers!

Originally Posted by notorioussex

I also think it is expensive.

Hehehe...like i said before,can anyone share a sea food restaurant that is cheap in Batam near to Nagoya area when they claim another is more expensive? And later there will be yet another person who will be claiming the sea food restaurant you claimed cheap is expensive.The cycle usually wont end. Suggest at least a solution to an issue encountered,not keep babbling on the same thing over and over again which at the end of the day benefits no one.

I dont take sea food,hence i arent quite bother by those sea food pricing nor plan to seek further on their pricing issue. From someone like me who dont take sea food,i patronized Wey Wey2,Golden Prawn,Harbour Bay sea food Restaurant,Windsor Food court's sea food shops etc with friends. Marine Live's bill in general is still the cheapest from my own personal perspective in comparison with those i been to. That is of course base on my limited Batam sea food experience since i cannot take most sea food in real life.

And if i think ALL sea food restaurants in Batam is more expensive than in those in Sillypore,i simply dont go to them. No harm dealt to me anyway,hehehe...

Note that my perspective on Marine Live is base very much on quite a few months ago. They may have increase their price and their cook may have change. Not too sure about it but i do know that my next favourite eatery would be Hai Ou,hehehe...just 1 very simple basic reason,at an off-peak dinner hour,i barely can get a table with chairs to sit down. (the timing i go to Hai Ou,if i were to go to other eateries,i get plenty of seats and I dont really like crowd)

My impression of Marine Live today ,base on what i read and experience is they MAY happen to have too high volume of business,to the extend that they closes on CNY eve,1st day,2nd day and even 3rd day.(i passed by there during those days) And from my limited knowledge of Batam,if a business entities in Batam has too good business,standard of service or its produce tends to drop and prices also tends to go up too. Likewise for Batam's massage shop too.Just observe (and look at) the Utama area of massage shops in the last few months having a price hike will do. Do you happen to notice a similarity? i leave it for you to think.

Meximo Wan Tan Mee has good business almost all the time too,but they have by far consistently cook their food well (at times standard will drop a little too, if its being cooked by the wifey,hehehe..) and remain open even for CNY eve,1st,2nd and 3rd day. What i seek for in Batam which will allow me some regular visit it were consistency of service and the product they produced ;and even more importantly,its sustainability of their business were not majorly base on advertising but more from the words of mouth. Common sense often tells me,good and cheap stuffs...in the long run surely will have good business.

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Originally Posted by iicycold

His hotel rm even cheaper.

Go try out yrself for the entire 2016 - 2017,see if u can ever get tat pricing for the same hotel frm agoda.

You learned to observe well,bro.

Occasionally,there will be some "special out of the special" offer for certain hotels during certain time of the year in agoda/booking.com in case you didnt notice. I watch their site at least once a month. Think they might have some committed quota to hit for certain hotels that pay premium advertisement.

Just guessing here.

Originally Posted by hoosdathu

didn't know got hidden gems system at goldbird, after so many years going there since it was still sedona country
pricing wise must be at least 1 juta i suppose?

Not hidden gem system ,bro. Its more like these girls are so hot seller that we dont really get to see them at a certain time we go there. So once we see them,we try to book them a day in advance. Meaning if i reach Batam 30th April 2016,we will unlikely be able to book her on that day itself,but we can still TRY to book her on 1st May 2016. Thats of course we stay for 3D2N in Batam.

Nowaday,90% of the time if one goes to Gold Bird (aka Sedona),there are usually less than 10 girls available. Most of them were already pre-booked by others. Gold Bird is by far the only booking joint that has almost hit 100% in and 100% out for their girls. So end of the day,nearly all their girls will often be booked out,even for weekdays. But not all girls were taken upon payment,hehehe...so we can still get to see them before they left the joint to their customers.

Usually most girls in Gold Bird will cost between 700k to 1.2 million rupiah.And usually,going to Gold Bird w/o a taxi will give you about 100k off if YOU ask for it but it doesnt always work as this part also must see which OKT you talk to,hehehe...

What i say applies to some of the other booking joints too,hehehe..

Originally Posted by mr20k

the fish @ 160k is really mind blowing. 160k is about $20 sing and how can a small piece of fish cost this much?

You talking about my 160k fish? If so,thats about S$17 after rate conversion. The fish is actually about one feet plus in length. The A2 Food Court meal cost me about 400k for 4 pax. I am no expert with sea food (i dont eat them) but well...i suppose anything that swim in the sea can cost quite a lot,hehehe...

That fish is definitely expensive,and not ordered by me...*sob*...and only half eaten.

Originally Posted by Black Page

Sincerely, there are better options in Batam.

Yes.

(i think this is the 1st time i replied someone with only one word,hehehe...)