Survivor Batam

It's just 10 days in Cameron Highlands and i am like bringing loads of stuff there. Blame it on the sweater and the laptop. Comparing to Danang last year, i am really bringing more stuff compared to a 21 day trip. Luckily we are not going to backpack and walk all around with out things.

Just came back from Batam yest. It was a really enriching and fun course. Thanks to our instructor Wee Heong, we are able to learn a lot and hopefully apply these skills to our project. Not only do we learn about yep matters, we learnt a lot about human relationships, leadership, conflict management and so on. Of course, the fellow participants were all very proactive and this really made the difference. Another good thing was i got closer to my co leader yuna, as well as other yep leaders in nus. We gonna need each other support and advice i guess.

We reached Batam and were treated to a drink at Batam View Resort. Shortly after, we proceeded by a fishing boat to this island called Pulau Nongsa. It's a small island with a lighthouse on it and there are quarters for the indonesian navy personnals, as well as a small food/drink store on it. As our instructor mentioned, time on the island passes slowly and i really do feel that. Must be the laid back and relaxing environment. Imagine having lessons beside the beach, enjoying the sea breeze and hearing the waves.

the small island on the left is the island we stayed on. Actually, the 2 islands are connected when low tide.

the lighthouse

our sleeping area.

Shipwreck! so survivor rite? Wanted to take a pic in front of this ship but didn't have the time to do so

me and yuna. notice both of us are wearing geog soc shirt? they say our shirts very nice. "GET LOST" and "WHAT ON EARTH?"

the beautiful sunset. Can see the skyline of singapore if you look closely. We watched NDP fireworks from this spot on the 2nd night!

The beautiful sunrise

The ugly funny looking stonefish. If you look closely, you can actually see 2 eyes (actually not eyes) and a sad face. Compare to the smaller ones by the side, we realise that as the fish grows older, the face becomes more sad.

We got a chance to visit a nearby fishing village on the 2nd afternoon. Very kampung, ubin feeling. Ubin is sad cause there are practically no domestic animals roaming around. Down here, we saw lots of chicken, dogs, cats etc...

another view of the village

Yup. tat's about it for the pictures. In fact, i don't feel like heading back after spending 3 days there. Of course, the company play a very huge role in it! I guess most of us are so excited to go on YEP immediately. Like what eugene mentioned, there's like 1 whole sem and 5 exams to go through! argh!!! definitely looking forward to recce.

Ok. Setting off for cameron soon. 8 hrs bus ride... what a torture.