Lunch at Pak Chomot, ayam bakar, achar,sup, nasi putih



Interviewing a reporter at Batam Pos



DJ Ginta in action at Batam FM

Went Batam yesterday with my bahasa indo classmates.. it's a tiring but enriching experience..=) It did not turn out as bad as i thought that it will be..b4 going was quite apprehensive..then also a bit 'complainy' cos was thinking one day of the mid term will already be taken away.. which means lesser time to do the stuff tt i am suppose to do..In addition, the thought of interviewing the natives with my 'half-bucket' indo n when i come bck, hav to do up a report n presentation doesn't help me look at the situation any better..But thank God the trip went well..managed to interview quite a no. of ppl, a pekerja rumah tangga (think like housekeeper like tt) and DJ from batam FM, a reporter, a photographer and a printing worker from Batam Pos.. we really had a tough time catching wat they say cos they talk quite fast.. if not is we have limited vocab.. the words that they used are too 'chim' for us to understand.. ha but think the feeling is mutual.. they had a hard time figuring out wat we want to say also.. think it's an interesting experience cos seldom has the chance to c a DJ in actn n be able to talk n interview them up-close..
So went radio station there, newspaper press then got to shop a bit too.. our group v cute.. most ppl are shopping for clothes, doing manicures(oh manicures n pedicures there are v cheap only 7 bucks wor.) but our group spent the most time shopping in the supermarket for food to bring home..two grp members even lug a heavy bag of buah salat (snake skin fruit) bck.. think we all quite family-oriented.. i bought kueh lapis at the request of my dad hee too xiao4 jin4 him..Thank God for him! had to reach habour front by 7.30am on tt day n he fetched me there.. in addition, he fetched me bck home also..if he din fetch me, in the mornign think will hv to leave home by 6am le.. then when i come bck quite tired n got a little seasick..so glad tt he came to fetch me home.. =)
Yeah.. jadi, pengalaman di Batam akan tak terlupakan..=)