Heyo, peeps! This is Yaling saying Hi from outer space.. the stupid ship blew up and all of us landed on the moon. I just found out that Chang E is a TOTALLY cool girl. I mean, for someone who lives on the MOON, a labtop is pretty cool, dont you think?

Sasa, please dont tell me you believed that, ok?

I came back from Bintan today at around 6 plus. ^_______^ Let me relate all 4 days of Bintan now.. Grab something to eat then adjust the comfortable chair you are sitting in now to get more comfort so that you will be able to peruse this long novel comfortably...

Day 1

(i shall skip all the sleep, wake up, find out that it's too early, then sleep again details) Left the house at 10.15 when we're supposed to go at 10.30am. Arrived at the Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal 20 mins earlier ahead of everyone else.

Waited and waited until everyone arrived. Our group tour consists of my 3rd, 4th, 5th aunts and my 5th uncle, me, my mom, my dad, Vanessa (not Sasa), her younger brother Li Yuan, her mom and her dad. We waited some more (what is with the waiting part everytime you go somewhere? You'd think all the brilliant inventors would find some way around this 'waiting while they check your stuff so you are allowed to be tossed out of/thrown into Singapore' mess. But they havent, so law-abiding citizens like us will have to settle with what we have. At least the place has air con ^_^) until 11.20am when we are allowed to like, board the ferry.

I was actually looking forward to boarding the ferry, because the already-4-yr-old memory of my last Bintan ferry trip seemed enjoyable. I chose a seat at the absolute front, waiting for the stupid ferry to move.

Within 5 mins of sitting on the ferry, I started to get seasick. Because this was a small little ferry that is powerless against the might and strength of the crazy waves, and our ferry kept going up and down, like my stomach. Vanessa muttered that her brain felt as if it was being pounded against her skull. I had already pressed both my hands on my stomach, as if trying to keep my stomach from jumping up to meet my heart. Well, it was drizzing slightly, so perhaps the waves were choppier. And I was having a mild flu (HAH-CHOO) all the way. -_______________-''

Went through another round of the 'i have to check your stuff in interest of safety of the people of my country but really I am just doing it so I wont get fired' mess before arriving at the Bintan Lagoon resort. It's still not our destination though. We sat there for a while and they served us juices and we marvelled at the big (when i say big i mean BIG. They are like fatter than a carp-sized Rudo) carps. Got one poor siao siao one which swam around lying on its side. =S We thought that it was dying.

Our mini mini bus came and drove us all to our destination. Welcome to Buganvil 35. It's just this big, spacious 2 storey house with lots of houseflies that is owed by IRAS, my mom's office. I was extremely happy and "chop-ed" the matser bedroom in an instance (The last time I was there we gave it up to the old people, I refuse to allow my TV set to be snatched away once more). Vanessa and her family, who had never gone before, unlike the rest of us, liked the house a lot too.

Well, it was still drizzling slightly. We took out our games and played UNO. But there was no heart in it, because there are only 3 people, and you cannot play UNO when you do not bear to kill your opponent with 2 +4 cards.

Finally we were offered a chance of release when we managed to convince Vanessa's dad to go and practise on the buggy (think golf buggies, only with seats for 4 people). We drove around the neighbourhood to explore. It was drizzling, so a lot of water sloshed over the roof of the buggy, and splashed on me and Vanessa, but whatever. Saw the beach, but we were not allowed to go as it was drizzling slightly. Found the Leisure Center. I remembered the Leisure Center with a game arcade and a place where my mom and my 6th aunt took a picture of themselves standing in the cut out bodies of a swimsuit clad guy and girl. Turned out the guy and girl were still there. The game arcade was simply lame at first glance so we left and then went to the Lobby, which was the place with the big fish. Explored the shops and found out that all the people there think Singaporeans are a bunch of wealthy morons, because their prices were outrageous. Hello? $8 for a pair of socks? My God, what are they thinking of? Singaporeans may be a bit dense, and kiasu, but we're not STUPID, really. Well, I know of several notable exceptions, but most of us are quite smart.

Messed around for some time, then ate lunch. All my aunties and my mom just stayed in the kitchen area and cooked. Lots of irritating houseflies there. There are like, always one or two buzzing around. Like the really irritating people we know, but have to endure all the time.

Cant remember well what we did that day, but it was raining all the time, so we didnt go to the swimming pool or anything. Nothing much happened on the first day. We ate our dinner, watched Ben Yue, I took a bath, then we watched Wu Yan De Ai, then I watched the comedy movie Never Been Kissed on Channel 5, because I read about it in TPD Give Me 5, and it seemed interesting. It was so awesome. Drew Barrymore (I kinda liked her after Faris made us watch the Cinderella story movie Ever After, because we wanted ideas for our Campfire Nite play, and the next day he came up with totally ridiculous ideas, but whatever, this is not the point) acts as this reporter who gets her first undercover job as a 17 yr old high school student to get some totally explosive material on high school. She is like so ecstatic about the job because its her first job.. then remembers what a loser she was at her old high school 8 years ago. She tries REALLY hard to fit in with the popular kids, because that's where all the potential story material is... but er, like all movie plots, it goes absolutely haywire. She is once again, a loser, until her 23yr old brother, Rob, who was like, DA man in high school, enrolls as a 17 yr old to help her too. And very naturally he becomes one of the really popular people in high school... and he manages to get Josie (Drew Barrymore) popular too. Life is like, good, until one night at the prom she blows her cover while trying to protect one of her geek friends from a really mean trick (that girl is really pretty, ok!!! Why is she a geek???). Her bro Rob is like really mad at her, because just 2 more days he could have played in the baseball champs with the rest of the team, and he loves baseball, and Josie makes her teacher angry too, because he thinks that all the while Josie has been using him for story material, and he doesnt know that Josie has fallen in love with him, and heartbroken Josie writes this smashing article about her experience, and says that she will be taking 5 mins to wait at the baseball game for the teacher, and if he shows up means that he has forgiven her, and then she will have her first real kiss, and he doesnt show up in the 5mins, and everyone in the audience is like disappointed, but soo he shows and says what crap like he was late and all and kisses her and all's well end's well.

It was 12 midnight (11pm Bintan time) when I went to bed. Tomorrow then I will disclose my 2nd day. Good night.