Conditions for tagging along with me :
To those who wish to tag along in my coming trip,do keep in mind that as i only have limited slots (maximum 4),i will pick and choose who comes and who shouldnt.I apologize to you in advance if you arent chosen.It isnt becos you are no good or what-so-ever.i just pick the people to tag along base on many factors and not on a 1st come 1st serve basis as i am not running a business here. Nonetheless,you may need to think thrice about tagging along with me after reading my regulations and
below are some basic house rules :
1. No drama,no choose girl like choose wife,no showing of attitude please. I dont go Batam to seek for love,for wife or girlfriend. All i ask of you is to be humble,considerate for others and courteous as there will be others along with me. As i DO NOT make a profit or money in any way/form when you tag along with me,i RESERVE ALL RIGHTS to drop you off halfway during/in the trip without the need to give you reason/s or explanation/s. I'll just be honest here,extra people tagging along equates to extra burden to me. I am no guide as i dont qualify as one and i take my every Batam trip as a learning trip for newbie,like myself and for myself. And i am not recruiting anyone to join me in this trip,if you come ,you are tagging along and if no one comes,i will have less to worry.
Prior to all the above,if you are the hard-to-please type when it comes to girls,sleep alone.
2. Ferry Ticket : Its S$48 for Horizon Ferries (ex.Prima Ferries) to & fro Batam; and this is on your own,you will be inform of the timing to book at the last min of the trip at
http://primaferries.com/ so be online at SBF and watch your PM box. You pay on that day we meet up when you collect your boarding pass from Horizon Ferries. (i will NEVER collect any money from you)
3. Accommodation : Formosa Hotel Deluxe room at Kaha Travel is at 455k rupiah per night stay ever since I was there during March 2014. If you can get cheaper room booking anywhere,by all means go ahead to book your own room after my confirmation with you,otherwise you may wish to join me to Kaha to grab a room voucher before heading to Formosa Hotel. Again,you will be informed at the last min on trip confirmation via PM in SBF,and if you wish to book your own room,please do so after i confirmed you are coming with me. You pay to Kaha travel when you reach there for the voucher if you plan to join me to get the room voucher. (again,i will NEVER collect any money from you)
4. Taxi booking if you need is 300k per day from my unreliable source. If there are 2 pax,it's 150k per pax,if 3 pax,it will be shared at 100k per pax,if there are 4 or more,it will still be at 100k per pax too. Notice the extra 100k now? Simple reason,Taxi driver needs to eat and drink (he smokes too) if we are going for our meals too,fair? Max is usually 4-5 pax per cab.And if you think you can get below 100k/pax for all your moving around Batam for a 2D1N,by all means book your own taxi to tag along with me. My original plan is WALK. Reason for Taxi booking is for YOU to visit nearly ALL booking joints known in Batam for the 1st time and to catch a view of basically all girls available during their peak hours using the shortest time.Obviously,walking will takes more time than taking taxi and if YOU WALK with me,you are unlikely to see all joints and even if you do,YOU will miss out on their BEST available time hence your available choices becomes limited.Whole idea is to see ALL girls. I already been to all booking joints countless times,so i do not need to visit them again. We are likely to view about 8 joints of girls. And we wont be visiting Queens,Dynasty and New Berlian becos they are within 2 mins of walking distance from our hotel. I reserve this 3 joints for YOU to visit it yourself on your future trips since they are all so near. (i will only collect 100k rupiah per pax for your 2D1N and be paying to the unreliable driver in your presence)
Your 100k taxi coverage :
a. From Harbour Bay to Kaha
b. From Kaha to Formosa Hotel
c. bring us all for lunch
d. Visit about 8 joints 1 round
e. go back to one of the previous visited joint to choose your girl
f. go to the next joint if the girl you pick becomes unavailable when you returned or the next next one.
g. the girl gets send to your hotel room.
h. If you are going back next day,he will send you back to Harbour Bay to take ferry.
5. Food : It will be on Dutch and/or if you have better plans. I dont take sea food and drink alcoholic stuffs . If you want me bring you for food,i will only bring you eat what the locals will eat,definitely not any of the Golden Prawn series of restaurants which i brand them as tourist traps. Join me or dont,you will be given with more than one choice. (you pay for what you eat and i do the same as well here)
6. KTVs/PUBs/BARs/Disco : Whatever if you have in mind on this,please count me out of it.
7. Doing Drugs : Read no.6 again. And you are also out of the group. Sorry,you shouldnt tag along with me in the 1st place.
8. Briefing : There will be a more detailed briefing after we all meet up which can range from picking the right girls from the few hundreds you will be seeing to emergency contact info in case you are somehow lost,all the way to changing SGD to IDR in money changer,buying "helmets",tit bits,beer,cigarettes etc etc. Read my guides again. You may also be theoretically tested during the trip too. Failing those tests do result in penalties...lol,...eg. go to a Queens8933 alone to pick a name card from their OKT w/o booking a girl, kiss the mami face (the one with white hair) at Happy Massage 8 etc etc. Reason for these penalties,to build your courage. Why so? Becos many in this thread says they didnt dare venture into a booking joint ALONE for the 1st time or lack the courage to hold a conversation with an OKT.
9. Translation : i dont speak Bahasa Indo or Malay nor has the capability to understand a complete sentence of it,so dont ask me to do any translation.Use google translate,there are free wifi in the hotel. I dont use wechat/whatsapp/ facebook,MSN or any multi media communication software application of similar nature whether on smart phone or on comp,even tho i am known to be quite fairly well-verse in IT. (i dont even have internet banking,so if anyone pretending to me asking you to transfer money to MY bank acct,it is NOT ME)
10. Nono1973 will NEVER ask you for your personal information (eg. pp no.,home address,NRIC no.,home-base tel no. etc),ask you for money online,or have money transfer to MY bank acct or enlist/request a 3rd party person to do such. Dont be an idiot to think you can send me money. It is definitely NOT ME. If you happen to see any such PM/s or email/s or calls/SMS,my suggestion,get the person's details 1st and dial 999 ,report it to the police as a fraud or scam.
11. Please read my
Batam Newbie Guide (again and again) and please bring enough money for your trip. NO BORROWING of money with each other or things like "you pay for me 1st, i return you later" type of things.Everyone goes Dutch. You clear your share while i clear mine. When everybody are out to have a good time together,talking about money hurts each other's feeling,especially we are all considered acquaintance and not exactly friends...yet. And sorry,i do not wish to involve myself regarding any money issue,so if you dont heed my advise and get yourself involve with another person in the group on money matters,please stay away from me.
My trip Budget for 3D2N :
(a guideline on how much to bring)
Ferry : S$48.00 (one time payment for 2 way ferry trip)
Room : 455 000 rupiah/night
Booking girl : 600k to 1.5 million/per girl/per night (depending on my horniness)
Girl tip : 50k to 200k (bad $0,no good 50k, average 100k, good 150k, Best 200k)
Food & Misc : 500k/day (include transport)
Spare: S$50.00/day for emergency only (can be more since its for emergency which i dont necessary need to spend)
My total amount for 3D2N if i pick a 600k girl + 100k tip + Food/Misc + Ferry ticket should be about S$406.00 not counting the "spare" base on an exchange rate of 9250/SGD. My last trip i spend over S$600 becos it was a 4D3N trip + i went to Lucky Plaza to buy some IT items + perfumes at Nagoya Hill Mall.
12. Lastly,trip satisfaction is NOT guaranteed.
My main objective for newbies to tag along with me is for you (newbie/s)to be independent enough to solo Batam. Build up your guts/courage 1st and that you ought to know what you want,draw your own budget in your future trip and just go enjoy yourself w/o having to make those mistakes i made when i 1st step into Batam. And remember i help YOU today as a complete stranger w/o being prejudice and being calculative,next time hopefully you can also share your experience and/or help others too.
This trip rules and regulations are not meant to offend anyone or being difficult to those who wish to tag along with me. It is meant to serve as a guideline to help you understand what to expect and this trip beside just heading for the fun part,we will all be there to learn together. And learning is my KEY OBJECTIVE in this trip.
Cheers!
Disclaimer Notice :
This is purely a newbie to newbie learn-together trip. Other than the amount you will be spending for your own fun in Batam ,there will not be any hidden cost nor profit-making involved. Anyone who think/feel otherwise or have other intention,please stay away from this trip/post.