Batam Info / Interest / Help Thread

[mygirly]

Originally Posted by BFOMF5

Need help from AV expert..
I connect karaoke video output YCbCr
To Our TV video input YPbPr.
I go black/whate video.

After some reading realized that my karaoke output is Digital component video whereas the TV is analog.

My TV have 2 HDMI ports
And understand that HDMI are digital.
They're cable that convert HDMI
to YCbCr.

Question...
Can this cable be used the other way round to convert YCbCr output to HDMI input?

If can, I'll search around in Btm.
Understand that HDMI cable usually a little expensive.
Anyone can advice how much roughly does it cost in Singapore.


TIA

HDMI cable are indeed cheaper in Batam. I just bought one recently.
Those HDMI to components cables are for TV's who do not hv HDMI port but only components ports. So it may not work the other way round. But I'm not 100% sure

[mygirly]

Originally Posted by flamez72

Last weekend , went down to batam centre and saw this huge market called Pasar pasir putih , there is also spacious foodcourt . Ate there and the Kue tiao is actually pretty good. There are also mn other good food. It is also close to my hotel ,Hotel Sahid . Thou its very crowded but the place is still quite chilly, my favourite place to eat now in batam centre. Just my twocent for anyone looking for an A2 style foodcourt in Batam Centree ......

Next time try the Mee Siam, pork porriage, chicken rice (Chinese store), tze cha, etc.

At night u can karaoke too...

There's a massage shop opposite. Anyone tried?

[lishapi]

Where is the best spot to karaoke? Safe and cheap to go alone. With girl preferred

[PowerBenz]

Originally Posted by BFOMF5

N says she saw it in DCM

Thank bro for the infor..

[Black Page]

Ok this time I tried EVEN WeChat.
When I search around, I always receive 3-4 messages from people nearby who say hello to me. I am used to ignore all of them (they include gays, TV and girls offering ST/BO).
This time I replied to one. We started some conversation. Her pic looked pretty and next-door type.
She claimed to live with family and be university student.

On my last day in Batam (ferry at 16:40), instead of doing the usual tour of joints for a last ST, I proposed her to meet for coffee, telling also that I needed to go to my room quickly to pack luggage. Unseen in Batam, she was at my table at Jco just 30 mins after the message. She rushed to shower and take her bike to ride to Nagoya Hill.

She was not so pretty as in pic, but the face was hers. I could not just see she is a bit chubby in reality. A nice girl indeed, not someone on the P4P scene.
Once sit at the cafe, she even refused the coffee due to lack of time, to come to my room immediately to help me for luggage. This request for help works always.
Needless to say, once in my room I had to shower and then...
She claimed to have NEVER tried a BJ, but, as she was on mens, she felt kinda obliged to learn on the job. She did her best to imitate what she has seen only in porn movies. For some reason, many Indonesian guys interpret sex as just penetration in vagina. All other holes seem not interesting for them.

Only at the door, leaving the room with me to checkout, she tried to ask me if I could give her a gift for her birthday next week....
OK, understood. I gave her 300, then rounded up to 400 to make her very very happy.

[Leoric]

Originally Posted by nono1973

Hehehe...much often in my Batam trips,i always like to ask how much would a certain meal cost at a certain eateries...now,other than you and the bros who were with you that day,make a guess how much would this meal cost in a restaurant at Nagoya Hill Mall?

For u to eat in a restaurant & at a place like Nagoya Hill Mall,confirm no more than 100k & it may likely be way lesser.

[Cougar21]

Originally Posted by Black Page

Ok this time I tried EVEN WeChat.
When I search around, I always receive 3-4 messages from people nearby who say hello to me. I am used to ignore all of them (they include gays, TV and girls offering ST/BO).
This time I replied to one. We started some conversation. Her pic looked pretty and next-door type.
She claimed to live with family and be university student.

On my last day in Batam (ferry at 16:40), instead of doing the usual tour of joints for a last ST, I proposed her to meet for coffee, telling also that I needed to go to my room quickly to pack luggage. Unseen in Batam, she was at my table at Jco just 30 mins after the message. She rushed to shower and take her bike to ride to Nagoya Hill.

She was not so pretty as in pic, but the face was hers. I could not just see she is a bit chubby in reality. A nice girl indeed, not someone on the P4P scene.
Once sit at the cafe, she even refused the coffee due to lack of time, to come to my room immediately to help me for luggage. This request for help works always.
Needless to say, once in my room I had to shower and then...
She claimed to have NEVER tried a BJ, but, as she was on mens, she felt kinda obliged to learn on the job. She did her best to imitate what she has seen only in porn movies. For some reason, many Indonesian guys interpret sex as just penetration in vagina. All other holes seem not interesting for them.

Only at the door, leaving the room with me to checkout, she tried to ask me if I could give her a gift for her birthday next week....
OK, understood. I gave her 300, then rounded up to 400 to make her very very happy.

That is so interesting. So you are lucky to get a decent Wechat cewek?

[lee123]

Hi will booking girl shop open as usual this Saturday? Hari raya eve thx

[BFOMF5]

Originally Posted by lee123

Hi will booking girl shop open as usual this Saturday? Hari raya eve thx

Front door closed as usual.
Try your luck at Backdoor.

[nono1973]

Originally Posted by newyorker88

Lol, usually if u get Indo Chinese, they are not from Medan or local, very few, those working are usually from other parts of Indonesia like Jakarta or Surabaya

If there are medan indo chinese in this trade,most would probably go to Malaysia instead becos they can fetch a better earning there rather than come all the way to Batam to earn less,hehehe...Jakarta ones would probably stayed there tho. Unless they already have relatives in massage shops or joints, then will these indo-Chinese be coming to Batam to work. Friends call relatives, relatives call friends,neighbours etc etc.

Those I found in salons were mainly from Kalimantan and somewhere called, Manado (if I don't remember wrong). I did ask them before,since they are so pop in Batam,how come don't start their own establishment? They tell me its not cheap (for their case) to start one and there are certain risk factors which they need to consider. And once they started one,they will be bound by their own business.

From my knowledge,Indo Chinese in Batam also choose their customers. Out of 10 friends,only 7 got "something" and 3 came back to hotel empty-handed.

Originally Posted by Black Page

I really cannot understand why some people keeps on seeking IndoChinese in Batam...

I am one of those constantly keeping a look-out for Maduranese and Indo-Chinese. Both of them when in a Massage Parlor provides a different types,style and quality services as compared to others. Definitely not the usual type of massage and/or special service I would get from the local Indo massage parlor.

My massage done by the both Indo Chinese and the Maduranese were almost never piano quality. Set back is, these girls were mostly MILF between the age of 27 to 35. There used to one from Madura that was aged close to 50,hehehe...and the youngest Indo Chinese girl I got before in this "trade" was 27.

Another reason why some would prefer indo Chinese is becos of the more-understandably language used. Most indo-Chinese cant really speak Chinese well,but most of them could understand. Not forgetting there's the use of Teochew/Hokkien dialect in many of them which many Singapore Chinese would be able to understand and they can communicate with the girls.

When there's lesser language barrier,ice can be broken more easily and chemistry could better be establish.

Originally Posted by Black Page

..with all due respect, IndoChinese are mostly very ugly.

I can only partially agree with this part,hehehe...i would still say, they were mostly ugly mainly after they take their make up off. I find that indo Chinese girls usually put on thicker make up than other Chinese girls.

A China Chinese ,a Singapore Chinese ,a Malaysian Chinese and an Indo-chinese girl,all of them standing side by side each other, most I knew will be able to tell them apart quite significantly even before they speak; thru the way they use their make-ups,hehehe...

[iicycold]

Originally Posted by Trenz

Everyone's market rate can be different online. As for my own,it would be 50%-66.7% off after bargaining over SG's prices. Every shop's girls in batam will try to quote customer SG price so it's up to u to bring tat down.

I go to a SG men's spa,usually cost $70-$80 without the special,add on special abt $50-$70. Total can come out to be abt $120-$150. In Batam,I'll be expecting around $50. Of course,i'm talking abt men's spa now.

For smaller scale & in-hotel massage shops,i do a similar comparison. Special service HJ is abt $50 & a FJ abt $100 in SG. In Batam would then be abt 150k-250k after bargaining for HJ & 300k-500k for FJ. Anything higher would be considered higher than normal for me.

There's however one thing i have to agreed with bro nono, that is the higher one pays ,there's the likelihood of a more inferior-ed service.

Just quote an example in one of my 1st few earlier trips to batam. I visited a hotel MP,the girl quoted me 500k,i didn't bargain,happy-ending ends with no roaming,no full strip off & if i want 'those' additions,i will have to top up another extra 100k+100k,so end up have to pay 700k if i wanted 'those' ++.

Another time in the same place,same girl. I was quoted 500k again, i bargained to 200k. Again there was no strip no roam,& i have to top up 100k for roaming & another 100k for full strip. End day after all the bargaining, we agreed to a price of 300k for the same service i paid 700k for. I told her i would tip her more if her service lvl is up to my expectation as a bonus beforehand & by end of my session,due to her hardwork & the extra mile services,i tipped her an extra 50k. So my total damage for a better than my previous 700k session cost only 350k,yet with the girls going the extra mile to please me in there. I visited the same girl at same place once more before i left batam to help her remember me better with the same bargained price.

Ya,ya...the gers or okt always try 2 quote sg price (or higher) in btm,bcs Sinkies can afford ma. Which sgrean nvr paid $100+ 4 a fuck b4? Plenty,rite? 50% reduction on the price is pretty fair,& 2/3 price reduction will need skills. More than tat,need patience & techniques.

I no like 2 wear the Emperor's new clothes but i like the empress 2 wear hers.

Emperor's new clothes wearer : "I pay $1.5jt 4 a fuck in btm,& I enjoy myself very very very very veri much!!"

The rest of the onlookers clap clap clap...& cheering, "Wow! Emperor's new clothes look so nice! so pretty. The Emperor mus b so clever!"

Then until sm1 curious ,saw the emperor nude & say out loud, "The Emperor is naked!", onlooker face turn sour.

In dialect hokkien it means, "gia lao kui lai zho say bin", translate 2 inggris meanin is call takin a 'shame' 2 put on own face as if it's like smthg honourable!

LOL!!! Happens all the time online.

Oh,i no mean gng naked or pay higher than norm is shameful or got no honor hor. It's jus my example of expression onli on yr postin.

i love the Empress's new clothes better. I seeing my empress 'fully clothed' below...lol

Originally Posted by iicycold

u give veri good example of the emperor's new clothes. I notice mani wearin it ovr the last few days. But i still prefer the Empress's new clothes,more nicer ma

Tis empress is dancing with such a 'beautiful dress' on her.



Onli clever ppl can see her 'dress' abv...LOLOLOL

Nice empress clothes huh? lol...

Originally Posted by Trenz

The lesson i learned during that trip was,if i wish to start with a more inferior-ed service,i should not bargain at all. I bargained for my future RTM & RTF sake. Thereafter after that eventful session,all other girls from the same shop don't cost me more than 350k anymore.

I don't pay more than 500k for fj & 350k for hj anymore. My usual fj cost between 250k-400k,hj cost 150k-250k. For me to pay to my maximum of 500k/350k,the girls will need to be at least an SYT below 22 & not have given birth before.

Surrounding Utama hotel's more rundown MP,i pay 100k-250k for HJ & 200k-350 for FJ.

Hotel's Palor & Men's Spa that dont provide hj packages,i pay 150k-200k for HJ & 350k-500k for FJ.

Chinese locals in batam,i pay 200k for hj & 400k for fj.

Wechat FJ i'd bargain for a flat rate of 400k. It's my last choice,so they can take it or leave it.

all I can say is,if wan pay same as sg price,y not stay in sg? sg aso hv indo gers & better still,more variety of race of gers 2 choose frm.

Btm is still abt 2-3 times lesser the price compare 2 sg.

like yrself,i once found a few good joints & places ,I jus stay there. All gers there wld knw me well & I play there like I'm a king. I no mind paying higher,so long the gers can up-size their serv lvl & u knw the gers can onli do so if the startin price begin low.

I put yr words & advises in my own words, 2 get good & better serv in btm,i bargain down 2 start the initial base price LOW so tat I get BETTER serv lvl wen I up my extras $. NEVER agree 2 pay 4 high starter $, then later get better serv by paying even higher & expect the best serv lvl by payin even 2 the highest....lol.

most btm gers serv lvl drops once they r becm over-fed.

[Black Page]

Originally Posted by Cougar21

That is so interesting. So you are lucky to get a decent Wechat cewek?

Don't forget I am EXTREMELY handsome and my pix on WeChat rock!

[Black Page]

Originally Posted by nono1973

I am one of those constantly keeping a look-out for Maduranese and Indo-Chinese.

I forgot to report and interesting detail.
This week, I found again in Newton "A", a nice girl who came to my room from Newton already 3 times in the last past two (?) years. This time was the 4th. I mentioned her already in some past reports (Do you remember my long day-by-day reports in BP style... Now I stopped. I feel tired.).

So what's special in A? She looks 12yo: small hands, small body, small tits, baby face (really baby face). In reality, she must be in range 25-30yo. A well seasoned pro, used to go to Newton for "sortem" (ST), who knows all the skills of sex service and is open to virtually ANYTHING (at least with me: name a feature, she did that).
Should I dress her as a school girl and bring her with me to my home country (just an hypothesis), I would be sent to jail immediately at border control even before they check her passport.

So what's the point. She's from Jawa. I asked from where exactly, and she said MADURA. Wow. Next time I will ask her to prove the common fame of Madurese women

[Black Page]

Originally Posted by Black Page

I went to recce Da Vienna finally. Long time I wanted to do that.
My heart is stuck with Formosa, but Da Vienna is another category.
(.....................)

I compared the fares on the Da Vienna web site with those I can get at Formosa with the membership card (540k).
The standard room at DV is 440k/night. The Junior Suite is 780k. The Grand Deluxe Suite, which is 33 sqm and is their largest room before entering the suite category (a small apt.) is 550k. Booking on Agoda, there is some significant saving.

In short, there is only one last argument that blocks me before making the giant leap and book DV instead of Formosa the next time, besides my fond memories in Formosa: would staff say anything if one night I go to my room with 2 or even 3 girls?
I wonder if I would have the same freedom to invite friends, or if girls can go straight to the elevator without being questioned, as I am used in Formosa.
That is a big plus for me, and I believe for some others who read this.

Maybe we don't want to spoil the reputation of the DV hotel here (contrary to my opinion, for some others having full freedom on guests is not a good thing). PM is also welcomed.

[fishingman]

Originally Posted by nono1973

Not a Michelin-starred quality kind of food but still,its tasty-enough food for the mortal beings like myself, hehehe... now ,to give everyone a clue below :

I eat to live,and the ambience is definitely good during those hours for my lunch. I like the place quiet there,can also smoke inside and there was no other living soul other than the staffs (except myself and my girl ,of course). So it makes me feel like a VIP that day. Me and my girl were the only 2 customers in this restaurant at the point of our meals and the tabled food pictured was meant for 2 person.

Old uncle guessing is will be less than 80 k rp because i eat there before. Can stil b lower than 70k if u realli stingey.