10 Oct
2:30pm.... The department is closed! Hooray! Early release on Friday for the trip to Bintan! Everyone started to pack and gathered at the Lobby to wait for transport. Soon, we were on our way to the Ferry Terminal. At Tanah Merah Ferryy Terminal, we got our boarding pass and after a short wait, we boarded the Ferry to Bintan!
1 hour's journey and we finally arrived at Bintan. Immigration was very fast and then off to Nirwana Gardens Resort! It has been a while since my last trip in year 2000! Within 10 mins we arrived at the Resort and some time to rest and refresh ourselves before dinner at The Kelong restaurant.
The restaurant was packed! The food was tasty and the ambiance was not too bad. After dinner, some went to the pub , some went to the Karaoke room...for me..... back to my room!
11 Oct
Early morning call and then breakfast before preparing for the workshop. Breakfast spread was so so.... the one thing that you will never get is ........... pork! No pork bacon!
In the meeting room, Director spoke about the overall sales performance of the department and the individual team. He also talked about the next 6 months or so. Then, the VP came and spoke on similar topic - sales performance. We also broke into groups and brainstorm on ideas to improve processes and fun in the office.
Then, it's lunch and the buffet spread was a disappointment. The steamed fish was tough!
Many of the colleagues signed up for massage and after lunch it was Free & Easy. Some of us took the opportunity to get out of the Resort. We heard so much of Pasar Oleh Oleh and so we decided not to miss it. It's only about 10 mins journey but it cost S$6 for the trip, per person! We planned to spend at least more than 1 hour at the Pasar! When we arrived, I was already planning to catch the next available transport back! It's a small place but very boring. Wait...boring place is an understatement. The place is SUPER BORING! There were some shops selling souvenirs, some restaurants, that's about it! Totally no ambiance! What a disappointment!
Dinner was BBQ near the beach....specially for us. The spread looked pretty good. Just when most people were tucking in into the seafood, it started to rain. The locals said that it's passing showers, very common. Well, the passing showers apparently kept passing by! The rain got heavy and we had to move into shelter. Well, the rain did not deter us from continuing to have fun! After dinner, some went karaoke, some went dancing, I went back to my room!
12 Oct
Sunday morning was sleep in morning. Some colleagues did not turn up for breakfast....got back about 4am! It's Free & easy and so many had late breakfast. Just after late breakfast, we had to check out and then it' lunch time! Lunch was better this time and most of us enjoyed it.
Back to the Ferry Terminal, on the ferry and back to Singapore!
Very tiring trip.....just eat, sleep, eat , sleep!
---------- Sawbear Travel ---------
2:30pm.... The department is closed! Hooray! Early release on Friday for the trip to Bintan! Everyone started to pack and gathered at the Lobby to wait for transport. Soon, we were on our way to the Ferry Terminal. At Tanah Merah Ferryy Terminal, we got our boarding pass and after a short wait, we boarded the Ferry to Bintan!
1 hour's journey and we finally arrived at Bintan. Immigration was very fast and then off to Nirwana Gardens Resort! It has been a while since my last trip in year 2000! Within 10 mins we arrived at the Resort and some time to rest and refresh ourselves before dinner at The Kelong restaurant.
The restaurant was packed! The food was tasty and the ambiance was not too bad. After dinner, some went to the pub , some went to the Karaoke room...for me..... back to my room!
11 Oct
Early morning call and then breakfast before preparing for the workshop. Breakfast spread was so so.... the one thing that you will never get is ........... pork! No pork bacon!
In the meeting room, Director spoke about the overall sales performance of the department and the individual team. He also talked about the next 6 months or so. Then, the VP came and spoke on similar topic - sales performance. We also broke into groups and brainstorm on ideas to improve processes and fun in the office.
Then, it's lunch and the buffet spread was a disappointment. The steamed fish was tough!
Many of the colleagues signed up for massage and after lunch it was Free & Easy. Some of us took the opportunity to get out of the Resort. We heard so much of Pasar Oleh Oleh and so we decided not to miss it. It's only about 10 mins journey but it cost S$6 for the trip, per person! We planned to spend at least more than 1 hour at the Pasar! When we arrived, I was already planning to catch the next available transport back! It's a small place but very boring. Wait...boring place is an understatement. The place is SUPER BORING! There were some shops selling souvenirs, some restaurants, that's about it! Totally no ambiance! What a disappointment!
Dinner was BBQ near the beach....specially for us. The spread looked pretty good. Just when most people were tucking in into the seafood, it started to rain. The locals said that it's passing showers, very common. Well, the passing showers apparently kept passing by! The rain got heavy and we had to move into shelter. Well, the rain did not deter us from continuing to have fun! After dinner, some went karaoke, some went dancing, I went back to my room!12 Oct
Sunday morning was sleep in morning. Some colleagues did not turn up for breakfast....got back about 4am! It's Free & easy and so many had late breakfast. Just after late breakfast, we had to check out and then it' lunch time! Lunch was better this time and most of us enjoyed it.
Back to the Ferry Terminal, on the ferry and back to Singapore!
Very tiring trip.....just eat, sleep, eat , sleep!
---------- Sawbear Travel ---------
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