We decided to make a holiday of it when our friends suggested a family holiday for 4 families, with... you guessed it, 4 eighteen months toddlers jumbled in the mix.
For those who are wondering about the fate of Angsana Resort now, yes, it's STILL there and standing after the four mini tornadoes tore through the place.
All the planing went off without a hitch. This is of course, excluding the fact that my Dear had to pull out of the trip after his company decided to send him on a course for 23th and 24th! @#&*$(&!!
22nd August, Sunday
9:00am
Picked up our backup travelling partners, my parents and on our way to Tanah Merah Ferry Terimal! yippeee! Does this mean I can laze and do nothing all day????
10:00am
Checked in our tickets and group photo taken by my Dear, who since is NOT going, doesn't get to join into group photo, and hence is kicked out to be photographer.
Photographer aka Dear takes a photo before we head off...
11:05am
We are on our way! Big ferry!
1:30pm (bintan time)
Rumbling along on the bus to the hotel after the smooth ferry ride, while Shannon nods off finally!
3:30pm
Checked into our luxious one bedroom suite! Many thanks to Rena and her friend for getting us such a great room! Whew, now I'm relieved, Dad can sleep in the next room, away from Shannon and me.... else his snore can keep us awake like owls the whole night. Went to check out Val's and Rena/Wendy's rooms... Val balcony leads straight to the pool, wow... and Rena and Wendy's 2 bedroom suite has a jazzuci! Shiok! but it's raining! Rain rain go away, Shannon want to Play! At Bintan!
Oh ho, Gong Gong can sleep on the sofa and we can have our beauty sleep in peace!
6:30pm
We are on our way to dinner at the Kelong. Shannon was super curious about the live crabs sitting in the cemented tiled tank, she kept saying, 'cra...cra...cra....' and doing a pinching action with her hands.
Food was not too bad... had a steamed grouper (750gms, the guy was crazy, wanted us to order a 850gms fish! Just look at the size of that monster!), Tofu, Sambal kangkong, Prawn paste You Tiao, Deep fried squid (sorry dear, missed out on yoru favourite), and stir fried beef. We were stuffed for the 5 of us, and and amount came up to about SG114, not too bad huh? But it's still raining????
23rd August, Monday
8:30am
Oh goodie, clear weather at last! Went to the beach and managed to persuade our little koala to come down and touch her toes on the sand, hurray! Success finally! For those of you who don't know what is going on, Shannon has this fetish about cleaniness, she detests anything on her fingers, on her toes, and thighs. A tiny splatter of food will have her touching it with a finger, staring hard at it, going 'eh!' while pushing the finger towards you for instant cleaning. But, unfortunately, this prized habit doesn't include her butt, as she is totally unconcerned about small and big business, or the need to change diapers, oh boy!
So it was hardly without surprise that she refused to touch sand.... I finally managed to coax her by bringing her to the water's edge and letting her see my toes wiggling and sinking into the soft sand and water. While cleaniness is her fetish, water is her undoing, as you would know by now, from reading her previous posts! So down we go, haha!
Shhh, dun interrupt my train of thought! Can't you see I'm trying hard not to get sand on my toes!
10:00am
Quick quick, bring Shannon for a swim before the rains come again, and it does look atlike there's super heavy rain coming! Water Baby is now in session! Elijah, and Ethan hurried in for a quick dip before the heavens released it's load! Shannon had fun in the pool though with rain splashing everywhere!
Ok guys, this is my Super Kongfu Water Crane Move, Ha-Taaaaa!
1:30pm
We headed off to Bintan Idol, located in Pasar Pasar which is a malay shopping village for lunch and abit of shopping. I bought a snazzy dress for Shannon, hope she can wear it to Jenny's wedding in september!
Gong gong, I prefer the drums to the dress, can?
3:30pm
I bought Shannon to the beach again, this time to build sand castles! As usual the neat freak in her made her timid and wanting to clean her fingers everytime sand got on it, faint!
Finally, the fun of it overtook her, and she became intent on her task of building sand turtles and slicing them up with a shovel.. eeeeeeewwww...... Ethan and Elijah went all out and splashed around in the waves... oh ho...! Surfer boys in the making! '
Then it was down to the pool for a dip and some fun with all the babies before heading back to the room for a long overdue nap...
Ok, now watch me slice that turtle into half, mommy!
Say Cheese everyone!
7:00pm
Decided to stay at the hotel and went to Pantai grill for dinner. Dinner by candlelight is very romantic, but not when you have toddlers uneasy by the meager light offered by the fire, and squeaming around, trying to get away as fast as their fat legs can go!
11:30pm
Finally, the monsters are sleeping, so time for the mother monsters to come out and play! We headed for the private jazzuci for a soak and a chat before heading back to knock out for the night....zzzzzzzz.......
24th August
8:00am
Up and early with Breakfast at the hotel before going down to the pool for a last dip before checking out... our holiday is almost over!
3:00pm
Back on the ferry for the return trip home. We took the advantage of first priority boarding to go up the stairs and sit on the second floor, where the luxury seats were. Bad move! The weather was playing havoc with the sea, and by the time we reached Singapore, the boat was pitching so badly, we could only hang on to our seats and wait for the captain and crew to 'rescue' us down the stairs! But I have to admit, the daredevil streak in me found it a wild and exciting ride!
5:00pm
Back, home sweet home, Shannon is busy cramming all her stuffed cats, dogs, bears and whatever under her chin for big hugs and signaling us to turn on the TV for her Hi-5 show, looks like it's just another day for her!
Quick quick, turn on the TV! Hi-5 is on!
Before and After Expressions Weight Gaining Package!
Mind you, those were newborn sized diapers!
Our little Monkey now!
Cable Car Ride????? REALLY???? YIPPEEEE!
Hmm, Mommy, I'm a little unsure about this.....!
Gulp! We're so high above the water...... 
Let me take another peek.....