Sunday, 15 February 2009

• Bunny Birthday & Our 1st Year Anniversary

  A few days ago was the Bunny's birthday and also our 1st year anniversary. After last year's tiring Amazing Race effort, I had decided that this year would be something quieter and less complicated. Therefore, to celebrate the occasion, I planned a surprise 3 day 2 night getaway to Batam for us.  In order to keep it a surprise, I had to tell a few white lies. The important thing was to get her to Harbour Front on Monday evening, so I told her that we were meeting our friends for dinner at Vivocity that night. What she didn't know was, there was NO dinner. Instead, I packed the luggage and proceeded to check it in when I arrived at Harbour Front after work. Then I met her at the MRT station to surprise her with the first gift: A new passport holder with her ferry ticket and boarding pass inside. That was where the adventure began.
  
  Photoblog:
  
  

  
  Her first gift
  
  
  Unwrapping the present
  
  
  Ferry ticket to Batam!
  
  
  Camwhoring begins!
  
  
  Matching passport holders
  
  
  Before we board the ferry, with random Indo dude sneaking into the picture...
  
  
  Stealing a kiss on the ferry
  
  
  We have arrived!
  
  
  Lobby of Harris Resort in Batam
  
  
  Huge comfy bed in the special Japanese Suite we were upgraded to
  
  
  Japanese style living room of the suite
  
  
  Flowers for the bath
  
  
  Outdoor stone bath tub ala Japanese hot spring style
  
  
  Birthday cake for the birthday Bunny
  
  
  Happy Birthday Bunny!
  
  
  The anniversary present I made for her. A scrapbook chronicling our first year together.
  
  
  Kitties we saw during breakfast
  
  
  "Will stretch for food!"
  
  
  Poolside view
  
  
  Camwhoring in the sun
  
  
  Fallen asleep?
  
  
  Jacuzzi tub with a view at the Spa
  
  
  Special honeymoon rooms for couple spa packages
  
  
  Location of our Anniversary dinner
  
  
  Huge ass coconut for the Bunny
  
  
  Our yummy seafood dinner
  
  
  With the highlight of the dinner: 2 crabs!
  
  
  Camwhoring in the room before going for another round of tanning
  
  
  Still working on that tan line
  
  

  
  Kitty on chair alert!
  
  

  
  Indonesian satay and gado gado for lunch
  
  
  "I Love U"
  
  
  Testing out her bowling skills
  
  
  "This is how you bowl"
  
  
  End of vacation
  
  
  Tired but very happy :)
  

  
  The vacation seemed to fly by so fast that we couldn't really believe it was the end of the getaway so soon. However, I have to say it was a truly wonderful. There were no pressures on time, we did whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted. We swam, we tanned, we ate, we slept, we went shopping, we had massages, we bowled, we made love. After being together for 1 year, we finally had the chance to remove all distractions and just enjoy each other's company. It was the first vacation we had taken together on our own. The focus was to spend quality time together and that was what we did. A totally internet free 2 days, doing basically nothing except for R&R. It was a truly great vacation and we had so much fun that we honestly didn't want it to end. We both came back from it feeling very refreshed and uplifted.
  
  I can't wait until we can go for our next short getaway :)
  

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