Reached office, realised that I forgot to bring my jacket. Felt like taking MC today. Stomach not feeling very well. Been coughing non-stop.

After calculating my expenses this month, I realised I spent the most.

Renewing my passport (or should I say, new passport) SGD 80.00 (can’t make payment on paypal due to that I have to wait till next year, then I will apply for debit card)
I & D’s Wedding@Bintan SGD 43.20 (for two way trip)
I & D’s wedding ang bao N.A.
Malaysia Cycling Trip SGD 40.00 (estimated)

It is SGD 163.20 without adding the ang bao blessing.

101 Things to do in Bintan

1 ) Pick your very own fresh seafood at the Kelong Restaurant
2 ) Wake up early to catch the sunrise on the horizon.
3 ) Relax your senses to the symphony of ocean waves.
4 ) Visit the only blacksmith in the whole Bintan and help make a parang out of scrap metal!
5 ) Have an evening cocktail and watch sunset with your loved one.
6 ) Hang on tight while shooting across the bay on a giant banana.
7 ) Pair your fried calamari with the local beer – Beer Bintang!
8 ) Go canoeing with your friends and explore other bays on the island.
9 ) Go on leisurely walk through our rainforest trails – home to over 100 species of birds and animals.
10 ) Bury your boyfriend in the sand and tickle his toes.
11 ) Walk along the beach among sad crabs.
12 ) Catch a glimpse of the hermit crab and starfish when the tide is out.
13 ) Enjoy a royal spa treatment, drawn from Thai palace traditions, at Banyan Tree Spa.
14 ) Taste seawater while jet-skiing across the bay.
15 ) Conquer the 90-foot pyramid in a team-building exercise at Bintan Lagoon Adventure Training Centre.
16 ) Have a nap under the coconut trees.
17 ) Have a picnic on the beach.
18 ) Get married on the beach.
19 ) Pay a visit to the local villages and be humbled by their simple lifestyle.
20 ) Search for your own sunbathing spot along 68km of sandy beaches.
21 ) Try flying a kite on the beach.
22 ) Snorkel off the coast and discover some of the 100 varieties of colourful tropical marine life.
23 ) Play golf in a rainforest setting – with no tall buildings, no roar of traffic and no airplanes.
24 ) Play some Touch Frisbee on the sand and in the water!
25 ) Sail to nowhere under the big blue sky.
26 ) Be part of the trills and spills of the annual Mana Mana Amslam windsurfing competition held every January.
27 ) Try wakeboarding if you are up to the challenge.
28 ) watch some hot bods play beach volleyball.
29 ) Fall asleep with your favourite incense wafting in the breeze.
30 ) Eat under a canopy of rainforest trees – with the gentle rustling of the leaves in the wind.
31 ) Savour a fresh coconut under the swaying palm trees.
32 ) Have a BBQ by the Lagoi Park and Reservoir.
33 ) Sing the night away in the karaoke lounge.
34 ) Pick seashells for your girlfriend.
35 ) Learn how to golf at your leisure at Bintan’s four designer golf courses.
36 ) Enjoy fine dining at Club Med’s Zentika.
37 ) Enjoy private butler service at your own poolside BBQ.
38 ) Tuck into authentic Nasi Padang at the local hawker stalls at Pujasera.
39 ) Squat by the roadside and feast on kampong durians.
40 ) Listen to jazz all night at Baan Aarya Thai Restaurant & Bar.
41 ) Get used to eating the starlit skies.
42 ) Have a romantic dinner on a hilltop with spectacular coastal views.
43 ) Golf need not to be restricted to 18 holes. You can play 81 different holes in Bintan.
44 ) Learn how the local women weave pandan leaves into bags and try making one for yourself.
45 ) Write a gigantic love message on the beach.
46 ) Go ga-ga over gong gong – the locals claim this delicacy has aphrodisiacal properties!
47 ) Have a wild party all weekend in your private villa!
48 ) Treat your wife to a romantic getaway in a secluded hilltop villa.
49 ) Pitch your own tent at CampABLE.
50 ) Challenge someone to a giant boardgame at Nirwana Resort Hotel.
51 ) Expreience driving a golf buggy outside the golf course.
52 ) Enjoy the solitude of staying in your own private villa.
53) Learn how to kitesurf in one day at Mana Mana Beach Club.
54 ) Leave the little ones at your hotel’s Kids’ Club while you indulge in some quiet time.
55) Wake up to the sound of the sea – right at your backyard.
56 ) See your kids jump on a trampoline, walk on tightropes and fly on a trapeze at Club Med’s Circus School.
57 ) Have a company conference in batik shirts, board shorts and sandals.
58 ) Treat your husband to a spa manicure and pedicure.
59 ) Close a business deal over a round of golf.
60 ) Have a hen party in Bintan.
61 ) Boogle-board on the small waves that rush in to shore.
62 ) Catch a glimpse of the sleeping mangrove snakes as your boat meanders down the river.
63 ) Record your wedding bliss with many scenic locations.
64 ) Mountain-bike through the rainforest on challenging dirt tracks.
65 ) Race your friends at thrilling speeds in go-karts.
66 ) Renew your martial vows in a traditional Javanese ceremony.
67 ) Talk to the friendly locals and pick up some Bahasa Indonesia.
68 ) Visit an old Dutch fort, complete with moat and cannons at Penyengat Island.
69 ) Be empted by the rich colour and aroma of local fruits at Tanjung Pinang – look out for rambutan, salak, mango, jackfruit and durian!
70 ) Go for a run on the beach.
71 ) Experience the mangrove’s serenity and appreciate its ecological values on the award-winning Bintan Mangrove Discovery Tour.
72 ) Discover inner harmony while having your spa treatments by the sea.
73 ) Nourish your crowning glory with a hair spa treatment.
74 ) Experience the gentle but firm hands of a traditional Riau Massage at Asmara Tropical Spas.
75 ) Tan away the bikini lines on your private poolside veranda.
76 ) Challenge yourself to the grueling Bintan Triathlon every May.
77 ) Tour by becak (motorized trishaw) around the enchanting Penyengat Island, the seat of Malay Royality for over 400 years.
78 ) Pick up some batik wear from Pasar Oleh Oleh.
79 ) Have your photo taken with Javan Rhinos, Sumatran Orang Utans, Komodo Dragons and a Garuda.
80 ) Enjoy breakfast in bed.
81 ) Build a sand castle with your kids.
82 ) Ride like royalty on elephant-back.
83 ) Shoot your cousin with paintball.
84 ) Build up your arm muscles fishing the traditional way with a net!
85 ) Enjoy a wild ride on a ATV (All Terrain Vehicle) as you course through a twisting, bumpy and muddy forest trail.
86 ) Sign up for a diving lesson.
87 ) Pamper yourself to a royal Javanese spa treatment at Taman Sari Royal Heritage Spa.
88 ) Visit Penyengat Island and marvel at the Royal Mosque, built in 1832 using egg white!
89 ) Relax with your love one at the open-air rooftop pavilion of the Angsana Spa.
90 ) Cycle around the island and enjoy the fresh air and sunshine.
91 ) Visit a 300 year-old Chinese temple, which curiously has an ancient banyan tree growing all over and around it.
92 ) Try your hand at fishing with bubu (traditional fish trap) along Sungei Sebung.
93 ) Pick up windsurfing in a scenic bay.
94 ) Tee off at Ria Bintan’s Gary Player ocean course – voted indonesia’s Best Golf Course in 2005.
95 ) Trek up Gunung Bintan – the 340 metre-high navigational beacon for sailors for centuries.
96 ) Give elephant a mathematics test at the Bintan Elephant Park.
97 ) Be awed by the glittering fireflies and starry night sky on the Bintan Mangrove Night Tour.
98 ) Spend a day kayaking at the Lagoi Park and Reservoir.
99 ) Shop for your mother-in-law – ikan bilis, dried scallops, shrimp and cuttlefish, cinnamon sticks.
100 ) Shop for your colleagues – fish and prawn crackers, jackfruit chips, kueh lapis. (Don’t leave Bintan without this!)
101 ) Come back to Bintan if you have not done all the above!

Source taken from the leaflet given by I & D’s wedding card.

After reading it through, it is making me want to go to Bintan for holiday next time.

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