They dolled me up as a princess!

I mentioned in one of my earlier posts that my besties and I would be having an “all gals weekend getaway trip” to Batam. With these gals around, I really did not know what plans they had up their sleeves :P Although I felt jittery, I was still looking forward to the great time that the five of us would have over there.

After checking in at Holiday Inn Batam, we went for our lunch, followed by a two hour spa session. We immersed ourselves in 30 minutes of green tea body scrub and 90 minutes of Balinese massage. Overall, the massage was great, with the firm and hard strokes that helped to relieve all the tension nodes in our body. It was deeply rejuvenating and a great indulgence for our tired souls. On our way back, the gals were up and ready with their tricks. And that was the start of the real fun! They bought me a super bling tiara, with matching bling earrings and made a sash which read ‘Getting Married’. They were trying to doll me up as a half princess and a half Miss-Universe-wannabe.

Tessa made us walk to our dinner place at Harris with me dolled up in this manner. We termed it as a ‘road march’ as there wasn’t any proper pavement and we were really walking on the road with fast cars and motorcycles zipping past us every few seconds. After our hazardous 15 minutes brisk walk to Harris, we were famished, especially our breast-feeding mama, Eileen, who was perpetually hungry. Although they took a while to prepare our dinner, it was quite a spread and worth the slightly-longer-than-usual wait.

After dinner, we called for a cab to bring us back safely to our hotel. We took our shower and played our game of “Truth or Dare”. Out came the bottles of liquor and red wine that they brought over from Singapore. We had to draw cards from the deck and the one with the lowest point had to decide to tell the truth or do a dare. With lady luck shining on me, I only did one dare and it was always Yvonne and Tessa who drew the lowest point! It was quite a spectacle watching them do the “stunts” and listening to their “scandalous” stories. It felt almost like it was their hens’ party instead! We had to give credit to Joey for preparing the printed slips of paper and coming up with the ingenious questions! I was knocked out after only a few rounds of drinks and they continued with their games so as to finish up all the drinks.

I must say that this is one of my most memorable and outlandish gals night out. One cannot imagine what gals can do in the absence of their other halves. It is indeed not easy to imagine how five individuals with disparate characters and personalities can create such chemistry and sparks when pieced together. Thank you gals for taking the time and effort to make all these happen. And not forgetting the endearing other halves who are made to stay put in Singapore, especially Richard who has to babysit Lecia.