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Originally Posted by nono1973
While i enjoy myself in Batam and Batam is after all a paradise NEAR my home,i prefer to retain this place as a paradise itself in my mind rather than allowing it to become over-homely. If a paradise is at home,and when one is so used to living in Paradise,then ultimately paradise can no longer be called a Paradise anymore.
The same theory applies to many who can ONLY appreciate Heaven only when they have been thru Hell. In my perspective, Sillypore is almost like Hell and Batam is almost like heaven. I live in a place called "nearly" Hell,so i appreciate my kind of Heaven,name Batam. I live in "nearly" Hell 30 days a month but 2 to 3 days of this 30 days,i go to my definition of Heaven. I appreciate this Heaven of mine very much and plan to keep this mindset till i pass on.
Who knows,over time when my physical body (and mind) can no longer stand the fiery fury of this "near" Hell,i may squeeze myself to buy a tiny corner in this almost Heaven to live out the rest of my life. Well,again as said...who knows,hehehe...
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I have a home here, very much like you, I love this place too. Work n fun should not mix, but when you have fun n work place together, it is a different thing.
Yes, life is much more slower here n your you can enjoy yourself, but not limited to entertainment n sex, also sight seeing n quiet piece of mind. When I am stress out, after a good bonk n a beer, over the week end, I go to barelang bridge to chill out. Or visit the seas there, or kelong for a day. Just to relax.
Why I chose to work here is becos of the slower pace of life and close proximity to Singapore too. Just a ferry away n believe me, Batam has one of the greatest mix of people all over Indonesia n a good number of international visitors. Security is not that bad( there are places I don't go), n you get a good mix of food n entertainment as well.
Been here for a good part of my life, and probably stay here until I am old.