[nono1973]

Originally Posted by retirebatam

Yes, in fact the cost of goods and services in batam was very much cheaper in comparison to spore can say almost everything, that was why spending money in Batam gives more bang for your buck

Can imagine if the amount is bigger, like in calculation of million rupiah (or milliar), saving can comes pretty BIG. I wouldn't have expect 3 juta can rent a room in Nagoya Mansion studio for a month before covid time.

(thats 36 juta a year)

And that is like less than S$266.00, hehehe....

Remember before covid time, i was looking into buying some units? I quit that idea after some bad news but then, after looking through a bit, i am starting to "think" AGAIN!

Formosa Residence is no longer beyond reach anymore. It's more like buying a piece of expensive memory, hehehe...

55 juta/year rental

I know Batam center area were even cheaper than i state above. But i do not wish to stay around there.

Originally Posted by retirebatam

Just to share another piece of saving money tip is to place your cpf ordinary account saving which only earn 2.5% to a newly launch ocbc bank fix deposit at 3.4%.

The minimum placement is S$20k and maximum is S$1 million.

Looking and working on it as i typed, hehehe...fantastic piece of info.

Thank you for sharing!

By the way, till end of this month, UOB is giving 3.85% for S$20k placement for 6 month/ 10 month & 12 month.

6 month is a good choice (S$384+/6mth for S$20k). Next year May 2023 can visit Batam for a free 2D1N trip (inclusive girl, ferry and hotel).

Originally Posted by retirebatam

This is provided if you have spare fund in your OA account and need not pay for your housing loan anymore

One of my life's simple principle, don't lent, don't borrow.

Enough to get by can already, no need too much but can't be too little either.

LKY said before, whatever spent must come from somewhere.

Still working on "whatever i spent in Batam, and have it comes from Batam itself", hehehe... so one day can go Batam for "free".

Originally Posted by retirebatam

And there is another famous indonesian fruit I love to eat the most is known as "harum manis". It is a type of mango with green skin and light-yellow dots which is sweet and fragrance in taste.

The lemon yellow flesh is thick and juicy too. Talk until here my saliva already drips..

If got time to spare, try to pay the supermarket in DC mall a visit. Especially to pay a bit more attention to the fruit section and those small shops that are just outside the supermarket.

You will be surprised by the price of the fruits there. Best part is, they already cut the fruits for me. When the "harum manis" season is over, i will see lots of mango juice for sale, hehehe...super ultra sweet, not suitable for diabetic tho. Need to add water. Most if not all of the fruits were selling at an average of 10k rupiah, which is less than S$0.90.

I want to eat fruit/s, i am lazy to cut them myself, i go DC mall.

I want to make my girlSSS happy, i go DC mall buy the already cut fruit/s for them, they are happy (this is just 1 of the method).

There are lots (of fruits) to choose from there.

Nowaday, i rarely visit BCS mall and Nagoya Hill Mall.

Originally Posted by retirebatam

For me same here, I am not able to take too much seafood as I am slightly allergy. Seafood like prawn, lobster, squid, oyster, etc has a high content of cholesterol with the exception of fish which is rich in omega 3 good for health.

The fish that I love the most in batam is gurame, a type of indonesia fresh water fish which is super delicious.

I rarely has much experience on Sea Food in Batam. Most info which i got them from friends and in this thread, i will make my comparison here, compile what i can understand and then bring those aunties & uncles to the best i think, to try them.

They also in turn give me their sea food FR and shared their experience too, hehehe... some of these uncles & aunties whom i brought to Batam were chef themselves (eg, famous curry rice stall in Singapore, Vietnamese restaurant owner, canteen/coffee shop owner, hawkers etc and they can be rather picky when it comes to food).

One of the Malay uncle even used to "cook" in the Brunei palace too. His one comment on Batam sea food was, most of the sea food there taste good mainly because of its freshness, not because they (the chef) can handle the "ingredients" well.

Originally Posted by retirebatam

If I were to eat those food in an indonesian restaurant in singapore, the cost is at least double to triple in cost.

Compare with Singapore, almost everything in Batam will be cheap.

Originally Posted by nono1973

Anyone here got a photo of Sekar Massage which is situated opposite Hana Hotel? I will need your permission to use them too, thank you.

I remember i have one but i lost it somewhere...hmm...

I ask my same question as above here again.
(i chose not to have one post one question)