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[Black Page]

Originally Posted by authenticanie

Only possible if counterfeit is involved,or the poster read the rate the other way around.

It happened once to me to get an exchange rate for USD vs. IDR a bit (<1%) higher than the one on XE.
I call that "market inefficiency", or a strong need of immediate foreign cash by that retailer, who was also betting on rates going up soon, or simply he was in need of immediate foreign cash because someone involved in black market offered him an even higher rate for immediate cash.

[BFOMF5]

Originally Posted by Black Page

It happened once to me to get an exchange rate for USD vs. IDR a bit (<1%) higher than the one on XE.
I call that "market inefficiency", or a strong need of immediate foreign cash by that retailer, who was also betting on rates going up soon, or simply he was in need of immediate foreign cash because someone involved in black market offered him an even higher rate for immediate cash.

Agreed...It does happen,
Especially when the fluctuation is fast...
The staff might hv not got the update rate from boss.

[iicycold]

Originally Posted by froggo

how much wld u normally have to pay for yr 4 hand, 6 hand & 8 hand massage in batam? without the special.

almost every shp in btm can hv 4-8 hands massage brother...jus tell/ask recepr if u can hv 2-4 gers massage 4 yrself...lol,i learned tat in tis tread here 2...

i tried 8 hands massage b4,thx to a brother here,i tink no need me tell u aso knw who,i beter nt name him here,later he scold me...lol,but nwday i usually go for 2-3 gers massage instead.

i usual pay abt 176k for 2 gers, 264k rp for 3 gers to massage me. As 4 special,hmm...usually 1 ger can cost 50k-300k depends on wat i ask 4. Tere was a onli few time i got pay ea ger ard 500k rp for special among of the special(best of best).

got one time even got smthg like tis done by 2 gers....lol



no special but i tip 50k rp each ger.

Originally Posted by Black Page

Kudos for you. Kids need a good school even before good food, IMHO.

i almost read wrongly lei...i almost read it as 'Kids need school b4 food' lei...wich is entirely different meaning of wat u say...lol

[iicycold]

Originally Posted by BFOMF5

I alrdy retired and settled down.
Pls don't expected juicy FR any more.
Occasionally I still give update on MPs n Hotels.

If you are "genuine" newby pls make some contribution first.

if you are old birds... you should know the ignored button right?

I think I didn't owe you any thgs right.

sorie ya,mus need 2 quote yr whole post bcs all of yr words in yr post is veri the meaningful 2 me.

Once upon tere got a king,he like wear new clothes,so the guy who make his clothes 4 him feel boring or bo liao,so he tells the king he gng make a new clthing 4 the king tat onli veri clever ppl can see...the rest of story u knw la...lol..& king wans see ppl see his clothes ma,so he tells ppl...bla bla bla....lol...

...wen i go 2 btm,i feel like emperor, my btm GERS whom i treat like empress like go sopping...so i bring em all 2 sopping 4 her 'new clothes'...gers aso sm time buy me 'sweets',i open the sweet wrapper & then eat the sweet in it...lol.

i shw off empress new clothes,but no shw my sweet wrapper...but too bad,i no so clever like the king himself,cn't see my ger's empress new clothes...lol

Originally Posted by iicycold

Ya,ya...lucky 4 me, hope most the good pretty young gers all cum 2 me plz....lol

the empress new clothing....lol



...more here...

https://samsforum.asia/showpost.php?p...postcount=1117

see,see...onli clever ppl can see Empress's wearin her new clothes lei...

got ppl try 2 control ppl (i tink they're same person lor) on wat 2 post & wat no to 2 post but no wan 2 bring up his ownself exp on sex related topic @ btm himself lei...so i requote my empress's new clothes,hopefully he can see hw empress's clothes abv is made....lol....jus for laugh ani way.

worse still is,it becum nuisance 2 'it' wen a not-off topic dickscussion is not inside 'it' 's interest 2 wat 'it' like 2 see even though dickscussion is STILL within topic...lol...anione got notice similarity bo?

sorie ya, mar scholl holiday jus ovr,i nw day no much time 2 cum here contribute...lol,so i jus share my small tiny pizz of mind 4 nw.

the moral of story is,tose who try 2 teach ppl wat can post & wat cannot post r like the king inside the king's new clothes story? lol... i like my empress in btm better...lol...i aso like b a emperor in btm better ,playing wit my empress's clothes,rather play 'the king & his new clothes' in tis tread. i enjoy btm better ,than in sg & most other countries i visited.

[iicycold]

Originally Posted by nono1973

It is CNY 2018's LOUDEST temple,hehehe...with all the CNY jingles.

*notice the sun ray from the above photo? Hehehe...

iz tat all 4 yr cny 18? look like the rays of weath shines upon u durin cny lei....got tio 4d/toto or no?

qing ming fest cuming soon...lol,wan join me 2 galang?

Originally Posted by BFOMF5

Not an easy trip.
But it is meaningful to give....

u got good heart,watevr go qrd always cums ard...lol...

Originally Posted by nitecrawllerr

Hes balancing his Karma

sm time a person ownself do bad,he/she aso dnt knw...so long ownself conscience is clear & try our ownself 2 do good,if can do better , even best.

Originally Posted by Black Page

Or maybe chasing mothers or older sisters?

innovative!!

Originally Posted by authenticanie

Only possible if counterfeit is involved,or the poster read the rate the other way around.

ya,i tink he was given the buy back rate 10660-1...lol, but mistakenly tht it's 1-10660,it's quite common error...lol

[idontwanttoknow]

Planning to go Batam this weekend for a day trip.. any recommended MP to recommend?

[PowerBenz]

Anyone wanna join me to batam on 6 april?? 2d1n trip...newbie are welcome..pm for details if interested

[logiteck]

Long long time no go Batam.
Due to work now I need go there, lost my old driver contact.
Anyone have any private driver contact? main purpose is to visit factories there.

Kindly pte message me thanks

[jaxel82]

I was reading the newbie guide for Batam, he keeps mentioning "if you dare" for walking around Batam. Is it dangerous to walk around batam? A lot of crime there?

[lee123]

Originally Posted by jaxel82

I was reading the newbie guide for Batam, he keeps mentioning "if you dare" for walking around Batam. Is it dangerous to walk around batam? A lot of crime there?

Hi no dangerous if u go batam alone .Just when u go outside hotel , many ppl there ask u wan girl or not. If yes there bring u go booking to get comisen haha

[Black Page]

Originally Posted by jaxel82

I was reading the newbie guide for Batam, he keeps mentioning "if you dare" for walking around Batam. Is it dangerous to walk around batam? A lot of crime there?

What newbie guide? I believe some of them(*) are written by people who wants to scare people away to keep their own playground less populated.
Batam is more dangerous than Bugis (ahaha), but safer than KL.
If you are European or American, you feel relieved by the overall safety in KL.
So, there's an "upper layer" and a "lower layer" for everyone.

(*) (Is it really needed that I specify: "Some of them" are NOT the Guide of NONO! My friend Nono has been spoon-feeding people for years...)

[mygirly]

Originally Posted by jaxel82

I was reading the newbie guide for Batam, he keeps mentioning "if you dare" for walking around Batam. Is it dangerous to walk around batam? A lot of crime there?

Bro, safe lah...just don't flash yr valuables.
Stay alert n keep low profile.
Enjoy

[werdnac]

Hi bros,

Anyone in Batam regulars met this girl before?




Let me know ok.

[Kaboon]

All of a sudden,the newbie guide who helps newbie & first timer get started in btm becomes a guide "written by people who wants to scare people away to keep their own playground less populated."... hahaha...so much twisting & turning, no wonder the guide-writer choose not to share much with everyone anymore. Guess he is force by circumstances not to,now i understand.

Common sense...common sense...

[nono1973]

Originally Posted by <censored>

Hello bro, thanks for all your sharing in this Batam thread. It helped me out a lot last week when I made my first trip to Batam, but really kena chop carrot left and right. Other than formosa do u have any hotels that u recommend? Does all these other hotels have an in house massage? The in house massage girls are really like u said , open big lioness mouth every single time

Thank you for sharing. 1st,pardon me for putting your PM out in public becos your PM tells a story which i wish to share with the others. (i respect your privacy ,hence i censored off your name from the above pm quote) The massage girls in Kings can open their lioness mouth,but as a "consumer" ourselves,we can always turn them down,and/or re-negotiate a lower better price.

For myself,i only pay a little higher price if service is rendered beyond my expectation. I dont hold high expectation (or have similar expectation i have in other countries),if you ever read my summaries,hehehe...once i bargained to my intended lower price,the girls also have a lower expectation,and when i suddenly tip them a little more than they expected,they were much often very happy. When they are happy,they will try to know me. And when good service is rendered and when i return back to massage at the same place AGAIN,you bet the girls will remember me by hard and offered the same quality of service,if not better (or more)...hehehe...as for why the high price quoted by the girls,well...they kind of expect you to bargain down.

Now back to your question. i dont recommend,but in Batam there are few hotels i kept in mind that have both lower range of massage service as well as convenience located to move around. Here,i will just name one of them...Batam City Hotel at Penuin area near to BCS mall. There is convenient for shopping (3 mins walk),massage is a few floors downward,price around 425k rupiah plus-minus which include a HJ (with free use of hot/cold pool and sauna too). Of course they will still open their lioness mouth if you are into "roaming and stripping" them,so bargaining is entirely up to you. The set back for Batam City Hotel, the area didnt offer much of other massage places where they will offer special. The penuin area were better known for their good tasty food tho,hehehe...

My apologies once more as i cannot share more than i wish to. Many Batam playground in my own opinion were badly spoilt. Just look at the price the girls quoted you,hehehe....and worse still if they die die refuse to back down during the bargaining. I kept my own private listing nowaday only around the hotel i often stay in. Believe it or not,Utama area of massage shops is now on par in terms of pricing for special service as compared to around Formosa and other areas of Batam (they used to be cheapest,but cheapest no longer exist there today,except for 1 or 2),hehehe...people are flooding there. Wherever there are more people,i stayed away as much.

From your PM,i deduce you havent REALLY explored Formosa area well enough,there are other playgrounds that are worthy. It just take some time and maybe S$7 to S$8 per try. Not expensive. Among 6 to 7 MILFs in any massage shops,surely there will be at least one lookable one,hehehe... originally i would want to use the word "beauty" instead of describing the one "girl" as just "lookable". But beauty is in the eye of the beholder,and not forgetting the man's meat and poison theory.

Clues :

1. walk forward where you stay 300 meters and look around (there's at least one very obvious one)

2. walk leftward 300 meters and look around (there's quite a handful of them,hehehe...)

3. walk backward 300 meters and look around (its already quite close to Utama area already)

4. I was actually wasnt going say walk "rightward" 300 meters,but i suddenly remembered a massage shop just got revamped (it went bankrupt some time ago). So its still worthy of your time and maybe about S$10 to try out.

5. King massage per hour massage is 110k rupiah before the member's discount. 10% off for normal card (free) ,15% off for Silver card, 20% off for Gold. Next time,try them without having the heart to take up any of their special service.

(About 15 girls in the MP,try them all out would cost 110k rupiah - 10% = 1.65 juta,and all of that cannot be done in one/two day)

One day when you learned to bargain well (with a smile),Batam's massage shops and Spas will become paradise,be it clean or dirty ones (it is to me now). It is all i can say here. (their culture is quite different from Singapore and Malaysia)

Finally,i sincerely hope and wish your next Batam trip will be better than your last one.

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*for other bros who have PM-ed me,i believe this post would likely have answered most of your questions. I'm sorry i cant reply to everyone's PM,as i received more than half a dozen PM a week (sometime got more than a dozen),and work has kept me busy recently.

In hope for your understanding. May all Batam goer have a good and safe trip.

Cheers!