been researching

not on EE, but on Batam Harris Resort. Dunno why, but it seems like a habit for me to always google and find out more of places which I have never visited b4 but am visiting soon; ok maybe 26 Dec is not that soon, but hey, no harm to be prepared beforehand :D Well, mainly will just look out for stuffs to do there (considering the amount of free time on the current schedule) and nice sceneries and views to hang out at and 欣赏, obviously not forgetting about photos also lah... Better to go there with some form of direction then be totally clueless and waste time walking around in circles and missing out on the good stuffs!

Some useful (not 100% reliable) info that i've uncovered:
- a surprise welcome!! (if you are lucky, ok maybe its no longer a surprise liao..)
- restaurant food is nice but quite ex (especially the grill 1 at night)
- can always walk nearby outside hotel to eat cheaper food
- largest swimming pool in batam!
- but unswimmable beach!!! lol
- quite far from city area + shopping centre, need take bus/cab (Nagoya Hill)
- A & W!!!!!!!!! (only at nagoya hill...)
- a fair bit of sports and land/water activities there, but with a price of course (eg. beach soccer, cycling, bowling, water polo, gokarting etc...)
- no nice sunset/sunrise so far!!! (judging from pictures)

Have gone through quite a handful of websites, but here are some of the more useful ones: (to my surprise, i find blogs much more informative than those conventional info and/or photo webbies)

http://prissilia.blogspot.com/2008/04/our-batam-trip-harris-resort.html

http://rebeldiamonds.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/batam-14th-may-16th-may-2008/

http://www.yebber.com/review/harris-resort/