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Asia » Brunei » Bandar Seri Begawan September 2nd 2007

So I had to wake up extra early this morning because I was going to a .. BOAT RACE.. not just your normal boat race but a REMOTE CONTROL boat race with Akeng (my cousin) and his family (1 wife + 3 kids). We arrived there quite early. It was in a place called Anduki (every time someone mentions anduki, I think of anduccis) . Upon arrival, I could already hear the BUZZ of the little boat beasts. I quickly took out my camera and off I went taking photos of anything and everything. Unfortunately, it started to drizzle before the first match. And while the first match was in progress, the rain just started to pour. Because of this, we decided to just leave anduki. We went to tutong instead to the Department Store name ... read more

Asia » Brunei » Bandar Seri Begawan September 1st 2007

Oh by the way, I FOUND a new internet connection at the CORNER of my room. It only works sometimes though, so it’s a bit odd. So today, nessa’s leaving at 8pm. In the morning, we went to Ayamku with the family for a late breakfast. Took a few family photos. After ayamku, we went over to the cemetery where to see my grandmother (mama). I said my blessings and uncle george and auntie alice took me to see other family members who have passed away. After the cemetery, I went with Nessa to print her E-Ticket at Lihin’s office. Lihin’s dad and his friends all worked with my mom, so I met a few of them too. Seems like my mom was loved at work :P haha. Went back home and just hung out with ... read more

Asia » Brunei » Bandar Seri Begawan September 1st 2007

Hey Everyone, Long Story short.. I found a good wireless connection at the very corner of my room thus I'm uploading some photos! These are photos i took with family and friends... Later when i get home, i'll upload some of the "photographic" ones. HERES the LINK! http://www.flickr.com/photos/41393614@N00/sets/72157601799763800/ Enjoy!... read more

Asia » Brunei » Bandar Seri Begawan August 31st 2007

Caution: Long Blog Ahead ____ MIRI DAY! Miri’s in Sarawak which is in Malaysia. Brunei only gave me 14 days to stay in the country, so I basically have to go to Malaysia and come back into Brunei to extend my stay in Brunei (interesting eh?). Miri was nice. We went for Dim Sum at a hotel. It was quite full since it was the Malaysian National Day (merdeka). After Dim Sum, we went over to the market… the FISH market. DUN DUN DUN! Smelly fishhhh smelly fishhhhhh haha. ItSTUNK! And it was so WEIRD! They had LIVE fish on the table (without water) and they were flapping like crazy. Talk about freshness. And then we saw a frikkin STINGRAY. The were CUTTING A STING RAY UP! Whoa ness. So it was incredibly hot. Very Hot. ... read more

Asia » Brunei » Bandar Seri Begawan August 30th 2007

Happy birthday Lihin (manda’s boyfriend) and Brandon(vanessa's lil bro: mycousn)! Started off the day by going to the Seria Plaza to look for badminton stuff and get postcards. Couldn’t find the jacket I wanted to get for my daddy but I’ll look again later. Didn’t really do too much today. Nessa was packing. She’s leaving to London in 2 days so I just wanted to spend as much time with her as possible. For the night, we went to a great Thai restaurant for their birthdays. It was big family dinner; felt great to be around family and just have a nice dinner. Cico ordered loads of food but it was really yummy. Then, the cake came out! AHHA the restaurant played the birthday song on a radio very loudly. It was quite funny. Lihin was ... read more

Asia » Brunei » Bandar Seri Begawan August 29th 2007

Early EARLY morning! Auntie Helen (my aunt form Canada that’s in Brunei) picked me up in the morning to go for breakfast in Seria. We went to the market with her friends (one of which is from Canada too). MMMM kuay teow for breakfast… along with mee goreng.. MMMMmMMMMMmmmm haha local food is yummy and cheap. AUNTIE Helen ordered me TWO freakin DISHES! Haha iwas SOOOO full.. So today is NOSTALGIA DAY! #1 Old Houses! We went by my old house in the Gurkha base camp. The houses around the camp are so empty because they’re building new ones for the gurkhas. I also went and saw where my brother was born. The house is SO empty (the whole area is empty actually). Auntie alice told me stories about how my dad would just drive to ... read more

Asia » Brunei » Bandar Seri Begawan August 28th 2007

Note: I know that some of you may find these journal’s boring but I’m writing them for my own personal sake. I want to remember my entire trip, so I’m writing a lot of details that most of you may consider boring. I apologize but MEH! =) ___________________________ Today was my breakfast and lunch date with Didi. She picked me up in the morning with Dylan (her son) and we headed off to breakfast! Ate some really good local noodles for breakfast mMmm. Her baby was quite restless throughout the meal but he’s a cute one. After breakfast, we just went back to her house. She took out the photo albums and we just basically looked through the photos. Her wedding photos are beautiful! It so cool that my ex-maid got married to my cousin. She’s ... read more

Asia » Brunei » Bandar Seri Begawan August 27th 2007

So I woke up at 4:10am hearing echos. Then slowly, the echos sounded like familiar voices. Then I realized it was Darren’s and Vanessa’s voices.. but where were they? They weren’t on the bed. I walked around the room and I couldn’t find then. What the heck? So I gave up and just laid down. 5 mins later, Vanessa walked in the room through the curtains that lead to the balcony. Doh, they were on the Balcony lol. So I went backto bed, and woke up at 5:30AM as planned. Guess what? TIME FOR PHOTOS! I started taking photos at around 5:50AM which was a lot later than I had hoped. Had some good ones, but there was NO FRIKKIN SUNRISE! Where was the sunrise!? DAR! I woke up so early to catch the sunrise but ... read more

Asia » Brunei » Bandar Seri Begawan August 26th 2007

Okay, so before I explain my trip to Empire Hotel and Country Club, I’ll give you a little explanation. Basically, its Brunei’s main tourist attraction and even the LOCALS go to Empire for a vacation. It’s located right beside the beach and its massive. Google it.. I dare ya…. I DOUBLE DARE YA! Anyways, so I just started the morning by eating breakfast at Aseil’s house. And then, I ate breakfast again with Darren and his family. Went over to Darren’s house and waited for him and ness to pack. Took a while… a long while.. lol. So then, we arrived at Empire at like 12:30 pm. It was beauuuutiful and grande. Very royalty’ish. It’s so massive that we needed a BUGGY to bring us to the section of the hotel where our room was located. ... read more

Asia » Brunei » Bandar Seri Begawan August 25th 2007

So Darren Slept over again and apparently I snore and I move around a lot lol (i guess I was tired). So today, I basically went with cico, Vanessa and Darren to Aseil’s house (cico’s girlfriend of 7 years). She lives in Bandar, and since tomorrow we’re going to empire (which is also in Bandar), we decided to go over to aseil’s house and sleep over. We arrived in Bandar and Nessa and Darren went to go do some tennis training. Cico and I just kind of hung out in Aseil’s house. For dinner, cico made a barbeque which was quiteee tasty. We just ate dinner with Aseil’s family and her mom’s staff (her mom’s staff lives with them). I kind of ate a little with the family because I wanted to eat a full meal ... read more
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