You should come to Brunei. It won’t be your usual busy place, but you should come because it’s different. Brunei forces you to be calm and relaxed, and it even forces you to change your life. I’m kidding of course. No place can change you without your permission. If you ever find yourself in this little Borneo country, head on over to the Brunei River and schedule an afternoon tour, preferably just before sunset. Visit Kampung Ayer, the world’s largest
Category: Brunei
People who are sent to a new place for a period of time that’s not long enough to be working on a new life but lengthy enough to make them miss home are subject to a dilemma of either just waiting it out or choosing to do something with their time. After a few weeks of staying in a new place, it just becomes impossible to stay in bed the whole day. When the hotel air suddenly feels musty, you’ll
“I was thinking of buying an I ♥ Brunei shirt but I don’t love Brunei so I didn’t”, said the tourist who I first met aboard the hotel mini-bus on our way to see the Regatta competition. True. Wearing one would make you a lying endorser. I have been holed up here for almost three months now and though I have made friends and somehow unwillingly settled in the way of life, I still could not say “love”… because “love”
I am going to go ahead and self-diagnose. This must be how homesickness feels like. In the midst of this stump I’m in and instead of wallowing in this so-called sadness, I have resolved to turn things around and put this into good, and hopefully, constructive use. I will start by saying that the guy who first said “Be careful what you wish for” was a genius. You see, I have always wanted to experience working outside my home country,
Without any sleep and with tequila in my veins, I stepped out of the plane and met the glaring sun. It was a sunshiny Sunday when I first set foot in this little country located southwest of the Philippines. It took around 30 minutes to get from the aiport to the hotel and the ride reminded me of the trip from KLIA to Kuala Lumpur with long freeways eventually leading to the bustling city. The difference was that the long freeways