This will be the final post and continue from Part 3 of the Brunei Business Trip Assignment. I woke up early at about 8 am despite setting my alarm to sound at 10 am.
Read More »Overseas Assignment 2009: Bored Trip to Brunei – Part 4: The Conclusion
(Fancy a visit to the famous water village in Brunei which is said to be in existence for more than 500 years? I asked my good host what one can do once we have taken the boat and crossed over to the village. His only reply was “nothing”)
Continuing from Part 2, it is said that 97% of Brunei’s income comes from the oil & gas industry. It is, therefore, is not a big surprise that there seems to be a lack of tourism spots and opportunities in the city.
Read More »Overseas Assignment 2009: Bored Trip to Brunei – Part 3: Tourism Spots
Despite Brunei being a hardcore Islamic country, the Government is quite tolerant of restaurants serving pork dishes. This is because of the sizeable Chinese community in Brunei which makes it easy to get a good dish of Bakuteh. So when I had a chance to switch to the good old chicken curry, it was a welcomed dish.
Read More »Overseas Assignment 2009: Bored Trip to Brunei – Part 2: Starting Work
The start of my business trip to Brunei was not without its dramatic moment and it started right in the KLIA terminal. Clearly, it was not a good start considering an incident that happened at the airport.
Read More »Overseas Assignment 2009: Bored Trip to Brunei – Part 1: First Impressions
(Why more deaths from H1N1 now than last time – where is the leakage in control & monitoring? Image source: http://www.javno.com)
As at yesterday, Malaysia recorded the 13th death from H1N1 and unfortunately, recent deaths involve young children.
Another call for a beer ban by the fanatics who don’t beer but wants to enjoy the taxes collected from the sale of beers? When it comes to corruption or abuse of public funds, you will see these fanatics go into a silent mode and hardly say anything.
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