brunei day 1

Brunei here we come...

earlier yesterday we arrived at brunei after a safe but bumpy 3 hour flight from sg. we checked into our "hotels" shortly after unloading and briefing.after briefing i was very happy to find out the internet was up and running, whoopie!
the accomodation looks similar to a certain facility back home, the beds are spring matteress leh! don't play play...ha. theres a pantry in the room for us to cook our supper. the fridge in the pantry is loaded with packs of sausages!! the amount is like how u all prepare for BBQ kind? yeah but alot alot more!! haha...so looks like all our maggi mee late night supper will be coupled with lots of sausages. toilets are just next to the pantry, so eat already can go do business...ha...sorry, don't mean to be gross. theres washing machines around too, just that i don't know where they are yet...ha. theres a soccer field outide the rooms and it seems that they hold annual soccer meets here.

all about Brunei...
Brunei is rather similar to singapore. same exchange rate, same time zone, same road signs [just that now its in malay] etc etc. i must say the pace is alot slower, a notable difference is that road users who are in a hurry in sg flash their head lamps to ask the car in front to move to the left lane or speed up; here, they flash to give way to the car in front! hows that for a change. i don't get to see much around here but there are lots and lots of mega supermarkets, little towns and roundabouts. the food here is generally similar to sg. i took some pictures yesterday over dinner. will try to post if i can find someone who has a cable to spare.
we went to buy groceries just now, was told that "Sehat" mineral water is the best there is, lol...water here needs to be filtered in order to drink, so we figured we'd buy 2 cartons of 1.5L water bottles instead...28 bottles for 6 of us should suffice the week...the rest we can take from water cooler. things here aren't the cheapest, especially when the exchange rate is the same, so food may cost slightly more.

"work, work..."
work officially begins today, the 5th for me. looks like theres going to be longer working hours too. things are different too...like the procedures and all...lots to keep in mind.

missing home already
won't be able to call home in a long time, the rate is rather costly, a whopping $2 per min...unless i buy the phone home card which will bring it down to a more reasonable price...may just consider sharing to buy a card with the guys here.

well, thats all for yesterday...been reading 1 pet and will be posting my thoughts on that shortly. missing all of u at home.

dan