Back from Brunei

Image from giftrap.com, no pics from me.

I was in Brunei for a business trip. It was a one and the half day trip, so lets sum up:-

• I stayed in Palm Garden hotel. Nice hotel and just beside it is Fitness Zone. Its equivalent to Fitness First here and its 3 storey tall. No time to try it out...
  
• Brunei is not what I expected it to be. I thought as a oil-rich country, everything would be modern. Airport suxs, the surrounding area is like Kuala Terengganu. At least their highway is toll free.
• Food is lousy but cheap. I had a small buffet for BND 8.
  
• DVD is exceptionally cheap here. Only BND 2 and damn clear.
  
• The most "sakit hati" part is their cars. Cars are dirt cheap here. Vios goes for BND 19,000 and a BMW 5 series is BND 60,000. They drive all kindda cars, Lexus, Toyota, Honda, Daihatsu and etc. I did see few Protons going around. Losers...
• Imagine government officers in Brunei driving BMW Z3, Lexus, Mitsubishi and Cefiro. Anyone doing that in Msia is asking for an appointment with ACA.
  
• Petrol is so cheap here that the Brunei ppl we asked didn't even know the price. Murah bah...
• During fasting month, the government office here close at 2 PM, but most of them leave at 12.30 pm. Unbelievable.
  
• Crime rate is low. People are not afraid of leaving their laptops in the car. In KL, within 5 minutes, its gone.
  
• Chicks... hmm.. subjective... KL got better selections.
  

Palace - Picture we took in Brunei

Nothing much in Brunei except the dome of their national mosque is made in gold!

Ramadhan 1428H

Puasa, apart from fasting is to control all other activities that will nullified your fasting. Lets see what happen on the first day of fasting

• Early morning, I had to be part of a some gossiping. Luckily I left early. Minus point
• Had to lie in the meeting that I was from a different company. Minus point ke?
  
• Resist all temptation to look at sexy women.
  
• While driving, resist all temptation to curse other drivers.
• While crossing the road, a driver nearly ran over me. Had to resist to not show the middle finger.
• All day, resist all negative thoughts about other people.
  

By end of the day, I am not sure how well I fared. Its a challenge to be a patient person in KL. But just to look at the situation, if this was not Ramadhan, boy, I would have collected quite number sins. How well did you do?