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2 April 2006
I try to combine my world adventures with a visit to see family in Kuching. It was cheaper to fly from Johor Bahru across the border on a domestic flight to Kuching, rather than from Singapore’s Changi airport. Step-bro and his partner Josephine took me out for a very good dimsum breakfast at Lau Pa […]
10 December 2005
The Empire is located in Jerudong, outside the capital Bandar Seri Begawan. We took a visit into the capital today, a place we had visited before in 2001. We walked around the shops, visited the Royal Regalia museum, and from the waterfront took a water taxi to explore Kampong Ayer, the village on stilts. Brunei […]
9 December 2005
Today we largely relaxed and enjoyed the facilities of the hotel. In the evening, we went to Jerudong Park. This is an amusement park built by the Sultan in 1994 as a birthday for his subjects on his fiftieth birthday. Admission is free of charge. Not only that, the Sultan invited Michael Jackson to give […]
8 December 2005
It was five hectic days of admin (setting up electronic billing and automatic payments) and purchasing (furnishing and decoration). We were pleased with what we had achieved before leaving for our short holiday in Brunei. But we had one last important thing to do. I’ve been approached for a contract role at Vodafone, a company […]
2 December 2005
Above: Big plantain banana and a tiny banana, at a friend’s house. To get from Singapore to my hometown in Kuching, there are daily direct flights. But with high departure taxes from Singapore’s Changi Airport and a high fare, it was much cheaper to cross the border to Johor Bahru in Malaysia, and then fly […]
14 September 2005
I had only one important task to do today. That was to go to the New Zealand High Commission at Ngee Ann City to transfer my returning resident’s visa from my old passport to my new one. I was also able to vote for the New Zealand election by doing a special vote. With that […]
13 September 2005
After a ten night stay in my hometown, Kuching, I said goodbye to my family. It had been a busy stay attending to things like renewing my passport; researching and opening a bank account. Without internet at the house, it was a chore to have to drive to an internet cafe every few days to […]
8 September 2005
Admin My last few days have been busy. We celebrated Mum’s 78th birthday but other matters were more of an admin nature. Things like renewing my passport and opening a bank account. Some things are harder than they sound as I have to ensure that the bank has a fully-featured internet banking facility which is […]
8 November 2004
With family in Singapore Yesterday was spent with family, including my aunt. And I didn’t hear from Pat and Fiona, meaning that they must have got on their standby flight to Auckland. As for me, I fly out tonight. I had the day to kill. Mum and step-dad took me to East Coast beach for […]
6 November 2004
Pat and Fiona were meant to try to get back to Auckland on standby tonight but they changed their mind. They decided they would try to get on tomorrow night, whereas I’d try get on the night after that. So, we had time to just chill today. I went to Hougang Mall for shopping with […]