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A glamorous wedding

Above:  Stage at the wedding. Today, I experienced something different. In my half-century, I hadn’t experienced a Malay wedding. Tonight, I attended a wedding reception for Adlie and Amal. Adlie is the son of a friend and also nephew of an old school mate. They had married on Christmas day, exchanging their vows, but today […]

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Visiting the capital

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 […]

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Jerudong Park

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 […]

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Lap of luxury

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 […]

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