I’m back in Brunei! Yes, I take what I said back - Brunei might just be my home. Anyways, more on that later. So I arrived here on Saturday night. My flight was supposed to take off at 5.30 pm but due to (1) plane arriving late and (2) technical difficulties, the flight was double-delayed till 7.30. I spent my time alone in a noisy crowded terminal reading Queen of Babble, listening to music on my mp3 player which I’ve neglected for the past few months, eating highly-expensive-and-so-not-worth-their-price food, messaging my classmate, Wei Hsien and going online with my phone! It took me quite a while to get Messenger to work on my phone but it did eventually. I’ve no idea how much it costs, but at least I had someone to ‘talk’ to. So yes, what other drama? My name was called! Because, stupid AirAsia/LCCT announced for both the Brunei AND Singapore passengers to queue at the same gate. So I, was at the back with a few others when we realized that, the queue wasn’t moving anymore and they were going ‘last call for flight…‘. Luckily, it wasn’t a fully booked flight so I managed to find a seat quite near the front… which may have been not too a good a choice because there weren’t many choices left for food - their overly-priced food. I arrived at 10 pm at the Brunei Airport which the air-stewardess called “Seri Begawan International Airport” - I found that amusing. Oh and that she forgot to mention that handphones shouldn’t be switched on till in the terminal building. Maybe, I’ve flown too much to know what to expect.

The next day, I went out with my friends. Long time no see! It was fun really. We i.e. Rita, Jess, Christine, JW, J. Sim and Angel talked, went to the arcade, ate, laughed, walked around. We sat at the food court for about an hour, talking, staring in silence, talking again, laughing etc. Oh and eat too. Then, we went to the arcade. I’ve never been to the arcade here, not to play at least. But really, it felt like we burned our pockets. It’s like B$5 gone, just.. like.. that. But we all enjoyed ourselves! We (failingly) threw balls into the hoops, raced in the motorbikes which I had to do once in manual because I had no idea how to change options, so for the first half of the race, I was on Gear 1. The buttons were so small on the handles. Thanks to NFS Underground or whichever, I think it was the drag race, I knew how to change gears. Sorry, but I can’t remember what it’s called. Help, anyone? Haha.

Anyways, today I went with my dad to Tasek Lama for walk/exercise. I almost collapsed in the beginning. My left leg hurts. OH OH, speaking of that, my course had a SAM Fiesta - Disco Night 2008 on Thursday. It was FUN! Pictures might come later. It was fun dancing crazily with the classmates. Oh yes, I’ve got lots of work to do this break. It really sucks. I’m supposed to complete the interview questions before I sleep and it’s already 1.30 AM. AND, I’m going to my school to visit, which means, I have to wake up at 6 something. I’m going to be all sleepy there. Oh and my classmates, namely, Yi Ling, Sheng Yi, Lok Mun, Alex and Wei Hsien have been combined chats. And the topics are, endless, and.. pointless too sometimes. Haha. Oh, and they gave me a name, why that name I don’t know. So, Olga and Simon, I have mentioned you too!
So yes, I’m back home. I have after all, lived here for the past 10 years or so. Maybe, in a few years time it wouldn’t be home anymore, but for now, it feels like it. My bed is like, mine. My home’s, my home. My parents are here, so it feels like how it’s been for the past 5 years. I’ve missed home, I really have. And I’m going to miss this familiar place again soon - please pass on by slowly time. My parents, the friends, .. not so much the hang-out places but yes, you get the drift. I miss my brothers too. I don’t recall expecting missing everyone so much really. But now that we’re all in different places: Brunei, Auckland, Melbourne and KL, it strikes me every now and then that I really do miss them. Oh and, did I ever mention that I absolutely hate leaving my comfort zones? I was all happy leaving KL, but I’m so not going to be when I leave Brunei again. It simply tells you, which is home to me, doesn’t it?

I’ve got a couple of close friends here. Sure, I’ve got great friends back in KL too. But friends in Brunei have been with me for a comparatively longer time, and they know me. In time, my friends in KL, we’ll know each other way better than now, but at this very moment, friends here are the ‘usuals’. I went out with them on Saturday. Though I haven’t really been in contact with them, it felt like, nothing much had changed. So, maybe the hairstyles have changed, schools have changed, classmates and friends have changed, but I felt almost like I never left. Even though the Mall is absolutely boring, I really did have fun. I’m probably only going to meet up with them only one more time before I leave, but I’ll be back! In a couple of months. It’s just that, the leaving process just, isn’t fun at all. (Right bro Tarnos?) It feels great to be with my parents again. I know eventually we’ll part ways, but this is the comfort zone - it won’t ever change. My family will always be the people closest to me, always.

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