BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

Hey hey bloggers,

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Yep BRUNEI DARUSSALAM! Been to this lovely country recently for a International school exchange program for three days. To be honest i wasn't really excited for this trip AT ALL. Upon arriving , i wasn't even interested about the places around me. Home sick i guess that's what they say.

Back to the story, we were headed from Muara to a   beautiful school called Maktab Duli Pengiran Muda Al-Muhtadee Billah (MDPMAMBT). Its a huge school with the amount of 1000+ students ad 100+ teachers. They are all really nice and friendly people. First impression they say is the most important. I totally agree with that because i liked the school instantly. We were also join with students from Singapore (Millenia Institute of Singapore). Singapore students are fairly nice people and very pretty too :)

Singapore buddies

The Mall

Farah(Singapore) and I.

Istana

Upon arriving we were served with delicious food and were given our own respective rooms. :) 3 person in a  room. Which is fairly good for me because we get to pick who we would want to share it with. Soon after, MDPMAMBT head student council teacher, Pn.Faridah brought us out to the University Brunei Darussalam. The campus was huge and we were privilege enough to be able to visit the university's library. Which i find it highly interesting. At night we got to go around Bandar Seri Begawan, pasar malam, Istana and Jerudong Park.

At UBD library

Yesterday, we spent almost all day at MDPMAMBT for Bahasa Melayu week and touring around the campus. Later in the evening we got to go shopping in The Mall opposite MDPMAMBT campus. Walking distance. ;) I bought tee-shirts and engraving medals for friends and family. At night, we have cultural exchange performances between Brunei-Malaysia-Singapore. It was a blast. I got to make new friends and even meet some old Brunei friends and it was hard to say goodbye. We then plan to sleep late because we sneak to the common room to play the 'concentration game' aka Truth or Dare ;P. I miss them all already.

Today, we got one last chance to eat at MDPMAMBT dining hall with all the students and then head off to Muara, the Jetty and off on board the ferry back to Labuan. This whole trip basically made me feel so welcome and i had a lot of fun. People with different back grounds and culture but we all speak one language, i am suppose to say it BM but that would be a lie. We all speak ENGLISH :) and tinnie bittie BM. One thing for sure, Brunei looove their food. :) yummy rendang, nasi lemak, chicken curry, sweet and sour fish and yummy.

Muaz, Mark,me and Quini

Thank you God basically for everything and for the school for giving us this opportunity of a life time. :) On thing for sure, a good day is how you make it. As a saying goes, A small SMILE make a BIG difference. Happy Holidays people.
xxxx
AMBER