Life In Brunei

Brunei is very famous as one of the petroleum exporters in the world.



Just recently,I've been updated that Brunei is famous for another thing......



What leads to my thought is that everyone has been asking the same question the time I was in Brunei.

Friend A: OMG,You're in Brunei now, Wu Chun's hometown, did you see him?
PM: ........

Friend B: Pui Mun Pui Mun, did you visit Wu Chun's fitness club in Brunei?
PM: I don't even know the location of it my friend.


Dear friends, I barely have the obsession over him so my trip is not exclusively for tracking his past and current possession. Moreover, I don't live for Wu Chun!

In fact, I think I see more of her...instead of a him!



I've been accompanying her all the time while I was in Brunei.Having her by my side definitely makes me feel more excited than seeing Wu Chun in real.

"I'm sorry lah, but she's really adorable mah! XD "



Brunei is a small place with citizens feeling contented with their country as well as lifestyles-simple but rich. Most of the products available on supermarkets are imported goods, with fairly affordable prices. The ruling authority makes it a must to prohibit any liquor being sold in the country, so the Bruneian people have to pass through the custom to have a sip on Heineken.By right, I could have imagined them having a wine garage at home due to their wealthiness but this just proves me wrong.

Other than that, I had most of my eatings outside during the entire trip.So it was basically just about eating, eating and eating.


L.A donut cafe in Bandar Seri Begawan.



Bruneian style French Toast ( It was wrapped with eggs instead of the usual thick toast)


Home baked cookies which can be made in 30 minutes, or was it instant cookies?=P



I enjoy cooking!

Some say life in Brunei is simply dull and boring. Of course, Brunei is not the place which satisfies night-clubber, fashion walker or even metropolis lover. It's a totally simple place to let you get out of your exhausting daily routine by sleeping,
have a half day trip at the bandar, and probably end your day in a Japanese restaurant for its tempting sushi.( Yes, the Japanese cuisine is slightly nicer than the ones in K.L). I would conclude this as Brunei has its own speciality and fits different people. Moreover,it depends on what do you look for in a vacation?

"walk more to visit more places? or totally a mind-free holiday?"

To me, I found my way to enjoy this trip as an interesting part of my vacation.




I would say we need to be reminded of how simple life we initially started,which it slowly expanded to more difficult hardships and challenging problems,to appreciate things that eventually grow bigger and bombastic in our life.

Once in a while I feel, doing nothing is that something.

I'm Missing You--------> My long hair!

I clearly remember my friends' shocking faces when they first seen my new short hairstyle last year.A lot of curiousity,excitement and comments received upon my new look.I didn't know I could make a big fuss by changing a new hairstyle until the day came.

Some questions asked by them were funny, until I started wondering the precise reason for my action.Am I hoping for a new change? Or just plainly bored with my already-kept-for-5-years-long hair? I think the answer is much more favourable for the first one. I had completed my secondary school,an interval between secondary and Pre-U studies.I was keeping long hair all these while and being very pampered by the feeling of having something silky and straight sweeping on my back all the time.
I believe part of my excitement on keeping long hair also comes from the restriction to keep it during primary school,and therefore I wanted to keep it immediately after primary school.The same feeling appeared after I left high school,but just this time,the feeling shifted to keep short hair.Being uncertain about the new studying environment, I decided to have some changes within myself before heading to bigger changes.Furthermore, it would be my first time having male classmates after the long long 5 years, which injected me this thought to keep my hair short- neater and easier for me since having the ostentaciousness on long hair has never really matter much to me. Without much procrastination, I stepped into the saloon and

"The moment I cut my hair has already indicated the new point of my life."

I felt relieved that the outcome wasn't as bad as I thought. Life as a short hair girl is pretty much easier, especially shown on the bathing time and usage of shampoo. Without long hair, I could finish bathing in just 8 minutes,including washing the short hair of mine. I use shorter time to comb my hair, which is a plus for me when I was in a rush for morning classes.




I received a lot of comments on my short hair, fortunately most of it were positive ones.Because of my short hair, I suddenly have celebrity's face, that's something amazing I suppose, because a person's look will change accordingly to his/her hairstyle. Some say I look like Hebe in taiwanese group,S.H.E, minority agreed that I look like "xiao yu" in Jay Chou hot-selling movie "The Secret", some also came up with Rainie Yang etcetera. I'm quite emotionless about it, but luckily those girls mentioned are prettier than me lah,XD I'm contented to be compared to them already, despite most of them might be flattering.

There were times when I regretted on my courage, that was usually the time when I started telling myself " How nice if I didn't cut my hair, then I could have tied it up or curl it already?" The feeling rushed up on my mind sometimes when I saw my long-haired female buddies changing their hairstyles, which made me feel indulged. That's why at the same time,I'll tell myself "Maybe one day you'll have them as well",which was more to self-comforting.

My short hair diary is coming to an end, as I'll be keeping long hair again.
This experience is very satisfying to me, and I really feel the need to have unnecessary things to pop up in life to lead life exuberantly. I wouldn't know the result without trying it,just like cutting my hair,right? If I were to dissolve all my thoughts, I think Pui Mun is seriously a bored-to-death person to be with,not to mention that she's already dull enough to stay with.

I hope that the same confidence can be applied into different aspects of my life, to create my small simple world,and slowly adapt myself to the bigger and much more complicated world.

I miss you,my long hair, =) hopefully to have you back one day!

* I love both types, short hair and long hair!*

Sarawak Trip 2008

Sarawak, here I come!

Let pictures speak it all, our craziness as a result of the reunion.
"It feels so good to go somewhere new, with someone familiar in it.

Once again, we had pillow talk till late night,
Once again, we had our mobile KTV,
Once again, we had our used-to-be-usual movie outing,
Once again, we had our lunch and dinner together,

But this time, we made ourselves new memories,
Walking in the beach together,
Having midnight KTV, midnight movie,
The 19 hours of starvation, and pizza meal for 4 right after that,
Cooking in the midnight?? Of course only with Susie Sia!

Those things that seem to be so common, but only I feel the fun of it, how appreciative and grateful am I, because life never repeats, and good things don't come often. How things changed gradually with our so-near-yet-so-far future,
how they used to be part of my daily lives, until seeing them once in a few months.

Then only did I realise, that I've done so much, gone so far in 2007, despite it only lasted for that 10 months,I've gained much more than I thought.

The only thing that makes me feel "guilty" is how massive the amount of rain I brought daily, because of the rain god effect? (because I'm 张珮"雯"!)Perhaps my luck can be real bad when God want them to be.

My Sarawak trip is yet to be ended, as my next destination will be Gua Niah in Miri,which I will leave my footprints on it next week.I'm now in Brunei, babysitting my niece, and it makes me feel like I'm obliged like a boyfriend, offering her the best that I could. She's my little girlfriend, the sea of emotions is so contradicting because as much as I'm anticipating on her growth, I know that I'll surely miss one of those days when I used to spend 3/4 of my time with her daily.
Hopefully she'll remember this "boyfriend" someday, ahem ahem!

Always love you guys!Thank you for making me feel this way.
I hope there's always a next trip for us.=)

My Choice, My Decision

I just read a travelogue lately, about this charming city-Vancouver. It's the third largest city in Canada with the population of 600,000.Generally not much of us know the city well, one of my impressions on Vancouver is that it's one of the cities with highest immigration rate in the world,especially HongKongnese immigrants. It's about 30 hours of flight(*sweat*) from here,Malaysia.In other words, it's about a journey of 6 meals+10 times of toilet+20 hours of sleeping+ 6 hours of movies and games to actually step into this beautiful land.




Why would I suddenly blog about Vancouver?



It might be one of the destinations I would be staying in future,since I've applied to the University of British Columbia(UBC), which is located in there.
People always like to question about my decision, and I'm most willingly to share with you my thoughts, every bit of it which leads to my judgement.

Both of my elder sisters were Australian Universities graduants , this reduces my wish to study abroad in the same country as I hope to have gone to a totally new environment to pursue my degree. I've never doubted on Aussie being a nice and ideal place to study, which attracts more than 300,000 local pupils to continue with their dreams in Australia. Come to think of it, I don't quite feel like going there when I see at least quarter the familiar faces I once met during primary or secondary school, to be reunited in university. It is not a matter of being an escaper, avoiding my former classmates, just that I feel entering a foreign university symbolizes a new start of my life, a completely strange place awaiting me to cope with it, but not a familiar place which allows me to pamper myself, still behaving as though I'm a princess at home.

After all, why must I follow the heat,and rush myself into some of the popular universities,knowing that they're not my first choice.

Then I widened my options and considered on UK and Canada. It's undeniably that UK seems to win lots of parents' hearts due to its prestigious institutions,also of the reason that UK has established a historical and contemporary educational systems, which immediately outstands among the rests.

Well, I like UK for its historical and cultural means, but the likeness isn't enough to convince me to put UK as my top priority for overseas study. Many people like UK, but somehow my instict is telling me that UK isn't the right place for me. WHY? I suppose I struggle too much on the people's friendliness as well as the living cost, despite my parents are leaving me the biggest freedom to choose on the place I wanted to go.Moreover, going to a more expensive place must result in getting a higher grade to me, or else everywhere would be the same to study, I'm very much motivated in that sense.

Then I've come to a consideration on Vancouver, Canada. It was completely out of the list initially, only started to come into my mind when my sister encouraged me to think about studying in Canada. It was tremendous how my mind slowly moved by her words, after researching on the place as well as the university, Vancouver is really an ideal choice I feel. Speaking about weather, it's warmer than Toronto, with average temperature 20+ and lowest temperature is about 0-2 celcius. This weather shouldn't be a problem to me after my Japan trip 2 years ago, as I'm always favourable to Winter season, the season of Snow and Christmas! In addition, Chinese population is the second largest in the city, which makes me feel warmer inside. I've always liked the feeling of being surrounded by Asians,as I'm rooted from there.Although I'll surely make western friends, I have a strong feeling that my future friends will mainly be Asians still. Those of them who share similar culture,tradition as I am. Moreover, more Asians==>more Asian cuisine based restaurants===> life can never be better than getting to enjoy the home food I never needed to spend time to find it in Malaysia.I'll be feeling home!! Of course, Canada's natural beauty has always been an affiniti to me, it will mean more weekends trip and nice shots in future.

*The only weak point of it is the distance from Malaysia though.=(

But I have to say, it's still way too early to dream on all these,as I haven't got to sniff a little of the good news from all the universities that I've applied to.
As a matter of fact, the thought of not getting even one admission letter is hauting me. I myself am not confident that the admission staffs will consider much about my application after a glance on my results,it's not persuasive enough.*shakes head*
I'm harbouring for a hope, a hope that will bring some difference in my life.


I've also noticed that friends are getting worried about my life when I'm off the country. I know, what you all are worrying about, is something I've been thinking for almost every night. I'm a shilly-shally person, always fail to become a shrewd and brave girl, this is what I discovered when I see my sisters are so capable of handling problems. I find myself uselss,and there's a lot for me to learn about life yet! Having an opportunity of kicking myself out of the comfort zone and learning things independently is a survival skill for me in capable of confronting more hardships from time to time.
No..no one but just myself for this time.

=) I'm grateful to have received all the encouraging sentences from each and everyone of you. I don't need much friends, I just need those who're with me now.
Always, and will always be. Thank you for being understandable and support me wholeheartedly.

* Pui Mun's recession session will soon be ended, I need to catch up,walk faster to a new life, I can't afford to stay on miscellaneous things already*


Have you ever loved somebody so much
It makes you cry?
Have you ever needed something so bad
You can't sleep at night?
Have you ever tried to find the words
But they don't come out right?
Have you ever?

("Have You Ever" by Westlife)

Yes I do, and what makes me fall makes me stronger after all, only after tearing and heart-smashing, that I'm able to smile to myself again.=)

Thank you to Mk, Cl and Atlee bro.