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Hoo!
The past 21 days has been pretty much another surreal experience.
I felt nothing when leaving, just another day.
The day I came back though. Different.
21 days. As I sat in the coach travelling around Brunei. It suddenly struck me that this is, for now, the longest I had gone aboard, the longest stretch of time I spent all in a military place.
Though it was nothing like a typical military camp. At least for most of the time. At least for some of the people. =)
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Though I did not make as much progress on my studies as I plan and would liked, it still turned out pretty good.
Now, I just need to get more advanced texts for micro and macro econs. A bit regretting selling away my old texts from Ngee Ann! ahahha! At least I still have some.. copies. ;) and a international econs text. Looking at those books, they look so.. new, a wonderful reflection of my time in Ngee Ann indeed. =D
OH!
And I made the most wonderful discovery in Brunei!
After lunch during RnR, made my way to their supermarket to get a drink.
Side track!Rachel was looking for bread and so I 顺便 browse for some custard puffs as well. But there was NONE! Not as in sold out but none as in non-existent. =( Anyway, that is not the wonderful discovery I made.
So, I was looking for some green tea cause I want to.
Found the green tea section.
Grabbed a Heaven and Earth jasmine green tea bottle which, back in Ngee Ann, I used to consume on average two such bottles per day =)
And then, it happened.
For some reason, I decided to look at the price. For good or bad, I am usually price blind when buying stuff I really want, especially impulsive purchases.
So the price of that bottle was around a dollar. Could not remember cause there it is not much different from when I anticipated. What caught me off guard was the price of another brand of green tea next to it.
3 dollars.
FYI Brunei has currency parity with Singapore.
3 whole dollars for a 500ml of green tea?!
I was very intrigued.
So I bought it with huge expectations. =)
And it was bliss.
=D
I am gonna hunt down a retailer for this green tea here in Singapore in the next few days. Hope I won't be disappointed!
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BTW I have one week of off! Yay!
Adding the long break before my take off, the gig in Brunei and this week of off, total up to 6 weeks of break from the FUB! And round 6 weeks up and it is almost two months!
August came and went.
And so will the rest of my sentence!
Bright future awaits! =D
God Save the Queen
The past 21 days has been pretty much another surreal experience.
I felt nothing when leaving, just another day.
The day I came back though. Different.
21 days. As I sat in the coach travelling around Brunei. It suddenly struck me that this is, for now, the longest I had gone aboard, the longest stretch of time I spent all in a military place.
Though it was nothing like a typical military camp. At least for most of the time. At least for some of the people. =)
----
Though I did not make as much progress on my studies as I plan and would liked, it still turned out pretty good.
Now, I just need to get more advanced texts for micro and macro econs. A bit regretting selling away my old texts from Ngee Ann! ahahha! At least I still have some.. copies. ;) and a international econs text. Looking at those books, they look so.. new, a wonderful reflection of my time in Ngee Ann indeed. =D
OH!
And I made the most wonderful discovery in Brunei!
After lunch during RnR, made my way to their supermarket to get a drink.
Side track!Rachel was looking for bread and so I 顺便 browse for some custard puffs as well. But there was NONE! Not as in sold out but none as in non-existent. =( Anyway, that is not the wonderful discovery I made.
So, I was looking for some green tea cause I want to.
Found the green tea section.
Grabbed a Heaven and Earth jasmine green tea bottle which, back in Ngee Ann, I used to consume on average two such bottles per day =)
And then, it happened.
For some reason, I decided to look at the price. For good or bad, I am usually price blind when buying stuff I really want, especially impulsive purchases.
So the price of that bottle was around a dollar. Could not remember cause there it is not much different from when I anticipated. What caught me off guard was the price of another brand of green tea next to it.
3 dollars.
FYI Brunei has currency parity with Singapore.
3 whole dollars for a 500ml of green tea?!
I was very intrigued.
So I bought it with huge expectations. =)
And it was bliss.
=D
I am gonna hunt down a retailer for this green tea here in Singapore in the next few days. Hope I won't be disappointed!
----
BTW I have one week of off! Yay!
Adding the long break before my take off, the gig in Brunei and this week of off, total up to 6 weeks of break from the FUB! And round 6 weeks up and it is almost two months!
August came and went.
And so will the rest of my sentence!
Bright future awaits! =D
God Save the Queen