`i know what you did last new year..

As you could tell, I was on a hiatus starting from New Year until January 13th. Aren't you guys wondering what this nice person (YUCKS :P) did during those days? I actually had a fun week that time. Since my Kuya was leaving for Philz on the 5thJanuary, my whole family mostly went out. Very refreshing. Cool encounters too!

JANUARY 1 (VERY Early Morning) :

I did go out after watching MBC Gayo Daejeon on that day. To meet up with Danice and the other kids of Bengkuville. Mostly me & Danice just walked around and talked. We haven't seen each other for weeks! (Due to my lazyness in going outside my house. ) So yeah, we took pictures. It was using Ate's phone since she was using my phone to call & message to phils. I was pretty annoyed with the fireworks though. Coz you'll just get surprised when it pops or rockets somewhere. With those loud BANGS! I thought my eardrums would burst. It's because I somehow forgotten how loud it is during the New Year. Anyway, it showered. Good thing it was only for a while 'cos then we'd be at the garage instead. LOL.

Pictures;
1st- Allyza, Me, Pinky & Kyndra.
2nd & 3rd - Danice & me. :]

I love this rose. It's a plant in front of Danice's house. I think her mom planted it. Very nice. I was actually planning to post this as my display picture in MSN. Don't know when. Probably when I have the mood, as usual. :D.




Anyway, I got home around 2AM. Me & Danice chatted outside of our houses. Some important stuffs. Sighs. AJA AJA HWAITING DANICE!
Well, when I got home, Ate was watching TARA2 (which I downloaded waaaaay before but have no guts to delete). So I joined her and watch too. It was actually the time when they went to Japan and then Korea. Good timing! :]

Took pictures again;


Eshh, last pic, marah juaaaa!

I ended up sleeping at 5am. Nice huh? SIGHS.

(The Early Morning):

Badminton day.
As usual. But then i asked the guys to wait a bit coz i was feeling really tired. Mainly because i slept around 5 am. So i was reluctant to get out of bed after only 2 hours of sleep. T__T. Johnny & Matt were the ones messaging me to get up and come downstairs coz they were there already.

I decided to just go downstairs around 8-ish. So they kinda waited for half an hour or so. SIGHS. I had no choice. We can't please everyone right?
So anyway, the nice guard was on duty. And he was chuckling about something which i have no idea what. He's a very friendly guard. At least he knows my name. Aha.

He then gave us permission to access the gym to play. Emily came the next hour when we three were at the basketball court. I was just listening to music while the guys played against each other. Then Emily's car showed up. Me & Emz then talked and listened to music together also kept track of the scores between the guys.

Eventually, we came back to the gym and played badminton. Johnny & me against Matt & Emily. Johnny & Me kept on arguing. Mostly due to my laggingness. Plus I kept making excuses why I didn't get to hit the shuttlecock. Hahaha. Sorry Juni!

After an hour or so, Emay, Joe (Emay's bro) & her cousins came. We all played. Actually, Emay's cousin was a champion badminton player (singles competition) for Borneo. Cool huh? He actually taught me the right way to serve and all. Both for singles & doubles matches. At least now I know. Which is a really good thing. :). Now I know the rules, pretty much. Well, Me & Emay went to my house for a while. To bring back drinks & all. My mom made her eat tempura. I hope it didn't really affect you, Emay! Coz I know you're allergic to prawns! :S
Well, I went home around 3PM-ish. Juni was the last to go home. We just talked about school. How our results would turn out to be. Then about this programme which gives foreigners gifts/money when they have done well in major exams in Brunei. It needs registration and all. I don't know if i have to sign up for it. Plus I don't know where its centre is. So yeah. :)

January 2:

We had to wake up early for today. Since we have to go to the Embassy of the Philippines for the renewal of our passports. We were really lucky because even though the Embassy had this new year break (From Dec 31st till Jan 2nd), the "skeleton" of it still get to help us. Thanks to them we didn't have to delay our visit till the next day. PHEW! And because most of my siblings are vain, we took pictures while waiting for our turn to put in our fingerprints!

Pictures;

Embassy's lobby:

Embassy's bathroom. (HAHA!)

RAWR! Lemme eat some flowers! (at some studio)

Ate at Ayamku, Gadong

Went to the Mall (Laptop Hunting & Grocery Shopping):
-at Utama Grand (huh? face ;p)
-Ate Ren finally got her long-awaited laptop!


Going home (in the car):


-- OMG OMG OMG! While in front of the Netcom booth at the Mall, I saw Prince Mateen passed by! He was wearing a green shirt. And I COULD NOT BELIEVE MY EYES! If I had Gossip Girl instincts, I should've snapped a photo right there & then! - my sis said so too! But it was too late. He already went up the elevator. I was just wondering where his bodyguards were. Disguised as commoners too? That'd be so cool. I wonder if anyone at the Mall noticed him coming! He was mostly busy with his cellphone, so his head was bowed down. Sighs, if only, if only...

January 3:

Ate Ren & I; at the lobby of the Embassy

We still had to wake up early because we still had to dropped by the Embassy to send in our studio photos and all.

I took this photo when we were at the parking lot.
The Lovely Royal Regalia.

Since we had a lot of time to kill, we went to The Royal Regalia in Bandar. Boboy has been bugging my parents to go there since he loves to see inside the museum. All I can say that It's AWESOME! We weren't allowed to bring our cellphones inside so weren't able to take pictures! SIGHS. It's fine though, since those cool stuffs I saw will always stay in my mind. :). I can't believe the Nazca Lines are really REAL! I read about the Nazca Lines in the Power of Five : Evil Star (The second book of the Power of Five series). Since Power of Five is a fictional book, I didn't take it seriously. But WHOAAAAA, the representative of Peru (or was it the president?) gave gold miniature Nazca Lines creatures as a present during a meeting which Brunei was the host country. The Nazca Lines creatures (as all Power of Five readers would know) are the four-fingered monkey, the humongous spider, the hummingbird. Those are the ones that are always mentioned in the book. Don't you find it cool?

And I'm totally amazed with those crystal castles in glass cases of the museum. If only I have a house like that (Fairytale dreams). I also like looking at those gifts given by different presidents around the world. Also the pictures of the lives of the Royal Family. That makes me wonder, should I just be a historian? But I want stick to wanting to be a pediatrician. The problem is it's too expensive to get into a medical school. SIGHS.

Anyway, after looking at all the displays in the museum, we went to the souvenir shop of the museum. Mom bought this Royal Regalia fan & Kuya bought a fan too for a friend of his. I forgot what else they bought. I didn't get anything for myself since I'd just be wasting money. LOL.
Well, I piggybacked ride at Kuya! Hahahaha. I jumped at his back on the way to the display of the huge chariot thing (used during the coronation of His Majesty). It was fun! But so embarassing, who cares? :P.

We all then went outside after we were done. We took pictures as well. Again & again...

The whole family (using self-time mode, of course!)

Rhea,Rhona,Renee. (Triple R bomb!) - LOL.

I'm not going to put all the pictures since I think these are enough. :)

This was on the way to HuaHo Kiulap (I think)

We then went to Hua Ho to grab a bite! I chose a Nasi Lemak one. My fave, hehehe. Coincidentally, Teacher Margaret (Former primary teacher for Maths & also my Kuya & Ate's Former Teacher) was there shopping as well with her family. We all greeted her. Ate was actually going to buy a Shawarma at Sbinati's, so I did it for her. Stupid me took the shawarma without paying, I thought Ate already paid for it! So then, Ate had to go there and pay. LOL. The seller must've trusted Ate then. So nice.

January 4:

I didn't follow my parents+my siblings (Kuya, Rhea & Boboy) to go shopping. I just stayed home with Ate Ren. So she was mostly using her laptop. Doing stuffs I forgot she did. As for me, I just watched TV. Thank goodness AXN was there! I got to watch CSI: Supreme Sunday! AWESOMEEEE! Las Vegas is still my fave. New York the next & lastly, Miami. But all of them are really good! One of my favourite tv shows!

Well, they came back around 3PM already.

[This is as much what I remembered for that day. HAHA]

January 5:

Kuya's flight to the Philippines. He had to go back there since he still have school. Ate's staying, of course, since she already graduated and all. Well, Kuya went to visit his godfather for a while in the late morning. So I got to play his PSP! WAHAHA. It's so fun playing on the PSP. Cool games. Ate also borrowed it from me for a while. I played Coded Arms. It's so cool!

Then we went to fetch Rhea & Boboy from school. Kuya & Ate met some of their former teachers. Mine too, but I didn't have time. Sighs. After that we went to Gadong, Mom had to exchange some money to pesos. Then Ate said she wants to go to Jaya to buy stuffs to give to someone. It took us a while though. Thank goodness Mom was there to help. Also Kuya & dad. We bought a football shirt+shorts for Kuya. Ate & I shared the money for it. Then we dropped by at National Inn, after Jaya. To buy a perfume. So yeah, after that we had to go home because Kuya still needs to pack. So last minute eh, so not my fault. LOL.
I eventually slept most of the afternoon (For 2 hours, I think) instead of helping with packing. Mian! I didn't realized it, I was really tired.

We went to the airport around 5PM. Mom & I had to stay at home first. Because our car doesn't fit all of us plus all Kuya's baggages. So yeah, I gave my pendrive to Danice which contained Gossip Girl Episode 13, to give to Richelle. Hmmm, we had to wait for a while. Some of Kuya's friends came. I love Express French Fries! LOVEEEET! <3. Kuya's plane left pretty early actually. 5 minutes early I think. He was in Gate 1. We waved to the aeroplane. Hehehe.

After that we went shopping for Rhea's shoes at Emporium. While Ate went to try some clothes on, and I went to look at the hats. HAHA. I made Boboy put on a hat that reminds me of Taemin's hat. LOL. :

I tried on this hat because it was blue! Haha, It's so funny!

I wonder why I wasn't smiling widely like usual. LOL.

Well, those were what I did during the first 5 days of 2009. I find it amusing. Since I don't really remember anything fun during the earlier days of the new year. Mine this year is memorable. I'm really glad. :)

yours truly,
R.