The Loud Esther...: events

Had my Diploma graduation ceremony bout' hmmm... 2 months back lol. Was cool except that I got an over sized gown that made me look like a stunted humpty dumpty. Not many from the batch came. Was so pathetic. The Mass Communication group was the smallest. Had only 4 of us! Supposingly 5-la but my very smart bestie was too busy in the toilet that she missed the group shot. Oh well, all in all the class of '08/'09 is still the bom chikadee bom! Miss ya all.

Pathetic group pic

Humpty dumpty I know!

The 'paper' that we got after 2 half years of sweat and toil

Dad

Bro, Adrian and Dad

His family

Superman lol

Superwomen phailed

Ok, jadi-ed! =)

With the future engineers

Sesat, media student with the engineers

All that is left are the memories...

Ok continue with my Brunei road trip story..
So, after charging my camera at Coffee Bean, apa-lagi.. went out to take pictures-La!
We went to this field that reminds me of 'Dataran Merdeka' back home.

Outside the gates of the dataran/field

The national flag

The field that look like Dataran Merdeka.. I don't know what's it called!

One failed shot out of many others lol

Haha Kat never did make it =D

Nice-kan!

After our little photo shoot sessions, we went to the 'Kampung Ayer'.

"Kampong Ayer Stretching for several miles along the banks of the Brunei River, Kampong Ayer, Brunei's famed water village, is a fascinating glimpse into Brunei's past.

Built entirely of stilt houses and wooden walkways, this cluster of 42 villages housing more than 30,000 inhabitants is the world's largest water village. Some people refer to it as the 'Venice of the East'.

Today Kampong Ayer is an almost self-sufficient community being equipped with modern facilities such as schools, shops, markets, mosques, clinics, police stations and fire brigades. All are connected by a maze of stilted platforms and walkways.

Kampong Ayer is a national heritage and efforts are being made to preserve this lifestyle so that the legacy of the 'water' people of Brunei will be retained, not only as a tourist attraction, but also for the future generation of Brunei" (Taken from some Brunei tourism site)

The water village and the water taxis

So yeah, we went on a water taxi that costed us 60B$ = RM144 for an hour ride. It was really nice. We were to go through the Brunei rivers and into the water villages.

Suited up

I know-La how fat I am now!

HAHA when I saw this Kayak, it reminded me of the time Langkawi, when Andy & I was a team and we were racing against Barry & Suet.. Before we even reached the shores, I just jumped out and ran there so that we would win. And as I turned back, I saw our Kayak, with poor Andy still in it tumbled upside down! HAHAHAHA. 'Coz you see the kayak needed two person to stabilize it and so when I jumped out, the kayak just overturned and Andy not knowing I would do that didn't had time to get out. Daymn those were the days-La.. Haha thinking that I could have almost drowned him.. Sorry Andy lol..

So serene...

We were told by the guides that if we were lucky, we'll get to see crocodiles, monkeys and other wild life creatures. We were lucky indeed. Saw like 4 crocodiles.. big & small.. monkeys and even a wild boar! Haha I remember Sam saying "Ohh delicious" when he saw it and the tour guide was like "Eh harammm"... HAHA. Damn suprised at the guides expertise of the river. They could spot a freaking baby crocodile from like god knows how far away.

One of the spot where we saw a baby croc

Tour guide pointing to us monkeys

Monkeys!

The water village. I was asking this stupid question..

Me: Kat.. I wonder how the postmen send letters to these houses..

Kat: Err... by boat?

Me: Oh yeahhhh.. HAHA.

Water school.. How cool! Everyone sure kene tolak into the water wan during their birthdays haha.

I don't know if Sam thinks he won't drown or he wants to drown.. huh Sam? =)

Then walking to the mall, we passed by this gold monument thingy.. Don't know what's it called again.. I'm really bad in remembering names ok. People or not. If I go on tour, sure damn wasting money wan-Lor. Wont remember a single name of all the place they bring me. =/

Eh my legs look nice here.. I didn't shrink it k!

Ok, fat here..

Oh Oh I saw Jollibee's at the mall! My favorite fast food chain. Had it like almost everyday during a week in Philipines and have been craving for it eversinceeeeeee!

JOLLIBEEE!

The spaghetti! Mmmm marvelousss... Expensive though after converting.. I know rule no.1 when travelling is not to convert but but...RM20 for this set!!! And I had two! hehe..