Almost all of Bandar

We finished our operation on well SWA-160L and most of the crew were bored of the job. Or maybe it was just me and the girls. All day everyday we would be wishful-thinking-away about good food they didn’t have on the vessel and salivate on it.

Then, the weather started to pick-up. And right after pumping out all the treatment chemicals, we had to prepare to longline or move the vessel away from the platform.

“Kan ke mana?” (Where are we headed off to?)

“Ndak ke mana-mana, cuma longline aja” (Not off to anywhere, maintain this longline position) This meant we were just parking or idling in the middle of the sea, in safe distance away from the platform. Later we heard the news that the weather forecast reported bad weather for Brunei waters and alerted all vessels to go back to the anchorage for safety.

“Kan ke Muara..” (We’re off to Muara – aka LAND!!)

Oh goody. But boy, the journey to Muara was 6 damned hours of rolling and rolling on my top deck bed. The only thing that was preventing me from falling was the metal rod that was put in place on the sides.

Once we reached Muara, we went rebellious! The SV mumbled something about not letting too many people off to land, but we decided the night was ours to seize. And off we went.

We first went to Kampung Kapok, my babe’s house. To get the car, purse and perfume. Hehe. We hussled then to Hot Pot Steamboat in Gadong, near the big HSBC for a 10BND per head steamboat buffet that we did justice to! Syiokk~ The tomyam was heavenly and I ate so much!



And Haya had to get her caffeine fix from Fun Donat in Kiulap where the store was almost closing.




Then there was the R8 that was just waving at me in River View Hotel, Gadong. Actually the car wasn’t waving at me, but we had this thing for the apple pie that I never got and all Haya did was talk about the apple pie during Ramadan. Apple pie, 5BND each. We got 2 servings.



Since I knew I was leaving soon, I had had had haddd toget my hands on some more tudungs! We went to Plaza Atirah and I wasted some cash. Forgot to take pics of the place.

Being Cinderellas, we had time for one last stop to the Mamih’s (macam Mapley’s la..cume nama die Mamih. Cute kan?) before exceeding the curfew. The boys wanted some Nasi Katok at 1BND each and Mister MJ wanted some satay for supper.

That night, we all slept well fed and I was proclaimed to have seen 70% of all the hotspots of Bandar.



Terime kaseh my babes Chelowee and Haya!