Well Christmas has arrived in Brunei thanks to Lin who left at the end of the last school year (July) I have a pretty gold Christmas tree with presents under neither............but who could they be for!? The other very exciting thing that has happened this week is the arrival finally of Emily Jane. Yes that's right I am an aunty once again. She was born around 6.15am on Sunday 4th December weighing 8lb 5oz. Congratulations to my sister Lisa and Bill. Can't wait...

Yay Tracey has arrived!! I took her for lunch at the Empire Hotel which she seemed to be impressed with. Thankfully the weather was gorgeous the whole time we were there for a change so she got the best views. :-) After lunch Tracey watched the grand prix qualifying and then we went to Hilary and Tonys to watch the rugby world cup semi final between Wales and France. Unfortunately Wales lost do everyone was a little downbeat by the end. Tomorrows task is to fi...

Whoopee!!! Two more days and tracey will finally be here to see me!! Since my last blog I have done a lot of working and a lot of watching rugby. Unfortunately England were knocked out on Saturday which I was gutted about especially as I now have no choice but to get behind Wales for the semi finals this weekend!! Must to my dads delight!! Last weekend also saw an amazing trip to Tungku beach for a BBQ with friends. There was a lot of laughing, eating and gener...

Well a new year so a new blog. This blog is much easier to keep up to date while I am on the go! You can see my blog for my first year in Brunei at www.bruneiandbeyond.blogspot.com So much has happened since the last time I wrote a blog about Brunei! I had an amazing summer holiday! I went to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok and Hong Kong with Terrie and then spent a lovely 4 weeks at home with my family and all my other friends. But now I am...