Brunei Trip - by Charlotte (ME Team KK)

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Hi, Everyone! I’m Charlotte from the KK team! Greetings to everyone out there! XOXO

From 24^th June to 29^th June 2009, ME team KK and Kuching went to Brunei for their Consumer Fair event, which was held at the ICC. It was a long journey, despite the short distance from KK to Brunei, we took a flight to Miri to meet up with the Kuching team, and after that we crossed the borders by land.

H1N1 was freaking everyone out and people are wearing masks in the airport and on the airplane, and there are officers in the airport to screen every passenger to make sure they do not have any symptoms or whatsoever. I kept on wondering whether the uncle sitting beside me on the plane has H1N1 as he seems to be able to cough his heart out anytime soon... but so far, no symptoms on me yet.. XD

The road from Miri to Brunei was bad, the driver was bad too. I had the ride of my life… nearly puked in the car, although I was sitting at the front seat. Everyone in the car (Eeza, Miss Liew, Michelle, Jack, and me) was “amused” by the driver’s driving skills…

When we finally crossed the borders, it was another long ride before we reached our hotel. People! It is owned by Wu Chun’s (of Taiwan's FARENHEIT) father! And there is also a gym owned by Wu Chun just beside the hotel! How cool is that! …… uhm okay, maybe not that cool, but we sorta got that “glamourous” feeling… Haha…

We had Australian buffet for the night, which was like WOW! Nice food, good ambience, everything is so cool! I can’t remember what I had, except for those cute and attractive dessert.. aww I miss my cakes!

On the next day, we went to ICC as early as 9.30am, and we got to familiarize ourselves with the environment. Our booth was COOL and EXTRAORDINARY. Apparently, we are having a Formula F1 Race game competition, and prizes include Nintendo Wii, Sony PSP, Nintendo DS Lite and hampers.

Soon enough, our game and prizes attracted many of the participants to join in the fun and we MEs, of course, explained the benefits of Redbull to them briefly.

When the clock striked 9, we ended our work and went out to have dinner. GUESS WHAT?! Its all Nippon! This is all thanks to Jack who loves Japanese food a lot, and so, we were lucky we got to follow him to dinner =P

Trust me, I never seen so much sashimi on my table…

And the lobsters….. ooohh the lobsters… **drool**

And here comes the second day of the fair… it was the same routine, except that our steering wheel was broken by one of the contestants known as KChong… and the game stalled for 2 hours…

The second day of the fair was tiring enough, as we had to be on duty from 9.30am to 9.30pm. However, we do take turns to round the fair, getting free food samples from promoters and also watched quite a few performances from Thailand…

We also went and sample the other people working in the fair, gamers in the next hall and so on.

At night, our event manager cum tour guide of the night, CT drove us around the town area. Thanks to him, we got to know more about Brunei, and thanks to him again, we were at least considered “tourists” when night comes. LOL..

On the third day, KChong appeared again! Remember the one who broke our steering wheel? Yea HIM! He didn’t manage to beat yesterday’s fastest drivers, and he came again, swearing that he will be in the finals. It’s a pity you were not there to see him playing the game… the persistence, the determination……

And sadly, he did not manage to make his mark again…

On the fourth day, which was the last day of the fair, KChong was on duty again. He tried and he tried, but in the end, he got defeated by a matter of milliseconds… We do feel sorry for him, and we admire his persistence…

The finals for the racing game started at around 4pm that evening, with 10 fastest drivers throughout the 4-day fair battling against each other for the prizes. Now let us see how they look like when they are racing…

As time goes by, the winners was born! we forget to take picture of them with prizes >.<>

random pictures =). these are the mini awards that we think of based on our daily observation!

• supportive siblings : really cute. see them almost everyday observing the scores. 1st day older bro compete, 2nd day younger bro compete, it seem that some of the other competitors are their family members too.
• supportive wife : one of the two that came to support their hubbies =)
• most dedicated : KChong! we will remember you!~
• most supportive family : VERY dedicated. the whole family come to cheer him on.

We ended work earlier that evening, and went for a steamboat dinner with the bosses. We were indeed feeling relaxed, as the event has finally come to an end. It was an enjoyable night, especially after our work has finally been done.

After a good night’s sleep and breakfast at the hotel, we headed back to Miri to catch our plane flying to KK. It was a very nice experience, meeting new people and trying out new stuff, and I feel very happy indeed for being able to go to Brunei for the first time.

Cheers to Redbull! ME rocks!

Signing off

~Charlotte~ **xoxo**