[BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN] Budget and Itinerary

SUNDAY: September 18, 2011

Ferry (Labuan - BSB) - 35.00

MYR35.00

Bus (BSB) - 2.00

Caffe Vito (Sweet & Sour Chicken w/rice + Pepsi + Choco Shake) - 9.10

Pusat Belia (2 nights/1 dorm bunk aircon) - 20.00

Jollibee (1 pc Chicken w/rice & Milo + Fries) - 5.55

Souvenir (Keychain x2) - 5.80

Caffe Vito (Fries and Pepsi) - 4.30

BND46.75

[BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN] The Filipino Invasion of Brunei

Forget any attempt trying to speak Malay with people who you might think are locals. Chances are, they are Pinoy too. Case in point: the bus driver. The money changer at Labuan gave me a hundred Brunei dollars and I forgot to ask him to break it into smaller denominations. Ending? I did not have small bills for the bus ride to BSB. So I negotiated with the bus driver, in Malay, that I would just pay in Malaysian ringgit. Halfway through the trip I suddenly heard people conversing in Tagalog. Lo and behold, it was the driver and the woman seated in front. The other guy whom I asked earlier on how long the trip would be also turned out to be Filipino. What were the odds!