What a week!

Week 3 of being back in Brunei after our trip back home and what with the jet-lag and all the leaving dos we have not known which way is up.

The summer ball - entitled 'Garrisonbury' (the idea for the name was all mine!) on the 8th June was a fantastic night out. It offered the full festival experience, with brilliant bands, fast food trailers, t-shirts and a tent pitched on the grass. Then His Nibs got promoted last Friday, which meant more celebrations.

This week he also had his first glimpse of the Sultan, who came to the garrison for the first time in a few years. Etiquette is as follows: no wearing yellow, shoulders and knees must be covered, no hand shake unless proffered, no overly zealous grips for hand shaking, good eye contact to be maintained at all times. Spouses were allowed to visit but as Woozles was off school with possible hand, foot and mouth virus and it meant waiting in the sun without shade for 2 hours I decided to bypass this one. Click here to see the BruDirect website write-up

Now it is the end of the week and we seem to be smogged in from the forest fires in Indonesia. It has meant no fresh air, lots of marauding mozzies and a slight smell of burning. Hoping for some wind, fresh air and rain!