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Passing through Phnom Penh
Once again, no blog post for ages! We recently did a bit of travelling in South East Asia during our December holiday so I plan to write a few posts on the various places we visited, over the coming...
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All aboard the Bamboo Railway!
Following on from my previous post on Phnom Penh, here is the next instalment of our journey through some of South East Asia in December; Battambang. We had not originally planned to pass through...
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Angkor What?!
Situated in north-western Cambodia, Siem Reap was an ideal location to calm the nerves with it’s tranquil atmosphere after the ‘eventful’ boat journey to get there. We were met off the boat by the son...
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Announcement!
PlaneSimple would like to announce that he is going to be a dad! Woohoo! Although not the primary reason, I am hoping this latest chapter of life provides some excellent material for blogging! I am...
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Calendar Entries
ISB have just closed the Eco-Calendar competition for entries today. Each year the school have a theme for which they ask for photograph entries. They select a few winning pictures to receive prizes...
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The blog is not (quite) dead!
I begin to write this next blog post feeling like a naughty school boy standing in the headmasters office about to apologise. Why? Well, not having posted anything since 15 June. So I will just post...
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Dining at Home
Living as expats in this part of the world we are fortunate enough to be able to employ a maid. Although the main reason for doing so is to look after family member #3 when she comes along in December,...
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The unfinished story of a new car…
So we decided we would be on the lookout for a 7 seater car here in Brunei with the impending arrival of family member #3. We agreed it would make things easier with grandparents visiting etc. As a...
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Beijing Report: Teaching Mathematics
Last week I had the privilege of attending an International Baccalaureate workshop conference in Beijing on teaching Higher Level Mathematics (Category 3). Upon my return to school I have been asked,...
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A conversation with America
Following this headline in the news I thought I would mouth off at a country’s government again following my last post. Why verbally bash one country when you can bash two? Here’s how the conversation...
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My name is Esther
My name is Esther. I am forty three and a half hours old. Planesimple has asked me to write a piece for his blog because he is so bad at keeping it up to date. So here is my life story. I was born on...
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Esther’s week
After the success of my last blog post, everyone says I am a much better writer than daddy is so I have decided to write another one for you all. I thought I would tell you about the types of things I...
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World Maths Day
Tomorrow, Wednesday 7 March 2012, is World Maths Day by UNICEF. And what a great time it is to be a Maths teacher! Today we had Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 from Primary come up to Secondary for a Maths...
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Pakistani food – desi style
We visited our ‘local’ Pakistani restaurant today for lunch and as it is one of my favourite restaurants here in Brunei I thought I would blog about it. Seri Damai (which I think means Peaceful Place...
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Golfing in Brunei
Today is Monday of the week long half term holiday at school here in Brunei. Well needed rest and relaxation is helped by the knowledge that a long summer holiday is just round the corner after a short...
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A quick and convenient get-away
Wow, it’s been ages since I last blogged! Lots has happened since but I just haven’t had the commitment to come and blog about it! So to get back on the blogging straight and narrow this blog is a...
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The Nexus Resort – Five Star(ish)?
As the week long half term holiday comes to an end I thought I would do a quick review of the resort where we have just spent a few days. When making plans for the half term holiday we decided it would...
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Race 20
Just a very brief post to make a comment on this weekend’s 2012 F1 Championship decider at Interlagos in Brazil. Despite once believing I would never say such words… I hope that the Ferrari of Fernando...
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QF Business Class MEL – SYD
I am going to do a couple of posts on our recent domestic flights in Australia between Melbourne and Sydney. These were flown in Business Class (!) as we had some BA Avios that could be used and worked...
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Empire Hotel and Country Club – Improved High Tea Commended
Having spent just short of four years in Brunei, we have been to the Empire Hotel and Country Club a number of times. This self-proclaimed 6-star hotel may not quite be 6-stars in quite a few people’s...
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