{"id":6533,"date":"2014-11-03T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T15:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/?p=6533"},"modified":"2024-06-19T07:22:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T11:22:47","slug":"week-life-gypsyprime-salaam-brunei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/week-life-gypsyprime-salaam-brunei\/","title":{"rendered":"A-Week-In-The-Life of GypsyPrime: Salaam from Brunei"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/prime_id-136x150.jpg\" alt=\"Prime Sarmiento, aka GypsyPrime\" class=\"wp-image-6538\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><i>Neither a luxury traveler nor a backpacker, Prime Sarmiento&nbsp; (aka GypsyPrime) considers herself a &#8220;value-for-money&#8221; traveler. She splurges on the things she loves (yoga sessions, a clean and safe room with its own bathroom, healthy eats), and she scrimps on things she can&#8217;t be bothered with (gadgets, shopping, airfare). A veteran business journalist, Prime sometimes travels for work, sometimes for leisure, and sometimes just to enjoy the gift of solitude. Here&#8217;s a week-in-the-life of Prime working as a newspaper editor in Brunei.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This post was originally published in 2014, and has since been updated for accuracy of links.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-3-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#2b3d99\"><strong>Check out my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/category\/travel-lifestyle-guides\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Travel Lifestyle Guides<\/span><\/a> for more ways to earn money remotely, spend it wisely, and balance the two so you can travel as long as you wish, in a financially sustainable way.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Day 1: Monday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><b>9 am <\/b>\u2013 Oh goddess I&#8217;m so happy that I work as an editor in the newspaper as we usually work late. I&#8217;m a night owl and I love to sleep in. Time for some meditation now. Ommm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>9:30 am<\/b> &#8211; &#8211; OMG. OMG. I have to go to the office. Now. HR just called and asked me to do a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/things-before-traveling-abroad\/\">visa run<\/a>. Otherwise, they can&#8217;t process my working papers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>10 am<\/b> \u2013 Uncle S, the company driver is so funny. This visa run can be quite fun as I get to see how GREEN Brunei is. There are trees everywhere. Oh, is that a kampung?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/kampung_ayer_bridge-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"Prime Sarmiento, aka GypsyPrime, in Brunei\" class=\"wp-image-6535\" width=\"573\" height=\"412\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><b>11 am<\/b> &#8211; So we finally crossed the border and now in Sarawak, Malaysia. This is Kuala Lurah. Quiet place. There are some stalls selling keropok (crackers) and some grilled chicken and beef. Oh they&#8217;re also grilling cow&#8217;s lungs too. Hmmm. But no thanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>2:30 pm<\/b> \u2013 Got my passport stamped in the immigration department. I now have a professional visa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>3:15 pm<\/b>\u2013 I&#8217;m so late for the editorial meeting. Never mind. I don&#8217;t need to present the story lineup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>7 pm <\/b>&#8211; I need to get the hang of this new editing system. Good for me that the IT staff are patient. Hey, why did my computer freeze? Help!<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Day 2: Tuesday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><b>12 noon<\/b> \u2013 Yes I&#8217;m eating oatmeal porridge topped with red dates and cashew nuts. For Lunch. Rather, my version of [late] breakfast. And oh yeah, don&#8217;t forget the coffee. Lots of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>3 pm<\/b> \u2013 Scanning the net for some international business news. Have to look for macro economical indicators from China, Japan, South Korea as these are the major economies in Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>5 pm<\/b> \u2013 So reporters are still writing their stories. Ok, fine, I&#8217;ll check my Facebook then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>7 pm <\/b>\u2013 Nah I&#8217;m not in the mood to edit stories now. Might as well go out and have ice cream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>11 pm <\/b>\u2013 I really need to finish editing and laying out the pages before midnight. Tsk, I have to work fast!<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Day 3: Wednesday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><b>12:30 pm<\/b> &#8211; Sunny day. Laundry day. This is why I love living in a tropical country. I can just put all my dirty laundry in the washing machine. After an hour of washing, I can hang all of them in my balcony to dry, with the sun acting as an all natural clothes dryer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>2 pm<\/b> &#8211; No time to cook lunch but fortunately there are lot of masakan (restaurants) near my flat selling cheap and freshly cooked meals. I am just finishing my nasi kampung \u2013 fried rice cooked with vegetables, eggs and some chicken meat. A filing meal which costs less than two dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>5 pm<\/b> &#8211; Just finished editing two stories. I have to run as I want to go for some vinyasa yoga in a studio in Gadong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>6:30 pm<\/b> &#8211; Sometimes, I don&#8217;t understand why I&#8217;m doing all these asanas when I so obviously can&#8217;t flex my body. Like now, I&#8217;m trying to do this downward dog pose and the teacher has to constantly lift my hips. And no, no no, I&#8217;m so not doing that headstand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>10:30 pm<\/b> &#8211; I only have three stories and I have to fill up three pages. I&#8217;m officially f&#8212;-cked.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Day 4: Thursday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><b>11 am<\/b> &#8211; Hmmm my bathroom smells kinda funky. Time to buy some deodorizer. And where&#8217;s my toilet brush? I need to clean my bathroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>2 pm<\/b> &#8211; I finally discovered a shop that sells scented candles, essential oils and incense. It&#8217;s a bit pricey though as they were all imported from the US and Australia. But we don&#8217;t have so many choices here in Brunei and I really want my flat to smell good. Now I have to hurry as I&#8217;m off to an editorial meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>5 pm<\/b> &#8211; Just finished teaching reporters the importance of having a nut graf. I hope to get stories now with better story structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>7:30 pm<\/b> &#8211; Wowee, my flatmate just grilled chicken breast and mushrooms. Thankfully I have wholewheat bread and some mustard. I can make a quick sandwich before I head off for another round of editing and lay outing. Oh, another coffee will be nice. It&#8217;s an all-nighter for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>11:30 pm<\/b> &#8211; Two more pages and I&#8217;m outta here. Yes!<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Day 5: Friday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><b>12 noon<\/b> &#8211; Everything is officially closed (yes even that eatery selling nasi katok &#8211; steamed rice with fried chicken fand spicy sambal sauce &#8211; as this is time for Muslim prayers. I use this time to pray too, meditating, divining my cards, chanting, grounding my chakra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>3 pm<\/b> &#8211; Sooo excited, just booked a tour to kampung ayer \u2013 the traditional water village. I&#8217;ve always been curious as to how the Bruneians live in houses built on stilts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>5 pm <\/b>&#8211; Alamak! So many stories to edit. I think I need a drink. Oh wait a minute, alcohol is not allowed here. I need a cigarette then. Wait. That\u2019s also not allowed here. Damn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>7 pm<\/b> &#8211; I love jogging around this city, just walking around, appreciating the fact that I get to live in a clean, green and safe city. Hmm, there&#8217;s a mall nearby, I want to buy a pair of wedges.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Day 6: Saturday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><b>11 am<\/b> &#8211; Ahhhh, a day to relax and just vegetate, to enjoy reading my Kindle while drinking my brewed coffee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>3 pm<\/b> &#8211; What better way to spend a lazy Saturday afternoon but to have some vanity time? I just got my toenails painted hot red \u2013 perfect way to display my feet and my new shoes! Now, if I could only get myself an equally hot date&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>7 pm<\/b> &#8211; There&#8217;s no such thing as a nightlife in Brunei as bars are prohibited here. But my friend N and I decided to have a nightlife anyway by driving around Bandar Seri Begawan. Finally get to go into the city centre, known as Bandar, where I take photos of the Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque, considered one of the most beautiful mosques in the Asia Pacific. It&#8217;s an even prettier site at night.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/mosque_at_night-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"mosque_at_night\" class=\"wp-image-6537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/mosque_at_night-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/mosque_at_night.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Day 7: Sunday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><b>12:30 pm<\/b> &#8211; Get into these water taxis to visit Kampung Ayer &#8211; the so-called Venice of the East and Brunei&#8217;s heritage site. The century-old water village is home to more than 30,000 people and has its own mosque, restaurants, shops, schools, a hospital, potable water supply, electricity, and even a fire station! And the best way to explore this village is to use the wooden foot bridge that connects one neighborhood to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>2 pm<\/b> &#8211; If there&#8217;s one thing that I admire about the Malays is that they&#8217;re house-proud. They love decorating their homes, they like something colorful, ornate, sometimes bordering on the kitsch, deeply personal.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/malay_house_interiors-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"malay_house_interiors\" class=\"wp-image-6536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/malay_house_interiors-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/malay_house_interiors.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><b>3 pm <\/b>&#8211; This house is one of the must-visit homes in Kampung Ayer! The owner is a carpenter who likes to collect stuff, use them to decorate the family home and then paint the house with a particular color that suits his fancy every six months! As of this moment, he&#8217;s in the mood for blue and pink. So everything is in blue and pink.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><i>Prime is still discovering Brunei and working as a newspaper editor. She believes that traveling solo is a rite of passage for every woman and encourages women to travel on their own via her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.solofemaletravel.net\/ecourse-solo-travel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">free e-course on solo female travel<\/a>. &#8220;GypsyPrime&#8221; is also part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.solofemaletravel.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">GypsyGals<\/a>, and you can check out Prime Sarmieneto for more travel inspiration. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a week-in-the-life of Prime Sarmiento, living and working as a newspaper editor in Brunei.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6534,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[226],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-week-in-the-life-series","resize-featured-image"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Daily Life in Brunei, Working as a Newspaper Editor (GypsyPrime)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here&#039;s a week-in-the-life of Prime Sarmiento (GypsyPrime), living and working as a newspaper editor in Brunei. 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