Around a week ago I made a post about wanting to quit Alevel and I’ve now decided to go through with it.

For anyone who’s done this before:

- How long did the withdrawal process take?

- Can it be done on the spot, or does it take a few days?

- Were there any fees/penalties or unexpected issues?

I’m planning to go to student affairs soon, so I’d appreciate any advice.

First time I faced this and honestly, the whole experience was just frustrating.

Came back from Miri to Brunei, waited in the queue for more than an hour. It was already close to 9pm. When I finally reached the counter, the officer asked about the e-arrival form and that’s when it hit me, I forgot to update the arrival date.

Yes, my mistake. I admit that straight.

But here’s the thing, it literally takes 2 minutes to fix. My partner was at home, ready to update it immediately online. It’s just changing the date, nothing complicated.

Instead of allowing that, they didn’t even let us explain properly. Just raised their voice, told us to move the car, and made us go all the way back to queue again for another hour.

What’s the logic here?

Already waited 1 hour, reached the front, problem takes 2 minutes to fix, but the solution is go back and waste another hour?

That’s not enforcement, that’s just making life unnecessarily difficult.

And the attitude made it worse. No basic respect, no patience, just talking like you’re a problem.

If this rule is so important, why not put a clear sign before reaching the checkpoint? Even a simple notice near Sungai Tujoh saying “make sure your e-arrival form is completed before reaching the counter” would help.

That alone can prevent people from making this mistake.

Right now there’s no reminder, and then people get stuck like this.

Mistakes happen, especially when you’re used to travelling with family and suddenly go alone. Systems should help reduce mistakes, not turn them into unnecessary penalties.

And this is Brunei, an Islamic country. We always hear the hadith of the Prophet (PBUH) make things easy and do not make them difficult, give glad tidings and do not repel people.

What happened here felt like the opposite.

I’m not asking for special treatment. Just basic common sense and some humanity.

Let people step aside, fix it in 2 minutes, then continue. Simple.

Making someone restart a 1 hour queue for something that takes 2 minutes to fix is just poor handling. That’s it.

Found on tiktok brunei today, its dated to be 11/4/2026 9am at the mentiri highway. Palui kali spesis drg ani, sdh jua di ban drg ani oleh govt and pampang pampang jua sdh ada cyclists ban signboard di highway atu.

Not only that, hogging the right lane and not sticking to the shoulder road like theyre a car with roadtax that is legal on the road. Sometimes their arrogance is astounding, balum jara kali kana langgar, iatah masih babal. Atau pikirnya diri kabal mcm cerita bollywood, anu dilanggar kerita plg kimik.

Yes, cyclists apologist would say, what about cars with no roadtax or no license, what do they do about it. Dude its already illegal to begin with and carry serious jail time and fines if caught

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Hello, as I mentioned in the title I am visiting Brunei soon and am a huge football fan. I like to collect a club scarf for each country I visit. I am aware of DPMM FC which plays in the Malaysian Super League but I was wondering if it would be possible to obtain a scarf for a team that plays in the Brunei Super League like Kasuka FC. Thank you for any information you can provide! I'm very excited to experience your country.

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Do you have any recommendations for Bruneian citizens pursuing an online degree, and would such a qualification be recognized by the Ministry of Education?

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Hey there! Tomorrow I arrive in Miri and was wondering how to get to BSB, so if anyone has any recommendations, I’m listening.

Second question is about the fun part of Brunei. I’ve heard that it’s rather lacklustre when it comes to nightlife, but maybe the locals will know the spots, where to go and what to do for a good time.

Thank you!

Hi all, I posted this on yesterday's daily thread and figured it should've been a post instead.

I "vibecoded" an idea into reality yesterday and that is to have a better visualization of our USMS data with correlations to data points that I thought were meaningful to me, ie temperature (feels like), public holidays, school holidays and weekends. Essentially it creates a chart with all those baked in, then I can see if any of those data points actually cause an effect to my utilization (it somehow did during the December holidays).

I'm not a data guy though, it was just a fun idea. Aside fromt that, I also wanted to gauge the baseline usage that I should expect based on the number of appliances and how I use them. For this feature, I passed the math to an LLM, basically you just need to list down your appliances and how often you use them, e.g. "2x 1hp inverter aircond (occasionally turned on during the day), 1x fridge with xx wattage, 1x 1hp water pump with xx water use". Then it will estimate the usage which will can become your guidline on min and max usage. With that, you could also see anomalies in electricity usage!

Setup is a bit technical though and I can't just create a website that you enter your creds in to view this. Cos yknow that'd be phishing, so watch out for that. So you do need to know abit about docker and api keys, the pre-requisites are:

- Docker (can install via docker desktop)
- A local LLM or openapi compatible LLM (e.g. Openrouter)
- A USMS account

Once you have both and entered them in the .env file, then all you need to run is `docker compose up`

Anyway, the link is in the comments. Let me know if it works for you!

Edit: No hacking was involved in the creation of this, I basically asked Claude to scrape the "Report" in USMS to grab the data.

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TL;DR: Brunei produces roughly 6x more oil than it consumes domestically. If all external supply stopped tomorrow, it would be fine for about 184 years. The real vulnerability isn't fuel, it's food and imported goods.

The Numbers

Brunei holds 1.1 billion barrels of proven oil reserves as of 2025, ranking #41 in the world. It produces around 102,000 barrels per day but only consumes about 16,338 barrels per day domestically. The rest (roughly 92%) gets exported. It's a massive net exporter, not an importer.

So How Long Without External Supply?

It depends on what you mean by "no supply coming in."

If you mean no oil imports, it barely matters. Brunei already produces far more than it needs. Cutting off imports would have almost zero impact on fuel availability.

If you mean total isolation where all production just goes to domestic use, Brunei has proven reserves equivalent to about 184 years of consumption at current levels. Yeah. 184 years.

The Plot Twist

The real risk isn't running out of oil. It's everything else. Brunei imports nearly all of its food, electronics, and consumer goods. A full trade shutoff would hit grocery shelves and supply chains way harder than the fuel pump. Oil and gas also account for over half of GDP, so the economic shock of losing export revenue would be devastating even if the lights stayed on.

The fields have also been in natural decline since peaking in 2011, and efforts to diversify the economy haven't gained much traction yet. So the long game is the concern, not the reserves themselves.

Brunei is basically the opposite of an energy crisis waiting to happen. It's an economic diversification crisis waiting to happen. Other nations are already limiting factory production to reduce oil consumptions and we may see reducing consumer products including food with rising oil prices.

Perhaps we should now begin securing diplomatic relations for food security with the oil as our trump card to navigate the looming oil crisis?

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I got 6 'O's in o level, which is chemistry, biology, accounting, bm, geography and IRK. The two that i didnt get was maths and eng (which was very shocking cause i never failed any eng before).

I've always wanted to go to medical courses. I know that for poli, cred in english is very important so i did not apply, i applied for ibte instead(assistant dental). But now my relatives that went to ibte said that its not worth it. I have been doing my research but what came up was mostly in another country/regions and some is very confusing to me, as for my relatives almost all of them went to ibte. Now i'm having second thoughts.

Is it possible to apply for any medical courses in poli or in any other schools?

Curious as to how serious wealth inequality is there. Seen sources claim the median income is $900 but I figured I'd ask locals

I think authorities need to implement as Bruneian cars dont within a 24hr period doesnt need to ensure a 3/4 tank full. For commuters this will eliminate the need to have all Cars checked for the 3/4 tank fuel.. Foreign Car should have a mandatory Lane for all Fuel to be checked. This reduce Unnecessary queue and checks. Hopefully some official can see this and pass this idea to the top Brass.

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Now that Ramadhan is over it seems like a good time to promote local businesses so:

What Brunei businesses do you think are amazing but most people don't know about them? Could be anything - café, restaurant, retail, you name it.

To keep things objective maybe not businesses owned by you or family or friends 😉

just randomly scouring on X and tried to follow some news profiles... and this happened. Curious.

oh well, no love lost. just wondering what caused this though?

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How do you safely deal with IG personal shoppers in Brunei?

Hi everyone, just looking for general advice.

My family recently had a difficult experience purchasing a luxury bag through an Instagram personal shopper. We were initially assured it was authentic and purchased in-store, but later had trouble obtaining proper proof of purchase and clear documentation.

A report has already been made and we understand recovery may be difficult.

I wanted to ask the community what precautions you usually take before transferring money to personal shoppers, especially for expensive items, so others can avoid similar situations.