January 2012 has almost to drawn to a close. With 3 weeks of taste of the secondary life, I have learned quite a lot of things from my students here in my new school.

1. Students here in Brunei, despite being composed of a great mix of races – Malaysians, Bruneians, Indians, Koreans, Thais, Sri Lankans, Arabians, and Egyptians – are not so different from the students I had back home. They are as rowdy, as hormone-driven, and as witty as the batches of high school students I have handled in the Philippines.
2. Religion may play a big influence on their lives, yes, but it is not enough to significantly make a difference in the dynamics of a high school class.
3. They get more stubborn with age. Well, I think this one is pretty universal anyway, and goes way past high school age too.

So far so good. Here’s too adjusting a bit to the not so new things! Acid cigars anyone?