Where is Brunei? I read this subject discussed awhile ago. An amusing own incident took place sometimes in 1986 at Hyde Park; two people became friendly to our group and were genuinely curious of our origin.“Where are you from?”
“Brunei” we openly replied.
“Err… never heard of that place. Where is it?”
As if with apology I responded “It’s near Singapore...Malaysia...”
“Oh… where are those places?”
We didn’t expect that response and were now a bit disgruntled. It’s fine if someone doesn’t know where Brunei is, but not our more famous neighbours.
So my friend became witty and proceeded to exchange his own curiosity. “Where are you from then?”
“Pakistan”. My friend continued “oh never heard of the place. Where is it?”
One of the gentlemen replied “you don’t know Pakistan!”
My friend said “No. Never heard of that place”
By this time I was starting to walk away (laughing inside out) as this was becoming too absurd. And I still could hear from a distance my friend saying,”Pakistan, is that really a country?”
But nowadays nothing has changed I suppose in most part of the world. To me it doesn’t matter. We don’t need to be known by everybody. Do we?
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