Things I have learnt so far in Labuan :
1. Rain is evil (especially when you are trying to watch something on Astro).
2. The best cartoons on Disney channel are on during work hours.
3. It is possible to watch more than one movie at a time.
4. The Phoenix Channel sucks.
5. AXN has better shows than ESPN.
6. Watching Travel and Living programmes can sometimes put you to sleep.
7. There are two runs of Amazing Race a day.
8. Tutenstein and Raven are stupid but they are addictive.
9. Less advertisements means that you have no time to study in between.
10.Astro advertisements are more interesting.
11.XFresh is a radio channel.
12.House is better than Numb3rs which is better than Desperate Housewives which is better than CSI:Miami which is better than Joey.
13.When rain threatens, pray hard that there is something good to watch on Vision4.
14.30 Seconds to Fame downgrades your IQ.
15.Vince Chong singing songs from High School Musical is disturbing.
16.Saturdays is the best day to watch cartoons the Disney channel.
17.HBO movies have BM subs.
18.The TV is not so scary when it is turned on, then you cannot have monsters crawling out. 19.The TV (Screeny) is the only one I can depend on in times of loneliness and need.
20.I would probably die without TV here.

So technically, it saved my life. I have learnt so much more from the TV than I have before ! Who says watching TV is bad ? TV is a source of great knowledge and everyone knows that knowledge is Power right ?] Watching TV should be made compulsory for children to increase their general knowledge !

Things I have learnt so far in Labuan not related to TV :
1. It often rains very hard especially from July to October as it is the typhoon season. Though we are not in the direct paths, we get the rain.
2. It is small, but not small enough to walk everywhere.
3. It is still possible to have traffic jams during peak hours.
4. The main attractions are a chimney, a bird park, some islands, a memorial park and the place where I work.
5. It gets brighter earlier in the morning and gets darker faster in the evenings.
6. No idea why but Hilary Duff's "only one" is repeating itself in my head.
7. It is great fun to sing in the hotel room since people can hear you outside but they do not know who you are.
8. People here are used to colder temperatures than in KL, hence the freezing aircons everywhere.
9. Some places accept Brunei Dollars.
10.Some people I have met in the market were planning to eat frozen roti canai with Vodka shots for dinner.
11.Museum is free entry.
12.Ferry from here to KK is extremely seasick-inducing.
13.Canned salmon is not as nice as tuna.
14.The best food served for breakfast is Turkey Bacon and Waffles.
15.The worst food served for breakfast is Oily Corned Beef and Fried Potato Wedges.
16.Bread here does not taste as good.
17.Yellow is a favourite colour of people here.
18.Good food can be pretty scarce.
19.The sea causes the island to often be foggy and misty in the morning.
20.You can sleep forever here.

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