Anyways, we were talking about the development in Brunei. I asked him merely out of curiosity, whether he thinks that Brunei will ever develop with the likes of Singapore and all in terms of economy, structures and others.

Personally, i doubt if we ever will march forward and be as industrious as our neighboring countries. Sure we have the money from oil and gas, i mean we've got surplus of it, and could provide us vast amount of income for the next 15 years or more. Okay so we got the market for that area. But how about tourism, developments such as structural buildings, industrial market and all? Taking Singapore as an example, i honestly believe they achieved greater in those areas mentioned beforehand, i meant they're just a tiny lil bit of island with no natural resource to lean on - no water, no oil and gas, no rubber plantation. But still they could survive. All hail for Lee Kuan Yew.

I still figure how that country managed to be so powerful. But our country can do the same thing. Yes we can, i mean still have a weeee bit of hope for it. It may not be in 10 years, but yeah it'll take more than that.

Back to the opinion i asked from this chap - he reckoned that there are policies in our country and it's hard to do what like other countries are doing. Certain things to keep in mind are culture, preservation of tradition, religion and loyalty in Brunei (that's what i'd gather from his sentences, it was all jumbled up). Those policies are well held by our government, and are determined to preserve our culture. Hard to understand?

Okay lets elaborate more - imagine you have a well-grown developed country with massive economic developments, various trading connections with other countries. We call your country as Kassius. Kassius is more like the United States in the Pacific, HongKong and Japan in the South China Sea, and Singapore in South East Asia. What do they have in common? They're well-developed countries, they made their mark to the world that they can stand alone in the dark. They grow increasingly good (okay there are some downs...) in terms of economical market, educational programs, land usage, technology inventions, future plan and all sorts. Bottom line is - they're one heck of a country. Its people are given surplus opportunities, let it be career, political elections, freedom of night life and all. Why? Because their government opted to give freedom and chances to its society - they're thriving, ambitious, competitive, visionary, they're in a country full of opportunities where they pay taxes in every sorts of matter, they're the ones who make their country successful in certain ways. In other words, they're the leaders of their own land. It's more like - they work hard, they play hard. And when this massive freedom are given to the society, gradually in 20 years the feeling of 'overthrow each other' or 'freedom of speech' started to crawl out. And what happens if your country Kassius experience this kind? You as the sole leader/president, lose control of your own people. They want this, but you want otherwise. They'll rebel sooner or later, and it could lead to chaos. Your country Kassius could potentially lose its culture and the meaning of tradition. A revolution. Get it? Just get it, okay. I don't want to edit my 'essay'. Haha.

That's why priority is given to preserving cultures. That's why i think our country Brunei intends to be on 'moderate' rather than going for full 'blow' of developments. I guess to think about it, it's all down to political matter. You know what i mean...It's better not to dig deeper into that detail, haha.

I have a positive thinking on what our generation could do for Brunei, great ones - positive difference. Hey, im keeping a healthy mindset here.

Our young generations have the potential to develop our country, and our country have the potential to grow big (in a preserved way).

Out.