Then there was the biggest highlight of all, which was the part about me leaving my passport behind at Brunei airport lol. To be frank, it was a long time coming - there were a couple of occasions where I accidentally left my phone behind in Japan, once in Kyoto where I sat down roadside to rest, then stood up and left with my phone still on the spot, which I realized within 5 seconds. The second time was the night before in Tokyo station, where after buying from a food souvenir shop I left my phone at the counter, and only realized it a full minute after coz I was wondering why my songs weren’t playing through my earphones and bolted back to get it (even though the staff didn’t notice it either). Not sure if my brain was just fuzzy from the accumulated lack of sleep but it was definitely uncharacteristic of me hahah. 

Back to this episode, turns out after a trip to the toilet I left my passport behind on the ledge above the urinals. The good thing is that this is already after immigration at the departure hall toilet (where I made a quick stop while waiting for my sister to pick me up). I didn’t realize this until more than 3 hours later when RB staff called me. The funniest part of the story (now that no harm is done, everything is funny) was that she was being very cryptic about it at first (I even rejected the call on the first instance thinking it’s a spam call) asking if I had checked in for my flight tomorrow morning, and then asking if I had my passport with me. I confidently said yes thinking it’s in my bag…then she was like are you sure? Which I felt around in my bag and…ohhhhh. All this happened at the doorsteps of my home actually hahahah so made a trip back to airport to collect it. 

They actually found it way earlier, but airport police didn’t want to be responsible for it so passed it over to RB staff, who decided that it wasn’t super urgent (since the owner didn’t even bother LOL) so went ahead to break fast and all before contacting me. I mean, had I discovered it earlier I probably would have panicked and be cursing at such inefficiency, but like I said I only saw the funny part of it. 

That said, any trip back home is always welcomed even if it’s really a brief stop of just one night - and duly make my trip back to the airport the next morning. The RB staff or the police weren’t there anymore, so that’s the end of it. Took own sweet time to go home, and chilled for the rest of the day to reset and prepare for work. 

All in all it was a great trip! Trip reflections earlier. Can’t wait for the next one already.