Brunei's first H1N1 casualty is girl aged 12

Hold the presses... I've never actually said that ever in my eleven years as a journalist. We just call the office and say, "Don't close the pages first. I have news".

You know its something significant when your source, in this case a senior government official, calls you on your mobile at 10pm.

"Please prepare for a press conference at 12am at NDMC (National Disaster Management Centre) headquarters." This was during the peak of the Influenza A H1N1 outbreak in Brunei so everyone already knew what it was about.

The press conference lasted only for about fifteen minutes but that was all it needed to wake the Sultanate up. H1N1 has taken a life in Brunei.