HM in S Korea for Asean-Korea summit

When we are sent overseas to cover His Majesty, we are told to liaise and work closely with Brunei's Information Department. They essentially become your best friend during these times.

The Info Dept will inform us of His Majesty's itinerary and provide information and even transport to and from the locations where the Sultan will be at. They also inform us on the procedures and protocols that we need to be aware of.

I touched down at Jeju in the afternoon of the day His Majesty was expected to arrive. The Info Dept told us (me and other journalists from Brunei) to meet at the lobby of their hotel at 8pm. Fortunately for me, Jeju isn't that big of an island so their hotel wasn't too far from mine.

We were at the airport at around 9pm and the Sultan arrived a little later. We took notes and pictures of what was happening at the scene, waited for His Majesty to finish his rounds at the airport, before returning to our respective hotels to start writing our stories.

I remember finishing my stories at around 1am on my first day in Jeju. This wasn't too big of a problem back then as The Brunei Times had an off stone of 2am. Plenty of time for the editors to close their page.... right?