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Attended a friend’s bedak mandi (pre-wedding ceremony which involves a blessing by close family elders and a cleansing body-scrub) ceremony this afternoon and it brought back memories of my own bedak mandi all those years ago. What fun, a free body scrub performed by several family members, watched by even more family members! More pics here.

Short rant: During the Microsoft Vista launch, both of us went in “business attire” as stated in the invitation. While trying to photograph the guest of honour, I was approached by one of the more seasoned photographers who asked me where I was from. I said I was an invited guest who happened to bring my camera.

This is what he said to me, “Mana baju kot mu? Kalau jemputan duduk saja. Kalau mau buleh pulang ku panggil AO ni untuk membawa kau keluar.” Yes, very Bruneian indeed matey. You could have just told me that its a requirement for photographers to wear a suit in the presence of royalty. No need to bite my head off.

Lesson learnt, point taken thank you Mr Seasoned photographer whoever you are. But why must you be so rude?

I said it, he said it, even she agreed. I’m gonna go again to the book fair sometime this week to browse properly what’s on offer. But this time I’ll be armed with a towel!

Congratulations to one of my key figures in ICT development in Brunei Darussalam on his well-deserved appointment.

I attended a launching ceremony of the Microsoft office in Brunei. HRH the Crown Prince was the guest of honour. During the ceremony, HRH was presented with a spiffy, mouth-watering Lamborghini notebook. I bet many in the audience, including your’s truly, wished they were at the receiving end at that particular moment.

There was also a demo on Windows Vista, Microsoft’s update to the aging Windows XP operating system. All I saw was the bells and whistles. I guess I’d need a deeper technical explanation of all its new features in order to convince me to upgrade. I just hope its not a Windows Millennium type of release… nuff sed.