Posted by anakbrunei on January 7th, 2008 in Brunei Darussalam, People
Congratulations to Hazman and Nicha on their wedding last week! Hazman and I go back a loooong way to the days of Ramli Burger hehe! The banquet was held yesterday afternoon at one of my favourite wedding banquet venues, the Royal Berkshire, Jerudong Park Polo Club. Many familiar faces, friends and ex-colleagues who I havent seen in ages!
This is the video I put together for the newlyweds as a wedding gift 
Click the picture to watch the video
Brother of the groom claims he’s GQ material 
The lovely receiving ladies…
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Posted by anakbrunei on January 7th, 2008 in Brunei Darussalam
Hats off to our local adventurer, Norhayati Abu Bakar as she and her husband begin stage two of their grand adventure. Her daily updates on stage one of the adventure provided fascinating reading and I expect the same of this stage. Stage two will take the couple to 25 countries, Austria (Klagenfurt) – Slovenia – Croatia - Bosnia-Herzegovina – Italy (ferry crossing) – Greece (ferry crossing) – Turkey – Syria – Jordan - Saudi Arabia - Yemen / Aden – Oman – Dubai (ferry crossing) – Iran – Pakistan – India – Nepal – Bhutan – Myanmar – Thailand - Laos – Vietnam – Cambodia – Thailand - Malaysia (ferry crossing) - Malaysia (Kuching, Sarawak).
They barely had time to celebrate New Year in Harun’s hometown of Klagenfurt in far-away snowy Austria, before climbing into their trusty Toyota Land Cruiser for a planned five-month journey through 25 European and Asian countries - believed to be the first time a Muslim couple have attempted such a solo venture. If everything goes according to plan - and on such an expedition, that can never be guaranteed - we can hope to welcome them back in May this year.
“Bringing Brunei to the World” is a very appropriate name for this new Expedition. Because very few people in the 25 countries to be visited will know much about Brunei Darussalam. Most would probably be unable to identify it on a world map - they may even confuse the country with similar-sounding nations, Bahrain and Bhutan. Norhayati will quite literally be flying the flag for Brunei as she shares her pride in being a Bruneian with the thousands of people she meets en route.
That is the main aim of this latest venture, hopefully enabling people in those countries to increase their knowledge and awareness about Brunei Darussalam.
Brunei Tourism’s Chief Executive, Sheikh Jamaluddin, led a large group of friends, supporters and sponsors in formally providing a fitting farewell to the couple at Brunei International Airport last week. He acknowledged the important role being played by Norhayati and Harun to support the work of Brunei Tourism. “We concentrate our resources on our major target markets in North America, Western Europe, East Asia and Australia. So, I am grateful that this Expedition will reach out to other countries from which we are also keen to attract visitors.”
The Expedition also hopes that Brunei’s position as an Eco-Tourism destination for tourists from European, Middle East and Asean countries can also be promoted.
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