December 2010

Terima Kasih

December 31, 2010

I wanted to thank all my friends and family who have forwarded chain letters to me this year… Because of your kindness: I stopped drinking Coca Cola after I found out that it’s good for removing toilet stains. I stopped going to the movies for fear of sitting on a needle infected with AIDS. Forwarded [...]

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Ada tissue wang??

December 29, 2010

Some years back, there was this BSP offshore guy who ordered a Toyota Supra from NBT. At the time, the Supra was the japanese equivalent to KITT from Knight Rider and this guy special ordered it in midnight black etc to match KITT. Needless to say he was very excited when he was called one [...]

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Life is wonderful…

December 28, 2010

It takes a crane to build a crane It takes two floors to make a story It takes an egg to make a hen It takes a hen to make an egg There is no end to what I’m saying It takes a thought to make a word And it takes some words to make [...]

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A Bruneian in UK

December 27, 2010

Happy Monday folks! It’s the last Monday of 2010 and as we count down to the new year, I just wanted to show you a sample clip I made for the Digital Scrapbook competition which is being organized by the British High Commission in Brunei. I think this is a nice way of preserving memories [...]

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Kg. Parit Bugis, Johor Preview

December 22, 2010

KatakIjau Humanitarian Relief Support Group is organising a charity drive event for Merapi and Mentawai Disaster Relief Fund, Fund for LLS Autism Centre and Fund for KatakIjau School Support Program on Friday, 31 December 2010 at 8 pm JPCC Playground Main Colonnade. The theme of this event is GEN Y MUSIK FIESTA – A charity [...]

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Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf opens its 5th outlet

December 21, 2010

The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf opened its fifth outlet at Times Square last weekend with an event which coincided with the grand opening of the shopping centre itself. During the event, Pusat Ehsan, KACA, and SMARTER Brunei, received contributions from The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Caring Cup Programme which was also launched in [...]

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AB goes walkabout: An afternoon in Katong

December 20, 2010

My final day in Singapore was spent with a bunch of locals who brought me around to places away from the tourist mainstays. It was quite an experience to check out the Singapore heartland First stop, LAKSA! This is Katong Laksa, as opposed to Kuching Laksa. This place is currently ranked number 1 of 625 [...]

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Guess who??

December 20, 2010

My talented friend AmyHeidi’s thoughts on language, culture, and tradition struck a chord with me. Being a product of mixed parentage, I could relate to her comments on how she never learnt the dusun dialect from her grandmother. Its so sad isnt it when a tradition or language just fades away over time because its [...]

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AB goes walkabout: MBS and Chomp Chomp!

December 18, 2010
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Microsoft banks on Cloud Computing Environment

December 18, 2010

Emerging markets in Asia Pacific are well placed to increase national competitiveness and transform how they compete on the global stage in today’s Cloud Computing environment, emphasized Microsoft Corporation’s Chairman of Emerging Markets and Chief Advisor to the Chief Operating Officer Orlando Ayala. Speaking at Microsoft’s inaugural Accelerating Asia Pacific summit held in Singapore, Ayala [...]

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AB goes walkabout: Microsoft Accelerating Asia Pacific Summit 2010

December 14, 2010

Am in Singapore for two days of open discussion around the theme of ‘Technology and partnerships enabling governments and helping local communities and countries to grow and innovate’. The agenda will include panelists from Microsoft and their partners, and will cover a wide variety of topics from technology helping solve problems related to education, workforce [...]

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Checking out Fisheries Carnival 2010

December 13, 2010

FISH: live, fresh, cooked, processed and even ornamental were abound at this year’s Fisheries Carnival, which opened yesterday at the Fish Landing Complex in Muara to a steady stream of visitors eager to capitalise on the products on offer. Various species of crab and prawn, along with other seafood were also marketed by some 53 [...]

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BIBD Camp Gen-Y Day Two

December 12, 2010
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International Human Rights Day

December 12, 2010

Brunei Darussalam joins the rest of the world in recognising the lives, work, and sacrifice of men, women and children whether they be anonymous, known, celebrated or not; who have dedicated themselves to the cause of fighting, defending and advancing the universal cause of improving humanity through human rights. The US embassy, together with the [...]

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Blackberry for the masses?

December 11, 2010

B-Mobile today introduced a Blackberry-like service called BUZZ which is designed to work on over over a thousand different models of 3G mobile phones, including Blackberry . BUZZ provides B-Mobile subscribers automatic delivery of internet email messages from any of their business and personal email accounts, mobile access to attachments, and convenient access to many [...]

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BIBD Camp Generation Y kicks off!

December 11, 2010

BIBD Acting MD Javed Ahmad with some of the participants BIBD kicked of its “Camp Generation Y” yesterday afternoon at Taman Rekreasi Kg Parit and judging from the pics, the response has been AWESOME!  The youth camp targeted at teenagers between the ages of 12 to 16 years is the first of its kind in [...]

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Grazie Mauri!

December 10, 2010

Dropped by my buddy Mauri’s joint in Gadong last night to try out his carbonara promo. I was not disappointed. Carbonara is an Italian pasta dish based on eggs, pecorino cheese, bacon (locally we use beef bacon) and black pepper. I think many people prefer carbonara to bolognaise, which is a tomato based sauce and [...]

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So how do you use a roundabout?

December 8, 2010

  A recent letter to BT: Dear editor, I am writing to you with concern on the growing misuse of the three-lane round-about in Kiulap. There has been many complaints over the years but the problem seems to be getting worse, especially during peak hours. I have seen a lot of drivers cut from the [...]

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Checking out the carnival at BRIDEX

December 6, 2010

I think almost everyone in Brunei made at least one stop at the carnival at BRIDEX over the weekend. I dared not venture over there on Friday as the twittersphere was inundated with comments about traffic at BRIDEX. I knew Sunday would be even worse, so the gang and I decided to drop by on [...]

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Distinctly Bold

December 4, 2010
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Tomyam Klasik

December 2, 2010

After a long first day of tours and visits, and feeling a bit famished, the bus made a beeline for Tomyam Klasik. A bit dark when we got in. Would’ve loved to get some color in the sky. But ah well, when you just had to grab those pants on sale, you have to grab [...]

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Hari AIDS Sedunia 2010

December 1, 2010

Hari AIDS Sedunia 2010 – Rampai Pagi (Selasa, 30 November 2010) 1. Tiap-tiap tahun pada 1hb Disember diperingatkan sebagai Hari AIDS Sedunia atau World AIDS Day. Pada tahun ini tema Hari AIDS Sedunia ialah “Universal Access and Human Rights” atau “Akses Universal dan Hak Asasi Manusia”. Apakah tujuan Hari AIDS Sedunia diperingati? Hari AIDS Sedunia [...]

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