December 2011

Min of Culture, Youth & Sports visits UK

December 17, 2011

The Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports recently ended a five-day working visit to the United Kingdom where he paid visits to several points of interest, including the Prince’s School of Traditional Arts, the Department for Culture, Media and Sports and the Olympic Park the venue for the 2012 Olympic Games, and held a dialogue [...]

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Telbru Movie Night ROCKED!

December 16, 2011

It was an exciting night for 100 loyal customers of Telekom Brunei Berhad (Telbru) as they were invited to the first screening of Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol at the Empire Hotel Cinema, Jerudong. The invited hundred were the lucky winners of TelBru’s “Movie Night 2011 with TelBru” competition. Prior to the movie night. TelBru [...]

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Ristorante Buon Gusto

December 14, 2011

Ristorante Buon Gusto opened its doors for business last weekend serving high end italian cuisine to an increasingly sophisticated market of Bruneian diners. Buon Gusto means “good flavour” in Italian and from the pre-opening menu tasting that we had a few weeks ago, the food is definitely going to be making an impression!

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Brunei HAS got talent!!

December 12, 2011

After weeks of nerve-wracking preparations, Cheenyca Ong proved that she has what it takes to emerge as the champion of the B-Mobile "Who’s Got Talent?" Season 3 talent competition. The songtress, who went up against nine other finalists at the grand finale at The Airport Mall, Berakas last night walked away with a grand prize [...]

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Anugerah Pelangi 2011

December 11, 2011

Congratulations to Zul Faden, Chosen Male Vocalist, Qeez Idrus, Chosen Female Vocalist, A Band Once, Chosen Group, and Jazz Hayat and Fakhrul Razi for Chosen Song! The Anugerah Pelangi award is one of the highest recognition in local entertainment industry. Hosted by Pelangi FM of Radio Brunei, this year’s Anugerah Pelangi is the fourth to [...]

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Human Rights Day 2011

December 10, 2011

This year, millions of people decided the time had come to claim their rights. They took to the streets and demanded change. Many found their voices using the internet and instant messaging to inform, inspire and mobilize supporters to seek their basic human rights. Social media helped activists organize peaceful protest movements in cities across [...]

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Chevening Scholarship Applications Open!

December 9, 2011

The Chevening Scholarship – Brunei programme for the academic year of 2012/13 is now open for applications. The programme funds full-time postgraduate study for one-year course at a UK university. Applications are accepted in any discipline in line with the socio-economic development of Brunei, which include, but are not exclusive to Knowledge Economy and Economic [...]

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Energy: Your Future Horizon

December 8, 2011

Morning folks! The Oil and Gas Job Fair 2011 approaching soon! This is an initiative led by the Energy Department of the Prime Minister’s Office in close collaboration with the oil and gas operators in Brunei Darussalam. The main objective of this fair is to advance the employment of local in the oil and gas [...]

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Telbru Let’s Trek ROCKED!

December 7, 2011

Brunei’s biggest and first 48-hour event organised by Telekom Brunei Berhad (TelBru) kicked off on December 2nd and ended today at 3.00pm at the Jerudong Park (JPCC) Amphitheatre in Jerudong. The winners of Let’s Trek Challenge were team number 313, consisting of Mohd Danny bin Aimi, Harrisman Ashady and Mohammad Akif. The winners drove home [...]

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ON|OFF Indonesia – Seru banget!

December 5, 2011

After planning and waiting since Pesta Blogger 2009, this year ON|OFF / Pesta Blogger 2011 was finally able to invite fellow bloggers from the South East Asia region. With full support from US Embassy Jakarta, 9 bloggers were invited including myself. Apart from me, there were bloggers from Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Phillippines, Singapore, Thailand, [...]

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ON|OFF Indonesia: Dinner with Indonesian Bloggers

December 3, 2011

After a full day’s journey, your’s truly finally arrived in Jakarta. After checking in to the Kartika Chandra, we proceeded to FX Mall to meet up with the Indonesian blogger community. Great meal, awesome company. Its been a long day and I’m beat. Night night.