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It was an activity-filled morning at the Ministry of Development yesterday as their Customer Appreciation Week came to a close. Heaps of games and other activities took place over the last week and prizes from these activities were presented to the winners yesterday.
BARA was a major participant with their flying fox, abseiling, rock-climbing AND their [...]
Pics taken at yesterday’s Open Day and Jumble Sale which was held at Sayyidina Hasan Secondary School to commemorate its 15th year anniversary. Sayyidina Hasan Secondary School was previously known as Tanjung Bunut Secondary School. The name change was officiated by the Minister of Religious Affairs. The school was opened in 1994 with 647 students [...]
Pics taken during the inaugural Ministry of Communications’ Media Night held at the Amar Pahlawan Hall, where the guest of honour was the Permanent Secretary at the ministry, Haji Awang Alaihuddin bin Pehin Orang Kaya DiGadong Seri Lela Dato Seri Utama Haji Awang Mohamad Taha.
The event was organised to maintain a closer relationship [...]
This morning’s 25th National Day Celebrations at the stadium could not have gone any better! Weather was perfect (HOT but perfect!) and the crowd was HUGE! Hats off to the organizers and all those who were involved in making this Silver Jubilee National Day a great success! Now, excuse me while I go to [...]
Pics taken during the 2nd BEDB Stakeholder Forum which took place at the Empire Hotel’s Bunker Club. The theme for the forum this year is “Developing Infrastructure Building Partnerships”. The focus was clearly on Public-Private Partnerships.
The term “public-private partnership” is a specific reference to a deal between a government and a collection of private [...]
Pics taken during last night’s farewell dinner at Villa Mauri hosted by the Brunei-Australia Alumni Association (BAAA) for outgoing Australian High Commissioner HE Dr Ruth Adler, who finishes her tour of duty at the end of the month.
HE Dr Ruth Adler and YB Dato Hj Idris, President of BAAA
Z and her mum
Da [...]
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Pics from the launch of the Australian Art Exhibition which took place yesterday evening at the Sheraton Utama hotel. About the artists:
Michael Conolly is an Aboriginal artist from Charleville, in south west Queensland and his art represents his [...]
Congratulations to our friends Kamal & Sufinah on the successful launch of their first Shop @ Sarah’s outlet in Seri Q-lap Mall yesterday! My my, what a crowd! In Seth Godin’s words, you have your own tribe already! Here’s wishing you continued success and growth of your dream!
Congrats you two!
I still haven’t figured [...]
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Meet Saiful and Yusry at the Empire Cinema this afternoon from 3.30pm to 5pm!
Pics from last night’s informal dinner with the stars of Cicakman2, Saiful and Yusry. It was my first time meeting both of them and I found them really friendly, approachable and on [...]
This special cartoon from Rhyme which was in the Bulletin last week just cracked me up! There’s definitely a treasure-trove of information over at the head-boy’s site which I refer to pretty regularly! Oh, here’s a pic of the artist himself at work taken last weekend at Country Patch… heheheh
Congratulations and well [...]
A message from Liyana of BDAC:
World Aids day falls every 1st december and the council has been working round the clock spreading awareness to the community through its programmes. Be it talks, interviews, media coverage etc, it is to break the silence on hiv and aids.
Here i call you to join us to play your [...]
From Da gangsta’s site: YES program for students. As the end-of-year school holidays is around the corner, for most primary and secondary students this translates to Freedom! However, apart from spending this month-long holiday with family and friends, how else can students use up their time in a more productive way?
The [...]
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Silan’s DA MAN when it comes to tyre alignment!
The blog it up session at UBD this morning went very well with a turnout of over a hundred people!
Our session started with me putting things in context by talking about the “big picture” of the whole web 2.0 phenomena and how it is changing the way we use the web.
This was followed [...]
FYI, the organizers have made more places available for tomorrow’s talk, so if you’re keen to be ENTERTAINED by the three stooges, then email ubdgew2008@gmail.com NOW to reserve your seat!
We’ve got a whole bunch of GOODIES to give away to the audience during our break out activities (including Victoria’s Secret products, [...]
I sure did! Da crib was infested with ants! All sorts of ants, big ones, small ones, black ones, brown ones, even red ones! So last week I finally had it and called in the pest control folks to help with the problem. B-Mas Jaya is a relative newcomer in the pest control game, having [...]
It seems all the 100 seats for the BlogItUp@UBD session on Saturday where da gangsta, Mr Kurapak, and myself are scheduled to speak, have been taken! I hope the organizers will be able to organize a bigger venue so that we can accomodate a larger crowd. The more the merrier!
Qigong (or ch’i kung) refers [...]
St. George’s School is celebrating its 70th Anniversary this year with a special assembly at the school compound on November 19th.
The culminating activity of this celebration is the ‘70th Anniversary Gala Dinner’ on Friday 21st November 2008 from 7pm onwards at the Rizqun International Hotel in Gadong. There will be dinner, entertainment and lucky draws!
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Pics taken during the Brunei Association of Hotels Charity Gala Night which was held last night at the Empire Theatre. An excellent turnout with several outstanding performances by the girls from Regina Ballet, the SMARTER kids, and our very own Putri Norizah made the night very enjoyable. The four course meal [...]
This is what The Envoy had to say about the election:
I echo his views. In what is probably the most followed US election with the highest number of voters, this man became the clear choice for change in America. I’m in awe of how far America has come in terms of racial tolerance and [...]
What a glorious morning for a charity fun walk. Haven’t done one for quite some time, so I relished the opportunity to get out under the sun and shake off all the “little things” that have been bugging me lately. Felt much better I must say.
An invitation to the Mawaz-Khans’ lovely home is always an opportunity not to be missed to enjoy to warm hospitality of my financier friend and his lovely wife. And of course, to enjoy the wonderful pakistani ice cream, khulfi! Sukriya Saquib and Ayesha for having us last weekend!
The lovely interior of the Mawaz-Khan home
One of [...]
The Ministry of Finance hari raya open house was held on Saturday night at the MOF building on Commonwealth Drive. There was a great turnout, with great food, entertainment, and lucky draws galore!
Chairperson of organizing committee giving her welcoming remarks
Royal guest sharing a light moment with the organizers
Long service awards [...]
After a three week closure for renovations, the new, improved Blue Eden Cafe (home of the BFF’ers) was finally re-opened yesterday afternoon with a ribbon cutting and a safety prayer followed by a donation handing-over and a special treat for the folks from pusat bahagia. Congratulations to Boss BE and the crew on the re-opening!
Blue [...]
Today’s post is brought to you by guest blogger Caroline Lim who attended UBD’s premier “Guru Session” which was a leadership seminar conducted by Dr Noel Tichy. Terima kasih banyak2 Dyg Caroline for being today’s guest blogger. Here are her thoughts… and pictures of course
CL says: Personally, it was an extremely [...]
Birthday shout to the MIL who turns ahem ahem today. Selamat Menyambut Ulangtahun kepada bonda/niniyam semoga panjang umur dan murah rezeki. Daripada anak2 dan cucu2.
Congratulations to the winners of HSBC’s Online Treasure Hunt, Helbeyanto Sipun who won BND1,000! 2nd prize went to Shahlelawati and 3rd prize went to Md Firdauz. Congratulations also to Yap [...]
It was a sizzling affair… literally! Last night, Baiduri Group held a Hari Raya/Appreciation dinner for its customers and staff. While enjoying the sumptuous spread (loved the assam fish but didnt take any pics!) guests were entertained by Baiduri staff, Saiful Apek, and of course, little Agnes Monika, the current Indonesian pop powerhouse.
Pierre giving [...]
Went to catch Eagle Eye at the Empire last night with da missus. Thoroughly enjoyed the fast-paced, action packed thriller! Apparently this is director Steven Spielberg’s attempt at creating a fear of technology like the fear of the sea he did with JAWS. In fact the premise of the story is not that far-fetched at [...]
In this region, Eid is also commonly known as Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Hari Raya Idul Fitri or Hari Raya Puasa. Hari Raya literally means ‘Day of Celebration’ i.e. ‘The Day’. Muslims in this region celebrate Eid like other Muslims throughout the world. It is the biggest holiday in Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia and is the [...]
Raya season is always a great time to check out some really cool houses and its the best time because thats when the owners will make sure the interiors are superbly decorated and of course, spic n span!
First house of the day was my colleague’s new place
I love those windows and the stonewall look
High [...]
Yesterday was quite a slow and easy day with the morning spent at JC and the afternoon spent visiting a few friends and relatives.
Jasmine flowers… I like…
Da little man getting a cuddle from CL who wrote a beautiful post about remembering raya with her late mum… Al-faatihah…
Friends catching up while enjoying Raya [...]
As is customary, the first day of raya is always reserved for visiting the parental units and close relatives. We started the day pretty late as I was bringing a dish to the in-laws today
This is what I was busy preparing this morning…
If you don’t have a smile, I’ll give you [...]
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Last night, I had the opportunity to join the media gang in covering the moon sighting at bukit shahbandar. I met the headboy there, together with several officials from the relevant government agencies including survey department and religious [...]
As a follow-up to our sungkai get-together at Sri Patik Brasserie, last Friday, da missus and I had the pleasure of joining a group of blogger friends to a sungkai hosted by M (aka Leonidas) and Z (aka Geek in Pink) at their lovely home.
Yam basket, Lamb Shanks, Udang Goreng… what a combo!
Abis [...]
