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Wake up in the morning feeling like P Diddy Put my glasses on, Im out the door – I’m gonna hit this city (Lets go) Before I leave, brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack Cause when I leave for [...]
Damissus bought me exactly what I needed to bring back some of that photography mojo I seem to have lost… A Nikon D300S coupled with a Nikkor 35mm f1.8 AFS lens. Perfect street photography gear! This will be perfect for use in Leicester! Yayyy! Spent today getting the hang of the mellow yellow… a great [...]
TGIF 2010! Happy New Year Everyone! May we all have an AWESOME year ahead! Keep those POSITIVE vibrations humming!! via Twitter
Just some random shots of the Megafam trip to Malaysia earlier this year
This is just a reminder to myself taken from here:
Strong families make decisions, solve family problems, and do family work together. Everyone has a role to play and everyone participates. Parents are the leaders, but the children’s opinions and efforts are invited, encouraged, and appreciated.
Making real decisions is good practice and can help children [...]
Am not sure if you’re aware of this but there’s this site called The Wayback Machine which is part of the Internet Archive Project, an uber-ambitious project to archive all of human knowledge onto the web.
Anyway, this is all part of my research into the whole Web 2.0 phenomenon and I was just wondering [...]
Not much happening apart from going hunting (for books!) everyday at the library and working on assignments and figuring how to tackle that big ass dissertation
Remembrance Sunday is just around the corner, so lots of poppy plants are being planted especially around war memorial sites. This one taken at the [...]
Beautiful Sunset taken from Tarindak d’Seni
What would the world be like if the men were to stay at home with the kids and the women worked instead?
A man was sick and tired of going to work every day while his wife stayed home. He wanted her to see what he went through so [...]
Been quite lax in posting for the last couple of days (maklumlah, cutiii heheh!). Am posting from my hotel room at the Miri Marriott. Just some random pics from the HTC G1 which I’ve taken over the past couple of months. Have an awesome Sunday everyone and Selamat Berpuasa!
The first pic taken with the [...]
Question of the day: ARE YOU INSURED? Check out kennysia’s piece about this perennial issue. I’ll bet you’ll wanna go and get at least some basic coverage after reading it…
Below is a conversation which took place in the Ruai Lounge recently. Feel free to join in the conversation by commenting on this post. My views on this issue later in the day.
Zul: i was at coffeezone last saturday nite when a child of age 8 below came up to us offering some "kacang".. I [...]
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After starting off on the wrong footing by buying my camera bodies from parallel importers, I took the step of going “legit” with the local distributor for Canon, Interhouse, and bought an EOS40D from them two years ago.
Since then, it has [...]
These are the principles upon which Lindsay Fox has lived all his life. A living example of the Great Aussie Dream, Lindsay founded Linfox, a company which started out in logistics and later expanded into airport management, real estate, and security. Not bad for a school dropout at 16 who faked his age to buy [...]
Lindsay Fox talk at Central Lecture Theatre, Room 1.17 4pm, Thursday, 14th May 2009. He is such a charismatic speaker with a great sense of humour. Now that’s a rarity coming from a billionaire. Highly recommended by RA.
Excapade has just opened their 6th outlet at Regent Square this week. Fellow foodies Maurina, Liza, Marul, [...]
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Last weekend, AV Electronics launched Drobo, the first fully automated storage robot from Data Robotics Inc. It is designed to ensure that data is always protected, storage capacity is unlimited and it is exceptionally easy to expand.
Exclusively available only at AV Electronics, Drobo limits [...]
I found myself nodding my head in agreement when I read this articulate post in Have Your Say about visiting hours in our local hospitals.
Is RIPAS Hospital a Zoo or the Gadong Mall? – By Depressed Patient
I became deeply depressed when I was admitted on 2nd April. But my condition got worse right up [...]
Bandar Seri Begawan – A Group called the Brunei Beach Bums held a beach cleaning campaign yesterday in support of Earth Day. The beach picked this time was Meragang Beach.
About 100 people turned up to help and show their support in the clean up. According to Rozia Hj Adenan, a member [...]
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 [...]
Pics taken during the recent Tourism Malaysia Megafam frip to KL. After the fully packed daily programs, nights were spent wandering around the Bukit Bintang area and checking out the events surrounding the upcoming F1 race.
Starhill aka Bukit Bintang
Crossing the road
Lots and lots of shops
Very urban
I stumbled upon these talented [...]
A BIG Birthday Shout-out to Aunty HDM who turns *cough cough* today! Happy Birthday and Many Happy Returns of the Day!
A TOTAL of 230 participants with special needs signed up for the 4th National sports meet organised by the Community Development Board (Japem) at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, [...]
Searching for that Lexus. A woman was killed in a hit-and-run case yesterday. According to the Royal Brunei Police Force, the accident took place along the Muara/Tutong Expressway near the Nakhoda Ragam Vocational School in Lambak Kanan around 9.15am. The police said the 47-year-old New Zealand national was cycling along the expressway heading towards the [...]
Tug-of-War or also known as rope pulling is a sport that directly pits two teams against each other in a test of strength. The origin of this sport is unknown but it is known that tug of war was practiced in ancient Egypt and China. The game had been made as part of Olympic Games [...]
Mr BR says it all here. I was waiting for something…
My auspicious ticket
This is what you get with a 50mm lens
Up close and personal
Special prize if you can guess whose hand that is!
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Over the last couple of years, I’ve been asked this question many times by [...]
Mr. Steven Doma-Mikó, born in Füzesgyarmat, a picturesque city of Hungary, is one of the three Royal-Court Painters in the world with talent that is highly appreciated by royal families, other notabilities and celebrities in different regions.
During the last three decades Mr. Doma-Mikó founded several museums, [...]
Long overdue pics from last week’s Chap Goh Meh celebration at the Firm’s HQ. Customers were treated to some fantastic performances by three very cheeky lions
Ever wonder what it looks like INSIDE?
Pics from this morning’s activities. Will have limited access to internet at home for the time being cos I’ve been TOSSED! Thank you berry much to those responsible
The morning started real early at the Kianggeh jetty
The boyz monkeying around
Group hug!
Then it was off to the stadium to see this…
and this…
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 an action
And it takes some work [...]
Looks like I’ll have to prepare an alternative route home… Hats off to the folks at Bruneimotors.com on a job well done outlining all the no-go areas during heavy rain. Great job guys!
More pics from the recent fisheries carnival organized by the fisheries department at Muara fish landing complex.
Pics from a walkabout at Tasek Lama last weekend. Much thanks to Mr BR for sharing this email he received:
Today before you say an unkind wordThink of someone who can’t speak.
Before you complain about the taste of your foodThink of someone who has nothing to eat.
Before you complain about your husband or [...]
Took the new ride out for a spin last Sunday…
Recognize the pics?
The new ride*
* Purely ficticious of course… I wouldn’t buy a two door coupe… obvious reasons…
Some food for thought about parent-teacher meetings:
A parent-teacher meeting is a once per term, short meeting between students’ parents and teachers. The interview is a chance for parents to meet their child’s teachers and review any issues or concerns the parents or teachers may have with child/student’s performance. These interviews are usually between five to [...]
Headed to JC this morning in the hopes that power had been restored and it would be business as usual… This is what I saw instead
ippa enna seyaradhu
The queue waiting for JC to open
Notice anything odd?
A message from 24-7 Roadside Assist:
“We at 24-7 Roadside Assist would like to apologise to all our callers. We are currently facing difficulties at our Call Centre due to the Tropical Storm last night.
All our Phones lines are down thus we are unable to receive calls. However, we have prepared 2 mobile [...]
While waiting to see the doctor in one of the clinics at RIPAS today, I noticed a poster on the wall which read as follows:
Menjadi ibubapa memang sukar, tetapi kita harus berusaha dalam menjaga anak-anak dengan sempurna.
Kasihi anak awda tanpa syarat. Ajarkan mereka supaya bekerjasama dengan orang lain, meminta maaf jika bersalah, bersabar, [...]
