Last weekend’s awesome picnic with old friends from my years in sixth form really brought back some good memories. It was also heart-warming to see our kids striking up friendships with each other. Brought to mind this poem about friendship by Welsh poet Joseph Parry: Make new friends, but keep…
Category: Brunei Darussalam
Business Project Carnival 2012
The Business School (Sekolah Perdagangan) is currently holding a Business Project Carnival 2012 today and tomorrow, at its premises in Gadong from 9am to 5.30pm. The carnival is one of the Business School’s projects organised, by Year 2 students with a total of 14 groups divided to make one activity…
Brunei Darussalam Royal Regatta 2012
The waters of Brunei River was transformed today. From the sights of water taxies it had changed to that of boats and speed boats and highlighted with the noise of support and applause from members of the public watching the Brunei Darussalam Regatta 2012 at the Waterfront, Bandar Seri Begawan….
e-Arkib System Launched
The public can now make use of the ‘e-arkib’ website to access national records ranging from government files, pictures, maps, building plans, audio-visual recordings, cartograph records, to historical interviews (wawancara sejarah) which are more than 25 years old. E-arkib is a $1.9 million government initiative with the CFK Automation Sdn…
Dua Minggu – Two Weeks of Events in Brunei Darussalam
The first edition of the ‘DuaMinggu’ newsletter publication was launched to the warm applause of business partners and sponsors at the Radisson Hotel yesterday. The launch marked a new medium for cultural consulting firm iBudaya to reach out to its target audience including companies, public agencies, educational bodies, cultural institutions…
The Lau Difang aka Old Place Experience
There seems to be a trend these days to hark back to the “good old days” with retro being the new metro. In terms of restaurants, old time kopitiams are coming back to fashion with a vengeance. In Singapore and Malaysia, we have Kiliney, Ipoh Kopitiam, Yakun, Toastbox etc. In…

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