Category: Thoughts

Interesting article in The Brunei Times today regarding the Blogging phenomenon. Apparently there are over 500 Bruneian bloggers so far in Blogdom. It sure feels more than that. Anyway, here’s to blogging and may “big brother” never see the need to censor or worse still prosecute us “responsible” bloggers.

The current terror alert on civil aviation in UK and US brings a chill to my bones… Its really scary to think that whenever we travel by air, there is that risk of some deranged individual – who thinks blowing up a planeload of innocent civilians will bring him closer…

INGREDIENTS: 4 Laughing eyes4 Well-shaped legs4 Loving arms2 Firm milk containers2 Nuts1 Fur-lined mixing bowl1 Firm banana DIRECTIONS : Look into laughing eyes. Spread well-shaped legs with loving arms. Squeeze and massage milk containers very gently. Gently add firm banana to mixing bowl, working in and out until well creamed….

E-Government, efficiency, accountability and transparency – it looks like we want to put electronic watchdogs behind everyone and everything. Is this what we really want? Perhaps not. These should perhaps be outcomes of real democracy, which we aspire to (well eventually anyway). E-Government can be a vehicle for achieving this….

This pic was taken circa 1975. We had just moved into the house on lorong 3 near the beach. Super retro man!

My first love… two tons of metal and glass… Nissan launched the GQ Patrol, also known as the Y60, in 1988. It was aimed fairly and squarely at Toyota’s LandCruiser, which was the top-selling four-wheel-drive. Mine was the long wheelbase high top wagon. My choice of powerplant was the 85kW…