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Healthy campaign at Citis Square officiated by the Minister of Health
This was kinda of a cool way to work out (or body bump). Taken at the National Hockey Field at Berakas and conducted by Fitness Zone
I was quite impressed with the students from Business School. This year's carnival was quite happening. More details on that later and it was also good to see some dedicated students too. I'm a sucker for young entrepreneurs *lol*
Thank Carol You Zhen Lim for the quick breakie at Countrypatch. I realised Countrypatch is always popular from Friday to Sunday hence no reservations can be taken during the weekend
Today's the final day and it will last till 6pm. Plenty of baby clothes too which are selling pretty well.
I have been stocking up bananas for my Zell-V supplements. Don't ask me why. It's self-explanatory *lol*
Well, this is where I'm updating my post for today and also the first half of my pitstops.. So do catch me on Twitter @ranoadidas and instagram for updates :D
Authority of Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam (AITI) conducted a BRUNEI ICT AWARD (BICTA) 2012 INFORMATION SHARING SESSION for Principals and IT teachers from secondary schools, Tertiary institutions and Higher institutions.
The event was opened with a welcoming speech by Hj Yahkup bin Hj Menudin, Chief Executive of AITI. Followed by speakers from the BICTA committee which elaborated upon the background of the BICTA 2012, BICTA 2012 Road Show Schedule Guidelines and Roadmap on BICTA and APICTA 2012, Information on Identify, Design and Develop (IDD) workshops, and to Identify potential ICT projects in your company.
This year the Brunei ICT Awards (BICTA) competition was successfully launched on 14th January 2012 by Dato Paduka Haji Awang Alaihuddin bin POKDGSLDSU Haji Awang Mohamad Taha, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Communications. This national annual competition, in its 8th year, is aimed to nurture and unleash the potential of individuals, students and local ICT players. The competition is open to participants in 3 categories, Secondary Student Project, Tertiary Student Project and ICT Industry. Winners stand to win up to the top prize of B$ 3,000, B$7,000 and B$ 10,000 in each of the respective categories. Furthermore, BICTA winners get to represent Brunei Darussalam to participate in Asia Pacific ICT Alliance (APICTA) Awards 2012, a prestigious international ICT competition which our country will proudly host in December, 2012.
The event ended with a Q&A session, in which several of the participants gave inputs on how to make the upcoming roadshow more effective. The BICTA working committee will incorporate the feedbacks into the program in hope to enhance the effectiveness to the upcoming sessions with students.
This year the APICTA Awards will hosted in Brunei Darussalam. The BICTA roadshow will be held throughout the month of February 2012. Interested schools and institutions may contact the BICTA representatives at 2 323232 or via email at
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or visit the BICTA website at www.bicta.gov.bn
Chief Executive of AITI, Hj Yahkup, briefing during the morning workshop
All you have to do is spend $69 above and you get a jute bag and beauty set worth of $34 (items while stock last)
The Body Shop staff holding their favourite Body Shop item
The Body Shop staff holding their favourite Body Shop item
The best seller product, Japanese Cherry Blossom Body Puree, is having a $9 discount.. Awesome!!!
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b.mobile made EPL Masters II possible
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Yesterday marks an important day for EPL Masters Football tournament. With the success of 2011, EPL Masters Football Tournament Brunei Cup is back once again this year to Negara Brunei Darussalam.
This year, Masters Football will be presented by the mobile service provider, B-Mobile Communications Sdn Bhd and is scheduled to awe the audience in about 3 months time. Masters is a 6 a-side indoor football competition in the United Kingdom, where players over the age of 35 are chosen by the Masters Football Selection Committee to represent a English Premier League club which they played for.
According to Idham Abas “Masters Football has enjoyed tremendous success over the past 3 years; it has established itself as quality tournament offering excellent corporate benefits with staggering coverage. The Masters Football as a brand, is growing and its success has been recognised and fuelled expansion. It’s developed into a star studded annual event in the corporate sports calendar. In 2012 the Masters Football is heading out into countries around SEAsia, including Brunei, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Singapore.”
A signing ceremony was held at The Empire Hotel and Country Club, Members Lounge yesterday between the organizer, Adsem and B-Mobile as the Presenting Sponsor. Signing on behalf of B-Mobile was its CEO, Mr Lim Ming Soon, witnessed by his Deputy Mr See Wei Kie. Representing Adsem at the signing was Idham Abas, General Manager witnessed by Jenny Malai Ali, Sponsorship Relations Manager. The signing ceremony was witnessed by Guest of Honour, Sheikh Jamaluddin Bin Sheikh Mohamad the CEO of Brunei Tourism Board.
Nurul Jaafar was the emcee of the signing ceremony. Notice the irony? (hint - look at pictures below)
Sheikh Jamaluddin Bin Sheikh Mohamad the CEO of Brunei Tourism Board gave his full support on events that have global reach
The local press also attended the signing ceremony
Idham Abas, General Manager of Adsem exchanging documents with b.mobile CEO, Mr Lim Ming Soon with Sheikh Jamaluddin witnessing the signing ceremony
Group photo with Adsem, b.mobile and Brunei Tourism Board
When asked why B-Mobile was interested in supporting such event, CEO Lim Ming Soon commented “In view of last years’ event, we believe this Masters Football event is indeed a high profile event and a good avenue for us to continue supporting. Not only are we associating B-Mobile with a renowned brand, it is also an opportunity for the company to give back to the community, a community that seems to be very well in sync with the football sports. Meeting these football legends here in Brunei marks a memorable occasion and B-Mobile hopes to give the community and especially the B-Mobile customers that privileged experience”. He also said “Football is more than just a sport; it’s a lifestyle and a healthy one to add to it. It is an activity that should be encouraged and fostered to promote interest in healthy living amongst the community especially the youth.”
CEO of B-Mobile further added that “The tremendous support we have received from our customers have also made us supporting this event possible. Our marketing team have worked hard in preparing a variety of campaigns and activities for our post paid and prepaid users. Over the coming weeks until the month of April, B-Mobile will be promoting on how our customers can win tickets to watch the game, to even a close encounter meet and greet with some of their idol and other football legends to other great and exciting prizes including an all expense paid trip to watch the much anticipated football event EURO 2012 in Poland. We just started one campaign with our prepaid users giving them an opportunity to win tickets to the EPL Masters Brunei Cup when they top up $10. Post paid users will also be enjoying some campaign benefits when they pay their bills or subscribe to some of the available SMART plans.”
The EPL Masters Brunei Cup 2012 presented by B-Mobile is set to happen on the 21st April 2012 on a Saturday night and tickets will be sold February onwards and B-Mobile will also be selling some over its branches. More information on this event or campaigns conducted by B-Mobile will be posted in detail on the website www.bmobile.com.bn 1st February onwards or customers can simply call 177 for further info or contact Adsem at 8231333.
Rumours have it that Roy Keane will be featured in this tournament
Dieter Hamann will also make his way to Brunei soon
BRANDS: Zara, MNG, Esprit, M&S, Forever 21, DKNY, River Island, FCUK, Top Shop, Cotton On, Accessorize, LV, Prada, etc.
SIZES: uk8-20, S-XXL
Some of the items on garage sale
Some of the items on garage sale
Some of the items on garage sale
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Black out period
Everyone yearns to lead a quality lifestyle filled with excellent health, vitality and beauty. Such a desire is possible through Zell-V with its anti-ageing products; although such a product is not the first of its kind, the store boasts to be the "first image store in Brunei".
The grand opening of the store yesterday was commemorated with a festive performance by a lion dance troupe, followed by a ribbon cutting ceremony officiated by the High Commissioner of Malaysia to Brunei, Dato Abdullah Sani Omar and his spouse Datin Adeda Rahimah Ahmad, along with international artiste and Zell-VAmbassador, Rosyam Nor, Zell-VMedical Advisor Dato Dr Nor Shahidah Khairullah and KFCManaging Director, Nelky Goh.
The event was held at the store's premise on the first floor of the Rizqun International Hotel at the Mall in Gadong. After the ribbon cutting ceremony, the event continued with a tour around the premise and a health talk presentation entitled "How To Defy Ageing With Zell-V Cellular Therapy" by Dato Dr Nor Shahidah Khairullah.
She touched on the product from an aesthetic to a medical point of view; essentially on how Zell-V works, how it is effective in defying ageing, and how people can benefit from it.
Rosyam Nor, a Malaysian celebrity and spokesperson for the product, also shared on how the product has helped him keep fit, be energised and focused on his everyday work in the entertainment industry.
Other highlights of the opening included a free cell check (live blood analysis) and health consultation by two medical specialists. Text by Anwar Rosly and some images courtesy of Vincent Hong.
Rosyam Nor (2nd left) is one of the spokeperson for Zell-V as he came for the official opening of Zell-V outlet at The Mall
The outlet is located at Rizqun International Hotel on the 1st floor, next to Tourism Malaysia office and Hush Puppies
I had a chat with Elliot Pang, Business Development Executive, International Sales of Ruyi Marina Bay Pte Ltd (Zell-V) a few weeks ago
I didn't know the icon for Zell-V is a sheep
Celebrate Prosperity. McDonald’s has brought prosperous times back for Bruneians with the all-time favourite Prosperity Burger. Enjoy your favourite Chicken Prosperity meal now and is available for a limited time only.
“The Prosperity Burger is a Malaysian creation and its phenomenal popularity has been making waves in the region. The secret to the great-tasting Prosperity Burger lies in the quality ingredients that we use. We do not compromise on food quality and maintain strict quality and safety standards from sourcing for ingredients right up to serving the finished products. When it comes to our food, our values are one of our most important ingredients, and we focus hard on delivering only the best to our customers,” said Dk. Kemariah Pg Hj Duraman, General Manager of McDonald’s Brunei.
Now I'm craving for this. It has been a while :D
Similar to the Beef Prosperity Burger, the Chicken Prosperity Burger is made of a juicy tender chicken dipped in aromatic black pepper sauce and topped with slivered onions in a sesame seed bun for an appetizing meal. Also making a special appearance as part of the Prosperity meal is the Twister Fries, made from the best Umatilla Russet potatoes, perfectly seasoned and cooked to golden perfection. While the Prosperity McFizz, a combination of 100% orange juice and Sprite, is the perfect beverage to complete the meal.
The Chicken Prosperity meal is priced at $7.18 and Beef Prosperity meal is at $6.78 for medium and just add 60 cents for large meal.
Double Prosperity is also available. Visit McDonald’s for your next meal or call 244 9669 for McDelivery.
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A quiet dragon year
It took quite some time to set this up
Sunlit staff waiting to be called to move the stilts
It's not easy to move this platform once it has been assembled
The car park space was filled up with firecrackers
Do you dare to lit this up?
It was defeaning indeed when the firecracker started to make some noise
The dragon dance performance which is quite rare to see in public
Great catch by Mr. and Mrs. Ting
Loving the sea of red outside Sunlit Advertising office
Mr. Jackson Ting of Sunlit Advertising with his family and the lions
It's not certain on the release date but it should be out tentatively this August. The book on Kampung Ayer was initiated by the author Dato Paduka Dr Hj Abdul Latif Hj Ibrahim and last Saturday was a Memorandum of Understanding between the author and Pentagram Designs.
In his welcoming remarks, Dato Paduka Dr Hj Abdul Latif gave his appreciation to Brunei Hotel for hosting the MoU ceremony. The MoU signing was between CEO of Pentagram Designs, Siti Zaleha bte Kaprawi and the author Dato Paduka Dr Hj Abdul Latif.
The author will published an English version 'Kg Ayer - Living Memory ' and a Malay version 'Kg Ayer - Kenangan Abadi'. At the moment, Dato is in the midst of collecting nostalgic photos of Kampung Ayer. We shall see how the book will turn out one day.
Dato Paduka Dr Hj Abdul Latif giving his remarks on the upcoming Kg Ayer book
During the signing of the MoU of the book - Hjh Faridah, Sales of & Marketing of Pentagram Designs, CEO of Pentagram Designs, Siti Zaleha bte Kaprawi, the author Dato Paduka Dr Hj Abdul Latif Hj Ibrahim and Ahmad Nazri Dato Paduka Hj Abd Latif
CEO of Pentagram Designs, Siti Zaleha bte Kaprawi and the author Dato Paduka Dr Hj Abdul Latif Hj Ibrahim
Albert Tan was also present during the signing ceremony
The author speaking to the media
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True story
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A great turn out at Radisson Hotel on the 1st day of Chinese New Year and there were quite a number of expats who witnessed the lion dance performance at the lobby of Radisson Hotel.
Present were the General Manager of Radisson Hotel, Peter Feran and Director of Sales, Paula Munoz and the associates of Radisson Hotel.
Peter Feran, General Manager of Radisson Hotel, with his children to witness the lion dance performance at the hotel
The human stabilizers for the lion dance performance
Good accolade for Jati Transport.. Keep it up!!!
A few days before CNY, Laneige (Brunei) hosted a small prize giving ceremony for the successful Broadway Musical Charity Competition which was organised by Laneige (Brunei) with the support of the Ministry of Education. The fund raising competition was intended to raise funds for KACA and Pusat Bahagia.
19 schools participated in the 2nd Laneige Broadway Musical Charity Competition which involved 700 students and teachers (coaches) and it was held back in November 2011 at the International Convention Centre.
Presenting the trophies and prizes was Cheong Huat Joo, Acting Senior Special Duties Officer for the Department of Schools (Secondary).
Laneige Director Lim Hong Seng presenting a mock cheque to Pusat Bahagia
STPRI won 1st place of Laneige Broadway Musical Charity Competition 2011
Best vocal went to STPRI as well
STPRI performed a popular musical number "Popular"
1st Runner up was Sultan Hassan Secondary School from Bangar who were champions back in 2010
Sultan Hassan Secondary School performing back then
@nd Runner up was Sultan Omar 'Ali Saifuddien (SOAS) College
Great performance by SOAS College back in November 2011
Sekolah Pengiran Anak Putri Hjh Masna won Best Costume and the Most Creative
Sekolah Pengiran Anak Putri Hjh Masna in action
The Best Actor from Sekolah Menengah Rimba
The Best Actor from Sekolah Menengah Rimba played the Elvis role
The Best Actress from Sekolah Pengiran Anak Putri Masna
The Best Actress in action (left) from Sekolah Pengiran Anak Putri Masna
Best Stage Management went to Sekolah Menengah Sayyidina Hassan Kilanas
I noticed this when I was covering the 2012 Regatta Brunei Darussalam last Sunday. There were tons of umbrellas seen in public as people were carrying them to shelter from the hot scorching sun. So I thought to myself why not have a post on the different types of umbrellas they carry. I was using my reliable HSBC black umbrella which can withstand strong winds. So peeps.. What umbrella are you? :)
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