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The tournament is back once again. It's happening this 24th and 26th May and did you know this is the 8th Setia Motors Netball Open Tournament? I never know it has been that long and Setia Motors Netball tournament is perhaps the biggest netball of the lot and this year the prize money has increased as well. Secondly they have introduced a Male category for this year's netball edition. Cool!!
NN Speed won the tournament last year while Strivers XOXO won the Novice Category. Last year also saw the participation of Her Royal Highness Paduka Seri Pengiran Anak Isteri Pengiran Anak Sarah for team G-Force and Her Royal Highness Princess Fadzillah Lubabul Bolkiah for team Ivy League which came second place in last year's tournament.
Nurul was in action for Ivy League last year. Will she be back again?
Ivy League vs NN Speed in last year's tournament
This year there won't be any novice category. Instead Setia Motors have introduced Male Category. You can obtain the forms from Hyundai Showroom at Setia Motors at Beribi. See the details as below.
Two categories - Male Open and Female Open
Date: 24th and 26th May 2013
Admission:
Manager - 1 person
Coach - 1 person
Welfare Officer - 1 person
Players - 12 players
Total - 15 people
Total of admission - 12 players (for male and female)
Admission fee: B$200
Prizes:
Female::
Champion - Trophy (Round Robin), Individual medals, B$750.00
1st Runner Up - Individual medals & B$550.00
3rd - Individual medals & B$350.00
Male::
Champion - Trophy (Round Robin), Individual medals, B$750.00
1st Runner Up - Individual medals & B$550.00
3rd - Individual medals & B$350.00
Closing Date for admission:
Friday 10th May 2013
Managers' meeting:
22nd May 2013 at 4pm
The facelift of the interior of the Pantai Restaurant
I like the idea of the "Kain Tenunan" being used as the featured wall of the Pantai Restaurant
A lot of local cultural symbols being used as deco
The nicely designed swing door that have Brunei cultural carvings on them
The walkway to the Pantai Restaurant
I have yet to experience sitting by the pool
The best view to watch the sunset from the Pantai Restaurant
After months of renovation, it's back to business for Pantai Restaurant at The Empire Hotel & Country Club and it was officially opened last Wednesday by the guest of honour Deputy Minister of Finance Dato Paduka Hj Bahrin Abdullah.
I'm quite impressed by the interior design and the layout of the restaurant. The structure mostly stay the same but you will notice a lot of effort and work have been done to make the dining experience more refreshing with ambience.
As mentioned in the speech by interim General Manager of The Empire Hotel, John Scanlon, that the restaurant incorporates the natural elements as well as the breath taking view of the sea. I kinda like the selection of the dishes though surprisingly I didn't eat much that night. The dishes that I recommend are the Beef Prime Ribs, the crabs and the Pantai Lamb Shank Pie Sweet Potato. I didn't touch the salad area and from the pictures you can tell that there are quite a selection of them.
What I'm impressed also are the seatings by the pool outside the Pantai Restaurant. It gives another atmospheric setting and it's quite ideal if you want to have a more intimate dining experience with friends and families.
A walking distance from the restaurant, there is another dining area know as the Zen Pavilion which caters to Teppanyaki dishes and there are plenty of choices to choose from as well. I kind like the scallop dish but I didn't get to try the other dishes from Zen Pavilion. So it seems that the stakeholders of the Pantai Restaurant have done a tremendous job in bringing a much livier dining experience for patrons and in-house guests to enjoy not just the food they serve but the ambience at the Pantai Restaurant.
From what I was told that the Pantai Restaurant is fully booked until the weekend. I'm pretty sure it will be busy as well after the weekend since the demand is still high.
The Pantai Restaurant is open during lunch time from 11am to 3pm and open for dinner from 6.30pm to 10.30pm and is closed on Thursdays. The price of the buffet is BND 48++ (half priced for kids) and it is only available for Friday and Saturday dinner. As normal, Monday to Wednesday are ala carte. For further enquires, those interested may contact The Empire Hotel and Country club at 2417700.
Guest of honour Deputy Minister of Finance Dato Paduka Hj Bahrin Abdullah officiated the opening of the Pantai Restaurant
John Scalon, interim General Manager of The Empire Hotel, in his welcoming remarks
US Ambassador Daniel L Shields with Tigerlim
The buffet is only available on Fridays and Saturdays
The ambience at the Pantai Restaurant
Sausage galore
Chilli crab :D
I love this dish - Pantai Lamb Shank Pie Sweet Potato
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Zen Pavilion serving Teppanyaki
Living cooking by the chef from Zen Pavilion
Bloggers and social media at the dinner last Wednesday
Representatives from BIG magazine
My media buddies enjoying their dinner
Dzulbaharin Hj Sulaiman won the grand prize - a Dell Optiplex 9010 - presented by General Manager of Netcom Computer House Jackie Lim. This is the 2nd grand draw of the year.
Netcom Computer House today held its grand draw for its lucky draw promotion and this was the second lucky draw in a year for Netcom has its part of giving back for the support to their valuable customers.
All the grand prizes were Dell Products. The first place was a Dell Optiplex 9010 all-in-one Desktop which was won by Dzulbaharin Hj Sulaiman. In second place was Hjh Hayati who won Dell Inspiron 15R notebook while third place winner Azmie Iskandar won a Dell Inspiron 14Z.
Nine other winners also received consolation prizes which consisted brands of Prolink, Trendnet, Kingston & Kaspersky.
Present to hand over the consolation prizes were the Managing Director of Netcom Computer House Vincent Goh while the grand prizes were hand over by the General Manager of Netcom Computer House Jackie Lim.
In addition Netcom also just release latest notebook by Dell which was the touch notebook. Images below courtesy of Tom of United Daily.
The lucky draw prizes given away this morning
Hjh Hayati who won Dell Inspiron 15R notebook
Azmie Iskandar won a Dell Inspiron 14Z
Group photo with the winners and consolation winners with Vincent Goh and Jackie Lim
Buy this model and also other models such as Inspiron 14z, XPS and Vostro series and you will get a Starbucks tumbler too :D
Spend quality time with your family in conjunction with the upcoming National Family Day 2013 celebration with Royal Brunei Catering (RBC).
Royal Brunei Catering has organised a range of special promotions for the celebration, themed 'My Family, My Future', on May 5 and 12 at Emperor's Court, Dynasty Restaurant, Seasons Restaurant and The Airport Restaurant & Coffee Shop.
On May 5 and 12, a special set menu at B$388, B$488 and B$588 will be offered at both Emperor's Court and Dynasty Restaurant.
On May 5, The Airport Restaurant & Coffee Shop also offers a Mediterranean Buffet Dinner from 6.30pm to 10pm at B$25 per adult and B$15 per child. On May 12, both Seasons Restaurant (from 11.30am to 4pm) and The Airport Restaurant & Coffee Shop (from 11am to 3pm), will organise a special buffet brunch available at B$25 per adult and B$15 per child.
During the two-day promotional period, there will be a complementary Laneige "Skin Care Gift Box" for every spending of B$200 and above in a single receipt (while stocks last).
Dining customers will also stand a chance to win a Luminox Ladies Watch valued at B$590. In addition, non-Dining Privilege Card members can get a free Dining Privilege Card per single receipt during the promotion.
RBC Dining Privilege Card members are entitled to a 10 per cent discount.
Guess what? Tomorrow Gloria Jeans is celebrating a Star Wars themed event at their outlet at Citis Square. There will be a Star Wars Lego display from members of @bulatlego and you will also get a free Star Wars Minifig Magnet for purchases more than BND 25 in a single receipt (while stock lasts).
It's happening this Sunday, 5th May 2013. This is a follow up to the success of the first Comedy Night which took place early April. The Comedy Night compromised a group of UBD Students organised by 1stopbrunei.com and it's always good to see the passion and pride of the students in carrying out their project.
So what can you expect from Comedy Night II? Well, it's gonna have a similar format as the first where there will be bits of music and of course comedy sketches to entertain the crowd. You can check out the pictures below taken from the previous Comedy Night. The tickets are selling at $7 each and the proceeds will go to the Wildlife Club. You can purchase the tickets at Lazeeza cafe at Hj Daud Complex at Gadong, near CA Mohd. or contact Shavez of 1stopbrunei.com at 878 5714 or Hidayat of UBD FM at 899 9234. For more details, you can email at 1stopbrunei(a)gmail.com
The event will be held at The Core, UBD and it will feature local singers too such as Hill Zaini, Erny and Mus. The event is brought to you by 1stopbrunei.com with the support of KNK (Brunei Tourism), Entrepreneurship @ Campus (EAC) and Ranoadidas.com
Seasons Restaurant is offering their valued customers a Thai Chi Buffet on May 3 and 4, with a three-rotation menu for customers to choose from.
Dinner on May 3 and 4 is available from 7pm to 10pm priced at B$25 per adult and B$15 per child. On May 4, a Thai Chi Buffet lunch will be served from 11.30am to 2pm at B$18 per adult and B$12 per child.
Meanwhile, the International Buffet Dinner will be back at Seasons Restaurant after the Thai Chi Buffet promotion which is available every Friday and Saturday, from 7pm to 10pm at B$25 per adult and B$15 per child.
For both the Thai Chi Buffet and International Buffet Dinner, RBC Dining Privilege Card members are entitled to get a special 10 per cent discount.
Free basement parking at ARH Centrepoint is inclusive with a minimum spending of B$20 and above. No service charge is added. Surau facilities are also available.
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Feels like you in are a white room.. Introducing the Peugeot 208 five door
The previous model of the Peugeot 208 only had 3 doors. So this Saturday, T.C.Y. Motors will unveil their new Peugeot 208 five-door at their Peugeot Showroom at Kiarong. This model will be ideal for families which makes it convenient to bring babies for seating purposes. You will also notice some variances in between the 5 door and the 3 door model in terms of the details on the rims, floating front grille and side profile.
It now has 16-inch alloy wheels (Helium) and this is also cost effective whenever you want to change tyres.
Apart from the launch of the 5 door model, there will be a prize presentation for the winners of the Let Your Body Drive competition. The winners will be chosen by Patricia Siva of StudioScene and Adrian of Groove Studio. Public is also welcome to witness the unveiling of the Peugeot 208 five doors and you can also stand a chance to win an iPhone 5.. Woohoo!! For more details, you can call 242 6969.
The interior of the Peugeot 208
There's a sun roof option for the new Peugeot 208
Check out the launch this Saturday
Stand a chance to win an iPhone 5 during the launch of Peugeot 208 five-door this Saturday evening
Managing Director and Founder Amy Cheong (L) and Artistic Director and Founder Mardi Hedus (2nd L) from Relentless Entertainment Brunei as well as the General Manager of Jerudong Park Country Club (JPCC) Asmad HjMd Rahim (3rd R), Head of Sales & Business Development Department of JPCC Dk Rose PgHj Hitam (2nd R) and Property, Leasing & Operations ManagerHj Asmalee Hj Bujang (R) hold up some of the shirts and a recyclable bag during the press conference. (Below) some of the cast for the upcoming musical 'Enchanted Forest' by Relentless Entertainment Brunei which will be held this Saturday at the Jerudong Park Amphitheatre.
For the first time, Relentless Entertainment will be holding a so called dance, musical & drama performance named "Enchanted Forest". It will be happening this Saturday at the Amphitheatre Jerudong Park and tickets are still selling as we speak.
A press conference was held yesterday at the Jerudong Park VIP Room where members of the local media were given a brief overview of the upcoming musical.
Present at the press conference were Managing Director and Founder Amy Cheong and Artistic Director and Founder Mardi Hedus from Relentless Entertainment Brunei as well as the General Manager of Jerudong Park Country Club (JPCC) Asmad Hj Md Rahim, Head of Sales & Business Development Department of JPCC Dk Rose Pg Hj Hitam and Property, Leasing & Operations Manager Hj Asmalee Hj Bujang.
During the press conference, Cheong mentioned that the musical is the first event that Relentless Entertainment Brunei is organising as an independent body.
"We have done a number of events with other companies but this is the first time we are holding something independently. We have a great cast and team on board for this production," she said.
Additionally, Dk Rose, Sales & Business Development of JPCC, extended her appreciation to Relentless Entertainment Brunei for holding a wholesome family event at the Jerudong Park Amphitheatre and she hoped that more people would attend the event. She also shared that JPCC will be organised more events and activities in the near future and this is something that I'm excited about to.
Some of the performers and members of the media at the press conference yesterday
Re-enactment on of the scenes from Enchanted Forest
Group photo with the crew and cast of Enchanted Forest
Amy Cheong and Mardi Hedus the co-founders of Relentless Entertainment
Get your tickets now!! However, the $20 seats are gone. Left are only $15 and $10. Some of the proceeds will go to charity.
Anyway, the "Enchanted Forest" will be taking place on 4th May this Saturday. The guest of honour will be Datin Paduka Hjh Adina Othman, Deputy Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports. There will be 40 local youths taking part in this spectacle and it's pretty awesome too when I saw behind the scenes last night and they also kinda solved the microphone issue which is pretty common nowadays when it comes to this kind of events.
For your info, out of the 4,000 seats available, a quarter of them have been allocated to children from various children charities from Pusat Ehsan, SMARTER Brunei, KACA, YASKA, Learning Laddres and Children's Welfare Home. Relentless Entertainment also have invested their time in visiting the said organisations to get close and personal with some of the children and bring some joy to the children.
For members of the public who wish to watch the musical, tickets are also available for purchase at Patisserie Cake Shop (Mata-Mata Gadong), Misato Japanese Restaurant (Kiulap), Fun Bee Park, IA Salon (The Mall, Gadong), TK Asco Enterprise (Menglait) and Fitness Zone (Kiulap and Serusop branches). The tickets are priced at $20, $15 and $10. However, the $20 are sold out and only $15 and $10 tickets are currently available. For those who are not able to get the tickets beforehand, tickets will also be on sale at the gates on show day. A portion of the proceeds from the ticket sales that are collected will be given to charity.
The musical is supported by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports and is sponsored by Jerudong Park Country Club, HSBC Brunei, Adison Marketing Services, Fun Bee Park, IA Salon, Patisserie Cake Shop, Misato Japanese Restaurant, Brunei Gas Carriers, Digimark, Aewon Garments, QAF Eurokars Sdn Bhd, TK Asco Enterprise, KFC Brunei and Atmosphere Music Production Studio.
For more information and enquiries, contact Mardi (7186225) or Amy (8243222) or email
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. Follow Relentless Entertainment Brunei on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/relentless.entertainment.
This little girl (centre) can really dance and act. Taken last night during their practice session.
Practising for the big day
Zatty and Gladys playing big roles
Shavez is one busy man. He will be performing on Saturday as well as on Sunday for Comedy Night II.
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TigerLim inquiring about the membership
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The Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam (AITI) in collaboration with the iCentre of Brunei Economic Development Board (BEDB), Tech One Global and Google Developers Group (GDG) Women Brunei Darussalam, today held the nation’s inaugural Girls in ICT Day celebration with an official opening of a series of events organised for the girls and young women in Brunei.
The guest of honour to officiate the event was Yang Mulia Datin Paduka Hajah Adina binti Othman, Deputy Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports. The event took place at the KHUB building in Kg. Anggerek Desa. Also present at the event were deputy permanent secretaries, AITI Members of Authority, senior officials from BEDB and government institutions, and representatives from the ICT industry.
In his opening speech, the Chief Executive of AITI, Awang Hj Yahkup bin Hj Menudin mentioned “ICT provides new digital opportunities to end discrimination, promote gender equality and to empower the girls and women.” Hj Yahkup also highlighted that “within the local ICT industry, our latest record reveals that only 36% of the total workforce in ICT companies are made up of women.
Majority of these women hold administrative and management positions, very few are technicians, IT engineers and system programmers, and only a minimal number of female owns ICT businesses or holds a leadership portfolio within the business organization. Women are undeniably underrepresented in the ICT professional sector as a whole.” He then emphasized that building the awareness and skills, as well as providing clear ICT career paths and opportunities for the girls and women have to take place. Programs have to be designed to encourage the interest and participation of girls and young women to pursue ICT studies and ultimately a career in ICT related field.
Guest of honour Datin Paduka Hjh Adina, Deputy Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, encouraged more women to be involved in ICT to follow the role models of female technopreneurs such as Hjh Salma, Shavon and Sophia
Hj Yahkup, Chief Executive of AITI, highlighted that 36% of the total workforce in ICT companies are made up of women
Group photo with the guest honour and the organisers of the Girls in ICT Day
The officiating event today also saw the guest of honour taking a tour to the two parallel workshops, namely Vid-IT and Tech-IT, where Yang Mulia Datin Paduka Hajah Adina had a closer look on the various ICT activities held for the girls and young women. The Vid-IT workshop has seen active participation by Year 10 female students in making a simple animation video using Adobe Flash. The workshop, facilitated by Dyg Khairunnisaa Saaniah binti Dr. Haji Kamsani from Tech One Global, also include students’ presentations to compete for the most creative videos.
Meanwhile, the Tech-IT workshop, a talk-a-thon session was held for the female students from the higher learning institutions. The workshop facilitated by Dr. Mona Kassim from the iCentre has gathered the audience to discuss on various ICT-related topics presented by aspiring women and entrepreneurs in this field.
Some of the young ladies entrepeneur sharing their ideas and experiences
The Girls in ICT Day activities will continue with another workshop to be held at AITI tomorrow (1 May 2013), called Pitch-IT. It is a pitching session for lower sixth female students that is aimed to encourage participants to generate innovative ideas on mobile apps as well as pitching of ideas towards commercially viable products. Another on-going activity to mark the Girls in ICT Day is the one-minute video clip competition, known as Clip-IT, organised by AITI. This competition aims to promote the use of ICT medium and encourage participations from girls aged 13 to 19 years, to produce a short video clip with the theme “IT’s a Girls’ World”. Entries to Clip-IT are opened from 25 April to 17 May 2013, and members of the public are invited to vote for their favourite clips starting from 18 to 22 May 2013 through AITI’s website.
By the end of these events, it is hoped that the participants would be inspired and be more attracted to the fields of ICT, and be aspired towards a career path in ICT-related professions. AITI and its supporting partners once again highlighted that this event is not intended to discriminate the males; but rather to promote and increase the involvement and interest of the females in ICT with the support of its male counterparts.
Girls in ICT Day is an initiative backed by International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to create a global environment that empowers and encourages girls and young women to consider careers in the growing field of ICT. Celebrated worldwide on the fourth Thursday of April annually, this year’s Girls in ICT Day was observed on 25th April 2013.
AITI is also pleased to invite the general public to share any other initiatives or activities to commemorate this event or those simply promoting ICT-related activities towards improving the girls’ and women’s involvement in this field by tweeting the global hash-tag #girlsinICT or emailing it to Ms. Farihah Said at
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. Any participants’ images and photographs supporting this celebration are also encouraged to be uploaded onto Instagram and tagged using #girlsinict2013, #itsagirlsworld, and #clipit2013.
For more information about the Girls in ICT events, please visit AITI website at www.aiti.gov.bn/girlsinICT
Iron Man 3 Beach Mat. Get it now with KFC Family Feast or just for $5 with any chicken purchase. While stocks last!!
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OGH Penang Food Promotion 2013
This one you should really try - Penang Mamak Soup
For those who have never been to Penang, the Malaysia state is widely famous to be the Food Paradise of Malaysia. Cheap and tasty Hawker food can be literally found everywhere. From Nasi Kandar, Delicious Laksa’s to Yummy Nasi Lemak, Roti Prata to Char Kway teow, the range is very diverse.
Penang Food is Malaysia's center of good food and it comes to no surprise as it is very unique in Malaysia because of their diverse culture. Where Penang is a liveable urban municipality, with a setting of mixed culture, of Chinese or various origins, Malays, Indians, Mamaks, Eurasians and some Thais.
So come and join them at the Goldiana Café & Lounge and their promotion is until 11th May 2013 as they will prepare you a feast and let you try and enjoy the mixture of tastes and senses. The Penang Food promotion is priced at BND 25 nett for adult and BND 14.20 nett for children below 12 years old.
And also it will gives you the chance to win a 3 Days 2 Nights Holiday Package to Penang inclusive of return air ticket BWN-KUL-PEN-KUL-BWN, an accommodation in Penang and return hotel airport transfer for 1 person.
Throughout the entire period of Penang food promotion, diners at the Orchid Garden Hotel will be entitled to a Lucky draw voucher. Each Lucky draw voucher will entitle the guest to be eligible for the Lucky Draw and at the end of the promotion, a chance to be selected as the winner of the Orchid Garden Hotel Grand Prize.
Some of the tasty selections at Penang Food promotion
There are a few stalls here at the food promotion
Penang Famous Char Kway Teow
Penang Lok-Lok stall
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Sambal petai... yummm!!!
Many stalls and choices at OGH Penang Food Promotion 2013
The marching band to officiate the opening
This is the third year running that the Sukan Ria Antara Syarikat is launched. It's also known as Inter-Company Sports Fest. The main objective of this fest is to provide a perfect opportunity for employers and employees to take time off to foster a closer relationship through participation in sports and activities.
So what sports they are being included in this year's event? Well, there's basketball, badminton, futsal, bowling, hiking (12th May) and Tug-of-War (17th May). The organisers of this year's event are Labour Department from Ministry of Home Affairs and Event Manager Sunlit Advertising.
The first activity that began last Saturday at the Chung Hwa Middle School Darussalam Hall where the NBT Basketball Tournament took place. Individual activities will each be officiated at different places on different day as per the following:
• Inter-Company Fun Hike & Hiking Challenge – 12 May at Tasek Lama Recreational Park, Bandar Seri Begawan.
• Inter-Company Badminton Tournament – 10 May at Multipurpose Hall, Fire & Rescue Dept.
• Inter-Company Futsal Tournament – 12 May at National Indoor Stadium, Berakas.
• Inter-Company Tug-of-War Tournament – 17 May at Taman SOAS.
• Inter-Company Bowling Tournament – 19 May at MegaStrike Bowl Centre, The Airport Mall.
The final activity to wrap up the whole event will be the final games for the Inter-Company Tug-of-War Tournament which will happen on 26 May, Sunday at Taman Hj Sir Muda Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien (SOAS). The program for the day included prize presentation for all the winning teams as well as certificate presentation to the co-organisers and other supporters who have contributed to the success of the event.
Jackson Ting, Managing Director of Sunlit Advertising, expressed his gratitude and thanks to the private companies for their continuous support
Ramlee Haji Jamudin, co-organiser of Sukan Ria Antara Syarikat 2013, from the Labour Department
Kevin Tay was the hero for HSBC as they beat Termicam in Group B of the Inter-Company NBT Basketball Tournament. He scored 35 points in a 72-66 victory. His teammates Lesly Kuan scored 9 points while Lim Boon Teck scored 7 points.
Termicam had four players in double digits - Wilson Rabano 16 points, Babester Napagao 15 points, Franklin Buladaio 15 points and Condrado Rotance 12 points.
It was a pretty close match but the 11-0 run by HSBC made the difference after a masterful performance by Tay. In the other matches, Premier Motor beat Goldmyne 110-98, Sunlit A beat DST 63-59, SCB beat Jati Transport 93-90. Last Monday, Premier Motor beat Boustead 82-57 while QAF beat Termicam 112-80.
Players' oath for the spirit of the sports
Mr. Lau of Aifa and Mr. Pao of Concepts Computer
A great crowd during the opening of the event
Guest of honour, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs graced the event
A free throw for HSBC. They won the match 72-66 against Termicam
Kevin Tay scored 35 points for HSBC
Boon Teck representing HSBC
The official shirt for this year's event
Good luck in badminton, HC :D
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The Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam (AITI) will celebrate "Girls in ICT Day' last Thursday.
The celebration organised jointly by the iCentre of the Brunei Economic Development Board (BEDB), Tech One Global and Google Developers Group (GDG) Women Brunei Darussalam and backed by International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The aim of the celebration is to create a global environment that empowers and encourages girls and young women to consider careers in the growing field of ICT.
A series of events for the girls and young women has been arranged starting from today's opening of Clip-IT, a video-making challenge organised by AITI. The highlight of the celebration will be the opening ceremony on April 30 at KHUB in Kg Anggerek Desa, Berakas, together with two parallel workshops, namely Vid-IT and Tech-IT being organised on the same day and at the same venue.
The Vid-IT is targeted for Year 10 female students in making a simple animation video using Adobe Flash, and will be facilitated by Tech One Global. The Tech-IT workshop will gather matured audience from the higher learning institutions and the public to discuss various ICT-related topics presented by aspiring women and entrepreneurs in this field. The last programme will be the Pitch-IT session to be held on May 1 at AITI. This session hopes to encourage participants to generate innovative ideas on mobile apps and then pitching their ideas towards commercially potential products. Hopefully through these event the participants, especially girls and young women, would be more attracted to the fields of ICT and aspired towards a career path in ICT-related professions.
According to AITI, this event was not intended to discriminate the males; but rather to promote and increase the involvement and interest of the females in ICT with the support of its male counterparts.
The public is welcome to share any other initiatives or activities to commemorate this event towards improving the girls and women's involvement by tweeting the global hash-tag #girlsinICT or emailing it to Farihah Said at
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For more information about Girls in ICT events, please visit AITI website at www.aiti.gov.bn/girlsinICT or you can also contact Dk Nisa 236 6609 or Hamimah 236 6610 or via email
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Text courtesy of Aaron Alwines of The Brunei Times
HRH Prince ‘Abdul Wakeel and HRH Princess Ameerah Wardatul Bolkiah during the prize presentation ceremony at the National Run
A record 11,276 people in all four districts took part simultaneously in the National Day Run 2013 with the Brunei-Muara District having the biggest turnout of 8,084.
Among the participants were HRH Prince ‘Abdul Wakeel and HRH Princess Ameerah Wardatul Bolkiah.
Also in attendance were YAM Pengiran Anak Raheemah Sanaul Bolqiah with her siblings YAM Pengiran Anak Hariisah Widadul Bolqiah and YAM Pengiran Anak ‘Abdul Raqiib.
Also taking part were YAM Pg Muda Abdul Mu’min and YAM Pg Anak Khaliilah Khalilatul Bolqiah.
The guest of honour who sounded off the horn in the Brunei-Muara District was the Minister of Education, Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Kerna Dato Seri Setia (Dr) Hj Awang Abu Bakar bin Hj Apong. Also present were the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Pehin Orang Kaya Pekerma Laila Diraja Dato Seri Setia Awang Hj Hazair bin Hj Abdullah; the Deputy Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Datin Paduka Hajah Adina binti Othman; and Deputy Minister of Education, Dato Seri Setia Awang Hj Yusoff bin Hj Ismail.
The National Day Run was aimed at commemorating the 29th National Day that came with the theme “Negaraku Brunei Darussalam” or “Brunei Darussalam My Country”. It was also aimed at strengthening the ties and interaction among the youths and many stakeholders in the country. The turnout of this year’s National Day Run was bigger than last year as the 2012 run saw only around 1,300 runners.
The Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports in an interview on the sidelines of the National Day Run said, “I am overwhelmed and touched by the huge number of participants. Throughout the country, there were more than 11,000 participants. The number was so much bigger than last year.” He added, “I am really happy to see so many young people participating in the run to celebrate the National Day which showed their appreciation for the country. Running has become popular and a growing number of Bruneians are running towards a healthy lifestyle.”
He also expressed his appreciation for the support of HRH Prince ‘Abdul Wakeel and HRH Princess Ameerah Wardatul Bolkiah by joining in the run.
The National Day Run, he said, “is also in line with ASEAN Sport Industry Year as Brunei is the chair of Asean Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Council this year. Through sport, we can unite people and sport can also develop better understanding as well as contribute to peace and stability”.
YAM Pg Muda Abdul Mu’min and YAM Pg Anak Khaliilah Khalilatul Bolqiah during the National Day Run at the Hassanal Bolkiah Stadium
The warm up exercise that had some question marks from the participants
Off they go....
They were all smiles
The National Day Run 2013 which took place simultaneously in all four districts saw Belait having 1,074 participants while Tutong had 1,728 participants. In Temburong, some 390 participants took part in the run.
The guest of honour who flagged off the run in Belait was the Minister of Health, Pehin Orang Kaya Johan Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Adanan bin Begawan Pehin Siraja Khatib Dato Seri Setia Awang Hj Mohd Yusof.
While in Tutong it was the Minister of Communications, Pehin Orang Kaya Hamzah Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Awang Hj Abdullah bin Begawan Mudim Dato Paduka Hj Bakar.
The Minister of Industry and Primary Resources, Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Utama Dato Seri Setia Awang Hj Yahya bin Begawan Mudim Dato Paduka Hj Bakar was the guest of honour in the Temburong District. Text by James Kon of Borneo Bulletin. Some of the images by Muiz Matdani of Media Permata.
We finished the 10km race in just under 2 hours *lol* Thanks to the heat
It was such a great turn out!!
One of the route leads inside Yayasan school
Volunteers cleaning up the mess
Did you know that all participants even the Fun Run category will receive a finisher medal? Awesome!!! The Run organised by Pusat Ehsan, happening on 9th June. Click image to enter website!!
Closing date of registration is 9th May. Btw you can also collect your donation cards at Pusat Ehsan Bengkurong and KB and Coffee Bean outlets
You heard it.. The topic for today will be my views and also comments from the public on yesterday's National Run event. Image by Muiz Matdani.
RA says Welcome once again to my segment of the Ugly Truth. If I refresh my memory, my previous UG was with regards to the roundabout traffic light fiasco which now has slowly taken a much positive turn after some minor changes were made. A big hand to the JKR (of the Ministry of Development) for looking into this matter and attending to the responses of the public.
Today I want discuss about organising events that relates to running or marathon. In actual fact, running a marathon event is not cheap. If you demand a great, top-notch service type of marathon, be prepared to fork out at least $300K to $400,000. A bigger population such as Singapore or Malaysia would be a much ideal place if you want to deliver the best type of marathons and of course, their market is huge.
I'm pretty sure the Standard Chartered Run organised recently may have caused a fortune and mind you, these are inclusive of the hundreds of volunteers who play a major role in making the event run smoothly. The next major running event will be in June known as The Run which made its debut last year organised by Pusat Ehsan and they pulled off a great job last year though minor things can be improved. I'm wondering whether HSBC will organise another Walk, Run, Cycle event this but from the looks of it, there might not be one pretty soon as we are already hitting May and no news of it as yet.
Ok, why am I going around the bush? *lol* My intention here of talking about marathon events is because I want to create awareness on what factors need to be looked on for and how can this be improved coming from opinions of the public. I do hope the organsiers don't take this personally but more of a learning experience and also create a win-win situation for the organisers and the end users.
Yesterday, I was dissatisfied with the organisation of the event. The biggest thing that I believe that needs addressing is the timing of the runs. The event poster stated that the event will begin at 7am which means that the first flag off might be half an hour later and my prediction was right.. 7am the Guest of honour will arrive then the warm up exercise before runners take their place. Give and take, that alone can take up 15-20 minutes. So by the time, we started running it was already 7:30 am.
We have practised our run at this hour before and it's not an easy task I have to say. The major concern here is the heat. That's why you will hardly see people doing their normal jogs after 8am. Well, there are still a handful of them but most people choose to do it before 7am. It does make a difference when you start running at 6:30 am as compared to 7:30 am. For myself, a 6:30 am run would be just nice for my 10KM run. But not for a 7:30am run.
Fina and I struggled to keep our normal pace for a 10km jog. We kinda predicted that the morning heat will slow us down for sure. It did and there were even thoughts of making short cuts half way through the jog but we eventually completed the 30 mins later than our usual time. Most of the journey we just walked and treated it as a casual fun walk.
But from the looks of it, I've seen people who turned around from their 10km jog and gave up because of the heat. I would say an average of 20-30% or even more had shortcuts to get away from the morning heat. I believe this wasn't the first time that the organisers set a similar timing too.
Now this is something for the organiser to look into if they want to listen to the positive criticism from the public who shared similar views to myself with regards to the morning condition yesterday and a suggested time for flag off. I do hope the future major running events will look into this matter as well.
It was super hot especially after 8am. We almost took a shorter route but ended up finishing the whole 10km route.
She tried to block away from the sun's heat
Now the other issue that needs to be highlighted is the disposal of rubbish. The resources I felt were limited. The number of volunteers or the people involved were just enough to marshall the check points though there were only 4 check points for the 10km route. These are the times you appreciate what SCB run can offer in terms of the check points and also the cheering team.
Anyway, back to the rubbish issue, I found out that joggers had no place to throw their drinks or bottles and they ended up throwing them by the roadside. This is not encouraged but there is no area to dispose them so it gave them little choice. So by the time, we reached past the 5km mark, I could see the tons of blue cap bottles on the ground.
I would have thought that the organisers would rectify the rubbish issue hours after the event was over. However, last night, someone complained that the bottles were still seen along the road and roundabout near Sg. Akar. I was even shocked that one of the teachers at Yayasan school tagged me on instagram of a picture of the rubbish or leftovers that were left unattended at the mini roundabout outside Al-Falah and Yayasan school (refer to image below). Now that's a sign of mismanagement if little things like rubbish from the event is not given attention after the event.
The plastic cups littered on the road
One of the teachers complained how the boxes of rubbish were found this morning outside Yayasan and Al-Falah schools
Another complain that was raised was the distribution of the t-shirts for the National Day run. Some of them had trouble collecting their t-shirts because of the lack of signs or directions to where they are supposed to collect their t-shirts. Some had to wait for hours only to find out that they are queueing at the wrong place.
I was fortunate enough that my friend Sabrina helped to register and even collect the t-shirt on my behalf. I'm not sure of her experience during the t-shirt collection. Perhaps ushers and clearer signages for t-shirt collections would have smoothen the flow and avoid longer queues too.
This are some of the things that I feel need addressing and I'm pretty sure there are more complains but let's keep them to a minimal.
The organisers have done not a bad job overall but the flaws stated are things that can be improved in the near future. So don't take it personally but as constructive criticisms so future events can run smoothly. The committee that I communicate with have been very helpful so it shows that they are great people. It's more of the system in place that needs some fine tuning.
The distribution of t-shirts at the National Stadium
The comments from my instagram
The comments from my instagram
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