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10
Dec

The Apple is you

Written by Rano Iskandar. Posted in RA News

 

RBA special promotion


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RBA presents lucky draw winners

Royal Brunei Airlines held a prize presentation at RBA Plaza in Bandar Seri Begawan for the 10 winners of a Lucky Draw which was organised to commemorate the recent official launch of RBA’s New Technology Suite.

The Lucky Draw was open for passengers who purchased tickets on RBA’s website from 26 to 30 November 2011 in which passengers could win air tickets to the same destination they purchased in the five days.

Royal Brunei Airlines Deputy Chairman, Mr. Dermot Mannion, presented the air tickets to the winner. He stated, “We are excited to expand our presence online and to reward our passengers for their support.”

Royal Brunei Airlines also recently organised a facebook competition in which ‘fans’ can post an image on RBA’s Facebook ‘wall’ that includes RBA’s website. The images with the most ‘likes’ can stand a chance to win a prize. Images courtesy of Royal Brunei Airlines. For more information, visit http://www.facebook.com/royalbruneiairlines

Edutainment World

I’m getting this printer 😀

New game from ETA

DST Carnival

NeoMusic School presents…..


It’s happening tonight at Citis Square

09
Dec

Food galore

Written by Rano Iskandar. Posted in RA News

 

Buan Gusto opens now!!!

The rise of Italian cuisine in Brunei and news spread fast when it comes to new eatery in town. I’ve actually lost track and I’m behind in schedules in terms of experiencing the new taste in town. But I’m glad I managed to try out Buan Gusto before it is officially opened today for business.

Buan Gusto is located at the new area called Gadong Central. It’s located at Menglait side (not far from Jing Chew). If you see a small roundabout before you drive to Jing Chew, there’s another junction that leads to Gadong Central. You will also see other eateries there such as Babu’s Kitchen.

You can call 242-7322 for reservations and congratulations to the management on their opening.


Pina Colada and Cherry Gusto


Insalata Caprese


Lobster Eggs Benedict


Pollo Pesto


Rigatoni Boscaiolo


Fettucinie Carbonara


Roast Beef


Farfalle Alla Genovese


Pizza Ortolana


Tiramisu

RBC promotion in December

Mc Donald’s prosperity is BACK!!

07
Dec

AirAsia turns 10

Written by Rano Iskandar. Posted in RA News


Tourism Malaysia + AirAsia = Happier Bruneians

I knew one day this day will happen and yesterday it was made official. Tourism Malaysia and AirAsia joined hands to attract more Bruneians to Malaysia via Kuala Lumpur and together they both aimed to promote Malaysia as a premier holiday destination.

According to AirAsia Commercial Director, Jasmine Lee, “Although it is often thought that Malaysia and Brunei is similar, but Malaysia has a lot of unique offerings. Places such as Penang, Langkawi, Johor Bahru and Kota Bahru have distinctive attractions. There is definitly something new to discover in the country for Bruneians especially with the extensive route network that AirAsia has to offer our guests.”

While Kuala Lumpur serves as AirAsia’s main hub which connects guests to more than 16 destinations with 14 of them being local destinations such as Kuala Trengganu, Penang, Tawau and Sandakan. Those from Brunei can also head to Miri as AirAsia flies to Johor Bahru, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore from Miri International Airport.

Additionally guests from Borneo can also make their way to Kota Kinabalu International Airport in Sabah as the airline connects guests not only to locla destinations but also to other parts of Asia including Clark (Philippines), Shezen (China), Taipei (Taiwan), HongKong, Singapore and Jakarta (Indonesia).

For more information on AirAsia, log on to airasia.com or you can visit their Facebook page –> facebook.com/AirAsia or Twitter @AirAsia.


Jamilah Abdul Halim, Tourism Malaysia (Brunei) Director, believed the collaboration will attract more Bruneians to explore Malaysia further. Brunei is ranked No.5 in the top ten arrivals to Malaysia for 2010. She also said that there was an increase of 5.2% from the period of January to June 2011.


Michelle Lee, Commercial Marketing of AirAsia, (right) flew down from KL with Cindy Choi, Station Manager for Brunei of AirAsia (center) during the the press conference


Exchange of momento between Tourism Malaysia (Brunei) and AirAsia


One of the lucky draw winners for the invited guests during the press conference


Most of the winners were from this row

AirAsia turns 10!!!

Did you know that AirAsia is also celebrating their 10th year anniversary and they have special deals in the next few days until 11th December? So do visit airasia.com and grab the opportunity for the great deals offer from AirAsia.


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Congratulations AirAsia for turning 10 today

 

b.mobile road show

 

Pizza Hut’s Crunchy Cheesy Bites

 

One Love, One Community

brunika the Official Instagramers Community of Brunei Darussalam successfully conducted the first ever Instameet among it members. Around 50 – 60 instagramers attended the event at Serasa beach, Brunei Darussalam.

It kicked off at 3pm starting with the introduction speech by Team brunika and follow up with the fun of getting to know each other, interact and ice-breaking session. They shared knowledge regarding Instagram, had a group photo and photowalk to capture every moment of Serasa beach until the sunset.

brunika Instameet 2011 limited edition T-shirt were also selling like hot cakes and they were sold out by the end of the day.

Oh yeah, for your info, Instragram is one of the most popular apps for iPhone, iPod and iPad and there are millions of users on Instagram. This is a popular culture in Brunei where users will post pictures to share with their followers. Do check out the hashtag #brunika for overall gallery & #brunika_instameet2011 to see other pictures being posted during the 1st gathering.

Congratulations to team brunika for making this a success and I’m sure there will be more gathering in the near future. Images are courtesy of @shahruddin

 

Private sector help for the differently-abled

The private sector could play a critical role in providing suitable employment opportunities to differently-abled people in Brunei Darussalam. It could be one of the main agencies helping the nation in efforts to dismiss discrimination, while promoting unity among every level of the society.

Highlighting this need was the Acting Minister of Culture, Youth & Sports, Datin Paduka Hajah Adina binti Haji Othman, who referred to the establishment of a committee spearheaded by the Ministry aimed at safeguarding the welfare of the differently-abled people in the Sultanate, including the implementation of legislation that allows fair access to health and education for such people. One of the many steps that the Ministry aims to achieve this, according to her, is to seek out employers who have more than 100 employees and encouraging them to employ at least one differently-abled individual as a means to break the barrier of stereotyping and opening new avenues for the demographic who have been recognised and commended as capable of performing tasks parallel to their fully-abled counterparts.

On the sidelines of a DST event to celebrate its official appointment of four of their differently-abled employees yesterday, the Acting Minister of Culture, Youth & Sports noted that such efforts are part and parcel towards ratifying the country’s membership with the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which translates to the “need to make changes to our system on a national scene”, including “decent employment” for the differently-abled who possess the mental and physical attributes to be part of the local human resource pool along with the construction of infrastructures that also caters to their needs.

“We encourage other agencies to be collectively responsible in overcoming the issues of the ‘differently-abled’ … We need to see them as individuals”, as opposed to judging them by any other measure, she said.

Whilst highlighting that there are other private and government agencies that have provided a living for the differently-abled, Datin Paduka Hajah Adina praised DST for playing a leading role, as “every country is going towards inclusive society, which means that everybody has a right to participate in the community”.

Addressing the general public, the Acting Minister of Culture, Youth & Sports said: “Play your role in society because to address the issues and problems faced by the disabled need the concerted effort of everyone including the community, employees and the government.”

Though challenges are expected such as communicating with other colleagues, Datin Paduka Hajah Adina pointed out that members of the public have the capability to make the effort and “learn sign language”, noting that the basic language of sign as being “powerful” considering its disposition that cuts across verbal language, which is more difficult to master.

She further shared that the Department of Community Development (JAPEM) under the Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sports through its website – www.japem.gov.bn – provides the public with the means to learn sign language.

JAPEM has been actively training the differently-abled to prepare them for independent living and employment where they are educated in the honing of their skills including IT skills such as data entry.

The visually-impaired, she added, also have the opportunity to be employed and implement their computer skills with the right computer software and hardware that incorporates Braille. Corporations and businesses who wish to be part of this nation-building effort can contact JAPEM by calling 2380664, 2380667 or 2380678. Text by Siti Hajar and images by Dean Kassim of Borneo Bulletin.

 

Times Square 1st Anniversary Carnival

 

Rainforest Gallery Bazaar 27/11

07
Dec

The journey continues

Written by Rano Iskandar. Posted in RA News



Winners of Let’s Trek event

Brunei’s first and biggest 48-hour event organised by Telekom Brunei Berhad (TelBru), which started December 2nd, has ended yesterday at 3pm at the Jerudong Park (JPCC) Amphitheatre in Jerudong.

According to press release, the first place winning team of Let’s Trek Challenge was team number 313, consisting of Mohd Danny bin Aimi, Harrisman Ashady and Mohammad Akif. The winners drove home a Daihatsu Terios 4WD sponsored by GHK Motors Sdn Bhd.

Meanwhile, second place winners, team 419 of Edie Zuriaddy bin Haji Zainal Abidin, Hjh Siti Fazriana Hairiani binti Hj Noordin and Ivey Ruziatty binti Haji Zainal Abidin won a five days and four nights package to Gold Coast, Australia, for three person, inclusive of air ticket, accommodation and transportation.

On the other hand, Tashry Zariaddy Haji Zainal Abidin, Hjh Siti Masyitah Haji Ainan and Noor Khadizah Haji Awang Abd Talip of team 122 won the third place, in which the prize was a five days and four nights package to an Auckland city tour in New Zealand, for three person, inclusive of air ticket, accommodation and transportation.

Fourth place winners, team 398 consisting of Hjh Ummi Athiyah Haji Awang, Justina binti Baharun and Hjh Siti Husniyah Hj Awang won themselves a four days and three nights trip to Shenzhen Safari in China for three person, inclusive of air ticket, accommodation and transportation.

Team 325 came out as the fifth place winner, and Faizulazmi bin Hj Suhaimi, Selvin Hart Lee Sagir anak Lesarut and Ak Md Khairol Azman bin Pg Abu Bakar won themselves a three days and two nights package to a Night Safari and Universal Studio in Singapore for three person, inclusive of air ticket, accommodation and transportation.

Special consolation prizes were also given to the 6th-30th place winning teams.


The gathering before the prize presentation last Sunday


Mohd Danny bin Aimi, Harrisman Ashady and Mohammad Akif are the grand winners of Let’s Trek


The 2nd prize winners of Let’s Trek


The 3rd prize winners of Let’s Trek

The guest of honour at the event was Awang Ahmad Jeffi bin Abdul Rahman, one of TelBru Board of Directors who also presented the prizes and closed the ceremony.

Also present on behalf of GHK Motors Sdn Bhd as the strategic partner of the event was Jake Goh Kiat Hing, Director.

A total of almost 200 teams – three trekkers in each team – drove for a duration of 48 hours in search of a series of clues and challenges in all the four districts – Brunei Muara, Tutong, Temburong and Belait.

In the challenges, the trekkers must cover all Telecom Business Centres or “camp site” areas in the four districts and strive to answer all questions and collect the highest points possible in order to win. Apart from the main questions, trekkers can also collect extra bonus points from other game challenges set up throughout the 48-hour challenge.


The 4th placed winners of Let’s Trek


The 5th placed winners of Let’s Trek

“We certainly have come a long way since the first “Let’s” event in 2005. With the challenges and triumphs we encountered, I can definitely say that the bridge to reach out to our customers has definitely grown stronger as this first 48-hour challenge in Brunei is the biggest customer event in TelBru’s history,” said by Lim Ming Soon, TelBru’s Chief Marketing Officer in his closing speech.

He also explained that this year’s “Let’s” main concepts were to promote local products, to explore the unseen sceneries of Brunei and to create awareness for Brunei’s tropical rainforest and ‘Go Green’ initiative.

He also said that there were a lot of familiar faces from last year, which shows that “we have certainly done something right, something that they all love and have passion for. The passion for adventure and a new experience”.

Apart from the event, members of the public were also present to join the fun during the three-day event at the JPCC Amphitheatre. Indoor activities included participating KNK Partners (Brunei Tourism), Privilege Card F&B Merchants, Merchants Games and Activities, Mini Games and many more. As for outdoor activities, there were GHK Motor Show, Horse Riding, Archery, Zorb Ball and Bouncers.

TelBru’s strategic partners for this event are GHK Motors Sdn Bhd and Mitsubishi; and Brunei Tourism, Kenali Negara Kitani in support of local tourism.

For this year’s event, TelBru is also supported by Youth and Sports Department, Brunei Darussalam Scouts Association, GTE Directories Sdn Bhd and Redbull. TelBru’s “Let’s” objectives are to create awareness on TelBru products and locations of Telecom Business Centres and Kadai TelBru, to improve customer rapport, to have the biggest customer event of the year and also to act as part of the customer appreciation programme and as part of team building exercise within TelBru to uplift team spirit. Text courtesy of Borneo Bulletin. Images courtesy of TelBru


The grand winners now have to split up the grand prize too – the Daihatsu Terios 4WD

b.mobile Roadshow at Airport Mall

Mario Kart now at ETA

Winnie’s surprise birthday 26/11

Concepts Computer Ultrabook

05
Dec

Buy the rumour, sell the fact

Written by Rano Iskandar. Posted in RA News



Oil and Gas Job Fair

Laneige new branch at Manggis Mall

4 more days left!!!

The countdown to the semi-finals and finals of Who’s Got Talent is heating up as the Top 20 Who’s Got Talent is going to battle it out at The Airport Mall. The semi-finals will be on the 10th December while the finals will be on the 11th December this weekend.

Who will take the crown in the 3rd season?



Some of the finalists of Who’s Got Talent being interviewed at Pelangi FM last weekend


Donate through SMS for Thailand and Cambodia victims

Background Thailand Disaster: Since July 2011, Thailand was hit by the flood where a third of the country was flooded with water. The incident has killed about 527 people and affects more than 2.5 million people. Skin Disease “fungi” and “athlete’s foot” have also occurred due to flood.

Background Cambodia Disaster: Since early August 2011, Cambodia suffers the flood caused by heavy rainfall in the isolated areas of the Mekong River, Laos and Thailand. The flood has affected 17 out of 24 districts of the country. At least 247 people were killed, 1.5 million people were affected and 100.00 families were left homeless.

Needs: The victims are currently in great need of basic assistance such as food aid, water, medicines, temporary tents and other emergency assistance.

To donate please visit our B.World Portal ( type portal.bmobile.com.bn at your handset browser) or SMS BANTU1, BANTU5, BANTU10, BANTU15 or BANTU20 and send to 38111. They kindly invite B-Mobile customers to donate and 100% of the donation will go to the Donation fund and no charges will be incurred for the SMS service.

Pg Abd Momin, United Motor winner

United Motors Sdn Bhd announced the Brunei Champion of the Global PROTON Grand Prix VIP Challenge Online Contest. In total, there were more than 1,000 online entries for Brunei, for the period of the contest from 15th July to 15th October, 2011.

Pg Abd Momim Pg Hj Ahmad is the lucky local winner having purchased a PROTON. He received 5 additional rounds to participate in the online contest to score himself a perfect score in the fastest time. Mr. Alfred Yong, Executive Director of United Motors, presented the prize to Pg Abd Momim at the United Motors Batu Bersurat Showroom.

As part of the prize package, Pg Abd Momim receives two tickets to attend the adrenalin-packed action of Formula One in the Kuala Lumpur Grand Prix in 2012 inclusive of two roundtrip airfare tickets and hotel accommodation.

An additional five Brunei participants, outperformed the other global contestants, whose scores in the PROTON contest qualified them to take home a prize each from the 156 consolation prizes being offered consisting of iPad2, PROTON merchandise and LOTUS merchandise. Congratulations to Suhardi Marsal, Noor Azrin Hj Ahad, Bahrin Haji Hamdani, Abdul Aziz Hj Masri and Sheikh Helmi Rahman.

Also 50 residents of Brunei received special edition PROTON Motorsports Wristband USB Drive for answering quiz questions about PROTON conducted by United Motors in conjunction with RTB Radio stations.

“United Motors is pleased to have supported and conducted this fun, exciting contest for the people of Brunei and PROTON car owners. We are dedicated to continue to uphold and execute on our commitment to delivering excellence always in product, service and activities,” said Mr. Yong.

Mr Yong added, “Furthermore, in just a short six months of the PROTON relaunch, we are reaching yet another milestone. We are please to announce the opening of the new branch of United Motors in Kuala Belait. We invite everyone to come celebrate with us at the Grand Opening of United Motors Kuala Belait Branch on Friday, 9th December, 2011.”


The winners of the Global PROTON Grand Prix VIP Challenge Online Contest. Image courtesy of United Motors.


The opening of the new branch on 9th December at Kuala Belait

Bruneiusedcar.com


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STPRI’s Laneige Broadway Musical Champs

After diving it their all on stage, STPRI’s rendition of the song “Popular” from the Broadway musical “Wicked” won the hearts of the judges at the Laneige Broadway Musical Charity Competition 2011 to claim the champion’s title.

Intended as platform to expose students’ talents as well as English Language speaking skills, the competition also saw the champion grabbing the Best Choreography and Best Vocal awards.

First runner-up was Sultan Hassan Secondary School with “Consider Yourself’ (Oliver!), followed by SOAS College with “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” (The Lion King), which also won the Most Creative Adaptation award.

Sayyidina Hassan Secondary School took the Best Stage Management award for their Little Mermaid – Under the Sea props, while Rimba and PAP Hjh Masna Secondary Schools won the Best Actor and Best Actress categories, respectively.

The 19 participating schools were each represented by 25 students who performed songs from various musicals such as Aladdin, West Side Story, High School Musical, Grease, Oliver!, Mama Mia!, Hairspray, The Lion King, Wicked, the Sound of Music, Little Mermaid and Enchanted.

The Marketing Executive of Laneige, Pat Li, noted that ideas, innovation and creativity do not come out of the blue as it requires discipline, exposure, discussion, brainstorming and knowledge from all possible positive directions and guidelines from teachers and coaches in the schools. Text courtesy of Lyna Mohamad of Borneo Bulletin.

05
Dec

Getting there…

Written by Rano Iskandar. Posted in RA News


The Book Swap at Muara Beach

The Book Swap was first of its kind that I know of which happened two weekends ago. It was held at Muara Beach and it turned out to be a success. They were tons of books to choose from and the idea is for a contributor to bring in at least 5 books that they want to let go and in return, you are entitled to get 5 books from the library of donated books. Of course, the more books you donate, the more you are entitled to get from the stack.

I met up with Erika who is the founder of “Book Swap” and the idea finally made it to a reality where a “Book Swap” event was created through means of Social Media as well as radio and the local newspapers.

I did ask if Harry Potter books were in the pile but I was told that on one was willing to give those books away *lol*. Anyway, the organiser is hoping for some feedback and you can click here.

Adela’s advanced birthday

AnakBrunei attended ON/OFF event at Jakarta (3rd December)

Images courtesy of AnakBrunei

04
Dec

14 hrs at Sepang Circuit *lol*

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Churrasco at Radisson Hotel


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RBA special promotion


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Updates from Sepang


The briefing before the race on Saturday


The Singapore drivers – Amirah and Emmiline


The organizers and Redbull representatives from Malaysia and Brunei


Mr. RA with the Redbull Rookies


Apparently not so many models this year compared to last year


Putri Ayu Jasmin came in as a late replacement for Carmen


The Brunei team MTTS also raced yesterday at Sepang 1000km Race


The other Redbull Rookies candidates earlier this year who were invited to support their friends yesterday

More updates tomorrow. Images by Hanisham.com

03
Dec

Back in KL

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Churrasco at Radisson Hotel


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RBA special promotion


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RA does Sepang again!!

Too many international events happening that I could made it this weekend but I’ve already committed myself a few months back that I will be covering Sepang 1000km Race where Ogy aka Fauziah will be representing Brunei under the Redbull Rookies team together with experienced driver Putri (last-minute replacement) and Emmiline from Singapore. Today is also Pesta Blogger in Jakarta where @anakbrunei will be showing his presence while in Singapore, there is the SCB Marathon is another popular event where lots of Bruneians always participate.

I won’t blog much today but let the pictures tell the story of my first day in Sepang today. Have a nice weekend, peeps!!


It’s full house at the boarding room on our way to KL via @AirAsia. Apparently it was packed at Brunei International Airport as many people are traveling for holidays too. Definitely good business for car park airport *lol*


This time I didn’t ordered the nasi lemak from @AirAsia and I had the nasi goring with satay.. Not bad, my friend, not bad at all though I still prefer the nasi lemak 😀


I didn’t know that @AirAsia is a sponsor for the Oakland Raiders NFL team… *Awesome* For your info, QPR is also bought by @tonyfernandes


I also bumped into @AnakBrunei who was on the same flight, catching a connecting flight to Jakarta for the Pesta Blogger 2011. How I wish I can split myself and attend the event


Brunei reporters Sahrol Daud of Borneo Bulletin and Dennis Lim of The Brunei Times having a laugh during yesterday’s Sepang 10km qualifying


The guys representing Redbull Rookies team and RB21. Mark Darwin (Malaysia), Fauziah Haziz (Brunei), Puteri Ayu Jasmine (Malaysia), Emmiline (Singapore), Amirah Mokthar (Singapore) and Siti Shahkirah (Malaysia)


I kinda enjoy the atmosphere at the media centre. This is how a media centre should look like with screens to catch real updates of the race. The room is also wifi-enabled and they also provide refreshments for the media. However, for Redbull team, we have our own dedicated area with awesome hospitality and food as well 😀


Ogy keeping in touch with her family and fans through Whatsapp, Facebook and Instagram.. Good luck, Ogy, and we are proud of your efforts


Amirah Mokthar of Singapore getting ready for her qualifying race. Her team qualified at position 23rd for Saturday’s race


Emmiline of Singapore had some challenges as she had to race during the rain


It was quite rainy mid-afternoon and made driving difficult for the last batch of qualifiers


I didn’t realize that the cars don’t have a reverse gear so it’s a manual effort


We all stayed at the Empire Hotel Subang and I’m enjoying my stay so far at the hotel. Two months ago, there was an explosion due to gas leak if I’m not mistaken but now the hotel is back to business


I’m loving how the rooms are designed especially when the desk area and the bedroom are not visible to each other. I definitely might give this hotel another try on my personal trip 😀


I saw this indoor tube slide at Empire Shopping Gallery (Subang) and it’s 4 level high. I should have given this a try last night but we had a heavy dinner at Italiannese Restaurant (rating 8.5/10)

Brunika Instagram Meet

New game at ETA



Ok, I’m also loving this new edition of WWE RAW game. I highly recommend you this game too

01
Dec

Wawaaa

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A walk to increase awareness on Road Safety

The National Road Safety Council of Brunei Darussalam and Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam (BIBD) inked a memorandum of understanding for a collaboration effort to organize events relating to the Road Safety Awareness Campaign.

Signing on behalf of the National Road Safety Council (NRSC) was Dato Paduka Hj Alaihuddin bin Pehin Orang Kaya Digadong Seri Lela Dato Seri Utama Haji Awang Mohammad Taha in his capacity as the Chairman of NRSC, Ministry of Communication and signing on behalf of BIBD was Managing Director Mr Javed Ahmad.

Its first collaboration will be a walkathon to commemorate the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 2011 which will be held this Sunday, December 4, 2011 at the Taman Haji Sir Muda Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien. The main objective of this event is to bring awareness to everyone about road safety. It also aims to educate the public about delivering the message of United Nation ‘Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011 – 2020)’.

The event hopes to foster closer relationship among NGOs, the Government and other institutions to deliver positivity in road safety awareness and road traffic ethics to road users.

The admission to the walkathon is free and the distances are 4.5km for men and 3.5km for ladies. All participants have to do, is to be present at Taman Haji Sir Muda Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien this Sunday, before 6am to register to take part. The walkathon is open to all ages.

Other than the walkathon, various awareness activities will be held, and one of the activities will be the importance and ways of checking your tyres regularly.This event is supported by the Ministry of Home Affairs and various companies from the private sector including the official Event Partner, Sunlit Advertising Sdn Bhd.

The panels of the press conference were Head of BIBD’s Corporate Social Responsibility Hjh Nurul Akmar Jaafar and Head of Road Safety Unit, Ministry of Communication, Hj Joharry bin Hj Abd Karim.

During the press conference, Hj Joharry revealed that up to today, 39 road fatalities have been recorded, an increase of 50 percent compared to the official figures last year of 26, bearing in mind that it is not even December yet. He also shared that statistics between January until November this year, nearly 50 percent of fatal road accidents involved youths between the ages of 18 and 30. Text and images courtesy of BIBD.


Javed Ahmad the Managing Director of BIBD and Dato Paduka Hj Alaihuddin, Chairman of NRSC


Javed Ahmad and Dato Paduka Hj Alaihuddin exchanging documents


Group photo with the organisers for this Sunday’s walk

8 more days to go….


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A Brazilian Style Churrasco

Do try out Tasek Brasserie’s Churrasco promotion at Radisson Hotel Brunei Darussalam and experience a unique dining experience with a Brazilian Style Churrasco BBQ and it ends on the 10th December 2011.

All you have to do is relax and savour the moment while the Tasek Brasserie team will come to your table and slice the sizzling hot skewered beef, chicken or lamb directly to your plate.

Cameron Lawless, the Executive Chef and F&B Manager, came up with the idea for December food promotion. This all you can eat Brazilian style Churrasco is available for dinner only from 6:30pm to 10:00pm at BND 30 nett per adult and BND 10 nett per child. The best part is that all Baiduri Cardholers will be entitled to 20% discount.

For reservation, you can call 224 4272 or you can also comment on their Facebook and Twitter (@radissonbrunei).


Green means you want to be served while the Red means “no more serving” for skewered meat

Rewards for RBC diners

A PRIZE presentation was held following the prize draw of Royal Brunei Catering’s (RBC) Malaysian Food Festival, at the Airport Restaurant recently.

Twelve lucky winners walked home with amazing prizes on that day.Siti Noor Mahfuzeah Hj Mohamed, Kamariah Hj Kasah and Hj Hamzah Hj Sabtu won themselves exclusive prizes in the form of one return air ticket with hotel package to Penang, one hotel package to Kuala Lumpur and one hotel package to Melaka respectively and were sponsored by Tourism Malaysia (Brunei).

The prizes were presented by Puan Jamilah Abd Halim, Director of Tourism Malaysia to Brunei. Hj Ahmad Sabli Hj Nawawi, Sharijah Hj Mohamed, Norhashimah Hj Nayan, Pg Fauziah Pg Hj Md Kifli, Rosedina Mat Salleh and Pg Hj Asmawey Pg Hj Osman won themselves hotel packages sponsored by Ri-Yaz Hotels and Resorts Sdn Bhd. The prizes were presented by RBC General Manager, Hj Omar Ali Hj Mohd Daud.

Hjh Masuayati Hj Abd Wahab, Lim Yee Siu and Lim Tze Kiong won themselves travel vouchers courtesy of Century Travel Centre Sdn Bhd. RBC conveyed its gratitude to the High Commission of Malaysia, BIBD, Ranoadidas and other partners for their support during the promotion period. Text by Zatty Joanda of The Brunei Times.


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Dec

The one that got away

Written by Rano Iskandar. Posted in RA News


1st Canon Shoot-out a huge success

Last Sunday, The Brunei Hotel hosted to the 1st Canon Photo Shootout in Brunei, a competition open to photographers from all over Brunei. The competition was organised by the Interhouse Company, in association with Canon Singapore, with the aim of promoting photography as a hobby or profession and for people to enjoy ‘the true meaning of photography without software editing’.

Present to help judge the photos were experienced local photographers Hj Haranadi, Rudolf Portillo, Ong Heng Seng and David Yeo of Canon Singapore Pte Ltd. Also present was Vincent Goh, Deputy Managing Director, who gave an opening speech before the event started.

Participants were given three themes throughout the day, with only two hours to complete each theme, the first being ‘opposites’, the second ‘delicious’, and the third and final theme was ‘colours’.

The prizes up for grabs in each category were, for the first prize, a Canon EOS60D EFS 18-55mm Kit, a Canon IXUS300 HS for the second prize and a Canon Pixma MP276 all-in-one printer for third.

Theme A – ‘Opposite’:
1) Hassanal Sulaiman
2) Pg Hj Mohd Heries Pg Mohammed
3) Ang Chong Soon

Theme B – ‘Delicious’:
1) Rueben Chin 2) Saifulizam Zambor
3) Gerald Goh

Theme C – ‘colours’:
1) Awg Mahdini Hj Ahmad
2) Nordin Hj Barudin
3) Jeffri Mohammad

Mr Vincent Goh concluded the event by expressing the Interhouse Company and Canon Singapore’s desire to collaborate again next year and turn the event into an annual competition for aspiring photographers. Text by Jake Ten of Borneo Bulletin.


Mahdini won first place for Theme “Colours”


Gerald Goh (3rd place), Reubin Chin (1st place) for Theme “Delicious” and Jefri Mohammad came 3rd place in Theme “Colours”


Hassanal Sulaiman aka @adamsnaps won first place for Theme “Opposite”


The winning shot by Hassanal Sulaiman. This took him approximately 10-15 mins to execute


Saifulizam of The Brunei Times came 2nd in Theme “Delicious” and posing with Vincent Goh of Interhouse Company

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