It’s happening soon this Sunday. Are you ready?? 6,000 of you that is 😀

The clock is ticking and the anticipation is high. The first major run of the year is gonna take place soon in Brunei and I’m glad the Standard Chartered Bank (Brunei) is hosting the SCB Half-Marathon Brunei event. I’ve always love how they organised the marathon and the participation have always been great and the operations of the event have improved over the years.

I’ll participating in the 10k run this time round. My previous long distance run was the “Walk, Run, Cycle” which was 12km. The 10K run will be a warm-up for my 21K attempt in May in Singapore (one of my bucket lists). I’ve been doing my regular short jogs around the vicinity of the National Stadium. Yesterday I saw an increase number of joggers and this is always the case a week before the event. Sometimes it doesn’t make a difference but it’s better than nothing for sure.

This time round the SCB Half-Marathon Brunei run kicks off at 5:30am for the half marathon runners. I believe this is the earliest flag off and this is also good news for runners. Currently with a very hot, humid climate in Brunei, the earlier the run, the better. I tried jogging from 7:30am and it was already tough. The 10K runners will flag off at 6:00am which is also an earlier start compared to last year. Thumbs up to SCB for making this allowance which will also make the prize presentation as early as 8:45am.

Good luck to all the runners and you can collect your Race Entry Pack at Indoor Stadium from 5th April (8am to 12pm, 2pm to 9pm) and 6th April (8am to 5pm). I cant wait 😀

The new SCB runners t-shirt for the event from New Balance

The 10k route that I’m running.. Click image to view other routes

The programme for the day… click image to view

What I love about this event is the inclusion of pacers. One of my friend is a pacer and he will be pacing for a 3 hour race for 21km runners

Another pacer running at 2 hrs 40 mins for 21km. Click on image to view more pacers.

My jogging partner for the past few months. She’s actually faster than me 😀

We attempted the 10km route with success. Timing was just nice – 77 mins

Though it’s a New Balance top, we will be running in our trusted sneakers and they are in SCB colours too 😀

 

Tonight DPMM FC will take on Geylang United FC at Hassanal Bolkiah Stadium. Pic inset is Wardun, DPMM FC’s No.1 keeper. Hoping for all three points in the bag!!! Image taken from Wardun’s instagram 😀

 

B•Mobile is currently conducting a campaign for its Loyalty customers which is “Loyalty Club Know Your Merchant” Campaign.

They will run the campaign on Instagram and it’s a photo competition where contestants will upload their self portrait with their B-Club Card / SMS Rewards 38383 together with any of B•Mobile merchants outlet / product and you must write the best caption on your own photo with a hash tag #bmobilekym and tag @bmobile_brunei too.

Process flow:

• Contestant will take a self portrait with any of our merchants outlet or product together with CLUB CARD / SMS REWARDS
•   Contestant need to follow @bmobile_brunei on instagram to be eligible on the competition.
• Contestant need to upload their photo with any of our participating merchant’s outlet or product on instagram and write their best caption for their photo together with the merchant’s offer and hash tag it to #bmobilekym  and tag@bmobile_brunei
• Contestants shall submit their details via email to b.clubloyalty@bmobile.com.bn(once the contestants upload the pictures and hash tag it to #bmobilekym and tag@bmobile_brunei)
•    Judges will judge based on the creativity of their picture and best caption and will select the TOP 5 of the best for the Final photo.
• The Top 5 will be re post back by B-Mobile and will base on how many likes to become the winner.
• The best & most “likes” picture & caption will win the prizes. 

Terms & Conditions are as follow:

• Submission starts 1st – 30th April 2013
•  Re post picture for the top 5 will starts 1st – 5th May 2013 and its base on most “Likes”
• Competition is open to all B-Mobile subscribers ONLY
•  Contestant must follow @bmobile_brunei on instagram to be eligible on the competition
• Contestants shall submit their full details such as full name, i.c no, Contact no. (b-Mobile no.) & their instagram username via email tob.clubloyalty@bmobile.com.bn (once the contestants upload the pictures and hash tag it to #bmobilekym and tag @bmobile_brunei)
•  Photo entries per participant are unlimited
• Judges will judge based on creativeness of the picture & caption
•  Winners will be announce on B-Mobile Facebook, Twitter and Instagram & press release during prize presentation.
•   B-Mobile Staff are not allowed to join this competition

 

Another online buying portal will be unveiled this Friday and malppy.com will officially launched. According to the owner of Mapply, this portal will give you a real sense of real online shopping experience. Currently in Brunei, some online store vendors still deliver the products but cash on delivery rather than paying their items online through means of credit cards. Another feature is that you won’t have to collect the goods you buy at the customs or the store; instead the products you ordered will be sent to your doorsteps.

Malppy.com has quite a wide range of clothes and apparels online with over 600 products. So far, they are only into these products as the other products such as electronics and gadgets are already saturated in the online scene in Brunei. Furthermore, the clothes (mostly for ladies) and apparels that they are bringing in are not common in Brunei.

The founder of Malppy.com is very particular about the qualities that are brought into Brunei. Each of the products will go through a process of quality control assessment to ensure that “what you see is what you get”. This will avoid such defected goods delivered to the consumers.

The official opening will be on Friday and all is invited to Au Lait Cafe in the evening to witness the event. There will be refreshments served as well. The event begins at 6:30pm onwards.

For your info, Malppy.com is an online project founded by The Rumbian Nation and supported by Brunei Economic Development Board LEAP Grant initiative. Congratulations on the online shopping portal. All the best!!