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Adna Shatriremie Abd Rahman, a lecturer under the Faculty of Business, Economics and Policy Studies gave an impromptu speech and praised the work by the students and encouraged them to embrace entrepreneurship

Dr Leong Vai Shiem, the Acting Dean for the Faculty of Business Economics and Policy Studies of UBD launched the 3 hour event

Thought it was last minute, I managed to attend this event at UBD on a short notice and I’m glad I did. This was the first time such event was held for students who are enrolled in business module and they showcased their business plans and sharing their ideas to the public. 200 students in 1st and 2nd year in UBD were involved as they shared and presented their business ideas to the guests at the Chancellor Hall.

For your info, this is part of the Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation module which aimed at optimizing students’ skills with zero budget. I’m always in support with exhibitions like this and the same goes to Business School when they have their carnivals every now and then. This kind of events and programs will help to bring confidence and that small spark that might open their eyes that entrepreneurship is not a bad thing after all.

Recently Entrepreneurship @ Campus (EAC) was launched at UBD and this is another stepping stone for students to learn and engage more about the experiences of being in the business world. Thanks to BEDB and iCentre for creating this new medium to reach out to potential entrepreneurs from UBD.

I would to congratulate the students involved in the projects and I sensed that passion and desire in them. Also a big hand to Adna Shatriremie Abd Rahman for keeping up the momentum in exposing entrepreneurship in Brunei and I know you have done a lot of effort in bringing fresh ideas and you have my support in your vision.

Michelle Yang’s vision is to see a greener and beautiful Brunei by year 2035 by providing a good landscaping and gardening services

Helmi wants to provide a fast delivery pizza service to residential areas especially in Serusop

Commun1Tee is an online community apparel sotre which caters to create an art community that sells favourite designs chosen by the community itself

Nice motto… Hmmm… Alai suka tu

Neo Cineplex – This is an idea of having private medium-sized cinema rooms (20 seaters) in 2D and 3D. Ideal for families and friends. Nice concept but I believe this will be too expensive to execute.

There are many ladies in this course which is a good sign

Her idea – Intelligent Pent Corporate Cafe – is about providing a conducive environment for corporate meetings outside their work place. This is a doable concept I believe.

Diyana has a passion in art and she came up with the idea of using Brunei colours and designs on t-shirts

Syukri Sulaiman is an advocate for going green and his business concept is Forever Green. This is another great potential business idea as the world is in need of one.

Ahmad Hazim feels that the technological teaching aid devices such as the smart boards in school are underutilised. His movement under the Supporting Essential Minds will help to educate back the importance of using high quality education tools.

It was a great turn out yesterday. Too bad it only lasted 3 hours.

Students trying to learn about precious metals

Evon Goh is inspired by Forever 21 and Deseo and hence she came up with the idea of Rosemary’s Boutique. She was conversing with Simon Soo who recently launched Malppy.com

Mini golf is something that is not available in Brunei. It would be nice if it is a miniature golf as kids will enjoy this more. Cost is also another factor to have this kind of project.

Munirah Mohammad loves comics and her idea is to create a superhero cafe theme and they rent and read comics

Smiling faces of the undergraduates

Photo booth where some of the proceeds go to charity

The local entrepreneurs sharing their experiences through Q & A

One of the high school students talking to the audience

These students are learning tips from entrepreneurs

Thank you for the questions

Izzah Jo from BEDB showing her support for the event

Being interviewed by RTB

One of the top 10 winners of the Business Plan competition

Hamiz is the only male in the Top 10 and he also received the most cheers

She is the winner of the Business Plan competition

Well done to the organisers on this event

 

One of the pieces from the final year students in the Faculty of Arts and Social Science.

I have always enjoyed seeing art installations and last Sunday, I paid a visit to “Spectacle: Art & Design Graduate Show 2013” held at the right foyer of the Chancellor Hall, Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), and I was very impressed with the display and the effort contributed by the students and I believe the students deserved high marks for their installation pieces. The first impression I had overall is that we Bruneians have the talents and finally it was expressed in a form of creativity and art. Keep it up, guys!!!

The event was launched last week but I wasn’t able to attend and it was a much better outing last Sunday since I was able to spend some time with some of the students to understand about their installation pieces. Thank you to Affizah Rahman, Amirul Jazli, Nazreen Amin, Nuriskandar Hasnan and Muhammad Niqmatul Ghizalif for your time in explaining your pieces.

One thing got me curious and that was not just the time and effort spent but also the budget they had to incur in doing their final project. Most of them did highlight that they were given allowances but some of the installations had a higher price tag. For instance, one of the installation pieces cost the a student at least $1,000 and she had to fork out her own pocket money. Most of them had to use their personal money to help fund their project. Perhaps this is something that the university should look into in providing subsidies for these talented students and also for the benefit of future students.

For your info, there are a total of 21 final year students that are involved in the “Spectacle” who are majoring in art and creative technology. They will be the first to graduate from the university’s bachelor of arts in art and technology course.

I won’t be posting all the installation pictures. The idea is for you to give them a visit and it’s worth a visit. The other challenge the students have is what will they do with their pieces once the exhibition is over by 27th April. Any ideas? Anyway, do visit them at Chancellor Hall from 9am to 7pm until 27th April.

Save the Earth by Recycle installation piece by Azmey Yunos. This took him at least two months to complete and he has interest in metal works to begin with. So you can see how much effort was put into this masterpiece using small pieces of scrap metals. One of the best pieces I enjoyed.

Victim of Commercialization by Affizah Rahman. A very interesting piece on how brands have influence over our daily lives.

Fizah with her “Victim of Commercialization” piece

This installation depicts how much we are consumed through commercialization

This is a project entitled “The Life of a Pensioner” by Muhammad Alinormin Hj Omarali. This art sculpture explores cultural and social issues within the context of Brunei.

Fizah and Mizah trying to read the newspaper with pakcik :p

Amazing wire sculpture by Hadi Hj Roseli. This is one creative idea to portray portraitures and something new.

This is the biggest wire sculpture. You will just have to see it live to get the feel of it. Thumbs up!!!

Brick World by Rasidi Saidin who has a passion for Lego

Limitless imagination by Nuriskandar Hasnan. This is made out of cardboard. He spent a few hundred dollars in building this piece. He’s also a big fan of Star Wars and Transformers.

Nuriskandar’s product design aims to project the possibilities of transforming one’s dreams into a reality with the help of passion and motivation that drives us to limitless encounters, hence the title “Limitless Imagination”

Unseen Beauty by Muhammad Niqmatul Ghizalif. From the photo, you can easily tell it’s about nature. One of his amazing pieces is the art piece on the far left which is created by using dead leaves.

There’s something you can see in that hole. Interesting and unique concept.

Another piece that I was amazed. Loving how the strings used to bring a much livier installation. This is entitlted “Free Art Flow”

Free Art Flow by Nazreen Hj Amin who would dedicate his time continuously on certain segments on his final project. Why free flow is because his art represents the expressions of the imaginative patterns and surrealistic characters. Do read his statement’s below.

Domino Effect Art by Amirul Jazli Jali and I was fortunate enough to see the domino demonstration. Interestingly enough he changed his major into art and he found more passion in art. Do check out his installation and there’s even a video presentation on the domino effect.

Pencil Illustration from 2D-3D by Airul Arif Awang Damit

……….Waaalaa……..