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The smiling faces of the volunteers at the beach clean up this morning
I wonder how many tonnes were collected at all the five beaches
We have seen all these familiar contribution to the community of Brunei Darussalam and beach clean up is one of them. This morning, Brunei Shell Joint Venture Companies, Shell Deepwater Borneo (SDB) and Brunei Gas Carriers (BGC), ran a beach cleaning campaign at five beaches in Brunei and this is to commemorate the International Coastal Cleanup Day 2015 (ICC 2015).
The five beaches today were at Silver Jubilee Beach and Lumut in the Belait District, Telisai-Danau Beach in Tutong and finally Muara beach and Meragang beach in the Brunei-Muara District. For your info, this is the second year that they are running the beach clean-up campaign.
The objective of this campaign is to keep the ocean free from trash and this is one way to make the ocean more resilient. This campaign will also help to cultivate the spirit of volunteerism and also the mutual cooperation among staff, youth and members in the local communities.
For these efforts alone, we can see that the stakeholders involved are keen to promote Brunei’s environmental sustainability. For instance, Brunei Shell Petroleum’s support goes way back to 2007 where BSP partnered with the Government of Brunei for the groundbreaking, tri-country Heart of Borneo biodiversity conservation initiative. The current progress of the research projects includes the discovery of new endangered species and breeding areas.
Brunei LNG has also been involved in the environmental sustainability project such as dealing with the degradation of the peatlands in Lumut. The same goes to SDB where there is a partnership with the Biodiversity Research and Innovation Centre through the Marine Biodiversity Centre (Ministry of Primary and Industry Resources) and they will monitor to see if our marine biodiversity is well maintained.
Today at the Muara beach, they had 179 participants involved and present were the Royal Brunei Navy, Brunei-Muara District Office, Royal Brunei Police Force, Head of Village, Cosmopolitan College, BSP associates and BSM retailers.
The total number of people involved in the beach clean up was 758 people. Well done on the organizers. Images courtesy of BSP, BSM.
Let’s hope the young ones can shape the future of our environment especially at beaches
This looks like a bbq grill… tsk tsk
The volunteer sign up sheet and some educational tip to dispose rubbish
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A souvenir for all the attendees at the launch of the Blended App yesterday at The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (Mata-Mata outlet)
The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, officially launched their “Coffee Bean Brunei App” on Friday, 18th September 2015 by having a two hour private app launch event for their merchant partners at their Supa Save, Mata Mata outlet. The “Coffee Bean Brunei” app introduces their digital lifestyle magazine, “Blended”. The event was officiated with surah Al-Fatihah by Mudim Haji Suhaili bin Haji Kalong.
At the beginning of the event, registered guests were given an iphone or Samsung bookmark that displayed the blended app with a limited edition blended badge. Guest were also treated to some finger food including the very popular mini magherita pizzas and tropical passion fruit tea.
Doa selamat and surah Al-Fatihah by Mudim Haji Suhaili bin Haji Kalong
Invited guests and partners of CBTL
Amy Cheong was the emcee for the day
Nice bookmarks from CBTL
You can get your digital loyalty card on their app. They even have a special promotion until the 2nd October
Amy Cheong, popularly known as DJ Amy from Pilihan FM hosted and presented the App. “Blended” allows users to search outlets nearest to them and gives them updates on the latest The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf promotions and news. Users will also have access to the local events and happenings in Brunei. The app also allows users to pick up to 6 lifestyle categories of their favourite topics, which gets updated on a daily basis. One of the main highlights of the App was the digital pink card. The Digital Pink Card allows the user to collect 1 e-stamp with every drink purchase. When users reach 12 e-stamps, the user is entitled to a free small size beverage.
Local entrepreneurs were also invited to the event to display their products. They included Mairgix Fitness Centre – the first calisthenics gym in Brunei, Lokalground which is a local clothing design store owned by 8 Entrepreneurs, DIG Records – a record player and vinyl store, WallAtLarge that provides photography, video prints services and Wood Work Kendamas, and NeoClassic Music School.
The TV and TV stands were also sponsored by D’Sunlit in support of the event. The app was created by a local based company HIVE Digital.
I kinda love this outlet and also their pizzas.. Must try
There’s even a menu guide in the app
Check out the merchant partners of CBTL
Representatives from Mairgix Fitness Centre and Lokalground
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The business operation hours for petrol station during first three days of Hari Raya. Click image to enlarge.
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A message from Lily Chiam, founder of Expression Music Academy: If you feel in your heart you would like to donate to another Charity, Expression Music Academy once again is doing another Mega Concert with the heart to expose our music talents to raise funds for DANA (Crown Prince’s Foundation- Funds for the orphans.) With sincere hearts of thanks to many of you who will be there.. May you be further inspired to greater heights when you watch our young talents.
YB Minister of Development Pehin Dato Hj Suyoi (L), in his capacity as the Acting Minister of Health, present at RIPAS Hospital lobby to examine the situation recently. Image courtesy of Yusri Adanan of The Brunei Times.
What are the chances of having two separate fire incidents happening in a space of two days? This happened two days ago at RIPAS hospital when a fire broke out at the Cardiology Centre and the fire caused damages to 12 treatment rooms. Fortunately there were no report of injuries or casualties so that’s a huge relief for everyone. A big kudos to the Fire and Rescue Department for bringing the fire under control within half an hour before it could get out of hand.
According to the press statement from The Brunei Times, The Ministry of Health said the fire did not affect the Specialist Block and all in-patient or ward services at the hospital, which opened in 1984.
I was aware of the incident as it was spreading on social media especially on Whatsapp. Yes, news in Brunei is pretty viral right now and the headline pictures that were used on The Brunei Times and Borneo Bulletin were identical and taken from Whatsapp.
Present during the examination of the site was Yang Berhormat Pehin Orang Kaya Indera Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Hj Suyoi Hj Osman, in his capacity as the Acting Minister of Health.
We are still unsure what sparked the fire at the Cardiology Centre but let’s hope the investigation will sort out that matter. What is important is that no one was hurt during the incident.
The image that went viral on Whatsapp
One section of the Cardiology Department that is badly damaged by the fire two days ago. Image courtesy of Yusri Adanan of The Brunei Times.
Image courtesy of Yusri Adanan of The Brunei Times.
The view outside at RIPAS. Image courtesy of Yusri Adanan of The Brunei Times.
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The opening hours of petrol stations during Hari Raya. Click image to enlarge.
“We believe in giving to our customers during this blessed month before the celebration as a way to give back to our customers with hopes that they will have a more enjoyable Hari Raya”, said Chan Key Hong Executive Director of Maju Motors Sdn Bhd, when asked about the draw held last Friday.
The winner of the three-month Hari Raya promotion which ended just a day before the draw was announced during Volkswagen’s Hari Raya draw event held at the showroom, witnessed by over 200 customers, families and friends. Maju Motors have been experiencing great sales this year and they are continuing to make waves in Brunei. Chan shared that they will open a workshop to cater for after sales service somewhere in Sengkurong and he stressed that customer service is very important and that’s their primary objective – customer satisfaction.
Rosnita Hj Bangkol, was the grand prize winner, walked away with $5,000. Second and third prize winners were also equally happy when their names were announced as they walked away with $3,000 and $2,000 respectively. Dk Aidi Noorintan Pg Hj Md Zinin was the second prize winner and Dk Nurafifah Hanisah Pg Hj Ismail the third.
On top of all these grand prizes, Maju Motors also gave away $500 cash to five consolation winners (Ahmad Firdaus, Hjh Ervy Sufitriana, Pg Hj Ibrahim, Mohammad Noor Faisal) and five one time service and one time polish package to another five consolation winners.
The Hari Raya promotion was held from May to July and the customers who bought a Volkswagen (except for the GTI and Scirocco) instantly walked away with the latest Philips LED TV.
The top three winners with other consolation winners of the Maju Motors lucky draw last Friday
Dk Aidi Noorintan Pg Hj Md Zinin, was the second place winner, walked away with $3,000 and presented by Dk Fauziah P D P Hj Yunos
Dk Nurafifah Hanisah Pg Hj Ismail was the third winner, walked away with $2,000 and presented by Chan Key Hong Executive Director of Maju Motors Sdn Bhd
It was almost a packed house at Maju Motors
Chan Key Hong introducing his strong team and appreciating all their contribution for Maju Motors
Participants waiting for the draw
Chan Key Hong thanking all the customers for their support and he promises for better things
A few familiar faces attended the draw event
One of the consolation winners
One of the $500 winners
Thank you, Maju Motors for the invite
I feel blessed.. Thank you to @huahosports (Hua Ho Manggis) and @netcombrunei for the Hari Raya hamper, @shaunhoon for the goodies, @jpmcbrunei for the cookies personally baked by the patients, Audi Brunei (T.C.Y. Motors) for the @coffeebean_brunei voucher, @officialwcopabrunei for the souvenir from Japan, @baiduribank and SCB for the Hari Raya envelopes and my aunties for the yearly goodies.
Total E&P Borneo B.V. (TEPB) management visited one of the local communities at Kg Lumut recently
As part of their Ramadhan activities, Total E&P Borneo B.V. (TEPB) organized their fifth annual Ramadhan Charity, which provided in-kind assistance to the local communities where Total operates, namely Kg Lumut 1 in Mukim Liang (where the Total Onshore Processing Plant is located) and Kg Sabun in Mukim Serasa (where Total Logistic Base is located). Total also planned two more series of donations to DANA Pengiran Muda Al-Muhtadee Billah National Fund for Orphans and also two orphans of Total’s former staff.
During their Charity visits to the local community, 18 volunteers from Total staff, which included two Heads of Departments split into two teams to handover the respective donations to the community in Kg Lumut 1 and Kg Sabun. The donations were in the form of kitchen staples such as rice, mineral water, sugar, cooking oil and hampers as well as prepaid utilities cards. There were also additional personal contributions by Total staff members. The donations were to help the underprivileged individuals in both villages to better celebrate the upcoming Hari Raya Aidilfitri.
The Total volunteers in Kg Lumut 1 was led by Muhammad Rasimoon Hj Adinin, Head of HR, Corporate Communications and CSR. In addition, the group was also accompanied by several representatives from the Lumut 1 Village Consultative Council (MPK Lumut 1) led by its Secretary, Awg Ismail bin Mohammad. While the team in Kg Sabun was led by Zulhilmi Rambli, Corporate Communications & CSR Executive. Present to assist the Total group of volunteers were several representatives from the Village Consultative Council of Masjid Lama, Pekan Muara, Sabun, and Pelumpong. The MPK was led by its Head of Village, Pengiran Haji Mohamed bin Pengiran Haji Osman @ Othman.
Overall, the donations were handed accordingly to five recipients in Kg Lumut 1, and four from Kg Sabun, which were selected from the list of underprivileged individuals living in the village provided by Community Development Department (JAPEM).
One of the recipients in Kg Lumut 1, Dyg Jelimah bte Abdullah, 38 is a single mother with a four year old daughter. She is currently unemployed and live with her seventy four year old mother. The family relies on the Old Age Pension received by the mother and proceeds from selling hand-woven traditional baskets.
Dyg Afshah bte Abdullah from Kg Sabun is 73 year old lady receiving Old Age Pension. She suffers multiple health issues including high blood pressure, cholesterol, and cardiovascular disease. She lives with her daughter, Dyg Norazizah bte Abdullah, who assists her to operate a food stall to earn a living on top of some financial aid provided by JAPEM.
The management making their rounds
Another house they visited
Some of the conditions of the home
Another group photo
Handing over gifts
The management enjoying their trip
Adi Daini, Eden Chiam, Elizabeth Sim, Bridget Ang, Ruby Chong, Shian Li Esther Chiam and Norhidayat Hj Ahim arriving from Singapore last Friday
A very historic moment for Brunei. Yasmine making headlines on the front page recently, for its North America release this year. DPMM FC recently brought back another trophy from Singapore which was the Singapore League Cup. The other thing was our Brunei Team who competed in Los Angeles for the World Championship of Performing Arts which is also branded as the Olympics for artists.
Team Brunei achieved a higher medal count compared to last year with 38 medals overall. They collected 12 gold medals, 13 silver medals and 13 bronze medals. The biggest winner was Shian Li Esther Chiam who is just 15 years old. She won the Junior Grand World Champion Instrumental Award and also collecting 6 six gold medals along the way. Awesome indeed!!
She was over the moon when she received the prize during the finals and she gave a word of encouragement to all passionate singers and performers that we need to believe in ourselves and work hard towards that goal. She was grateful to be part of the Brunei Team and she also made new friends globally and the great thing about music is that it unites every walks of life, regardless of age and race. She shared that there are so many opportunities for us and they are untapped.
Her younger sister Eden Chiam earned an Industry Award and also earned one gold medal, two silver medals and two bronze medals and she only had weeks to prepare for the event. So that’s not pretty bad for an achievement. I have mentioned previously in my post how team Brunei has made it big at WCOPA finals in Los Angeles, considering they only sent 9 representatives as compared to the aplenty from different countries. Having 5 semi-finalists and 3 finalists are considered “over-achievements” as they are plenty of talents out there worldwide.
Maria Grace Koh and Joanna Kwan are still outstation and didn’t join the entourage upon arrival at the Brunei International Airport. Both are finalists for the WCOPA finals and I’m proud of their achievements.
Elizabeth Sim who dreamt of Hollywood was very happy of her achievements and enjoyed every moment. She won Senior Acting Drama category and also earned 5 medals along the way. Ruby Chong, earned herself two medals and an Industry Award while Bridget Ang earned two medals. Norhidayat Hj Ahim earned 5 medals while Adi Daini earned 3 medals.
They will be having a Brunei WCOPA showcase this coming August at the Jerudong Amphitheater and it will be on the 23rd August 2014. For updates, you can follow them @officialwcopabrunei on instagram for updates.
Shian Li and Eden Chiam with their family
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The top 3 winners of the Kick it to Brazil” campaign organised by Peugeot Brunei. Prizes were presented to Lim Kai Wei, Peugeot’s Marketing Assistant.
Congratulations to Michelle Wong for winning the Facebook photo contest organised by the Peugeot Brunei Facebook page. The winning photo was taken at Singapore’s Flower Dome and she entered the “Malaysia or Singapore” week of the contest where she achieved the most number of likes.
Second place went to Danny Aimi, an avid runner who travels around the world for marathon purposes. His picture was taken in Singapore. Third winner went to Debbie Too, former The Brunei Times reporter, and I’m not sure where this photo was taken *lol*
Michelle Wong won herself a GoPro Hero 3+. The photo contested went on for five weeks and it was a contest organised in conjunction with the “Kick it to Brazil” campaign where Peugeot Paris’ aim was to send a football through 30 countries in 100 days.
For more info, you can visit Peugeot’s Facebook page for updates. Images courtesy of Peugeot Brunei.
Michelle the star of the day with the media
Michelle Wong with her new gadget – GoPro Hero 3+
The winning photo submitted by Michelle Wong
Danny Aimi receiving consolation prize from Lim Kai Wei
Danny Aimi’s photo on Peugeot Facebook Page
Debbie Too receiving consolation prize from Lim Kai Wei
Debbie’s photo submission at Peugeot Facebook Page
The fantastic prizes from Peugeot
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Brunei Shell Marketing recently launched a new product that will be made available in Brunei by July. If you are not familiar with the product, well, it’s the best in the line under the Shell Helix Ultra brand and it’s called the Shell Helix Ultra 5w-40. The product was launched by Pg Shamhary Pg Dato Paduka Mustapha, Managing Director of Brunei Shell Marketing at the Royal Bekshire Hall, Royal Brunei Poll and Riding Club.
The new product Shell Helix Ultra 5w-40 is top of the line product and it is made from natural gas with Shell PurePlus technology. It’s the most advanced motor oil in the market and it is able to meet up the demands of the latest cars. Because of its pureness and clear base oil, it enables Shell to develop superior lubricants. Just imagine using the Shell Helix Ultra 5w-40 on your old engine and it will be able to keep your engines to factory clean.
In his speech, the managing director pointed out more benefits of the new Shell Helix Ultra 5w-40 such as offers superior friction and corrosion protection and also improved fuel economy (by 1.4%). He is confident that this will meet the demands of motorists and drivers who seek high quality motor oil to deliver the best performance.
Present were the Hj Mat Sarudin Hj Ismail, Head of Commercial and Mohd Adini Mohd Daini, Head of Retail of BSM, Brunei Shell Marketing retailers, franchised workshops (car dealers), independent workshops and distributors as they will be focused on passenger car motor oil.
In the afternoon session, BSM conducted a product knowledge training for Brunei Shell Joint Venture companies, government and industries for industrial lubricantss.
There was also a technical presentation by Premit Singh, Lubricants Technical Advisor, Shell Lubricants Malaysia.
Recently BSM also participated at the ASEAN Consumer Fair at the ICC to educate the public on the new product Shell Helix Ultra 5w-40 and its benefits. It is known that the price of the new product will be similar to the previous premium model. The other advantage is that it works for both diesel and petrol engine cars.
Pg Shamhary Pg Dato Paduka Mustapha, Managing Director of Brunei Shell Marketing launching the new Shell Helix Ultra 5w-40 while Hj Mat Sarudin Hj Ismail, Head of Commercial looks on
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Check out the new Shell Helix Ultra 5w-40 which will be made available later in JulyPremit Singh, Lubricants Technical Advisor, Shell Lubricants Malaysia, with his product presentation
Invited guests from Brunei Shell Marketing retailers, franchised workshops (car dealers), independent workshops and distributors during the product launch and presentation
The associates of Brunei Shell Marketing
Group photo with the BSM
Group photo with the BSM
Liking the t-shirts
The new Shell Helix Ultra 5w-40, top of the line motor oil
BSM displayed the new model of Shell Helix Ultra 5w-40 at the recent ASEAN Consumer Fair last weekend
The ongoing promotion at BSM retail stations. While stock lasts
So what pizza are you? Recently the media and food bloggers were given a special treat to try out what Pizza Hut has to offer with their 26 enhanced pizzas. So what’s the difference? It’s chunkier for sure and mozzarella cheese is made to perfection with the combination of the special sauces and the type of crusts you desire.
You can try out the different tiers such as the Supremes or the Gourmet Series or your All-Time Favourite. As for the sauces, you can request for the Classic Pizza, Sweet and Spicy, Creamy Garli, Alfredo Cheese and Texas BBQ Sauce. As for the crusts, there are choices such as Golden Stuff, Cheesy Bites, Whole-Wheat Italian, Whole-Wheat Crispy Thin and all-time favourite Pan Pizza.
My favourite so far is the new “Spicy Garlic Chicken” which is an enhancement from the ever popular Honey Garlic Chicken Pizza. You should try it 😀
During Ramadhan, patrons can try all the 26 pizzas in different crusts in Pizza Hut’s Feast Buffet, which will be offered for Sungkai at only $10 per adult and $7 per child under the age of 10.
Can you imagine me devouring all of these to myself? 😀
Ian of Pizza Hut made slicing pizzas so easy
My new favourite pizza during our feast
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I’m qute disappointed so far with Brazil. Yes, the host nation as they were pushed to the brink against Chile last night. Being the host nation, this is a very disappointing display by Brazil and if they were to have the same performance like last night, they won’t stand a chance against Colombia who beat Uruguay 2-0. Chile was pretty close from snatching the victory if it wasn’t for the bar that saved the blushes of Brazil from an excellent Pinilla’s strike near the end.
Probably the worrying factor are the strikers at Brazil’s disposal – Jo and Fred who haven’t yet to impress in the tournament and further more, Hulk was just showing his brilliance on the pitch after a lackluster performance in the first three matches. I don’t see Brazil heading as far to the finals with France and Germany also breathing down their necks.
Now Colombia is one team that many have not taken account for. They are a compact team with many creativity in attack with the likes of star player James Rodriguez, and Juan Cuadrado and they even topped the group stage with 9 points. Though the group stage didn’t possess much threat, they shone where other competent teams failed to when going against weaker opponents. I can see Colombia reaching the semi-finals but it will be a harder test either against France or Germany if one of them reaches the semis.
Of course, the biggest news that have faded away is the banning of Luiz Suarez for his biting incident in the Uruguay-Italy match. I believe the suspension given to him by FIFA is still kinda lenient considering the fact that this is the third time Suarez has been fined and suspended for similar incidents. As a Liverpool player, I am disappointed and this shows old habits die hard. I’m not sure what’s the future lies now for Luis Suarez and Liverpool.
So who are my picks for the rest? Germany to win, France to win, Netherlands to beat Mexico, Costa Rica to go through, Argentina to beat Swiss while Belgium will edge USA.
Chiellini bitten by the ever hungry Suarez
Suarez claims that he lost his balance *Yea right*
Neymar might need his other 10 to show up
James Rodriguez was simply awesome and he has now scored 5 goals
The most animated coach on the pitch – Miguel Herrara and he is one of the lowest paid coach
The expensive flops – Cesare Prandelli, Coach of Italy, Fabio Capello of Russia and Roy Hodgson of England – the top three highest paid coaches that failed to bring the team past the group stage
Do check out the new Shell Helix Ultra with PurePlus Technology at Brunei Shell Marketing booth at Plenary Hall. The new product will be in the market by July I believe and BSM will be having a special promotion on their existing products soon.
This new Shell Helix Ultra is compatible for both petrol and diesel and it will make your engine feel brand new too
Congratulations to Regalblue Production for managing to sell off 1,000 DVD copies of Apa Ada Dengan Rina, a Brunei film hit, and the DVD stock will be back by next week according to Regalblue
There was a blood donation yesterday at Consumer Fair
Books selling at reasonable price at Dbookhaus
Photo pop with Liyana of Yasmine the movie and future celebrity Hui Chiet :p
Still drawing a huge crowd as usual
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More people downloading Snapfeed and visiting their booth for free gifts
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Maggi galore at Jasra Harrisons booth
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