Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!

Taking this opportunity to Happy 24th National Day to our beloved country, Brunei Darussalam. Didn't manage to watch the live telecast of the colourful event that was held at Taman Sir Omar Ali Saifuddin this morning. Was too tired and woke up at almost 12pm!

Went out though around 2pm to town. There are lots of people in town! Since it's a public holiday today, there are alot of foreign workers wander around the shopping malls. I went to Yayasan and there are lots of people doing their shopping and furthermore there is a motor exhibition. Didn't go and see it though.

Had my late lunch at Foodzone at Yayasan and later went to one of the corner and saw few artists as in drawing artists...they are really good!! Manage to snap one of the artists drawing..I was amazed with his drawing!

At Pizza Hut now and we can hear the staffs having fun karaoke-ing...hehehe...and I am one of them too..lol... They are having party here tonite! Good for them!

Happy Chap Goh Meh

In Hokkien dialect, it means the 15th night of Chinese New year. It is celebrated with prayers and offerings to mark the end of the Chinese New Year. Houses are again brightly decorated with lights for the last day of the celebration. Legend has seem young unmarried women throwing tangerines into the sea hoping to find a good husband. After this day, business as usual and everyone is looking forward for the next Chinese New Year.

Don't waste the skin...be creative...hehe

Back To Work - Tiring Weekend

Let me recap my trip to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah from 14 February 2008 till 17 February 2008.

I went to KK flying via RBA with few friends. This is my first time flying to KK and was told that it only took 20mins to get there although the ticket say 40mins! Sat on the plane and surprisingly the flight is full with noisy passengers! Tourists from a noisy country..hehe...

I think it was only 10mins on the air when it was announced that we have to return to our seat and put on our seat belts. I was laughing when I heard that cos never in my traveling life that it took so fast to get to another country.

KKIA is under renovation and it looks like it's gonna be big and look as good as KLIA.

Night 1

Check in to the hotel and just dump or stuffs on the floor and went out for dinner. Lapar kali ah..No food served on the plane..

Didn't do much really. Just walk around the shops nearby and head back to the hotel. Early night

Day 2

Woke up around 7ish and getting ready for breakfast ^_^. We went down to the hotel restaurant and take our breakfast. The food was ok and the service was good. Very friendly staffs.

After breakfast, we went round KK City. Went to the their shopping mall like Warisan Square, Centrepoint and Parksons. Manage to get a pendant for myself. I have my name in Chinese and a picture of tiger craft on the pendant. Looks really nice and only cost me RM20. That's all i get that day! Nothing to buy in KK!

Went back to the hotel around 4pm and went to the gym and swimming pool. Spend a good 1 hour over there when it start to rain!

Weather wasn't promising that night so we went to the nearest restaurant for dinner...KFC! Since the weather wasn't that good, we went to a bar and hang out till late.

Day 3

Woke up and the cloud was so dark and the windows are covered with raindrops! Our plan for that day was to travel to KK National Park and Porring Hot Spring but that have to cancel due to the wet weather! Can't do much that day as it rain from morning till around 6 I guess. It was really a boring day for us! Then later we decide to go to Karaoke bar and waste our time. We really wasted our time until 2am! hehehe...

Day 4

Did a last minute shopping for my mom...buying dried prawn. Before I left for KL, mom advise me to get the dried prawn at the KK market and must get those which is not reddish in colour as they put dye on it. Get those with natural prawn colour and should not cost more than RM35 per kg. Found a stall that sell for RM35.50 and it doesn't take me alot of energy to bargain as she offer me RM20 per kg! Apa lagi, I buy lah! Murah kali ah! hehe

Then around 3pm we head off to airport.

Overall, I sort of enjoy my trip there...at least I can relax my mind.

I will upload some photo in here soon.

Rain Rain Go Away . . I'm On Holiday!

The weather in KK wasn't good at all today! It has been raining all day! We went to Parkson to do some shopping. The weather was already cloudy when we walk there and didnt even realise that it was raining so heavy when we were doing our shopping. Got stuck in the shopping mall!

Getting bored of stranded in the shopping mall, we decide to run to the nearest building and walk along it and finally reach the hotel! Crazy weather!

2nd Day In Kota Kinabalu

Kota Kinabalu Here I Go!!

Leaving for KK today. It's been awhile since I was there...probably about 4 years! I am looking forward to the seafood and bars! hehe..I try not to eat too much of seafood otherwise I will peel again!

Flying off to KK with few friends via RBA. Wanted to fly using AirAsia cos of better price but what's the point of me flying to KK alone and at a different time from RBA.. If you understand what I am trying to say then "MUN FAHAM, BISAI"

The other alternative way to get to KK is by driving...and still it's a No No!! Then again, it's best not to drive at this time of the year as it is really wet. It has been raining and before you can get to KK, you have to drive though Temburong! I'm sure some of you have heard that Temburong was flooded and lots of KK goers got stuck at Temburong border! I manage to get some photos from a friend whose friend's was driving back to Brunei from KK.

Temple @ Muara - 1st Day CNY

Here are some of the photos that I took at the temple in Muara. I went there with my family at around 12.30am on the 1st Day of CNY.

5th Day of Chinese New Year

Wow...it's already the fifth day of Chinese New Year! This Golden Rat run really fast eh... I have been really busy entertaining visitors from first to third day of Chinese New Year.

For the past over 20 years, we have been celebrating Chinese New Year in Seria and Lumut. This year we celebrate Chinese New Year in Muara as my parents moved to Muara recently. It is much easier for my relatives to visit us though since 99% of them live in Brunei Muara district.

On the first day of CNY, my parents invited my mom's side of the family for our open house. My mom have 5 siblings and each of her siblings have children that can form a football team..which mean that they are my cousins! Most of my cousins are married and have their own children. Good thing they know about "FAMILY PLANNING" .. hehe.. Imagine how crowded the house can be and with children running around and shouting! It is fun though to have all of them here to chit chat and gossips...hehe

Second day of CNY are for my father's side of the family. On my father's side, he have 9 siblings and thank god they were educated with family planning..hehe... My uncles and aunties have probably 3 or 4 children only in a family. This side of the family is the quiet type..unlike my mom's side of the family...u can hear them from a kilometer away! Oppsss...did i just say that...Jgn marah ah..hehe

Third day of CNY was for my sis and bro-in-law friends and colleagues. I decide not to do any open house for myself as not many turn up last year and wasted so much food!

Yesterday, came down to KB to attend my brother's open house! Looking at the catering's food make me feel sick! It's almost the same food for the past few days! Didn't eat much though.

Stayed over in Seria as I have to attend the ground breaking ceremony for the Methanol Plant which was held this morning.

Saw few accidents along the way and manage to snap a photo involving 3 cars! Can't really see the dent though....

DRIVE CAREFULLY PEOPLE! THE ROADS ARE SLIPPERY!!

KONG XI FA CHAI - GOLDEN RAT

Wishing All MY Chinese Friends, Relatives & Visitors

KONG XI FA CHAI

We Welcome The Golden Rat

&

Say Goodbye To The Year of Boar


Hoping That The Golden Rat Will Bring Us Lots of

Happiness

Prosperity

Good Fortune

Good Health

Hari Mesra Pelanggan at MOD

At MOD now waiting for customer to visit our booth. As you can see, it's "HARI MESRA PELANGGAN" or in English, "Customer Day". Basically all department from the government are here with their own booth welcoming customer with their queries.

It's a bit quiet at the moment and hope there will be people coming over so that I won't feel that bored! I'm manning the booth alone!

The exhibition will be open to public from 4 February 2008 until 13 February 2008. Please do visit the exhibition and hope your queries will be answered.

IM Charity Evening 2008 for SMARTER

Attended the SMARTER charity last nite at JP Amphitheatre. It was an amazing performance by the SMARTER boys and girls! The local artists were excellent too..especially Putri Norizah although I was expecting Maria to be there. hehehe

Took few photos of the event. Picture wasn't that good as I was sitting on the $15 seats and totally forgotten my camera stand! AH well...here are the photos and you can visit here for more pictures.

Reach Out, Touch a Heart

Was listening to Pelangi FM yesterday while driving to the client's office. Heard DJ Alif on the radio and gave out a quiz question. The question is something like this ."Lagu artist Brunei boleh didengar melalui Cooltones. Betul atau Salah" Sounds like an easy question so i send sms to answer it. And after he finish playing a song, the winner was announced and it was ME! I was like laughing to myself. Thought that was an easy way to win a prize..hehe..

Well, I won a t-shirt in conjunction of the IM Charity for SMARTER

Where Is The Safety??!!

Where Is It?!

Remember this picture from my previous blog??

Oh No! Where is the present?! Who stole it?!!

Chinese New Year Deco @ NBT

Manage to snap the Chinese New Year decoration last night before the public flock into this area. It is not totally complete yet as there are still people working on it last night. Here are some of the pictures I took using my brand new Nokia N95 8GB :)

Human Peelinggggggggg...

Have you ever see snake changing it's skin? I am sure some of you did...BUT....do u ever see a human changes their skin? Well, I do know some one who shed like snakes! This person start shedding his skin at his young age of 12. The only part of the body that the skin shed are his palm and feet. Luckily, the other parts of the body doesn't shed...hehehe..

This normally happen in the month of June or July. During his school day, he will have difficulty holding a pen or even holding a glass. The skin become so dry that it start to crack and bleed. If the feet changes skin, it will start to sweat and smells! Yuck...imagine your socks are wet after school...

But as he grew older, the shedding of his skin gets better. It is not as bad as before. Few years back, he went to see a skin specialist and was advice not to use and eat some food. The things he can't use on his skin are those soap without any moisturiser. So he was advise to use Dove. The things he can't eat or have to control eating are alcohol and seafood especially squid.

Sometime he just ignore the doctor's advise cos if it not the "Season" to shed skin, no matter how much seafood he eat or even soak his hand with washing detergent, his skin will be in good health. He only control his food intake when he see signs of his skin peeling off.

Here is a look of his hand ....Not for the weak stomach...hehe..


It doesn't look that bad from the picture but you will feel disgusted when you see it in person.

Actually the person I am talking about is myself...hehehe...it's my hand and i'm the one who is peeling off...hehe

My skin doesn't shed that bad for the past few years but this year it is bad! One of the main reasons is that I was in Labuan few weeks ago and had too much seafood! I had seafood for lunch and dinner. And then more seafood a few days after labuan.. I just love my seafood especially squid!! hehehe... Well..as people say...No Pain No Gain!

Normally it will take few weeks for my skin to return to normal. I'm hoping it get better for Chinese New Year otherwise it will be embarassing to shake hand with people!

Characteristic of RAT

Personality

Occupying the 1st and most prominent position on the Chinese Zodiac, the Rat symbolizes such character traits as wit, imagination and curiosity. Rats have keen observation skills and with those skills they’re able to deduce much about other people and other situations. Overall, Rats are full of energy, talkative and charming but they have a tendency to become aggressive.

Rats are full of good advice but they will never share their troubles with others. They are honest individuals and they enjoy living for the moment. They’re also capable of surviving any situation.

Health

Overall Rats enjoy good health. They’re very active which helps keep them in shape and able to fight off sickness. They can at times be tense, aggressive, and full of nervous energy, conditions which can lead to stress. Regular exercise designed to calm will benefit Rats.

Relationship

Rats are very charming. They enjoy social activities and because they’re out a lot, they’re always meeting new people. They aren’t good at breaking off relationships however, and this presents problems going forward with new relationships. Anyone hoping to partner with a Rat must be able to keep up with the Rat’s active nature.

Career

Extremely perceptive and wise, Rats can focus on the big picture. That ability along with their good judgment enables Rats to solve problems before they arise. Rats focus on titles because titles translate into status and money; two motivating forces. Rats make excellent bosses. Routine halts their creativity so Rats need flexible positions that allow creativity. Good career choices include: administrator, director, manager, entrepreneur, broadcaster, writer, musician, stand-up comedian, politician, lawyer, researcher, and race car driver.

Rats and The 5 Elements

Metal Rats – Years 1900 and 1960

Metal Rats are strong-willed individuals who are determined to get what they want, regardless of the cost. Intensively emotional, their behavior can border on extreme. Possessive feelings, envy and rage can cause problems. Relationships can be problematic as Metal Rats are obstinate.

Water Rats – Years 1912 and 1972

Water Rats are extremely influential. They’re smart and insightful which makes them excellent at problem-solving. Practical and understanding, Water Rats interact well with and are liked by others.

Wood Rats – Years 1924 and 1984

Not nearly as self-confident as they appear on the surface, Wood Rats will never expose this vulnerability to others. They’re successful despite their perpetual fear of failing. Wood Rats enjoy being with friends and family and fortunately for them, feelings of love and respect are mutual.

Fire Rats – Years 1936 and 1996

Fire Rats enjoy being spontaneous. They enjoy traveling and taking on new tasks and will take on practically any new project or adventure simply to avoid any sense of routine and monotony. They’re zestful, spirited, and giving individuals who are well-liked by others.

Earth Rats – Years 1948 and 2008

Earth Rats prefer a sense of stability, digging in and putting down roots early to help ensure a successful future. They believe that slow and steady is the best approach. Being spontaneous is an inbred trait, but this type of behavior does not suit Earth Rats.

Compatibility

Rats are compatible with a Dragon and Monkey and incompatible with a Horse and Rabbit.

Extract from Chinese Zodiac

Looking For New Furniture?

Been out and about again today. It's quite a relaxing Sunday. Went to Beetle Bug and got a pair of shoes and sandals :) Chinese New Year is near, so I need new shoes..hehehe. Already bought my new shirt and trousers :) Probably need to get new underwear? hehehe

Then later me and two of my best friends went to au lait to have our afternoon tea. Spend almost an hour there and one of my friend suggest that we go to the new furniture shop in Kiulap called neometro. I think it was open a few days ago.

Went there and the furniture are really cool and modern. The furnitures are a bit pricey but it's worth of getting it if you want a modern looking living room. I bought myself a new 3 pcs single bed set. It come with quilt cover! Normally it cost alot or not easy to get a bed set with quilt. And guess what, it only cost $20.90 and later discounted for $1.

For those who just move to a new house or need a new furniture, you should go there and have a wonderful time browsing their stuffs! They do sell office furniture too!

The Time Has Come

It's Time To Reveal ...



I Have Anxiously Waiting For It To Arrive ...



And Here You Are ...

YES! It's my new mobile phone .. It's Nokia N95 8GB.

It look a bit different cos i have a black silicon casing on it ^_^. That's my baby niece picture on my new phone. hehe..

I have not been using a Nokia phone since 2001 and now I have been converted again! My last conversion was from PC to Mac. And now from Sony Ericsson to Nokia! I still love Sony Ericsson although I was a bit dissapointed with my last phone SE P990i. Lots of problem with it.

So I hope my new toy doesn't dissapoint me. So far so good though...hehehe

I Finally Got It ...!!


No One Can Stop Me Now ...!!


It's Time To Reveal ....