Happening Sunday

It was quite a boring Sunday when me and my friends decide to do something rather than sitting at home and do nothing.

Then my friend remembers that there is a "Pesta Pantai" at Muara Beach. So we got ready and making our way there. While enjoying sitting as a passenger in my friend's car, I look at the sky and guess what, the sky turned dark and started to rain! But hey, there were so many activities happening on that day..so we divert our venue to Tutong for the Agro-Fruit Festival ^_^.

We were listening to Kristal FM and DJ Dean was on air. He was asking the listener to sms him with the weather condition at where we are. So I sms and told him about the weather and also where are heading. He mentioned that on air. Then a listener text in to Kristal FM and asked where it is located! The funny thing is we do not know exactly the location where the Agro-Fruit Festival was held. So I sms back to DJ Dean and told him we are still finding it! Luckily there is a caller who knew where it was held. hehehe .. That really save our time from roaming around Tutong looking for it.

When we got in to Tutong town, there were many people flocking to the river side. We were wondering what is happening there and thought it might be boat race or something. We went down and YES, we were right, it was the boat racing final!

After spending almost an hour there, we then move to Pantai Seri Kenangan for the Agro-Fruit Festival. Quite a lot of people there too :) Didn't spent much time there but I did manage to get some keropok lekor :)

Accident at Limbang

From my previous post I did mentioned that my neighbour told me that there was an accident happen in Limbang. It was really sad to see and hear what had happen last Saturday where 3 Bruneian and 2 Singaporean who reside in Brunei died in a horrific accident in Limbang.

Yesterday, I heard from a friend saying that his colleague seen a video of the tragedy which was taken by someone. My friend describe to me that, it was sad to hear that the husband (injured Bruneian) kisses his wife on the face when the public pull her out from the wreckage. And I was told that while the body of the 2 injured females lied on the ground, a lady stranger came over and took off her jewelery and run off. Well, I told my friend that I won't believe it until I really see the video.

The next day I manage to get a copy of the video and I was really really shocked to see that what my friend told me was true! When I watch the video, I was kinda asking myself, who is that lady next to the injured woman. And I can't believe my eyes when I saw the lady taking off the jewelry off the injured woman and put it in her pocket!! Probably she didn't realise that someone is taking the video. Then she moved to the other injured woman and looking for jewelry! But instead, she took the injured man's mobile phone! It looks like that the injured man pass her the mobile knowing that she was trying to take off her jewelry!

I will not publish the video in here because of personal reason and respect to the men and women who have passed away. I did some screen capture from the video.

PHOTOS REMOVED DUE TO REQUEST BY SOME VIEWER

And here are some screen captured of the event when the lady steal the injured women jewelry!

PHOTOS REMOVED DUE TO REQUEST BY SOME VIEWER

I really find it disturbing to see what this idiot heartless woman have just done! I do hope this woman who stole the jewelry haunted by the men and women who have passed away from this horrific accident. May They Rest In Peace.

Self Accident??

For the past 1 week, I have been hearing so many car accident.

This morning, on my way to work, I saw a car plunges over the road kerb. I can't see a second car involve in this accident though. Is it a hit and run? I don't know...Is it self accident?..I don't know..


So people, please do drive safely especially to those who like to show off their driving skills on the road.

My New Toy!

Had a wonderful time in Miri over the weekend. Went there with 2 other friends that I always go Miri with...well you can say Miri travel buddy! hehehe...

The journey to Miri was great. There was no queue at all..although there are still some other people who are so impatient and overtook us at the immigration.

After we checked in and leave our things in the hotel, we went out and look for a seafood restaurant. QUite surprise that there are few seafood restaurant in Miri. We went to a Halal seafood restaurant as my friends are Malay.

The food was really good. We ordered seafood taufu, clam and fish (kerapu) cook with Tom Yam. It took quite awhile for the food to arrive on our table but it's worth the wait. I would recommend it to anyone who likes seafood :)

The next day, our usual routine are shopping! I did manage to get a pair of trousers, shirt and few other stuffs! And later I went to the electronic shop and something really catches my eyes and it's really cheap! Without thinking much about it, I just took it and straight to the counter and pay for it! Here is the toy that I bought....

Do you know which toy I bought?

It was pouring cats and dogs when we were heading back to Brunei. Some motorist just don't care about their life while driving on a wet road! When I got home, my neighbour told me that there was an accident that happen in Limbang which took the lives of 3 Bruneian and 2 Singaporean who work for Ideal. And it was raining at that time when the accident happen. I haven't read the news yet but what I heard from my neighbour that the Singaporean was overtaking 6 cars in a row when the head collision happen!

So people, please do drive carefully especially during this wet weather.

Fireworks At Taman Jubilee

There will be few fireworks shooting up in Brunei sky for the next few weeks in conjunction with our beloved monarch 62nd Birthday.

Tonight, I went with few friends to see the fireworks at Taman Jubilee. I was very excited about it as this will be my first time taking photos of firework with my Canon 350D SLR Digital Camera. We went to the river side next to Concept Computer. At first I thought it will be just us there and after a while there were few cars driving towards where I park my car.

Here are some of the outcome of the photos that I took. I am quite happy with it although I thought it can be better than that. ^_^

You can see more of the photos here

Turn Back Time

I was browsing through my office computer and looking through the photos that I took during my trip to Sydney in April this year. And I come across few of the photos which I totally forgot to share with you.

The story is like this....

On my way back home from the airport, I was driving and talking with a colleague of mine who need me to send him home, I saw a flock of birds (don't know what it's call) flying from the Sg. Akar dump site. My colleague told me it's nothing new about it as he see it almost everyday. But what we find it interesting that day was, the birds were flying so low almost reaching the road. It was quite distracting and dangerous for motorist as they have to be careful not to knock the birds! One unique thing that I find it really interesting about this birds are that, they fly along the road as if they are driving on the road...hehehe... It will make a turn if there is a bend on the road! Amazing....Just look at the photos :)

Worst Sickness Of The Year

I was really sick for the past 2 days. It's been awhile since I have such sickness. I had headache, sore throat, block nose and tired.

I went to see my GP and was given 4 different medication! 1 bottle of cough syrup, 1 packet of cold tablet, 1 packet of antibiotic for my throat infection and 1 packet of tablet for my headache and not forgetting a day sick leave :)

Went home and took all the medicine and within 30 mins i can feel the medication kicking in cos I suddenly felt so sleepy and went straight to bed! I think if there is a burglar entered the house, I won't know a thing!

Woke up and still feel very louzy and tired. After 4 hours of my first medication, i took the medicine again...and again, i felt sleepy and went straight to bed! I wonder what causes that...then I realise it's the cough medicine that make me so sleepy! That's why I didn't take any cough syrup this morning! I don't want fall asleep infront of the computer when I'm at work...hehe..

I still have the cold and sore throat. The headache is almost gone! I dun mind the cold and sore throat, just don't like headache!

I hope I will be fine in the next few days ^_^

Under The Weather

I felt really lousy today. Having a block nose and headache! I just hate getting a cold cos it make me very hungry and I won't get full no matter how much i eat!

Went to La Mee this afternoon with a friend. I was accompany him looking for new furniture for his new office :) While waiting for my order to arrive, I manage to take a video of the chef doing the La Mee. Enjoy the video ^_^

Gosh!! I Have Been So Lazy!!

Wow...What's wrong with me?? Why have I not update my blog? Getting bored of it? No stories?

Well, I have a very good reason for not updating my blog lately...the reason is that I have no reason for not updating my blog..hehehe.... I think purely cos I have no story to tell. Nothing much have happen to me lately beside having too many birthday invitation and weekend parties!! Getting bored of it already...and look at me!!..I have gain so much weight!

I have 2 more parties to attend this week. It's a theme party! One of the parties, we have to dress up as Skeleton! Where the HELL I can get a skeleton costume! Unless......I paint myself and look like a skeleton! What do you think?

The other party which will be on Saturday, we have to dress up as ROCKERS! Gosh..this is totally out from my personality..hehehe.. I will have to see what I can do to make myself look like a ROCKER!

That's all for now......

My New Sink

I went for lunch with a friend yesterday at LLF at Serusop and later pass by this shop which sell so many nice stuffs. Then I came across this nice cute sink which I think it's good for my office. You might wonder why do i need a sink in my office? Well, it's not actually the sink you have in the toilet..hehe.. It's a miniature sink which u put on your office table for paper clips and it's magnetic too. Look at the photo below and you will know what I mean ^_^


Oh..I got it from UnderTen at Serusop. Only cost $2.90. It looks really cute on the table.

My Mood Now

Eggxplode Me Not

Did you read the newspaper last week on La Mee Restaurant regarding their newly created dish?! After reading what was written in the newspaper, I feel so tempted to try it since La Mee is one of my favourite restaurants.

So I went to La Mee today for my lunch. The first thing the waitress did was introducing me about their Eggxplode dish and she say it is one of the most popular ordered dish. I ordered Eggxplode with chicken and have my favourite Tec C Special ^_^

When the food arrive, it look very interesting that I totally forgot to take a picture of it. But I can tell you my first comment when the food arrived.

"Hmmmm....it smells like rojak!"

Basically the chicken are warp with eggs and slices of cucumber and pineapples on top of it. I dig in and pieces of chicken inside it with some black sauce. Looks yummyy....but as I started to chew and my tastebuds starts to work very hard and sending signal to my brain..... I find the food really really disappointing!

The black sauce is a bit salty and they fried the chicken and stuffs inside the egg which doesn't make the dish taste good at all. It is plain and doesn't taste anything special. The presentation of the food is good but unfortunately the taste of the food doesn't get certified by my tastebuds.

My rate for the food is 4/10

Accident At Beribi Roundabout

I do find that motorist enjoy to get their car knocked at the roundabout!!

My New ......

Last weekend, me and my friends went to Miri for our occasional shopping spree :) The currency exchange was good. RM3.34 = B$1...but I heard it was RM3.39 a few days before that.

We stayed at Imperial Hotel and it was a really nice hotel! I will grade it 4/5 and the lack of 1 is due to the view! We have the view of their air cooler compressor for their hotel!! UGLY VIEW! Other than that..its perfect :)

On this trip I can't believe myself that I manage to get so many stuffs! On my last few trips, I hardly get anything except for buying unripe banana at E-Mart. I bought few nice shirts and trousers...but I do hope, I wont see anyone in Brunei wearing the same shirt! I have encountered few occasion that I saw people wearing the same short as mine! The most embarrassing moment was when me and my friends went for dinner at Dave's Deli and saw a guy wearing the same pattern shirt! That's why I prefer to buy my clothing outside Borneo Island :)

BUT the climax for that trip was I bought myself a new watch! It been awhile since I bought myself a watch! Due to the good exchange rate, the price for the watch is really good too :)

So that will be my watch for the next few years unless there are nice people out there who are willing to get me nice watch :) hehe

What Happen To The World ??!

Did you realise that the weather is getting weird lately?

I'm not talking about Brunei itself but also country like Myanmar which suffer a massive lost of live (past 22,000) due to Cyclone Nargis. And now China experience earthquake with magnitude of 7.8 which hit few provinces and lost over 10,000 lives!

On 11 May 2008, Brunei did experience a strong gale wind that hit most part of Brunei and causes lots of damages to houses, signboard and cars! My friend who live in Menglait sms me and say that there is a sudden strong wind and rain! After a min or so, it happen at my parents' place in Muara! The sky suddenly turn dark and you can see the trees swaying vigorously and leaves flying all over the place! I manage to take a short clip when it happen....

Kota Kinabalu 25-27 April 2008

Sometime you never realise how the time just passes by without you realising it. It's been over a week now since I was having my holiday in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

The last time when I was there was in February and we went there by plane. On this trip, we went there by car :) and I was driving! There was 7 of us and just imagine we have to squeeze in the car! Good thing I was the driver..hehe...We left BSB at 8am and reach KK around 2pm. Lots of nice scenery along the way.

When we reach at Beaufort, the weather was really bad! It was pouring with rain and strong wind! It was kinda scary to see the steel frame advertising board was swaying! As we reach our hotel, Marina Court, the wind was so strong that I can see people struggling to walk..hehe

We spend most of the afternoon in the apartment. The rain didn't stop until 10pm! Centrepoint was so near to our apartment but we have no choice but to drive there! Went Karaoke after that then clubbing ^_^

The next day we went to one of the popular island in KK, Pulau Manukan. It's took about 20mins by boat from the jetty near to the Police station..i think. It cost RM26 for a return trip and you can hire snorkling equipment there too. The first thing we do as we arrive, was to get the best shady place! hehehe...The next thing was definitely jumping into the water and see some fish! There were 7 of us and only 2 of us can swim! So we ask the rest to hire a life jacket and jump into the water! The deepest was only until my neck level. Manage to snaps some photos there.

I was a bit disappointed that I couldn't see many fish in the water compare to Pulau Sapi. I can remember that I was attacked by a small black and white fish when I was in Pulau Sapi few years back. I think I must have disturb their breeding area and the fish keep on biting on my leg. I swim off and it keep attacking me! Then I realise that my leg was bleeding from the bite!!

At night we went clubbing again but this time it wasn't fun at all! The club was totally packed and there was no room to dance! But there were lots to see though. We could see people jumping off the stage and the people below it catches them! And we also saw a fight in the club! I think someone disturbs someone's gf and wasn't happy about it! All I can say is, it was not the local that got into the fight..tsk..tsk..tsk...Not good!

The next morning, we spend a bit of time at the market and then head back to Brunei! It was a pleasant drive until one of our tyre burst! Good thing I didn't drive too fast and also good thing we have a spare tyre! We reach Brunei around 9pm! We were stuck in the queue at Kuala Lurah for almost 2 hours and was so pissed off with those who overtook us!

Overall, it was a great trip and wanted to go back there soon and discover other part of Kota Kinabalu :)

....My Weekend Trip...

Last weekend I was away from the country. Just need a break before my work taking over my leisure time! I will blog my journey to that place later.... For now, here is a clue where I have been...

Trip To Sydney from 12-17 April 2008

Compare to the past 3 trips to Sydney that I had, I enjoyed this trip the most cos I managed to go for a proper tour rather than walking around at the city centre.

I went to Sydney with a colleague of mine for our Negotiating Training! Feel kinda insulted when they wanted me to go for this course. Negotiating...who doesn't know how to negotiate! We are asian..we are good at it...hehe...

But after the training..YES I AM REALLY BAD IN NEGOTIATING! hehe...


Arrived Sydney on 12 April 2008 at about 10am Sydney time. Check in to Urban St. Leonard Hotel and rested for awhile. At about 2pm, we decide to go for the city tour using the Hop On & Hop Off Bus. It cost us A$30 which include Bondi Tour and City Tour. We can hop on to the tour bus at any time within the 24 hrs. It was a nice sunny day although the breeze is a bit cold. First, we took the City Tour Bus. We passes by few interesting places which you can see from the pictures I snap. The tour lasted for over 1 hr. Then we hop on to the Bondi Tour. This is the most interesting tour. They bring us around most entertainment area like the casino, sydney opera house and also Bondi Beach. After passing by Bondi Beach, my colleague and I decide to go there tomorrow and spend few hours at the beach.

The weather looks fine on Sunday morning. We took the 10am Hop On & Hop Off Bus to Bondi beach. Along the trip there, the weather started to change. The sky turn dark! Suddenly I see lightning everywhere. What make it worst is that, the bus that I am on is an open top bus! The rain just keep pouring and all of us have to go down to the ground floor to take shelter! Imagine the temperature of the rain! We were really pissed off with this!


So me and colleague decide to spend our time at the Casino, Sky City!! Spend the whole afternoon and part of the evening gambling..hehe..quite fun though. I didn't even realise the time after enjoying myself wasting money on the slot machine! Lost A$20 though.

Monday till Wednesday is basically training training training and finish quite late. By the end of the day, I was drained!

I flew back to Brunei on Thursday. You can see the pictures I took during my trip in sydney here

Tired ... Tired .... Tired ....

Gosh...i'm so tired lah..... don't think I can type any furtherrrrrrrrr...... later saja...

Water Village Tour

I had a wonderful water village tour last Saturday with our company guest from Melbourne. I always thought to myself, is there any interesting place in Brunei that I can bring my visitor to visit.

I only realise that Brunei have so many wonderful places to visit ever since I brought one of my friends from Kuching who have never step foot in Brunei. First thing came to my mine, where can I bring him? I suddenly thought of the Royal Regalia which I have not visited for over 10 years now. We went there and was so amazed of the collection and history of the Royal Families. Then later, i brought him to Brunei Museum in Kota Batu. That was a disappointment. Went there and the air conditioner wasn't working. Apparently, the air-con have not been working for few months! We didn't stay long there cos it was too hot. Then drove him along Jalan kota Batu and then later stop at one of the malay restaurant in Kiulap to try Ambuyat! I was surprised that he really enjoy it... hehe...That was in December 2007.

Last Saturday, I did the same thing to my Melbourne guest (Lisa). Brought her for lunch at Portview and later walk to the Royal Regalia. I have become a tourist in my own country and also her tour guide for that day..nice isn't it?! It was kinda embarrassing though when I mistaken the Secretariat Office as the post office..hehe..

After the Royal Regalia, we walk back to Portview where we catch the boat that we have booked for our water village tour. The tour guide was just a teenager and he can answer the questions that Lisa asked about the water village and wild life. While Lisa busy asking questions to the tour guide, I was busy snapping photos. It was nice to see a closer view of the Istana, although it was just the roof and dome.

The boat driver then brought us to a place where most of the wildlife can be seen. The tour guide will point to us if he see any wild life. The first wildlife we saw was the Proboscis monkey! Good thing I brought my Canon SLR camera with Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM. I managed to catch quite a close up of the monkey. I totally forgot to bring my binocular otherwise Lisa could have seen the monkey easily. We stayed there for few minutes and we were told that the Proboscis monkey have a shy character unlike those common monkey where it will attack us! hehe... We then move on with the boat ride and we saw monitor lizards and snakes. I was hoping to see the crocodiles but it never appear. Lisa wasn't that excited about crocodiles though.

Towards the end of our wild life tour, we managed to see the Proboscis monkey in a closer view. They were in fact wondering outside someone backyard. We went down from the boat and I managed to snap some close up of the monkey. I always wanted to see a Proboscis monkey and finally saw one and also manage to snap some picture of it.

After we had enough of the monkey, we then head back to the water village and we were brought to the tour guide's house to have a look of a typical water village house. Lisa was really amazed with the house and wondering how they managed to keep the house so clean. The tour guide showed us around the house and also their 'Garage'. Think about it, how can a water village have a garage? Apparently, the garage is just below the house. There is a small door on the floor and lead us to where they park their boat :)

Just before we visited one of the most favourite part of the house, there were about a dozen of tourist from Korea and Japan touring the house. So being curious, I asked the tour guide if their house always been visited by tourist. He told us that, their house have been visited by tourist for the past 9 years and recently they were on the local news. The most tourist they get in a day is 700 people! Imagine how tiring that can be!

Lisa being Lisa, she mingle around with the Japanese and Korean tourist. They are a bit cheeky and humourous by saying they are still single and wonder if Lisa want to marry them! We just laughed. After the tourist left, we head to the last place of the house where Lisa really can't wait to have a look at it! Look at the picture ^_^

I told her that if she is lucky, she will be able to see the human waste product eaten by the fish "Bedukang".

The ride took us about 2 hours. It was really an amazing ride and really enjoyed it. If anyone of you thinking of bringing your visitors for a boat ride, you can contact Hj. Tarsat at +6738874405.

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