Travel

ON|OFF Indonesia – Seru banget!

December 5, 2011

After planning and waiting since Pesta Blogger 2009, this year ON|OFF / Pesta Blogger 2011 was finally able to invite fellow bloggers from the South East Asia region. With full support from US Embassy Jakarta, 9 bloggers were invited including myself. Apart from me, there were bloggers from Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Phillippines, Singapore, Thailand, [...]

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ON|OFF Indonesia: Dinner with Indonesian Bloggers

December 3, 2011

After a full day’s journey, your’s truly finally arrived in Jakarta. After checking in to the Kartika Chandra, we proceeded to FX Mall to meet up with the Indonesian blogger community. Great meal, awesome company. Its been a long day and I’m beat. Night night.

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Straits Kitchen Sungkai

August 11, 2011

From here: A modern take on the traditional hawker centre, the Straits Kitchen, located at the Grand Hyatt Singapore, offers Halal Chinese, Malay and Indian cuisine. Designed by the world renowned design firm Super Potato, this restaurant is sleekly furnished in steel, wood and marble. Tuck into an endless list of local favourites like Laksa [...]

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AB goes walkabout: An afternoon in Katong

December 20, 2010

My final day in Singapore was spent with a bunch of locals who brought me around to places away from the tourist mainstays. It was quite an experience to check out the Singapore heartland First stop, LAKSA! This is Katong Laksa, as opposed to Kuching Laksa. This place is currently ranked number 1 of 625 [...]

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AB goes walkabout: MBS and Chomp Chomp!

December 18, 2010
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Microsoft banks on Cloud Computing Environment

December 18, 2010

Emerging markets in Asia Pacific are well placed to increase national competitiveness and transform how they compete on the global stage in today’s Cloud Computing environment, emphasized Microsoft Corporation’s Chairman of Emerging Markets and Chief Advisor to the Chief Operating Officer Orlando Ayala. Speaking at Microsoft’s inaugural Accelerating Asia Pacific summit held in Singapore, Ayala [...]

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AB goes walkabout: Microsoft Accelerating Asia Pacific Summit 2010

December 14, 2010

Am in Singapore for two days of open discussion around the theme of ‘Technology and partnerships enabling governments and helping local communities and countries to grow and innovate’. The agenda will include panelists from Microsoft and their partners, and will cover a wide variety of topics from technology helping solve problems related to education, workforce [...]

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Tomyam Klasik

December 2, 2010

After a long first day of tours and visits, and feeling a bit famished, the bus made a beeline for Tomyam Klasik. A bit dark when we got in. Would’ve loved to get some color in the sky. But ah well, when you just had to grab those pants on sale, you have to grab [...]

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A Borneo 2.0 Weekend

November 1, 2010

Last weekend was spent in Kota Kinabalu where I was invited to speak at the B2.0 Borneo Bloggers + New Media Dialogue organized by Borneocolours.com, an “independent organization that promotes borneo island as a single branded destination, working with the Borneo community and bloggers closely.” B2.0 is a social gathering that focuses on networking, collaboration [...]

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View from Menara Taming Sari

October 28, 2010

This 80 meter tower, fashioned after the famed Keris of the Legend Hang Tuah, stands tall over downtown Melaka, overseeing the Melaka River, the Stadthuy’s, the St. Paul Church and the adjoining A Famosa Fort, and the route the Melaka Duck Tours takes through Jalan Merdeka. Much like Jerudong’s now defunct rotating tower, or the [...]

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Melaka Duck Tours

October 24, 2010

This was the point in the trip that I’ve only realized that we are not actually touring a duck farm of some sort… I present to you, Melaka’s Duck Tours. Billed as Malaysia’s only Land & Sea Adventure, this is a great way to showcase Melaka’s importance historically, in terms of it’s strategic importance as [...]

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Stadthuys Square

October 15, 2010

There’s no denying, the first images you will conjure up when thinking about Melaka, is the distinctive red buildings and the historical ruins. And my knowledge of Melaka is usually limited to that. What better way to gain more info on Melaka than by being in Melaka itself right? Stadthuys literally means town hall in [...]

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Kampung Morten – Villa Sentosa

October 11, 2010

Tuan Hj Ibrahim Hj Hashim, the younger brother of Mr Abdul Rahim Hj Hashim posing in front of Villa Sentosa, located at a bend in the Melaka River. Tuan Abdul Rahim is the curator of this living museum, and son of the late Tuan Haji Hashim bin Dato Demang Haji Abdul Ghani, the founder of [...]

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Fam Trippin’ to Melaka

October 9, 2010

A group photo with Exco Negeri Melaka, Datuk Seet Har Cheow and Mr. Marwan bin Azar, of the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents, and the Travel Agents operating in Melaka at the welcoming dinner at the Naza Talyya hotel in Melaka last Monday. At the welcoming dinner, travel agents from Brunei and Melaka [...]

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Life on the Google Nexus One – Set 1

August 29, 2010

Dinner at Al-Mashriq with Damissus The cemetery I pass by everyday Showcase Cinema De Lux Lunch at KAYU

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AB & damissus go walkabout – Eurodisney

August 7, 2010
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AB & da missus go walkabout – A day at the Louvre

August 1, 2010

In conjunction with CoolTones 3rd year Anniversary which falls on 1st August 2010, for the first time since its establishment Modasys Technology will be holding a Cool-Tones Awards in response to CoolTones & 3g.com.bn support towards the local Music Scene in Brunei. 5 categories will be awarded to the most voted Best Female, Best male, [...]

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AB goes walkabout wit da missus – Paris

July 24, 2010

Ahhh, Paris in the summertime… so darned hot and humid, dog-poo stains on the pavements, everything so gulpingly costly… its not quite my idea of the city of love… And yet, we were inevitably swept away by the city’s historical architecture, its renowned landmarks, and the whole bourgeois lifestyle apparent everywhere we looked. We were [...]

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AB goes walkabout wit da missus – Bruges and Gent

July 17, 2010

As suggested by our host in Brussels, we decided to visit two of Belgium’s smaller cities, Bruge and Gent. I was especially looking forward to visiting Bruge because this was the city in which the movie “In Bruges” starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson was set, and I remember saying to myself, “What a quaint [...]

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Bruxelles Excapade – Part 2

July 14, 2010

From its breathtaking medieval centre to its 21st-century temple to Surrealism, the new Magritte Museum, Brussels offers the visitor a great deal more than just beer and chocolate. Brussels’s compact city centre is clustered with bars, restaurants and museums set along cobbled streets which open suddenly into the Grand-Place. With its ornate guild houses, impressive [...]

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Bruxelles excapade – Part 1

July 11, 2010

As a run-up to our anniversary in Paris, we decided to visit Brussels. The trip had a dual objective, firstly to pay a visit to and ex-colleagues and mentor from my days in the Foreign Service, and secondly to visit the place where da sista and her family lived for some time while they were [...]

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Honeymoon in London?

June 28, 2010

Damissus is currently visiting and as a run up to our little honeymoon getaway in Paris next week, we decided to do the London tourist thing and hop on the Original London Tour. Tower Bridge Lunch at Jom Makan

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BruKent’s “Amazing” Race

April 21, 2010

A few weeks ago, BruKent Soceity organised the BruKent Race, which is the 3rd event that they have organised after its establishment in February. BruKent Race is a competition that more or less like Amazing Race or Treasure Hunt which contain clues, riddles and tasks for the competitor to solve. The event was took place [...]

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BruNotts Easter Games 2010 – Part One

March 28, 2010

Made my way down to Nottingham yesterday to catch the Brunotts Easter Games which was being held at the Uni of Nottingham sports centre. At least 800 Bruneian students turned up for the annual event which included futsal, netball, squash, and badminton tournaments. It was awesome to see so many young Bruneians in one place [...]

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Seri Brunei – Bab Pertama

March 14, 2010

In conjunction with 26th Brunei National Day celebration, the Brunei Darussalam Student Society Wales (BDSS) in collaboration with Brunei Student Union organized and event in Cardiff entitled ‘Seri Brunei’. The theme for the day was ”The traditional Brunei wedding” which showcased a Bruneian wedding which is steeped in Bruneian culture and tradition. There were also various performances such as Malay traditional dance [...]

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Bersiar-siar di Kota London – Part 3

February 10, 2010
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Bersiar-siar di Kota London – Part 2

February 8, 2010

National Art Gallery Trafalgar Square The Lions of the Empire I wonder how many times this area has been photographed Especially these lions

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Bersiar-siar di Kota London – Part 1

February 7, 2010

INFORMATION DAY AT INSTITUT TEKNOLOGI BRUNEI (InfoDay@ITB) Day/Date: Saturday, 13 February 2010 Time: 8.00 am to 4.00 pm Venue: Institut Teknologi Brunei (ITB) Institut Teknologi Brunei will be organizing an ITB Information Day (InfoDay@ITB) on Saturday, 13th February 2010 at the University’s Campus in Kg Tungku. InfoDay@ITB is open to the public and prospective students [...]

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Chevening So Far…

January 13, 2010

This article appeared in the Brunei Times today. Here’s the “director’s cut” if you will heheh I’d like to express my thanks to all at FCO, BHC and British Council for all the help and support thus far! It has been over a year but it feels like just yesterday that I applied for the [...]

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Malaysia – Revisited

December 16, 2009

Just some random shots of the Megafam trip to Malaysia earlier this year

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Hitam Putih Series

December 5, 2009

Haven’t played with B&W for some time, so here’s a random selection. Tks for looking and have an AWESOME weekend everyone!

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Bersiar-siar di kampung Bicester

November 30, 2009

Kampung Bicester or Bicester Village is relaxed shopping haven in the beautiful Oxfordshire countryside, where spacious boutiques showcase fabulously discounted labels from the leading fashion and lifestyle brands normally only found in the world’s most exclusive shopping streets. Shopping is pure pleasure (or pain depending on who’s paying haha!) at Bicester Village, where sophisticated boutiques, [...]

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Saturday afternoon walkabout

November 8, 2009

Being cooped up in the library was seriously getting to me, so I decided to take a stroll around the city this afternoon… This is Leicester Fire Station just opposite my dorm building. Its undergoing renovations at the moment Opal Court. My dorm. Crossroads like these are very common here and are very useful in [...]

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More from Stapleford

November 4, 2009
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The Chevening Reception at Nottingham Castle

October 28, 2009

Last night, the Chevening FCO hosted a reception for Chevening scholars in the Midlands area. The reception was held at the Nottingham Castle Museum. It was a great networking event where I got to meet with other Chevening scholars from around the world. Names, emails and facebook id’s were exchanged and definitely new friendships will [...]

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Beraya Bersama Brunotts – Bab Pertama

October 25, 2009

Yup I know, we’ve passed the month of Syawal, but yesterday the Brunotts Society held their Hari Raya event and although Syawal has passed, it was still nice to soak in the festive atmosphere one last time before the next year. It was an awesome event and the Freshers put up a really good show [...]

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The Chinese State Circus

October 25, 2009

  Muffin and Latte before heading for the circus The Chinese State Circus has a characteristically quiet charm. The level of skill is so phenomenally high that any razzamatazz gloss is redundant. These distinctively Chinese performance arts are thousands of years old yet they still retain the capacity to entertain in this third millennium. Featuring [...]

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Raya’ing Up the Thames with the BSU – Part Two

October 22, 2009
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Diwali – The Festival of Light

October 21, 2009

I was told that the Diwali celebrations in Leicester is the biggest in the UK, so after the BSU boat cruise, I rushed back to Leicester to catch the celebrations. Good move Reedz! It was happeNING! Which is more than I can say for my pics from the event Its times like these I wish [...]

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Raya’ing Up the Thames with the BSU – Part One

October 18, 2009

Saturday afternoon was spent in the company of over 300 fellow Bruneian students from all over UK on board the Dixie Queen going up the river Thames. The Hari Raya gathering was superbly organized by the Brunei Students’ Union and sponsored by quite a number of organizations including the Brunei Students’ Unit (UPP), BLNG, Yayasan [...]

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