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UBD Student Community Outreach Promotes Recycling Culture
Two weekends ago, families in Kampung Bolkiah found out that they could actually exchange their “trash” for food. The Universiti Brunei Darussalam’s Student Community Outreach Team (SCOT) gave rice and noodles to low income families in the village in exchange for their collected recylables. The students’ group aims to eradicate…
Tunjangan Hari Raya?
Did you know that in Indonesia Idul Fitri has a legally mandated salary bonus for all employees, known as Tunjangan Hari Raya (THR) as enforced by Indonesia’s Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration (“Kementerian Tenaga Kerja dan Transmigrasi”)? That’s right folks. The mandated amount of this salary bonus differs by region….
Don’t feed the ants! Prevent Diabetes.
Butra HeidelbergCement Sdn Bhd (BHC), the producer of Brunei Cement, is partnering with the Ministry of Health and MixMedia Group in a campaign to prevent diabetes before it hits. Stuart Lee, spokesperson for Brunei Cement, said the company is celebrating its 15 years in the industry and is keen to…
Public Lecture: Countering the impact of the epidemic of diabetes and related vascular disease in South East Asia
Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific regions are at the forefront of the current epidemic of type 2 diabetes. Diabetes affects 12 – 20% of the population, and is increasing in the young. A further 20% of the population has the pre-diabetes state of impaired glucose tolerance with increased risk…
Breaking fast on a field – Padang Style
Last night, the kids and I trooped on over to the newly renovated Pondok Sari Wangi Sengkurong to try out the sungkai buffet which was made up of padang dishes including ayam assam pedas, tempe goreng mandarin, pakis sambal, tahu, dendeng belado, daging tongseng and others. It was a veritable…
Happy Birthday Nini Jamil!
A couple of weeks ago, we celebrated the FIL’s 72nd birthday at Ligong Restaurant at the Empire. The all you can eat promo is one of our favourites when it comes to special celebrations like these. Happy Birthday babah, from all the gang. Wishing you good health, and happiness throughout…
Looking for stylish shawls and hijabs?
Looking for stylish shawls and hijabs to wear for the holy month of Ramadhan and the upcoming Hari Raya festival? Cahaya Butik Outlet has it all. Cahaya Butik Outlet has few new shawls such as Jewelled shawls, printed cotton shawls, Stretchable cotton shawls and the popular scarf from Orsay.com. Cahaya…
Iftar at Saffron
Last night, the AB gang trooped over to Saffron Restaurant for our annual sungkai ritual which we’ve been observing for the past few years. To keep things interesting, every year, the concept is slightly different but the one thing that is constant is the quality of the food, the relaxed…
In Retrospect
“One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.” — Sigmund Freud
Randomness
Never continue in a job you don’t enjoy. If you’re happy in what you’re doing, you’ll like yourself, you’ll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined – Johnny Carson
I’m a certified digital citizen. Are you?
Last week, I was invited to attend a certification training program called IC Citizen which was run by AITI in collaboration with Prestariang Systems Sdn Bhd. IC CITIZEN Certification is the first of its kind in the world that is specially developed and designed to produce digitally literate and responsible…
Sungkai this Ramadhan Japanese Styley at Excapade!
For the first time ever, this Ramadhan, Excapade will be offering a sungkai buffet for its customers, but only at it Gadong branch, and only for limited numbers. For B$28.80 (discount card can be used as well!), you get a full spread of sashimi and sushi, teppanyaki dishes, tempura dishes,…
A day with Manny Librodo
Yesterday was a loooong day which started out with a whole day photography workshop with Manny Librodo, one of the best five photographers in world (that you probably haven’t heard about) according to Scott Kelby, who was brought in by CandidSyndrome Brunei. The day was split into two, an intense…
Parents, how to be positive?
I’m sure all of us aspire to positive parenting all the time, but its not easy. Trust me, I know… Positive parenting allows parents the ability to raise happier, healthier kids. Kids raised using a positive parenting approach have strong self esteem, confidence, and more contentment in their lives. You…
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