Saturday, April 29, 2006

Brunei | Kampung Sungai Kedayan...


Kampung Sungai Kedayan is part of Kampung Ayer (Kampung Means Village)....

I was told that, it was called as such because, the Kedayan people use the river to pass thru from their house to their business area, hence the name...

Kampung Ayer or the Water Village is considered one of the most outstanding landmark of Brunei Darussalam, with having a population of more than 20,000 people living in stilt houses, with standard living amenities (e.g. water, electricity, phone, tv, police station, fire brigades, schools, clinics, mosque etc).

Once in the historical timeline Kampung Ayer was the administrative capital of Brunei Darussalam.

A walk into the Kampung Zone...

Kampung Ayer, situated at the heart of Bandar Seri Begawan (BSB), the capital city, consist of several villages connected together with jetties or they call it in Malay "jambatan", whilst some can only be reached via "Mutu Tambang" or so called the Water Taxi.

Mutu Tambang in Kampung Ayer, (I'll try to bring more of these in my future post)


Various views of the jetties or plank walkways in kampung Ayer, which connects from one place to another... BTW, the double storey building is a primary schools...

Sunday, April 23, 2006

Brunei | Nite with Stars From Anugerah Bintang Popular

MAWI AF3 ! FARAH AF2 ! RUFFEDGE ! FASHA SANDHA ! SHEILA RUSLY !

... a Night with Stars from Anugerah Bintang Popular (i.e. winner from a Popular Stars' Award), was held very recently at one of the most prestigious hotels in Brunei, if not the World, The Empire Hotel & Country Club, in Jerudong, Brunei Darussalam, with a view facing the South China Sea with the 18 holes Jack Nicklaus's designed golf course.

It was a closed (by invitation only) charity function held for the disabled person associations in Brunei, which were from the Pusat Bahagia ("Happy Centre"), Community Development Department, Pusat Ehsan Al Ameerah Al-Hajah Mariam, Persatuan Kanak-Kanak Cacat (KACA), [lotsa thanks to those organising/sponsoring this event: The Empire Hotel & Country Club, Brunei, the Royal Brunei Airlines (RBA), Berita Harian (Malaysia) and Malaysian's TV3 (Melodi) member crews were there as well]

The charity event were hosted by 2 beautiful & talented young ladies Fasha Sanda & Sheila Rusly (Fasha's first time as an MC! Lucky audience... hehe), and songs perfomed by Farah AF2, Ruffedge & Mawi AF3, overall performances were brilliant, good vocals by all, and the audience really do enjoyed the event.

Just to show u all a glimpse of the event, here a some of the pix from the event, if I got the time I might post up more pix,(need to do some other stuffs), otherwise, these pix will do.

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... the audience love the performances that they came up to the stage to participate with the stars...

...look at how the audience love Mawi and look at the photographers as well ... hehe



From L to R | Mawi, Farah, Fasha, Sheila, Ruffedge (yeah only 3 members, one member could not find his passport I think... hehe)

...the energetic Farah AF2 signing autograph...

... the lovely Fasha attending to some fans...

... and of course the "auramatic" Asmawi bin Ani a.k.a MAWI ...

Lastly, thanks to all for the success and the enjoyable event...

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Thailand | Street Life ...

ok..ok... I know.. I've posted a lot about Bangkok Thailand, what about Brunei? ... oh well.. before i finish off with Bangkok, I'll leave u with some random images of Bangkok.. what's going on in the city life ... a glimpse of what Bangkok like, for those of U haven't been there... at least U'll know what to expect .... (.... the Thailand Tourism Board ought to give me some incentives for this.... e.g. free holiday in other part of Thailand so that I can promote more.... Huahahaha.. )

Siam Paragon.. the newly open shopping mall, even got various luxurious car showrooms on one of the shopping floor!


people relaxing.. within the vicinity of Siam Paragon, and around Siam Square...

... the multilevel light railway transportation...

...inside the train...

... typical daily scene... roads pack with vehicles... this one is along MBK...



.. local ladies...


... local transport .. "tuk-tuk" ....

...bird-eye view of Bangkok the City on a not-so-clear day ... that tall tower is the Baiyoke Sky Hotel ..

well this is inside of one of the camera shop in Bangkok, was testing out a Tamron Lens hehehe... very well equipped foto shop .. manage to buy some items hehehe .. shyyyy...

... the crossroad...railway crossings...

... jam maak-maak (heavy traffic)....

... Durian monthong anyone?

...at the airport ... ready to go back home ... yikes... cancelled?

Sunday, April 16, 2006

Thailand | Khao San Road

... Khao San Road .. saw this from the map .. it says that it is some sort of a must go area for tourist ... it was quite far from the city centre.. even on the map it is located nearly to the very edge .. hehe... but personally it was a great experience .. I think we were the only "Asian Tourist".. where as the rest ... from outside Asia ... hehe see for yourself...



..typical scene in Khao San Road... local woman in traditional dress.. selling something local ...


... a quick capture ... trying to get "the moment" ....


.. U will be spoilt for choices here... u can choose from many brands in different colours ... just bring your money with u ... n yeah .. nope.. no cards accepted hehe...

... I think this area is the only "modern" area .. somewhere secluded ... quite a different ambience from the main street...


... I don't know why this boy was standing...... and holding a flag... but.... something interesting ...
"...hidup pun susah .. mati pun susah ... mati pun kena pegang mendera....."


... n yea .. every 10 metres or so .. u will see people doing their hair .... it's the in thing I presume...

.. n unfortunately ... my CF Card gave up on me... lotsa interesting stuffs I can't capture because my CF Card's Full ... yikes.... anyway... to compensate it.... I gotta sacrifice in capturing the photo in the smallest jpeg res. instead of RAW .. but hei ... better than not capturing any photo at all .... I really need new additional CF Cards....any donors? hehehe

Saturday, April 15, 2006

Bangkok | Nite Bazaar...

... a glimpse into the nite bazaar ...selling lotsa stuffs ... clothings... furniture... novelties... etc....some stuff are really a bargain.. but some u r better off buying at from MBK hehehe...

Many tourists come here for the "feel" of it ... I was inform they only operate at nite ....

... waiting for taxi ... bargain your taxi beforehand.. at this time many taxi don't wanna use their meter...





... for those precious stone lover... u can get them here as well... but do your homework... know your fake n genuine stuff....

...seen this in KL .. now it's in Bangkok ... so hmmm... can we have it in BSB....?


.. seems to be some sort of a landmark here...

... flows of tourist ....in white! ... kewl.....


.. was actually trying to capture this in slow shutter speed... but as soon as i press the shutter.. they themselves seem to be stop moving ... hmmmm...

... I wanted to capture the overall scene .. but the lady seems to insist of her pix to be taken .... so ... "Click!" .. here u go Miss ... Sawadee.... Khub Kun Maak...