BRUNEI | Pre-National Day Generation ...

I was browsing thru my photo archives when I found this photo. This was taken quite some time ago, I think it was during the National Day celebration in 2005! 23rd February 2005, which was the 21st National Day of Brunei.

When I saw this very honourable, smart-attired gentleman, I waved my hand as a gesture of permission and thanks for the pose, and he waved back to me with a smile, the smile which I presume saying "..thanks for appreciating ..." .. thanks for appreciating the Pre-National Day generation, or nowadays widely known as Warga Emas.

Older generation should never be forgotten, thou some might not have a college degree but most of them have the certification of QBE or Qualification-By-Experience, which is also very important compared to MToQ or Mostly-Theory-only-Qualification.

Pucuk Pauh Delima Paku,
Anak Sembilang Di Tapak Tangan;
Sungguh Ada Barang Yang Baru,
Barang Yang Lama Dilupa Jangan.

SINGAPORE | Orchard Road at Nite - Part II (B/W)

Orchard Road, Singapore ... in the evening ... and in Black & White ...

BTW ... I tried to post in Medium Sizes .. trying which one is better ... S, M or L ... feedbacks are welcome ...

.. despite the unavailability of a tripod ... this is the best that I could get ...

.. bawah pokok kelapa .. eh salah .. pokok eeerr.. pokok apa ni ah ..





.. confused ? .. or is the underpass everywhere....


.. amalkan sikap suka membaca ... walau dimana awda berada ...

... the 24-7 kiosk ... hmmm ... if Seven-Eleven is open 24 hours .. why do they still need a shutter and a pad lock ... ? hmmm ...

SINGAPORE | Orchard Road at Nite - Part I

... I've mentioned earlier that, I would re-do this post .. so yea .. and in fact I'm gonna try to post the photo in a larger sizes, because some said that, it was quite difficult to see (despite the photos are clickable for a larger version)... well the reason why I posted in a smaller sizes were to conserve bandwidth hence faster and easier browsing...

.. and due to the larger sizes .. I divided these series into 2 parts ...

.. BTW let me know which one do u all prefer ... smaller sizes (but with a clickable larger version) ... or larger sizes (slower loading) .....

.. the "legendary" Old Chang Kee .. no worries .. HALAL certified ... ;) .. is it good or not u might asked .. just look at the Q ....

.. one of the many street performers that nite ... nice soothing music ...

.. one of the sculptures .... up-close ...

... the fountain ...

... the Old Chang Kee kiosk .. under the full moon ... beautiful ain't it ...

... Ngee Ann City ... mun di Brunei .. ngian ct ani .. mcm Pengiran City kali .. ngee ann .. ngian .. eeer ... manasajalah ...


..."You Are Here" .. but ... we are going there ...

.. an outdoor escalator going to the food court ...




... the large LED screen across the road .. facing the ubiquitous al-fresco cafe ...

KOREA |An Evening in Seoul City ...

.. Imagine this ... on a saturday nite ... no where to go ... or u r feeling bored .. need something to "calm" u down .. u just.. feel like .. jalan-jalan liat "keindahan alam" ... so where u wanna go in Brunei? ..

..lemme guess .... round Gadong .... then Batu Bersurat ... then .. Kiulap ... then Bandar .. .. then .. round and round again .... ;)

But hei .. in Seoul, Korea ...... I can say that we were quite fortunate that we manage to get around Seoul during the evening...

As any developed city, it was still busy despite nearing midnite ... coloured lights... neon signage everywhere... but amongst all .. there's this one beautiful spot in the heart of the city which were quite .. something ... people flock to this area due to the scenic and the beautiful ambience ...

It was obviously man-made yet blending with the existing cityscape ...

.. perhaps in Brunei these can be done under the bridges adjoining the Pasar Gadong and Gadong Commercial Complex .. hmmm.. may be ...


.. an overview of the man-made waterflow ...

... the source ...

... the "river" is not that deep as u can see from the photo ...


... yeap .. was standing in the middle of the water flow ...


.. the walkway under the bridge ...

L.Pix | .. I don't really think this is related to Hugh Hefner's Playboy .. hmmm..
R.Pix | ... activities on ground level ...
... the man on the street ....

BRUNEI | Hari Raya

1. This year, it was reported that, there were more than 100,000 people went to the Sultan's Palace, Istana Nurul Iman, to greet the royal family members during the 3 days raya celebration "Open Istana", and yea .. we were among the statistic this year ... ;) ... those who went to the palace will receive a souvenir just like the one below ...

2. .. we are still in the month of Syawal .. masih raya yo ... and obviously, there are still people having "open houses" .. as well.. raya celebration for their departments ... raya sana ... raya sini ... makan sana .. makan sini ... but watever it is .. sadang-sadang saja makan ah ...
.. bah silakan masuk ... jgn malu-malu ah .. mun malu lapar ....

3. What's raya without food... even in the teaching of Islam.. after fasting during the whole month of Ramadhan ... one is forbidden to fast during the 1st day of Eidulfitri .. i.e. 1st Syawal...

As expected, lotsa varieties of delicacies will be serve during hari raya ... kek lapis, kek roll, kek batik, kek buah .... tapi Fish Cake saja nada ....

Sama jua kueh ... kueh mor lah , kueh Apple Mac lah ... Kueh Firefox lah .. kueh Cyber lah ... tapi satu saja nada kena hidangkan di meja .... apa nah ? ... kue tiaw!
This is "Kek Roll" .. ntah apa kah namanya ... hehe

Photo What ...?

... sometimes in our daily life we come across some interesting event, stories and pictures etc ... be it while surfing the net ... or thru those junk/ forwarded emails ... hence I tried to share some of the photos, especially those photography related one, to "spice" up your daily reads .... ;)

.. and BTW .. I'll call such postings as "Photo What ...?"

As I'm not so sure the origin of these photos, (no watermarked) so credits to whoever took these photos accordingly ...
The Veteran Photographer
The way she's holding the camera, it seems that the camera are always placed on a monopod. I'd assume she knows her camera as she's carrying that camera bag .. hmmm.. so what's your take on this .. ? hehe ... tercabar yo ...


The Sexy Photographer
... hmm.. look at those magnificient "L" Lens ... what a wonderful equipment it is ... .. hmmmm. ... hehe ... ;)


The Ngambar Terbalik One
... hehe .. well peeps .. please... and please make sure this does not happen to u ... otherwise.. malu weh ... unless u wanna make a scene of yourself ... then that's a different story ....

Brunei | Malam Raya ...

A typical scene during Raya, children and adults alike, playing "bunga api" or mini hand-held fireworks ...

I still remember during those "childhood years" .. playing fireworks made from some dried chemical/mixture attached to those tiny steel rods .. i.e. "Kingcat Fireworks" ... the steel handle to get hots after a while and .. if u touch it... for sure burnt your finger one meh ...

.. and as time passes by .. comes those paper rolled fireworks ... lighting it, one can use it to "write" anything on the floor... walls ... leaving a whitish residue.... ;)