BRUNEI | Pasar Malam

Pasar malam or Nite Market .. is a common sight in Brunei and even within the neighbouring countries e.g. Malaysia etc ...

Few of the favourite sites in Brunei are, Gadong and Bandar ... and now beginning this year there is a 24 hours weekend bazaar at the heart of the capital which starts from 1800hours Saturday and ends 1800 hours Sunday ....

.. hundred of night stalls can be seen especially during the festive season like HM's Birthday celebration (mid-July to early August) every year, and certain festive seasons.....

... local delicatessen ... dried food ... clothes ... souvenirs ... can be bought from the nite market .... and some food are must-have or must-buy when visiting these market... especially duringthe festive season .. which is the Sutung-Tutuk (pounded-smoked-cuttlefish) and of course the fruits... longan .... hehe ngam kah tu ...

*Click individual image for a larger version

KOREA | Korean Drama Scene ...

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New Korean Drama? Korea Movie?

... hehe tia karang .... btw these photos were taken in Seoul, Korea, IMHO it's a nice place, quite romantic actually, can be considered as the Paris of Asia.

Korean-Drama-Scene theme was on my mind when capturing the photos.

More Korean scene photos to come soon... watch this space ... ;)

BRUNEI | Kereta Berhias ...

... several years ago, .. I, myself have actually participated in this kind of carnival..wearing different costumes.... then carrying various lanterns.. ornament etc.... it was enjoyable.. at that time... with your friends and such.... watching the public enjoying the parade... smile... laughter ... camera flashes everywhere... the true excitement was knowing how much the public enjoyed the parade... (u can tell from their expression... ;) ....)

... so this time around ..after few years of "absence" ..in person for the parade...and also to celebrate HM's 60th Birthday ....we eagerly went to the kereta berhias thingy .....

We were hoping and expecting to see lotsa street perfomances... including the lanterns.... ( misai kah tanglung...?)..... and the likes....

.... despite the Final Concert of Malaysia's Akademi Fantasia (AF4).... we decided to go to bandar anyway....

So I prepared all my photography gears .. brought 3 lens ... tele-wide ... prime..... tele-zoom...... speed flash ... diffuser ... enough batteries and memory cards ... and I even brought my monopod! .. aand yea... raincoat just in case ... hehe... (sediakan payung sebelum hujan ... eh raincoat...)

.. and... don't ask me how much it weighed ... and imagine carrying it from Kiulap to Bandar!

Unfortunately ... after the long walk ... there we no tanglung that we thought there will gonna be ... the kereta berhias... (lighted float proccessions sp.?)... adui... and just I was about to "set-up" the gear .... buat-buat merempuh orang yang beribu-ribu.. sampai bertamu gigi... aduss.. abis tia ... where are those people carrying the laterns... ornaments..?? mana...?????... I guess many people were dissapointed as well.... hehehe prass eh .. oh well.. might as well take photos of what was there....

Suggestion for the organiser ... since.. there will also be stage performance the next Saturday nite ... so should be, this nite no need stage performance .. just concentrate on the street act/perfomance etc .. put all the stage performances entirely.. in one seperate nite .... and if it's organised by different people... merge it then .... sama-sama bah ... ;)

.. I have "thousand" of pix .. can't upload them all .. so most of them were combined in one photo ... i.e. photo collage/ montage ... click them for a bigger photo .... these photos are arrange in such a way .. from the beggining of the nite to the end .... hope U all enjoy it ... ;)

... this to prove that we walk all the way from Kiulap .. n look at that dude in the middle of the road.. what is he doing eh .. he thought that he owns the road what ... yooo.. kami pun bayar road-tax ... hehe .. (mispun buruk ... tapi abis bank...)

.. the Kiulap area was empty... taken around 1930hours ...


... just in time to get a glimpse of the Royal entourage...

... look at the people... u thought that tattoo thing was crowded... this is much more...

... fireworks everywhere.. dunno which one to capture... and yeah ... all captured hand held...

... wah lawa bunga-apinya ....

... the one of the left is the firwork's reflection from one of the building ....

... people.. people everywhere....

... children ... they are the one who do enjoy such event... will be remembered till whenever ...

.. some details on the floats...




.. some of the participants on the kereta berhias....

... some very familiar faces....n some not so ... hehe...



... inda mau rugi ... can still watch AF4 final ... the winner was Faizal btw.... look at the people reaction when the winner was announced ....

..".. eh sasak jua ah ... dari mana kamu ... mobile pun inda masuk ah ...."


... calm within the rush ...


... SMS .. MMS ... waiting for the one .... (btw do u know that in Malay it also abbreviated as SMS .. Sistem Mesej Singkat ...)


... from where I stand... these photos are as good as I can get using my tele-zoom.....

.. HM the Sultan can be seen greeting the performers... ;) ...





... again... fireworks... very obiquitous .... n hold on .. it is this guy again .. weren't u the one who was standing in the middle of the road...? .. u r here again ....? .. hmmmm...

... people... please.. next time ... put your litter in the proper place..... a very big applaused for the Bandaran people ... i.e. Municipal Board ... very efficient ... job well done ...





... hmmm .. where have I seen u before ....

... good bye .. thanks for the memories....

... it was nearly 0200 hours... public slowly going back home.... tents are being prepared for the 24 Hours Weekend bazaar...

Thanks ....

Dirgahayu Kebawah Duli Tuan Patik ....

RANDOM | Di Brunei "KAN" ...

.. I have mentioned this in one of the online forum few years back ... nevertheless... just for the record....

...As You all know, Singaporean is famous for its "LAH" ....or even the Sabahan known for their "BAH", etc...

Well Peeps, after meeting lotsa people... be it local or foreigner, and after some research & finding, now... once again ... I guess "Officially" I found out that We Bruneian can be "Proud" of our "KAN"....

If U don't believe Me, Just ingati saja percakapan tani everyday.... iaKAN?

IatahKAN..... Inda Pulang Tani Notis.... TapiKAN If Tani PikirKAN....IatahKan, Banar Jua KAN, Kitani Di Brunei Banyak Makai "KAN".....

ApaKAN? Hehehe

.. and with that I leave u with some photos to ponder ... taken quite some time ago locally......

Changing Season
Was passing these stretch of road and noticed what a colourful scene it was, hence grabs the camera and capture some shots ...


Nite Serenity In The City
View of Masjid Omar Ali Saifuddien from the centre of The Yayasan Complex, Bandar Seri Begawan, the Capital of Brunei Darussalam


Thru The Fence
Making the way Thru The Fence .. Thru The Gate .. along the pier ... to catch something for dinner ....
[f/8 | 1/200s | ISO200]

RANDOM | Brunei 1st Photo Mag?

All photos were taken locally....

P.S. If u do find this anywhere in the bookstore or the like... let me know... I wanna read it too ... Huahaha..