... hmmmm.. I guess... everyone wanna display how flexible their body is ... ... bending their knees ... bending their hip .... bend it like Beckham ... Bender Mender Fender.... Bender that Robot from Futurama ... .. Bender Seri Begewen ... adeeeh.. over tia ... exaggerating ......... I think .... was it because of the aura of the ocean .... that made people wanna bend everything ....
... or they just wanna make the beach as some sort of a Gym ... like those Muscle Beach in the US ... 
.... Mr. Jim Yoga (not his real name) doing a headstand at the Beach Gym Yoga...
... walking further.. along the beach ... saw this guy doing yoga ... or just an ordinary stretches.... or cooling down exercise.... or perhaps practicing ballet...? .... but there's a yoga mat near him ... hmmm... may be ... the feeling of the natural sand is much more satisfactory than the synthetic man-made material .... 
.... n guess what ... he's wearing Crocs! .. hmmm... first .. the photographer's shoes... now ... even Yoga Bal is wearing it .... wooohooo!.... 79-15/8 x 23 + 2007 votes for Crocs! ....
.... keep on bending those curve Mr. Yoga Bal ! ....
.. walking along the soft sandy beach ....... feeling the cool sea breeze brushing pass your face ........ glancing the golden reflection of the glittering ocean ......... hearing the soothing rhyme of the ocean waves ....... can very calming ...... and if u cannot get enuff of it, one can climb up one of the tower houses along the beach..... to enjoy the magnificient view of where the beach meets the ocean ... as far as the eyes can see....... and while on the tower house ... saw this interesting scene .... with the sun beginning to set ... as the shadow becomes longer ... and the camera lens becoming longer as well ... hmmmm... eh no ... the lens should be shorter .. otherwise can't get a wider view .... hence... I manage to share u this moment .... 
... woookay ... I think.... enuff of the shells thingy ... now we get to the real stuffs ...... one of my fav. channel on telly is the Travel & Living .... especially the Globe Trekker .... Love their style of documenting their journey .... love the cinematography.......along side funny presenters ... especially the funny guy Ian Wright ..... and also not forgetting ... Megan McCormick ... and Justin Shapiro ..... just to name a few ..... the shows often goes way beyond the typical tourist attraction...... where the host .. will interact with the local communities... or participate in local events .. and mostly were unrehearsed..... although... some researches were done before the actual filming ...... and when you watch the opening montage of the series... you will notice this guy .. on a beach .. with a stick ..... as if writing something on the sandy beach .......... well well well .. what do you know ... as I walk along one of the beaches during traveling ... ..... about a hundred metre away ( I dunno the actual distance, didn't bring a measuring tape with me .....) .... anyway .... saw this lovely lady doing the same thing..... so not to miss the moment ... this is what I got ..... 
... what a lovely beach it is ..... blue ocean ... blue skies .... and as if being planned.. blue sarong ..... hmmmm... coincidence ... or what ... you tell me ..... ;)
... eh what .. here name? ... .. here fone number...? .... sorry .. even if I approached her.. I won't understand their local language ... ;) ... ooppss
Golf ... one of the most talk about sports nowaday.... families & friends are continuously persuading me to go the green with them .. though I managed to go to numerous driving ranges in Brunei & Australia, be it the real turf, man-made turf or even those multi-storeys driving range... and also hit some balls .. but I still have not got the chance to go the actual green hehe .. I dunno.. not now perhaps... furthermore thinking of the actual cost of owning the club sets etc.. etc .. and with my photography interest.. Huahahaha that will gonna cost me a fortune .. unless I can make some money out of them.. then that will be a different case... btw name me some people who are really into golf and photography... if u can tell me.. they must have some big income.. and I'd love to do "business" with them ...Anyway if anyone of u are wondering just how much each of them cost these are the rough figures...GOLF: A simple golf set will cost u somewhere in the region of BND1000++ ... but it is just a very basic set, the cost will be much more higher once u indulge into a branded and ultra modern set with those carbon fibre shaft or even "Tailor-Made" , hehe excuse the pun.PHOTOGRAPHY: A simple digital point & shoot camera can cost u few hundred dollars, but if u really fiddle with some knobs, then the cheapest Digital SLR can cost u around the B$2k +/- ... and with additional lens, speed flash, memory cards etc etc .. can get u easily to more than B$5k and if U are a pro. then the equipment can be in the 5 digit zone hehehe ... Well enuff of that.... the Golf Asian Tour, the 1st Brunei Open was held in 2005 and this year around end of August 2006, it will also be held in the prestigious Empire Hotel & Country Club.The superb golf course was design by world known Jack Nicklaus. This venue (Brunei Open) was pick as "The Venue Of The Year Award 2005" by the Asian Tour! Well done!
The players were really enjoying their tournament in Brunei as they felt that the course was very challenging, the view was magnificient and of course the accommodation was 1st class. Many top golfers were in the Brunei Open: Danny Chia, Jarrod Lyle, Rick Gibson, Thaworn Wiratchant, and the Malaysian's Pro Alwi Kamaruddin, just to name a few, were there for the tournament.Terry Pilkadaris won the 1st Brunei Open. and this year (2006) we'll see another Asian Tour in Brunei with the prize money of USD500,000!With that I'll leave u with these photos which I took during the Asian Tour.
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The magnificient venue...
The official photographer I presume... Hmmm... look at those huge L Lens ... wish I could get hold of 'em ... two sets even ... man .... cool ...
.. baby spectator... future Michelle Wie ...?
... " So how's your game? " ..... "crap... but the venue's great ..."
.... weeeee.... look at me ... just one hand ......
... at another corner of the venue... ... cheap .... BND$10 for 100 balls ....
