Posted by anakbrunei on August 29th, 2008 in Brunei Darussalam, Corporate Events, Featured, Festive, Food, Friends, Games, People, Promotions, Reviews
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In loving memory: Today would have been the 36th birthday of the late
Hj Md Zaki Hj Zainal Abidin who sadly passed away early this year.
May he rest in peace - Al-faatihah
Pics taken during a food tasting session at the Sheraton featuring items from the revamped Deals menu. Thank you Paula and Wena for being our wonderful hosts!
Braised lamb shank. What can I say? I’m a sucker for lamb shank, and this was done very nicely. Perhaps a tad more gravy would have made it perfect!
Spaghetti Marinara with fresh seafood… prawns, scallops, mussels.. mmmmm!
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Posted by anakbrunei on August 28th, 2008 in Brunei Darussalam, Corporate Events, Featured, People
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Humongous Birthday Shout to da Sista who turns *cough* *cough* today!
Life begins at *cough* *cough* so ENJOY your day!! - Much love from AB & the Gang
Yesterday morning saw the launching of the Fourth SMS Brunei Prihatin initiative by YB Minister of Energy cum Acting Minister of Culture Youth and Sports. The ceremony was held at The Firm’s HQ (which is why I happened to be there hee hee). Since 2005, this initiative has raised over half a million dollars for the National Orphans Fund. Let’s hope the figure increases significantly this year! Donations are open until 15th October when the total will be announced.
How to donate via SMS
For b.mobile users: Type YATIM followed by donation amount (no space) and send it to 10101 or through b.mobile’s WAP Portal
For DST Prima and Easi users: Type YATIM followed by donation amount (no space) and send it to 8885555
YB Pehin greeted on arrival by MCYS officials
Organizing committee members
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Posted by anakbrunei on August 27th, 2008 in Brunei Darussalam, Corporate Events, Featured, Technology
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Giant BIRTHDAY shout to the BIL, Azlen Affendy on his special day today.
Happy Birthday boonchoo from the AB gang!
Yesterday morning, I attended a seminar on Intellectual Property Protection which was held jointly by the Japanese Embassy and the AG Chambers of Brunei Darussalam. The seminar covered several IP related issues including IP Protection framework, enforcement, and counterfitting issues with examples from automotive, electronics and sports equipment industries.
By the time you notice, its too late…
Participants registration
Okouchi badminton champ with lovely Japanese colleague
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Posted by anakbrunei on August 26th, 2008 in Brunei Darussalam, Corporate Events, People, Technology
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Congratulations to Australian rookie Rick Kulacz who holed a stunning bunker shot for birdie to defeat Chinese Taipei’s Lu Wen-teh in a play-off and win the Brunei Open on Sunday. Kulacz, the 2001 world junior champion, produced one of the shots of the season to capture his maiden Asian Tour title at Empire Hotel and Country Club after tying Lu on 13-under-par 271.
The 23-year-old, who held the overnight lead, overcame an early double bogey on his first hole en route to a one-under-par 70 in the final round but was caught by Lu, who closed out with a 67.
In the first hole of a sudden-death shootout, Kulacz and Lu found the greenside bunker at the par four 18th hole and after Lu had splashed out to five feet, the Perth-based Kulacz produced the unlikeliest of winning shots.
“My uncle Terry died earlier this year and he’s always told me to believe in myself. I want to dedicate this to him and I felt that he was with me during the play-off,” said Kulacz, who earned US$47,550.
Tks AR for the solid pic!
Pics taken during a seminar on Content Management System (CMS) conducted by Skali Brunei Sdn Bhd last week. The seminar, which was held at the iCentre in Anggrek Desa, was facilitated by Kristofer Ladores and Syamsul Fakri, an IT developer of Skali. The one-day talk was aimed at educating the public about the benefits of using CMS for their organisation or business.
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Posted by anakbrunei on August 25th, 2008 in Brunei Darussalam, Corporate Events, Friends, Games, People, Sports, Street
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Congratulations to the Brunei Art Forum and Sheraton Utama Hotel on the overwhelming success of the joint art exhibition held yesterday in conjunction with the UNICEF Check Out for Children Challenge 2008.
Sheraton Utama Hotel UNICEF Committee with some of the local artists
The UNICEF Check Out for Children™ Challenge is held annually that is run by Starwood employees in the Asia Pacific region. In conjunction with this, the hotel tied up with Brunei Art Forum to hold a joint art exhibition. The art exhibition was a one day event that was held yesterday at Sheraton Utama Hotel’s Mutiara Ballroom with aims of not only creating awareness of UNICEF and the Challenge, but to promote local artists as well.
“We have received an overwhelming response from both the artists from Brunei Art Forum as well as the public for this themed ‘Child Survival’ exhibition. It was great to see people connecting with each other through art,” stated Wena Hj Hamidon, Sheraton Utama Hotel’s UNICEF Ambassador.
The Sheraton Utama Hotel and its UNICEF Committee would like to thank Brunei Art Forum and the public for their support towards the cause.
The most important piece of equipment in any basketball game
Part of the audience
Hardcore Fans!
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Posted by anakbrunei on August 24th, 2008 in Food, Friends, Street, Travel
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Sick as a dog and in bed for most of the day. Am up but not feeling any better. Hopefully I’ll be back in gear by tomorrow. Anyway, here’s more pics from the Jakarta escapade.
The foyer of the Gran Melia Hotel
Passer Baroe est 1820
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Posted by anakbrunei on August 23rd, 2008 in Brunei Darussalam, Corporate Events, Featured, Friends, People, SMARTER, Street
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The 6th Brunei National Conference on Autism began yesterday morning at the Civil Service Institute with the theme “Don’t DIS the Ability” which advocates the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) as an ability, an advantage and as strength.
“Time is our enemy,” stated Malai Haji Abdullah bin Malai Haji Othman, President of SMARTER Brunei, at the three-day conference. “Our programs would be obsolete in six months if we don’t bring in outside people for new ideas,” he added as he reiterated the necessity of the annual conferences in improving their services and methodologies.
The Society for the Management of Autism-Related Issues — In Training, Education and Resources, more commonly known as SMARTER Brunei, was established in September 2001 and has since been fervently advocating their cause.
The speakers L to R: Debbie Smith, Peter Hill, Yvette Cook, Joanna Zeitz, and Verity Bottroff
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