Archive for February, 2009

BGIC VII: The Brunei Global Issues Conference commenced yesterday with the lobbying process, which is a process whereby delegates from different countries discussed about their resolutions and planned on how to merge their resolutions so that each resolutions produced would not contradict with one another’s country and culture.

Stucked in a dicussion

Delegates of Canada and South Africa

Laptop, an essential for the conference

Delegate of Ethiopia during the conference

The rocking Chair for Environment 2

Night scene at ISB’s outdoor hall

Warm hugging during the night dinner

The Orang Utan reservation

Vance Tan quotes: As noted, VanceTan.com is the co-sponsor for Pengiran Jaya Negara Pengiran Haji Abu Bakar Secondary School, whereby the team will be playing at the University Brunei Darussalam’s Cup in just a few days. This evening will see the team playing against Institut Teknologi Brunei or commonly known by Bruneians as ITB. The match will start at mid 5 this evening itself.

Meanwhile, this morning at PJN Secondary School was the Pembimbing Rakan Sebaya function as well as the official announcement of the Head and Assistant Head Prefects for the session 2009.

The Brunei Times, incorporated in Brunei Darussalam is holding their “Brunei Essay Writing Competition” which will due on 30 April 2009. This competition is open to all Bruneians and those residing in Brunei Darussalam. Additionally, the management and staff of Brunei Times Sdn. Bhd. and their immediate family members are not allowed to participate in this competition.

The Brunei Times Essay Competition is divided into 3 categories:

i. Primary School:
Topic: What I Like Most About My School and Country
Essay submitted should be no more than 200 words.

ii. Secondary School:
Topic: How I Like To See My Country In The Next 25 Years
Essay submitted should be no more than 400 words.

iii. Open:
Topic: How We Can Help Brunei Darussalam Realise Vision 2035
Essay submitted should be between 600-800 words.

The grand prize winner will walk away with a brand new laptop, sponsored by Netcom Computer House, Dining Vouchers for 4 at the Sheraton Utama Hotel, A one-year subscriptions to the Brunei Times as well as $3000 cash.

For more information and queries, email The Brunei Times essay competition department at the email essay@bruneitimes.com.bn.

Chap Goh Mei: Today, 9th of February 2009 is the fifteenth day of this year’s Chinese Lunar Year by whereby Chinese community would celebrate Chap Goh Mei in Hokkien dialect. To celebrate this auspicious closing of Chinese New Year and usher into the new year of Ox, Rice Dumplings well-known as Tangyuan – a sweet glutinous rice ball brewed in a soup – is eaten tonight.

Just a recap of the 15 days of Lunar New Year celebration, which brings about a remedy of nice and sweet memories. The Chinese New Year celebrations could be seen as more and more attractive and innovative, as years past. Our crew at VanceTan.com also has increased from the minimum of five people to 380 people.

Red, still the auspicious colour

Singing and dancing has been an attraction this year

Lanterns would brighten the compound

Lion dances troups in action yearly

BBC News Latest Headlines: The fast-moving inferno caught many by surprise. In some cases bodies were found in cars, suggesting they had been overcome while fleeing the flames.

Dr Peter Cameron from the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, where many of the severely burned victims were taken, told the BBC: “One guy was trying to move his cows caught in a fence so he had to go and cut them out. Suddenly the wind swept round and got him.”

Cast your votes: Anugerah RTB Media Carnival held in conjunction with the BITC, Brunei International Trade and Consumer Fair will see the nominees of the Anugerah RTB receiving their awards accordingly to the selected categories: Best Male Actor, Best Female Actress, Best Male Artiste, Best Female Artiste, Best Male DJ, Best Female DJ, Best Male Newscaster and Best Female Newscaster.

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To vote for your favourite, all you have to do is key in the category code, followed by the nominee you wish to vote for. For example, to vote for DJ Izan:

Type DJW(space)IZAN and send it to 888 5555 for DST Com customers and 22333 for b.mobile customers.

The voting forms are also obtainable from the local newspapers, Borneo Bulletin and Media Permata, whereby each person is entitled to one vote only. The same condition applies to text messages, one vote per mobile phone number.

For more information on voting methods, and the biodata of the nominees of Anugerah RTB 2008 Media Carnival, log on to the Media RTB 2008 website.

The aftermath: A one week midst, and the roads are dried up by the hot scorching sun, blazzing with the fine weather. There, in one corner of the walls, stuck splashes of tatty mud artisticly splattered as an aftermath of the huge downpour for the past weeks. In another corner of the road, lay layers of thick peat swamp, apparently simulated by the trickle of rain which swoosh down roofs, leaving huge round marks on the sand.

Uncleaned dry tatty splashes

The purtifying weather has been the concern of local newspapers including Borneo Bulletin and Brunei Times as it caused a lot of unexpected and traggic accidents, owing to the slippery roads of Brunei. Major blogs like Brunei Motors, Iskandar World, KB Happening and Anak Brunei also posted on the updates of certain inaccesible parts of Brunei, including some villages like the Kuala Balai area.

Swampy roads due to passing huge vehicles

It has been a “thumbs up” to Brunei Motors especially, for the great coverage to guide the public on which roads to avoid during the high overflows, mapping the affected area on a map, believed to be sourced from Google Maps and edited with the relevant image editing software. The map posted on their website has been a lot of helpful hands to those residing nearby the Bandar Seri Begawan area.

Sand may attract sandflies

However the roads had been good