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Raya and Moon Cake Shopping

Sep 20th

Posted by Vance Tan in Food or Entertainment

VANCETAN.COM (BRUNEI) - Brunei Muara District may have Hua Ho Department Store and Giant Hypermart as their shopping grounds. For Belait residents, Soon Lee Megamart in Belait District is the giant store for customers to purchase their daily neccesities.

However, the story here is a different one. Unlike the norm, Soon Lee was receiving a huge stadium of people rushing here and there to grab the last piece of item for their Hari Raya and Moon Cake Festivals coming really soon. A section of the store was displayed with the festive products while the other section displayed products such as moon cakes and lanterns alike.

As announced during yesterday’s broadcast through radios and television of Brunei, the first Syawal will fall on Monday, 21st September (tomorrow) as the new moon ws not sighted yesterday. Meanwhile, Moon Cake Festival will fall on Saturday, 26th September 2009. The moon cake festival is also known as Mid-Autumn festival, which falls on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese Lunar Calendar.

Moon sighting today

Sep 19th

Posted by Vance Tan in Article

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM – The sighting of the new moon of Syawal to determine the start of Hari Raya Aidilfitri 1430 will be held at four vantage sites around the Sultanate this evening.

Syarie judges and officials from the Syariah court, the Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Religious Affairs, the State Mufti Department and the Survey Department, will be at Bukit Shahbandar in Brunei-Muara District, Bukit Ambok and Bukit Agok in Tutong District and Bukit Lumut in Belait District.

The announcement of the 1st of Syawal, the beginning of Hari Raya Aidil Fitri, will be announced over the radio and television later in the evening.

Latest update: With the concern of His Majesty The Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Darussalam will be celebrating her Hari Raya Celebrations on Monday, 1st Syawal 1430H corresponding to 21 September 2009. The announcement earlier today was done through national radio stations and television of Radio Televisyen Brunei (RTB).

The sighting of the moon was conduted in the presence of the Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Syariah, Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Matussin Haji Baki.

Teenagers assisted in Gerai Ramadhan

Sep 9th

Posted by Vance Tan in Food or Entertainment

Congratulation to the “Malaysia Satu” and artistes involved for winning the 1 Malaysia’s Song Contest, through 1Malaysia.com.my. Thank you to all who have voted for the song sung by Faizal Tahir, Malaysia Satu.

Song Title: Malaysia Satu
Artiste: Faizal Tahir
Composer: Audi Mok
Lyrics by: Nur Fatima

Lyrics:

Ku teguh berdiri tiada lagi ragu atau gentar
Ku terus berani melangkah maju ke hadapan
Satu impian nyawaku pertaruhkan

Genggaman tanganmu,
semangatku terus membara janji ku pada mu,
harapanmu ingin ku laksanakan

kau adalah ilham pada mereka yang ingin berjaya
Kau terus berjuang demi membawa perubahan satu impian oh berjuta harapan

Genggaman tanganmu,
semangatku terus membara janji ku pada mu,
harapanmu ingin ku laksanakan

Satu Malaysia,
kita inspirasi pada dunia
Nama kan dijulang,
kita menjadi kebanggaan
Satu wawasan bersama bergandingan..

Genggaman tanganmu,
semangatku terus membara
janji ku pada mu,
harapanmu ingin ku laksanakan

Gerai Ramadhan at Kuala Belait’s Tamu Tudung Saji saw mainly teenagers, shopping for food and beverages, and helping out to sell the goods for their respective stalls.

Teenagers, quoting a local newspaper, are supposed to be involved in most of the recent activities around the country, as they are the “pengasas” or the future generations who will inherit the wonderful skills from their parents (the current generation).

According to one of the stallholders in stall 40, she said, ” We usually close around 6.30pm and are readily packed up by 7.00pm. We also break our fast here (the Gerai Ramadhan) once the Beduk for Sungkai and Azan is heard”, when asked by a representative from VanceTan.com.