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UBD Student Community Outreach Promotes Recycling Culture

October 4, 2011

Two weekends ago, families in Kampung Bolkiah found out that they could actually exchange their “trash” for food. The Universiti Brunei Darussalam’s Student Community Outreach Team (SCOT) gave rice and noodles to low income families in the village in exchange for their collected recylables. The students’ group aims to eradicate poverty and to promote “green” [...]

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Malam Silaturrahim Baiduri Group

September 25, 2011

BAIDURI BANK GROUP hosted a sit-down banquet for its customers and business associates for its ‘Malam Silaturrahim 2011′ celebration at The Empire Hotel and Country Club last night. Gracing the event as the guest of honour was the Chairperson of Baiduri Bank Group Her Royal Highness Pengiran Anak Isteri Pengiran Anak Hjh Zariah Binti Al-Marhum [...]

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Tunjangan Hari Raya?

September 23, 2011

Did you know that in Indonesia Idul Fitri has a legally mandated salary bonus for all employees, known as Tunjangan Hari Raya (THR) as enforced by Indonesia’s Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration (“Kementerian Tenaga Kerja dan Transmigrasi”)? That’s right folks. The mandated amount of this salary bonus differs by region. For example, within the Jakarta [...]

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Telbru-UBD seal collaborative relationship

September 22, 2011

UNIVERSITI Brunei Darussalam (UBD) and TelBru yesterday sealed a collaborative relationship with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to at The Core in UBD. UBD Vice Chancellor Dato Paduka Dr Hj Zulkarnain Hj Hanafi and TelBru Acting Chief Executive Officer Hj Umar Ali Hj Abdullah signed the agreement before Assistant Vice Chancellor (Corporate and [...]

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BIBD Continues With “Program Sirah Amal” In KB

August 15, 2011

August 13, 2011 – In its continuous efforts to help the underprivileged families in the country, Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam (BIBD) through its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) today visited 17 homes in the Kuala Belait District. Today’s journey marks the seventh group of visits under the “Program Sirah Amal BIBD” for the month of Ramadhan. [...]

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Don’t feed the ants! Prevent Diabetes.

August 12, 2011

Butra HeidelbergCement Sdn Bhd (BHC), the producer of Brunei Cement, is partnering with the Ministry of Health and MixMedia Group in a campaign to prevent diabetes before it hits. Stuart Lee, spokesperson for Brunei Cement, said the company is celebrating its 15 years in the industry and is keen to embark on a corporate and [...]

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Public Lecture: Countering the impact of the epidemic of diabetes and related vascular disease in South East Asia

August 9, 2011

Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific regions are at the forefront of the current epidemic of type 2 diabetes. Diabetes affects 12 – 20% of the population, and is increasing in the young. A further 20% of the population has the pre-diabetes state of impaired glucose tolerance with increased risk of also developing diabetes. After [...]

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Breaking fast on a field – Padang Style

August 9, 2011

Last night, the kids and I trooped on over to the newly renovated Pondok Sari Wangi Sengkurong to try out the sungkai buffet which was made up of padang dishes including ayam assam pedas, tempe goreng mandarin, pakis sambal, tahu, dendeng belado, daging tongseng and others. It was a veritable feast of flavours and textures [...]

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BIBD Commences Its Program Sirah Amal BIBD 1432H/2011M

August 8, 2011

August 5, 2011 – The month of Ramadhan is the time to enjoy bounty and sharing, with families and loved ones as we open our hearts to prayers as well as giving to the charity with Hari Raya Aidilfitri coming our way, we witness everybody’s enthusiasm in adopting into the festive mood. In line with [...]

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Happy Birthday Nini Jamil!

August 8, 2011

A couple of weeks ago, we celebrated the FIL’s 72nd birthday at Ligong Restaurant at the Empire. The all you can eat promo is one of our favourites when it comes to special celebrations like these. Happy Birthday babah, from all the gang. Wishing you good health, and happiness throughout the year!

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Looking for stylish shawls and hijabs?

August 7, 2011

Looking for stylish shawls and hijabs to wear for the holy month of Ramadhan and the upcoming Hari Raya festival? Cahaya Butik Outlet has it all. Cahaya Butik Outlet has few new shawls such as Jewelled shawls, printed cotton shawls, Stretchable cotton shawls and the popular scarf from Orsay.com. Cahaya Butik outlet is also having [...]

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Experiencing Iftar at Orchid Garden

August 6, 2011

Ramadhan has arrived and like always, the Goldiana Cafe is abuzz with many patrons flocking to join and dine in their Sungkai Ramadhan promotion. Throughout this period, the Orchid Garden Hotel will be preparing a grand feast for all patrons planning to dine at the hotel. A weekly selected menu will be running throughout the [...]

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Iftar at Saffron

August 4, 2011

Last night, the AB gang trooped over to Saffron Restaurant for our annual sungkai ritual which we’ve been observing for the past few years. To keep things interesting, every year, the concept is slightly different but the one thing that is constant is the quality of the food, the relaxed ambience, and the attentive service [...]

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In Retrospect

August 3, 2011

“One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.” — Sigmund Freud

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Randomness

August 2, 2011

Never continue in a job you don’t enjoy. If you’re happy in what you’re doing, you’ll like yourself, you’ll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined – Johnny Carson

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I’m a certified digital citizen. Are you?

August 1, 2011

Last week, I was invited to attend a certification training program called IC Citizen which was run by AITI in collaboration with Prestariang Systems Sdn Bhd. IC CITIZEN Certification is the first of its kind in the world that is specially developed and designed to produce digitally literate and responsible citizens. This unique yet universal [...]

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Sungkai this Ramadhan Japanese Styley at Excapade!

July 31, 2011

For the first time ever, this Ramadhan, Excapade will be offering a sungkai buffet for its customers, but only at it Gadong branch, and only for limited numbers. For B$28.80 (discount card can be used as well!), you get a full spread of sashimi and sushi, teppanyaki dishes, tempura dishes, as well as rice and [...]

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Who you are…

July 29, 2011

I stare at my reflection in the mirror: "Why am I doing this to myself?" Losing my mind on a tiny error, I nearly left the real me on the shelf. No, no, no, no, no… Don’t lose who you are in the blur of the stars! Seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing, It’s okay [...]

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BIBD Launches New Debit Card

July 27, 2011

Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam Berhad (BIBD) – the largest bank in the country – today announced the launch of its new BIBD Debit Card. At a colourful launch event and press conference held at The Rizqun, the CFO of BIBD, Hjh Noraini bte Hj Sulaiman introduced the new product to the gathering. She stated that [...]

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Telbru Media Appreciation Night 2011

July 26, 2011

TELEKOM Brunei Berhad (TelBru) held an appreciation night for members of the media as thank you for their support and contribution in spreading and covering news for the knowledge of the public in the Sultanate. The event was held at Brunei Hotel in the capital last Saturday night. Representatives from eight media agencies in Brunei [...]

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