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AB Goes Walkabout: Melbourne Aquarium

April 20, 2012

Continuing from where we left off, after the sky high experience of the Eureka Skydeck, it was time for some marine life, so we headed to the Aquarium. Melbourne Aquarium is centrally located along the picturesque banks of the Yarra River in Melbourne’s CBD. We started our journey in the stunning Antarctic exhibit home to [...]

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AB Goes Walkabout: Melbourne

April 4, 2012

Hi folks! I just got back from a bonza weekend in Melbourne covering Royal Brunei Airline’s special event commemorating the first anniversary of its flight to Melbourne, the frequency of which has now been increased from 4 times a week to 7 times a week. I’ve not been down under for quite some time and [...]

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RBA launches daily flights to Melbourne

March 30, 2012

Royal Brunei Airlines celebrated the 1 year anniversary of its inaugural flight to the Australian city of Melbourne tonight at the Melbourne Zoo. The anniversary event was also held in conjunction with the launch of the Brunei national carrier’s daily services to Melbourne that was announced last January. Present at the event were Yang Mulia, [...]

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Awesome deals at 7th Belait Travel Fair

March 6, 2012

Over the weekend, Royal Brunei Airlines and Abacus Brunei held the 7th Belait Travel Fair at the Oil and Gas Discovery Centre. People flocked to the centre in Seria from as early as 7am to scout for the best travel deals for their upcoming holidays. During the two-day fair, visitors were able to purchase their [...]

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ON|OFF Indonesia – Seru banget!

December 5, 2011

After planning and waiting since Pesta Blogger 2009, this year ON|OFF / Pesta Blogger 2011 was finally able to invite fellow bloggers from the South East Asia region. With full support from US Embassy Jakarta, 9 bloggers were invited including myself. Apart from me, there were bloggers from Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Phillippines, Singapore, Thailand, [...]

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ON|OFF Indonesia: Dinner with Indonesian Bloggers

December 3, 2011

After a full day’s journey, your’s truly finally arrived in Jakarta. After checking in to the Kartika Chandra, we proceeded to FX Mall to meet up with the Indonesian blogger community. Great meal, awesome company. Its been a long day and I’m beat. Night night.

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Straits Kitchen Sungkai

August 11, 2011

From here: A modern take on the traditional hawker centre, the Straits Kitchen, located at the Grand Hyatt Singapore, offers Halal Chinese, Malay and Indian cuisine. Designed by the world renowned design firm Super Potato, this restaurant is sleekly furnished in steel, wood and marble. Tuck into an endless list of local favourites like Laksa [...]

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Blogging Mindfully and Responsibly

April 26, 2011

I’m back from attending the first Malaysian-ASEAN Regional Bloggers Conference held in KL over the weekend. It was an eye-opening event to say the least and it has given me much food for thought, both personally and as a Bruneian. Personally, I feel so energized and inspired to blog again with more resolve and committment. [...]

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Sarawak Travel Fair

April 3, 2011

The Sarawak Tourism Board is currently holding a three-day Sarawak Travel Fair at Times Square, Berakas. The festival offers Sarawaks’ new products to Brunei Darussalam. The festival was launched by the Malaysian High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam, His Excellency Dato Abdullah Sani Omar and the Chief Executive Officer of the Sarawak Tourism Board, Yang Berbahagia [...]

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AB goes walkabout: An afternoon in Katong

December 20, 2010

My final day in Singapore was spent with a bunch of locals who brought me around to places away from the tourist mainstays. It was quite an experience to check out the Singapore heartland First stop, LAKSA! This is Katong Laksa, as opposed to Kuching Laksa. This place is currently ranked number 1 of 625 [...]

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AB goes walkabout: MBS and Chomp Chomp!

December 18, 2010

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Microsoft banks on Cloud Computing Environment

December 18, 2010

Emerging markets in Asia Pacific are well placed to increase national competitiveness and transform how they compete on the global stage in today’s Cloud Computing environment, emphasized Microsoft Corporation’s Chairman of Emerging Markets and Chief Advisor to the Chief Operating Officer Orlando Ayala. Speaking at Microsoft’s inaugural Accelerating Asia Pacific summit held in Singapore, Ayala [...]

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AB goes walkabout: Microsoft Accelerating Asia Pacific Summit 2010

December 14, 2010

Am in Singapore for two days of open discussion around the theme of ‘Technology and partnerships enabling governments and helping local communities and countries to grow and innovate’. The agenda will include panelists from Microsoft and their partners, and will cover a wide variety of topics from technology helping solve problems related to education, workforce [...]

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Tomyam Klasik

December 2, 2010

After a long first day of tours and visits, and feeling a bit famished, the bus made a beeline for Tomyam Klasik. A bit dark when we got in. Would’ve loved to get some color in the sky. But ah well, when you just had to grab those pants on sale, you have to grab [...]

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A Borneo 2.0 Weekend

November 1, 2010

Last weekend was spent in Kota Kinabalu where I was invited to speak at the B2.0 Borneo Bloggers + New Media Dialogue organized by Borneocolours.com, an “independent organization that promotes borneo island as a single branded destination, working with the Borneo community and bloggers closely.” B2.0 is a social gathering that focuses on networking, collaboration [...]

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Fam Trippin’ to Melaka

October 9, 2010

A group photo with Exco Negeri Melaka, Datuk Seet Har Cheow and Mr. Marwan bin Azar, of the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents, and the Travel Agents operating in Melaka at the welcoming dinner at the Naza Talyya hotel in Melaka last Monday. At the welcoming dinner, travel agents from Brunei and Melaka [...]

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Life on the Google Nexus One – Set 1

August 29, 2010

Dinner at Al-Mashriq with Damissus The cemetery I pass by everyday Showcase Cinema De Lux Lunch at KAYU

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AB & damissus go walkabout – Eurodisney

August 7, 2010

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AB & da missus go walkabout – A day at the Louvre

August 1, 2010

In conjunction with CoolTones 3rd year Anniversary which falls on 1st August 2010, for the first time since its establishment Modasys Technology will be holding a Cool-Tones Awards in response to CoolTones & 3g.com.bn support towards the local Music Scene in Brunei. 5 categories will be awarded to the most voted Best Female, Best male, [...]

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AB goes walkabout wit da missus – Paris

July 24, 2010

Ahhh, Paris in the summertime… so darned hot and humid, dog-poo stains on the pavements, everything so gulpingly costly… its not quite my idea of the city of love… And yet, we were inevitably swept away by the city’s historical architecture, its renowned landmarks, and the whole bourgeois lifestyle apparent everywhere we looked. We were [...]