Surprises these days, do come frequently especially this morning. After returning all morning calls and signing some work off, for a moment, I taught having coffee in Tafu Resturant would be a good idea to have some peace to reply all my e-mails.

Normally, I hardly drank coffee at all for the past 1 year, however, this particular day, I ordered ice coffee. As I scroll down nearly 30 plus mail, I came across a special name with the subject: Good Bye!.. For a moment, I tot it was a mail about other good byes! As I read further, while drinking, the surprise came so hard, it into the wrong hole!! (Ouch) 

For about 5 minutes, I was stunned. A person who worked for 13 years (You’re right! How times really fly fast) is planning to move on.  That 5 minutes bring every memory flash back of the past (Treasured Memories), present (dealing with wierd characters) and to future (wow… that is where my happiness kicks in for her).

Pursuing a life long dream that comes in reality! Upon realizing this, My happiness for her came in high with success. Although sadness still lingers inside me, a dream is much more important. Best of all, compare to all other collegues which I worked with, I know very well I will be in contact with her.

Oh yes, considering that she is more of a collegue… rather than any other formality terms.

Just like all those GOOD “Collegues” that have I have the HONOR of working together with them!

Tags: CII, CSP, CSPL, Goodbyes

The Five cycle of feelings which I go through, Cool, Calm, Excited, Panic, Go for it!!

But finally, took the courage to take the plunge compare to what I did in Uni, it cant be as bad as that unless I fall off the stage or had cardiac like MJ did. For some reason, I wanted more out of my presentation. To prove  the point which I am speaking , it comes with demostration. 

Everything went so well during the seminar. Apart from minor some hic-ups.

Tags: BIS Seminar

Congratulations to Eric and Ei Thng on your wedding. Such a lovely couple. Plus, it made possible to have a mini regroup of all divers to celebrate your special event. Hope both of you are well rested after the busy day.

Oh yeah, Happy Birthday to you. Gee…. I wonder what your actual Birthday present really is!

Tags: Eric Tong, Orchid Garden Hotel, Wedding

Some might say its the past, move on. Memories of the past especially school days are priceless. It the age of discovery in Good and Bad. They were the best for me.

It brings joy, laughter (boy!! that worked so well) and awareness of the mistakes and success when I first discover destiny, path and good decision making of what you really want to be. It was a time where I decided what I wanted to be. Example: My wife was laughing her head off when she saw my pictures but the re-action from my nieces were even funnier. She was asking are we really related!!

I remember well during my first few days in Knoxfield College after I left St. Georges School, Secondary 2B in 1988. Andrew Hall, Johnno and Tyler was the first schoolmates in KC. A few teachers like Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Tomkin, Mr. Parr, Mrs. Mountford, Mr. B, Mr. Schabal, Mr. Yu, Mrs. Tyler, Miss. Tellus and so on, which I can go on.

There was time where I had my second crush in Year 10 too. Boy, if she ever find out, I wonder what she’ll say. Let’s keep that out of this blog though. Times were great then. Our usual hang out spot was Knox City Arcade for Movies (Village Cinema) and Street Fighter arcade games (Time Zone). Oh man.. But life got much more wilder for me at the end of Year 12 with my  drivers license. Kampong boy in a big city syndrome!!!

These memories, no matter what content they are, shall always be treasure deep inside. With social networking sites, e.g: Facebook, I managed to find a few classmates to stay in contact.

Lastly, perhaps you are curious who was my first crush, its easy… she became my WIFE !

Tags: Knoxfield College, St. Geroge's School, Year 12 1992

Hi All,

Just to wish all fathers out there, HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!!… Hope you have a special time with love ones. Will update you all with some pictures when dinner starts on the night.

Tags: Father's Day

Living in Brunei for the past 20+ years (excluding my study years) I have always remember Brunei having lots of potential both in Culture, Traditions, Tourism, Resources and Conservation. In the world (so far) only a few countries have such short distance to any sites which is within 30mins drive time both on land or water to any resources(apart from drilling for oils).

Now, isn’t all of these worth putting out? We all said we should bring Brunei to the map but Brunei IS in the MAP.. Only questions is HOW you place Brunei onto the Map. Just because this country is rich in Crude Oil doesn’t mean that we should not look into other avenues? On a clear sunny day, you can take a picture of a beautiful beach in Jerudong.

or how friendly can the local fisherman be…. you’ll be so surprise!! 

In the tradition of Brunei Customs and culture, they can be extremely friendly. Most of them can communicate English or understands English. The ideal situation is where basic malay language is useful in case you need to use them. As anyone puts an effort into conversing Bahasa Melayu, everyone knows you are trying! Its perfectly fine to make a mistake. Trust me, I made my mistakes too! 

Once I tried to order coconuts (kelapa) to drink, I pronounce it as head (kepala).. The waiter was surprise /shock but they know you made a mistake… 

But then again, with all the content elements for the right key production category, One will not understand why, we misplace our market positioning globally. It all grind down to the basic Marketing Mix of 4P’s ( 5P’s now) Have we forgotten so much that we totally ended up marketing ourself into bush land? 

Tags: About Brunei, Brunei potential