My lil Haziq

Boy, my lil son Haziq who is only 4 is probably the most difficult person that I ever have to negotiate with. I wanted to bring him for a haircut and he insisted that his mohawk would remain. Of course he loves to go to the barber shop as the indian barber would normally give him a lil lollypop as his way of keeping lil haziq still on the chair. I told him that he would need to get his hair cut as it has grown so long. Lil haziq would never say no to that offer but he would as always have a comeback to say at me. 'mohok babah' as he would normally say. I just have to nod yes as I knew saying no would always mean another comeback as he just loved to have the final word. Anyway, to cut the story short when we were at the barber shop, he was quick enough to tell the indian barber what he wanted and the barber understood him as usual.

Majlis Pertandingan Membaca Al-Quran Bahagian Dewasa Peringkat Akhir Kebangsaan Tahun 1430H/2009M

I am now at the ICC attending the annual tilawatil quran. We are expecting our Crown Prince to officiate the event. This annual quran reading competition is held to select the representatives in both the male and female category to represent this country at the annual international event that is normally held in Kuala Lumpur. The competition will run for 2 days culminating with the prize presentation. I am feeling very tired due to a lack of sleep. I have been working all day and night on a few projects. I am at the moment exploring the possibilty of using Facebook in our public outreach program. So far the responses have been very encouraging. Some of the comments and suggestions posted are very good. I will post an article on my official weblog anticorruptionwatch.blogspot.com on why we are pushing our cause on the newer technologies. But I simply would like to simply say this corruption is fearful of transparency because I know as a matter of fact that public officials will think twice of committing abuse of powers especially corruption if they know their actions are under the constant public scrutiny.
This post was made yesterday but somehow my nokia refused to send it.

KFC

Do you know we have our very own KFC a lot earlier than when colonel sanders first set foot in Brunei? Yes, its none other than our Kianggeh Food Court (KFC) situated along the Brunei river.
one of my sisters called me this evening if I would like to eat satay at the KFC. So at this very moment, I am now here at the KFC with my missus and my oldest daughter.
Well, I couldnt remember the last time I actually hung out at this famous open food court along the jalan residency. I am actually surprised that the food court is still around and there are people thronging the area! I remember when I was probably 7 or 8 years old my dad used to bring us here to eat satay or soto hati buyah. He would bring us here usually when he got his pay check. As a corporal in the police band, it was obvious that we couldnt expect much luxury and spending a night outing at the 'KFC' was such a big deal as it was a once in a blue moon occasion. Dad would first tell on the rules of eating the satay here. The stalls would charge the satay we ate by the number of satay sticks left on the table. They would come with different varieties, so dad would tell us that each of us would only get 4 or 5 sticks. There were also occassions when he would 'tapao'(to go) some satays and soto. The scariest part was that he would park his car right infront of the cemetary across the road and left us in the car whilst he ordered the tapao. Tonight I parked my car right at the spot where dad used to leave us and told my daughter exactly that.
I have to say the satay is still very tasty and the cool breeze blowing along the brunei river with the kampung air as the backdrop is such a wonderful experience. My only hope is for the authority to beautify the area further as it can be a great tourist attraction.

Cupcakes making the news?

I am now on my way to work. I cant believe that cupcakes are making the 7 am news! Are we running out of news?

In love with Laila

I'm simply in love with 'laila' and hope my missus dont get me wrong on this..Seeing His Majesty with his sons going down the paddy field barefooted and sweating it out planting the newly named 'laila', our very own rice hybrid actually brought tears to my eyes. I was simply overcome with joy and pride that we have our very own monarch coming out in the morning heat planting the paddy seedlings. It was the most evident symbolic gesture of our king in telling his subjects that we must be self sufficient in the rice production. I believe this is doable. We were once a self-sufficient rice producing country until oil was found. All of us were basically born and fed with 'beras siam' ever since. I can't wait to get my hand on 'laila' as I'm sure being local (with a filipino mix) will feel and taste better than the foreign siamese ;-)

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Shoe throwing culture? No thanks

THis is just a quick entry via my mobile email as I am having my lunch with missus. I am reading today's paper on an angry student in India throwing a shoe at PM Manmohan Singh. It now seems to appear that throwing a shoe at politicians has become quite a fad after that famous incident on former US President George W Bush. What is happening? Has the world gone to accept this as an art nouveau of sort? Its absolute bonkers! Turning to violence no matter how less harmful it may seem as a mark of protest is to me wholly unacceptable. This is definitely not the stercus accidit world!

Final result

Brunei dpmm 2 saf fc 1. We are now on top of the league table! Fantastique!