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August 1st, 2006

International Military Tattoo 2006

Maurina H · 11:38 · East Asia

By now, most of us living in Brunei has seen the International Military Tattoo 2006 either live from the Stadium Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah or on national tv station RTB. However, for those who missed it, here is an excellent review of the wondrous occasion, well equipped with pictures, ... 1 comment · read »

July 17th, 2006

Big six-O, Brunei in July

Maurina H · 23:29 · East Asia

15th July, 2006 marks the Sultan of Brunei's 60th birthday. Let the celebrations begin! Nonnie has a post in her blog, Spiritual Garden about Bandar Seri Begawan, the Brunei's capital in celebration mode. 0 comments · read »

July 5th, 2006

Fresh Ideas, New Option, Global Vision: The Brunei Times

Maurina H · 13:25 · East Asia

A second newspaper, called The Brunei Times has finally been launched on Friday, 30th June, 2006, and debuted the next day, with a motto of "Fresh ideas, New options and Global vision". The launch marks the end of Borneo Bulletin's long time monopoly being the sole English newspaper and months of ... 1 comment · read »

June 14th, 2006

Pressuring change through blogging II

Maurina H · 06:00 · East Asia

A late addition to the issue concerning pressuring change in the government through blogging is Zul Funkmasta. He postulates that not only the education system that does not encourage voicing out ideas, but it is also the Bruneian culture of discouraging the voicing out of ideas, concerns and criticisms. We can ... 0 comments · read »

June 13th, 2006

Pressuring change through blogging

Maurina H · 19:23 · East Asia

Following the quote I took from Brunei Resources's blog; "We (the government) require pressure from outside and this is where blog readers can come in to help spread the knowledge." and my subsequent call for more Bruneian Bloggers to help aid progress in the country; "If only there are more of us!" LSM ... 2 comments · read »

June 10th, 2006

To have GCE O'Level English, or not to have? What is the Question?

Maurina H · 10:48 · East Asia

The last week, a letter on the Borneo Bulletin, the nation's sole English newspaper published a letter in its Opinion page which calls upon the Bruneian Government to scrap off the currently existing GCE O' Level English Language to be replaced with a "locally designed" exam paper instead. The writer, ... 11 comments · read »