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His Majesty Sultan Yang Dipertuan Negara Brunei Darussalam checks the guard of honor at the celebrations at the Taman Haji Sir Muda Omar 'Ali Saifuddien yesterday, 15th July 2008.
Daulat Kebawah Duli Tuan Patik!
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This won me first prize for the local youth competition! And I'll be going to Singapore to the Asean + 3 Youth Festival representing Brunei with this photo! Awesome! Theme of the shoot for that day was Global Warming.
Caption: A monitor lizard inspects an intruder to his habitat.Description: The use of water bottles has exploded in recent years due to the convenience of having bottled water at the ready for daily use. Numerous companies in Brunei have wholeheartedly embraced this growth market and introduce their own brands of bottled water. The bottles are actually recyclable, but either due to public indifference, or ignorance, the water bottles are unceremoniously discarded. If it doesn?t pose a direct threat to wildlife, an indirect effect of that would be global warming due to the increasing use of hydrocarbons to produce the PET bottles; it has been noted that recycling plastic material amounts to a saving of more than 50% than producing the bottles from their source materials.
Top Shutterbugs Awarded In Photography Competition
By Adriana HAC
Bandar Seri Begawan - A prize presentation ceremony for winners of the recent photography competition which carried the theme 'Global Warming' was held yesterday at the Youth Centre in the capital.
The competition was organised by the Youth and Sports Department in cooperation with Brunei Darussalam Photographic Society.
Present as the guest of honour was Haji Mohd Zali bin Haji Arshad, the Assistant Head of Youth and Sports Officer.
The ceremony began with the recital of Surah alFatihah led by Ustaz Suprapto bin Komari followed by a brief speech from the Head Judge of the Brunei Darussalam Photographic Society, Haji Mohd Yusof bin bin Haji Mohd Yassin.
The top five winners were announced during the ceremony followed by the handing over of certificates of appreciation to all participants.
Mohd Khairul Nizam bin Haji Abd Rahman was adjudged as the winner while Mohammad Taufiq bin Yakub came second. In third place was Mohamad Mahadzir Iskandar bin Zakaria followed by Dyg Hazimah binti Abd Hamid and Haji Abdul Azim @ Haj Mu'az bin Haji Tujoh.
The winner will be representing Brunei Darussalam for the "ASEAN+3 Youth Festival Photography Competition" in Singapore from July 28 to Aug 3. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin
http://www.brudirect.com/DailyInfo/News/Archive/May08/280508/nite23.htm
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A flag bearer stands infront of a giant Brunei flag that will be carried into the Taman Haji Sir Muda Omar Ali Saifuddien at the start of the National Day celebration.
The reflection off of the flag sets the subject apart nicely out of the background.
Labels: Brunei National Day 2008, Local Events, News, Outing, Photography
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A young lady waves a mini Brunei flag while taking part in the march past at the capital.
I thought last year's celebration was already huge in terms of the number of photogs descending upon the capital, but here we fielded our own platoon of shooters almost rivalling any other photography organization. Great show guys!
More images here: http://flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157603983554587/ with more to be featured here soon.
Labels: Brunei National Day 2008, Local Events, News, Outing, Photography
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Locking horns. Singapore Team (in Red/White) and South Korea Team (in White/Navy) lock into a scrum at the second half of the game, which saw South Korea leading 22-0 by the second half.
Final Defense. The Singaporeans form a line preventing a last ditch effort by the South Koreans from scoring. The match ended with 27-12.
More here.
Labels: News, Photography, Sports
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She was quite popular with the kids that day.
Face painting was also quite popular, with a constant stream of kids and adults coming in and out.
Human Foosball was also another attraction. This kid is way too cute to know what the hell's going on.
Cute kid.
Even though it's human foosball, the celebrations on a goal was almost like any other football game.
She was enthusiastic, and keep on going for the ball the whole game.
A little break in the action as the rain sets in.
Everyone was taking shelter.
Glad that I did. Found another model.
Well, it's not hard to get anyone to pose really.
But I rather like candids like this.
Well, unless they have a cute smile.
'They see me rollin', my stroller... Tryna catch me riding dirty...'
'Nobody knows it, but you've got a secret smile, and you use it, only for me...'
A whole lot of models waitin' in line. A great turn out by the bikers, taking the kids on a ride around Bandar.
The only time I wished I was still 10.
It's hard to be inconspicuous with a huge lens.
Riding off.
I thought this would be the last picture of the day. I went off for lunch shortly after this, but when I saw the Stormtroopers roaming around the place, I went back to my parking space, and paid for another hour of parking just to catch em.
It turns out, that this was in fact, the guy who went to the 501st Legion march during Macy's parade last year in New York. I was utterly and totally, geeked out at that moment.
The bikers having a go at the obstacle course.
They were really gunnin' for it.
And everyone was laughing all the way to the end, with their friends cheering them on.
There weren't any paddings at the other end of this drop.
Posing with the 'troopers.
As requested.
Met King there as well, his bike was among those lined up.
As the bikers were yelling out, "A White Tiger is coming through!"
More pics at the HSBC Charity Grand Prix set.
Labels: Documenting, Local Events, News, Outing, Photography, Social Awareness
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Halt, who goes there!?
The set is still uploading. Patience.
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More to come.
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There are lovely models on display. And then there's the lovely ladies as well.
One of the model's backside.
Finishing off with an upskirt shot.
More pics at the BMW Expo 2007 set.
Labels: Cars, Local Events, News, Photography
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An officemate talking to the others while waiting in line to meet and greet His Majesty.
More here.
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A shot of the exterior of the mosque.
A day of forgiveness.
Great time to catch up on my nephews and my nieces, how they're growing up.
Turns out they only have a set limit tolerance being taken pictures of. Right after this shot, he threw down my songkok and walked away. Just like that.
Labels: News, Photography
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Syed Rory Malai Hassan
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN
Friday, October 5, 2007
A LARGE segment of the Bruneian population may not have yet been born during His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam's accession to the throne 40 years ago, but The Brunei Times had no trouble finding youths who can appreciate their monarch's good work in raising the nation.
Royal Brunei Airlines employee Mohd Abd Hakim Abd Rahim feels that, as the longest-ruling working monarch in the world, His Majesty has brought about a lot of positive transformations in development for the country during his reign.
"In terms of economic development, the sultan has made the country more approachable and friendly for foreign investors which may bring about even more positive changes for the country," he said.
Rozaimi Johari, an economics teacher from Masin Secondary School, said that over the past 30 years of his own life, there have been substantial improvements which has propelled Brunei on to the international stage.
Haryatie Mohd Antin, who reads Brunei Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam, said: "We are very proud to have such a caring working monarch who has successfully steered the nation's development towards greater heights in terms of education, health, economy and welfare."
"Our development - even though it may sometimes be misinterpreted as slow - is actually our way of practicing a safe and cautious policy," she added.
Nizam Rahman, an IT technician from the State Store said that as a citizen of Brunei he is very proud to have such a caring monarch who looks after the welfare of his people and considers the nation close to his heart.
"If his father, the late Sultan Sir Muda Omar 'Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien was known as the Modern Architect of the nation, then His Majesty should be considered as the visionary leader who has successfully brought the nation on par with other countries, on an international level," he said.
"As a royal statesman, the sultan has introduced to the international stage a glimpse of the nation's people.
"His management of the preparations made by his late father which he successfully expanded and made as his own is very impressive and shows that he cares quite a lot for the development and progress of his country and nation's people."
The Brunei Times
Lol. IT technician. Jim747 got his pic in the paper, but not on the online news item.
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Hoping to be happy until children and your grand children and beyond. Thanks Jim747 for the invite to the wedding reception.
Labels: Local Events, News, Paid Shoot, Photography, Techniques - Strobing, Weddings
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10 participants and 4 supervisors from the Brunei Darussalam Fencing Federation departed from Berakas International Airport last Monday for Shanghai to participate in the 2007 Asian Fencing Championships to be held in September at Nantong City, Jiangsu Province.
In 2006, members of the team returned from the 8th SouthEast Asian Fencing Championship in Manila with Gold, Silver and Bronze medals. In Nantong, they will undergo training; and ensuing games is in preparation for the upcoming 24th SEA Games to be held in Thailand.
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When death comes calling, so does Oscar the cat
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) -- Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours.
His accuracy, observed in 25 cases, has led the staff to call family members once he has chosen someone. It usually means the patient has less than four hours to live.
"He doesn't make too many mistakes. He seems to understand when patients are about to die," Dr. David Dosa said in an interview. He describes the phenomenon in a poignant essay in Thursday's issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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More?
Oh god? More?
Ok. This is the last one!
Sorry for the choice of picture accompanying this story. I just love ICanHasCheezBurger.com!
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Won myself an MP4 player. Cool.
Editor's Note: Yvonne, I think I lost your pics...
More here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157601051668491/detail/
Labels: Car, Civic, Local Events, News, Photography, Techniques - Strobing
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Daulat Kebawah Duli Tuan Patik!
DAULAT!
More here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157600862080332/detail/
Labels: Local Events, News, Outing, Photography
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I arrived way too early, but that ensured I get good parking, but mostly to check the light levels that's available to me. Worked good without flash, but I made sure to ask the performer regarding flash use. While ok for the most part, he told us it's better not to have the flashes going off during his acrobatic moves. Which for the most part was ok, as I had a good ambient light reading anyway. Above, you can see how it was without no flash, taken during their last minute preparation.
Set the White Balance to Tungsten, and gel my flash for that, and for the most part, the shots looked great, considering I didn't have my monopod.
More here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157600613766502/detail/
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Somehow, I find that guy's T-Shirt ironic... :)
Some more here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157600598761171/detail/
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Source: Officially Official: Japan gets Honda Civic Mugen RR
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Full set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157600548890065/detail/
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More will be processed soon. Hopefully most pictures will be up tomorrow.
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The article is here:
http://www.dst-group.com/simpur/photogallery/competitions/drive/index.htm.
And my post was posted here:
http://www.stupidlogic.com/2007/06/night-crawling.html.
What a small world afterall!
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Trying to do the Photojournalism type of shot here. The "Blurred people passing infront of the interest piece" type of thing.
Jim747 and Zadm, as they were walking from the general Istana Area towards Bandar.
The Photogs after a long day. Battered and bruised.
Click on the images for the bigger pictures.
The set is at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157600334533356/
Labels: News, Outing, Photography, Royal Wedding, Weddings
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I've basically put up this post especially for these two ladies. I saw them at the Royal Regalia junction waiting for the procession to start, around 10.30 am. Trouble was, their flight was at 12.20pm and they needed to be at the airport at 11.00am and they definitely gonna miss it. So I told them they could catch the pictures here. If you ladies are reading this, definitely leave a comment, ok?
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His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam at the Bridex 2007 Showcase at the International Convention Center at Berakas on the 31st of May 2007, celebrating the 46th Anniversary of Angkatan Bersenjata Di Raja Brunei.
Low quality picture. High quality available upon request.
Strobist info: Hand held SB800 triggered with V2 Cactus Triggers, from upper left.
Thanks to Ranoadidas for the invite. Present were Jim747, Airbiscuit, RJ63, Zadm, Bandar360 and our long time missing compadre Bruneiforever. Also met Yee Man (thanks for the pin. It's awesome in its cuteness) and Reza Faizal.
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A nice and bright sunrise greets the walkers for the morning event, even though there were clouds looming, everyone managed to avoid the midday downpour which ensued a few hours later.
An occasion worthy to drag your friends out of bed of, almost everyone that day didn't walk alone, that in itself is pretty symbolic if you think about it.
There was some fair time to wait for others to arrive, so why not look around and see who you recognize.
English Premiership clubs has a managerie of teams that sports the colour red as their kits, so no wonder a lot of team club shirts were worn that day.
Some forego reasonable logic, and go all out to show their support, wearing an oversized Red Ribbon for the walk. Others opted for a smaller one handed out by the organizers.
Fitness Zone instructors out to show their support for the event as well, warming up those bodies from the inherent cool air surrounding the field.
Even a auntie warmed up quickly, replete in her Red tudong.
As well as government officials showing their support for the event.
Almost time to release the walkers.
Another one sporting a jersey of their favourite team.
I love this shot for no apparent reason.
A local DJ Zura from Pelangi FM. Which shoots Nikon D70. Also known in the blogging scene as Violet of Violet and Blue.
I don't know her, but I'd like to get to know her.
As always, the ever knowing Rano from Ranoadidas was there.
Excerpt from Liyana's blog: "There are 18 people living with HIV/AIDS in Brunei, 30+ reported cases. What do you know about HIV/AIDS? What does your child, your teenager or your neighbour know about it? Everyone is at risk. Everyone."
This is Liyana by the way. "There is a large proportion of young people who are not concerned about being infected with HIV. A multifaceted approach to HIV/AIDS is prevention. Individuals, peers, families and schools should be more supportive in reducing the incidence of HIV/AIDS in Brunei's small population."
Taken from outside the bus, in.
EDIT: Ness from http://anneesa.wordpress.com with the Tudong, and DJ Honey aka StrictlyBeautiful, apparently in the middle of an engaging story.
Deleted upon request.
Of course the head honcho, Anakbrunei.
Adorable.
A person who likes Aviators is cool by me.
Rosie from http://emma29.wordpress.com/. EDIT: Amy on the left, and Maurina from Maurina's Turquoise and Roses. EDIT: Amy is from Prozac Nation.
70-200mm f/2.8 VR with special guest appearance of the Nikon D200, lovingly in the hands of Airbiscuit from RE:Locate.
The bubbly Liyana was a delight.
Sorry auntie, your picture is last.
To all the bloggers who have their pictures featured here, please do comment so I can put you up in this post.
You can read up more on the Brunei Darussalam's Aids Council on their website.
EDIT: The rest of the pictures are here. http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidlogic/sets/72157600274558231/
EDIT2: Added some more links identifying some more of the bloggers.
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Dozens of passengers leapt from the plane's emergency exists into surrounding rice paddy fields to escape the inferno, which reduced the plane to a smouldering wreck of twisted metal.
Pujobroto, chief spokesman for national carrier Garuda, said flight GA 200 was a Boeing 737-400 plane carrying 133 passengers and seven crew when it crashed at around 7 a.m. after a scheduled flight from Jakarta.
One survivor told Reuters that passengers had been warned the flight would be turbulent and that most reacted calmly and orderly under the circumstances.
"As we approached the ground and I could see roofs from our window, the plane was still swaying and shaking," said Ruth Meigi Panggabean, who works for the aid group World Vision.
"Then the plane was slammed to the ground and skidded forward and slammed once again before it come to a stop," she said.
Provincial Secretary Bambang Susanto told Reuters that 48 bodies were recovered from the crash scene and one other person had died at the city's main medical centre.
The flight was carrying a large group of Australian diplomats, government officials and journalists who had been accompanying Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, who was not aboard, on an official visit to Indonesia.
Downer said nine Australians were on board the plane. Five were injured and four were unaccounted for -- an air force liaison staffer, an Australian Federal Police officer, an embassy staffer and a journalist.
Garuda's media office said the plane carried just eight Australians, as well as two Japanese, two Brunei nationals and seven other foreigners.
Downer and Prime Minister John Howard of Australia said they had received no information that would suggest terrorism or sabotage was a factor in the disaster.
The crash came a day after two powerful earthquakes hit the neighbouring Indonesian island of Sumatra, killing 72 people according to the country's disaster management agency.
Crash survivor Din Syamsudin, the head of Indonesia's second-largest Muslim organization, Muhammadiyah, told Elshinta news radio of his lucky escape.
"Some passengers wanted to get their hand luggage. I cried to them, 'Get out, get out'," he said.
"The plane was full of smoke. I just jumped from two meters high and landed in a rice field." He said the plane burst into flames soon after he escaped.
World Vision's Panggabean said under the circumstances, "the passengers were fairly calm and the evacuation process was quite orderly".
Survivors were taken to a number of area hospitals.
"We are treating 10 to 15 passengers. They are all fine. An 8-months-pregnant woman is o.k., and so is her baby," said Constantine, a nurse at Panti Rapih Hospital.
Robert Heath, an aviation disaster expert, said aircraft speed might have been a factor in the crash.
"From what I can see so far the aircraft appeared to land intact and that may point to excess speed being a factor," said Heath, a professor at the University of South Australia.
"The fire may have been caused by the nose wheel hitting things as it ran off the runway or engine destruction."
Indonesia has suffered from a string of transport accidents in recent months, including an Adam Air plane that disappeared in January with 102 passengers and crew on board, and a ferry sinking in late December in which hundreds died.
The series of accidents had sparked the government to set up special commissions to look at the state of transportation safety in the sprawling archipelago of 17,000 islands.
Editor's Note: Early reports that the two Bruneians are safe, and only one of them suffered a fractured bone.
Link: http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/07/asia/web-0307crash.php
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/03/06/indonesia.plane/index.html
http://english.sabah.com.tr/4A1880AD9B8C4266BB14ED50140CEDB1.html
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