Happy Anniversary to RBAF

Happy Anniversary to RBAF. To think, I once dreamed of being in the army inspired by movies such as Rambo series, Commando, Navy Seals to name a few. All boys do, who doesn't.

Anyway I did not attend the early event which was held at the National Stadium. But I managed to go to BRIDEX around 10 am thanks to Ber for giving me the spare invitation. It was not open for public yet so this invitation would give me the pass to get in. This was a wonderful opportunity since His Majesty was there to launch BRIDEX. It's has been one of my objectives to catch pictures of His Majesty, a first experience rubbing shoulders among the media photographers to get close to His Majesty. Wherever His Majesty went, there were always the men in black, not the special guards, but the media photographers. I can't blame them, it's part of their job. I saw yesterday's BB paper of the coverage of BRIDEX, there are few shots that showed either shots of someone's flash or lens or even head in the way. When you are in confined space such as the ICC, you expect to get this type of shots. Here are my best shots of His Majesty, so far my finest collection. I will definitely be doing this again in the July celebration.

His Majesty at BAG booth



HRH Crown Price briefed by BAG officer


Rano at work


His Majesty's potrait


Flying cameras










Last event: Photoshoot

Macro Fox

Another outing last Sunday supposedly the theme was Macro. We arrived at Tasek Lama around almost 10am after the usual Jien Chiew session. The shutterbugs in attendance were the regulars JC patrons, airbiscuit, hjzul, nikonian, anakbrunei, aku, ber , puzian and ucingitam. It was quite late actually to do Macro since the day is getting hotter and I had the thought the bug world had already packed and left for lunch. Instead of getting busy with macro, my attention was diverted to the rock climbing area. The Brunei Sport Climbing Federation was doing a rock climbing, abseiling and flying fox activities. I could not resist taking pictures of these daring activities especially the flying fox. There were few familiar faces among them. So the day started as macro outing did not turn out that good. I saw lots of dragonfly and ants which I already have in my collection of macro pictures. Most of my successful macro shots I took from my own garden but when outside my chances are pretty slim. I will definitely do another macro outing maybe early. Here are some pictures from sunday outing and not one is macro.

The Launch Pad

"How is it hanging?"



"This rope for this, and ohh more ropes, now where is the release button?



"Im goin down, Im goin down"



"Don't look down, don't you dare look down"



"Lost and Found"

Business School Bazaar Pt 3

The last series. Some pictures of the cars showcased at the bazaar. The Mini Cooper reminds of the Mr Bean movie I watched last week but these Minis are way better looking. I was trying to find one yang ada customised lock like Mr Bean's but to no avail hehe. One car that caught my eyes was the first pic, definitely the winner among other cars, nice paint work. It actually belongs to an old classmate from SOAS, such a long way back. Other than the Minis, other classics being showcased were the Vespa Scooters. Its quite a trend nowadays, car and bike lovers teamed up and formed a club or association. This is a good thing, who said Brunei is boring. There are all sorts of thing you can do here, you just have to find it.

Oh to end this, I have reached 10000 hits since Nov 2006. I'd like to thank all the readers and visitors wherever you are, locally or internationally. I hope you have enjoyed my blog. I'm currently designing my own website hosted at zadm.net which will be my official website. Its been two months since I bought the web server but I havent got the time to start with it.

Here is something for a triumphant season. Chelski, Gunners and Liverpool fans look away now.

Business School Bazaar Pt 2

One notable face among the people that made this event happened.






Ucingitam and a pole in action

"3 shots you get one chop" Lamb Chop ?? Chop of the head ?? hehe

"Kasi Gegar" that kid and "You rock dude"




All eyes glued on the screen, this was Man Utd vs Chelsea match.

Business School Bazaar Pt 1

The day began with a usual breakfast at JC aka Jien Chiew. Making out the attendance were Souljah, Rezafaizal, Airbiscuit, Jim747, Ucingitam, Aku, HjZul and one new face, Montelo. After the session we went to Yayasan to shoot a fun day bazaar which started around 10 am held by the Business School, MTSSR. It was quite a good event, lots of thing being offered such as games and prizes for kids and adults. Besides that there was a side exhibition of cars and bikes.

Pictures from the event

A fishing game, favourite among kids

This is not a vandalised car. Part of a game




A participant counting the balloons




Any lucky catch??




Lots of prizes for grabs

Masterpiece

God's creative masterpiece. This is what comes from my camera, few PP for the dust spots and 1% cropping. I just cannot mess up with the amazing colours when the red appear at the clouds. Different photographer have their own preferences of sunset, how the shots are taken but just let the pictures do the talking. For me I always amazed with sunset scene and I now have more appreciation for nature then before since I'm into photography. I have countless picture of this scenery and I'm never tired of taking it. I also have woken up early several times just to catch up sunrise particularly at favourite and ideal spot which is at Serasa beach, a 5 mins drive from home. I want to try a different shots of sunrise maybe around Bandar, thats the next outing for me.

Less is More Part 2

This is the result from the last time I posted about "Less is More". Every year the school has a food bazaar that goes with the annual Cross Country, this year I had an idea of setting up a studio in a classroom using a DIY backdrop assisted by Shai and Mirul, a colleague's brother who happens to be a shutterbug. I used PVC to make the backdrop stand and for the backdrop I used two plain white bedsheets, king and queen size. The students will have the privilege of getting print outs with border and maybe designs such as different backgrounds and headings.

Proboscis Trip

This post is long overdue. I went on a trip with Bruneian, Ucingitam, Aku, Souljah, Airbiscuit and a new member of the ever growing group, Mr Syaf who brought along his fiance. Nothing much, some scenes from Kg.Ayer mainly and only few shots taken on the Proboscis Monkeys.

Back in Business

Its been a while since the last post, sort of taking a break from the blogosphere. Lots of things happening and lots of pictures. Here are shots taken from home, the usual sunset scene, I particularly like the second, you can see the sun rays.

Kendo Demo at SMPAPHM

The demo marked the beginning of the CCA activities which will start next Wednesday. This is the second time I have seen such demo, the first one was during my PGCE at UBD two years ago in the P.E class. It was organised by the Brunei Kendo Society as part of promoting this sport in schools, currently my school will have it first Kendo club organised by Cikgu Erma, the senior member of the society. You can check their website at http://bruneikendo.blogspot.com. Kendo is another form of martial art from Japan, originated in 13th Century. Its like the Japanese version of Fencing except that the sword use is made up of bamboo and Kendo use more protective armor for the body, wrist and armor. Check out more about Kendo here. To those who are interested, the application is open to everyone, no need to worry about the gears, you can come with normal sports attire and great enthusiasm, as they stated that in the website.

For more pics, view it on my Flickr gallery.

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