Mabuk minum oren?

(clicky to see a large piccy)

The first thing that came into my mind when I saw this pic was...

"mabuk minum oren?" (Drunk-due to orange juice)

LOL

guess my lil sis and lil bro was so tired, they decide to take a nap there...

Another Cat related thingy: F@NBOY$'s Patches the cat

A webcomic (called F@NBOY$) done by Scott Dewitt and coincidentally he has done a webcomic about patches the cat! yay! Since today's earlier blog entry is about M6'S Cat: the eye chapter, well this will a nice addition to today's blog post ^^\

so here is the comic!



p.s. about F@NBOY$ (from his website): It's mainly about three gaming fanboys (one being a girl) that live together and how they interact. You can imagine that they don't get along very well and that's where the comedy begins. ^^

so go there now! don't dilly-dally! go go go! XD
third time link being shown to you now!: http://fanboys-online.com/

M6's cat: the eye chapter

[Settings: my friend's house, M6, inside his room]
[Senario: DBC saw a Cat inside M6's room]
Dbckun: Here kitty, kitty!

Dbckun: Keh, inda melayan konon. Bah, here kitty kitty, look at meeee...



Dbckun: Finally, he is looking towards me... wait... something is wrong... his... eyes...

OMG! ONOZ! OMG! ONOZ! LARIIIIIIII! RUNNN FOR YOUR LIFE!
<-imagine this is dbckun running around with an extra god-knows-where-he-comes-from-and-why-is-he-involved-in-here person, screaming our lungs out

EasyOrange (Brunei): got windows error

DBC: Captured!
Time: 6pm
Date: 29th August 2007
Where???: Centerpoint Gadong, The left side(you can see when you used the escalator to go up)
description: Caught ya easyorange! Look at the pics closely (double click the pics to enlarge) and you can see that they got a windows error box (you know the Send, or Don't Send thingy)

Sadly since its a bit too far, but at least you can identify the box (windows users only). Fyi, in the second pic, you can see EasyOrange name in the orange text line

ehehehehe

(Centerpoint) Piano Lounge's Peach Pie review

After my B.A.G interview, I went to have a quick high-tea relaxation at the Piano Lounge in Centerpoint, Gadong, on the first floor. Order the Peach Pie ($3.50) and sat down into a comfy (yet a bit used up) chair nearby. I enjoyed my pie in a nice atmosphere, with the music of the "phantom" piano playing across me, and the soothing sound of downstair's water fountain... for 10 minutes only....

This is because, there came along 2 Filipino Couples sat next to my chair, chatting and laughing, and chatting, and laughing and disturbing my intended relax high-tea afternoon snack...

Grr... Sure thing they went away around 10mins later (in which its nearly time's up for me)

Anyhoo, Peach Pie was nice, a bit dry though, and crumbly. I would give it a 3.5/5

Oh yeah, to end it all, I had a nice English Breakfast Tea... but umm... aren't I having High-Tea at that time? ehehehhee

FINALLY ITS DONE!!!!

pic of me with the BSP list :\
the aftermath of our teabreak
after a very very buzy month (see previous blog) and the BSP'S graduate assessment day comes to an end at 5 ish... i am finally finally finally get my well deserve rest!!!!

ughhh...

I miss gwarring... I miss playing intense ps2... I miss this and that, and everything that does not go splat... waaaaaahhh... I miss my sleep T_T

oh yeah, thank god the last thing I did for this month is the BSP's thingy day. Eventhough it was stressful (15min to read, jot down points and to ready a presentation)... BUT I HAD FUN! XD

makan di seasons lagi... ehehehe

the only problem is that my name starts with an 'A'... thus I am candidate number 1... which means that I have to do my case study senario at 7.10 AM this morning!!!

UGGGHHHH....

and... guess what... for the bussiness scenario thingy... I am the last person to be interview! ^^"

not only that, mobile kana temporarily confisticate for the duration of the assesment... so no pictures were taken with the other 7 candidates as souvenir pics! uwaaaa

eventhough pics were not taken, memories were made ^^ wish them all good luck!
good luck to: K-rul, Suzy, Hani, Razzimy, Aqilah, Syukri and hazwani

Thanks to the 8 BSP assessors but a truly thank you to Rozanna and Kak Mas, BSP's HR, for making this a fun, pleasurable and informative day (salutations to both of you) ^^

OMG! ONOZ! OMG! ONOZ! really really buzy month!

Wow, I am really really buzy this month. All this month, I have been preparing myself for:

2 MOE Scholarship interviews (for master) - done
2 BIA interviews - done
1 BIA written test - done
1 PHONE interview by B.A.G networks-done
1 B.A.G interview-done

and tomorrow is suppose to be my LAST B.A.G interview...

guess what? I just got a call from BSP, saying that:

tomorrow night, I have a Graduate Assessment Centre's briefing.
and then on wednesday morning (6.45am till 4.30pm), I have a my assement test day by BSP!

and my friends are wondering what kept me buzy???

ugh... major overload....

need encouragement from you guys... need motivation powaaaaaa

hit counters

Made some modification to the lettering of the hit counters (left). I just realised the counter states the total visitors of the site, and not number of hits (see above)

Thank you 113 visitors ^^ come visit more often as I may update (depending on mood) at least once a day (if your lucky enough, 5 updates in a day XD)

ps: not bad 500+ hits, thank you again guys for visiting this site again and again. ^^

Simply Chocolate: Sabah Homemade Chocolate

got these babies from my family (they went a trip to kota kinabalu, sabah) and boy, it sure is deeelicious *drools*

Not only that it got a cute orangutan on the cover (^^) eventhough the shape of the chocolates is totally unrelated to the orangutan

wish I could have more of it

to those who wanna visit KK, Sabah, highly recommended to buy these fine handmade chocolates

price: unknown (family bought it for me)
flavours: chocolate, with either caramel, Hazelnut paste, Fondant Base or Truffle base

rating: 4/5

Guildwars: a REAL LIVE creme brulee in BRUNEI!

Rating: quite good! 4/5
Amounts: like a small tea cup... sigh... wish I could have more
Cost? $12! ouchie
where? see the last picture. Its in Bandar Seri Begawan though

will I have it again? If I have a spare $12 ^^

HSBC's advertisement in jerudong- DBCaptured!

CLICK the piccy for a biggie sizey!
The DBC's target

Amazing Coordinated Samsung Dance

got it from youtube, link was given by greenery (thanks)

Salutations to the samsung team!

by the way, link to that youtube is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X76ZIGQgBWg

Biawak Brunei (monitor lizard from brunei)

Please reduce the volume of your speaker a bit because we were watching Lilo and Stitch in the car. And yes, please ignore Jumba's screaming!

I was excited as I finally managed to take a video of the biawak... unfortunately as you notice, I forgot to "paused" the dvd player (thus the screaming) and also I am on the driver seat side, thus I asked my lil bro to take the video ^^

hehe, my first video in blog, hosted on youtube^^

hope you like it (and please please please ignore Jumba's screaming! LOL)

*edit* thanks shedz for helping me out.

MOE scholarship interview: part 2

wait where's part one? oh yeah, that occured a month+ ago, now is the second interview.

How was it? IT WAS GREAT!

I got a passage about hari raya aidilfitri
read=easy
answer, in accordance to the passage=easy
name the 12 months of hijrah=easy
what happens in ramadan=easy
what other wajib something that occurs at the same month=a bit hint, but nevertheless, easy! doh! its zakat!
Full name of our beloved sultan=made an early mistake (i said Yang Teramat...) but she stop and gave me a hint: kebawah... then easy!
July what happens=easy
when is the exact hari keputeraan (birth) of our sultan=ok, this is how I answer: 15 july. Sultan menyambut 61 tahun, yakni, tahun 2006 60 tahun, 2006 tolak 60, 1946! Sultan DOB 15 julai 1946! (hey at least I answer eventhough a calculation is involved XD)
name some traditional cakes=putu mayang, tapai and ardam
how to preserve the culture=easy!

XD

thats all i remember, but ehehehe, it was a great and easy interview XD

i am in HAPPY MODE!

oh yeah, I only have to face one interviewer, and she is a nice lady ^^ thank you

peace to the world

+dbc+

3 lovely flower pictures *awww*

keh, tried to upload (converted AND unconverted video) into both youtube and this blog's video uploaded, and both either fail or their quality is terrible during conversion.

So instead I post these 3 lovely pics I found in my dad's picture collection

Anyone can guess which flower are these (only 2 though, the last one is a close up version of the second)

ok, gotta study again for my interview. Later or tomorrow I will upload the video

peace to the world

+dbc+

Baiduri Woes

As an instant-loving bruneian, I instantly blog out my depression, frustration and even stressnation (I know I know, no such word exists, I am just stressed out now)

Went to Baiduri, Sengkurong, at 3.40 ish, to withdraw money (to pay this and that). Silly young (old-denial) me, I forgot to bring along my I.C (identification card). Since they closed at 4, I asked them to withdraw anyway, since the book is with me and I AM IN-PERSON at your place

... and my withdrawal is denied... because I do not have my I.C...

I ask how about if I produce my driving license (sign and sealed by the Brunei Goverment)...

... withdrawal denied...

how about... denied... instead... denied...denied... denied....

now this is silly, they got my signature, they got my face in their computer, they got my genuine baiduri finance saving accounts book... they got my I.C number, heck they even got my telephone number FOR CONFORMATION...

yet she apologetically told me I cannot withdraw (even with all the above mentioned stuffs) unless I have my I.C with me... and since it is closing time, the baiduri mall is available...

With heavy heart, I went out the bank, drive home to get my I.C, drive again to baiduri bank at supasave beribi, withdraw (finally) and went home at 5.10pm...

so I wasted my time from 3.40ish pm until 5.10pm just to withdraw m.y m.o.n.e.y. For your information, I got a scholarship interview tomorrow and those times wasted could be use to study my MIB, my terasul and my bahasa dalam...

sigh...

can I go on? Its about my past experience...

The first problem I indirectly encountered with baiduri is when I asked my lil sis to withdraw money for me (because I was buzy, and we needed the money A.S.A.P). She got my book and my IC and an hour later, she called me she couldn't withdraw because I have to be there IN PERSON. Without thinking much (since I was buzy at that time) and I just said "yeah yeah yeah" so went out, fetch my book+IC and withdraw my money.

The second time then occurs when I asked my dear lil sister again to withdraw again for me (because no parking was available and we were in a rush). I told her to tell them to CALL ME IF they want conformation...

sadly... after circling the mall for 3 times, my lil sis went back to the car... and told me it is denied...

... baiduri... IC and book with her, you got my contact number, I asked a simple call for conformation (because you got my FULL DETAILS IN YOUR COMPUTER)... and yet... THIS???????

I am sorry baiduri... you have lost a STAR from me.

Ted the Penguin vs Ethan's Scorpion! (a CAD wallpaper)

XD Yay! Clt+Alt+Dlt (or short term for CAD, one of my fav webcomic) has posted the above wallpaper!

Go Ted go!

Clicky here: Clt+Alt+Dlt to download the cute penguin XD (4 sizes available at the bottom)

Guildwars: Ms. Ghost Rider

Those pics were taken during GVG (guild vs guild, a 8 man pvp), and thanks to our "wonderful" espeed, they mega-lagged during the game.

Since I was hit with burning (i can't remember, from SF or immolate) during the lag time, I took some lovely pictures... then I got disconnected from the game =_="

so ghost rider... meet Ms. Ghost Lady Rider from guildwars XD

Webcomic bookmarks in my firefox

Everyday I spend some time looking at webcomics, and gosh, thats a mighty lot. For your info, I have read ALL their archives, and as you can imagine, it takes a chunk of my time to read it all.

If anyone has found some interesting webcomic, send'em to me. If you want the link, just ask for it in the comments ^^

side note: i saw a PENNY ARCADE book being sold at readers haven (jerudong, 2 mins from my house ^^) and it sells for $20. I am very very very tempted to buy it... but financial restriction occurs X(

Hi Dbckun (hehehe, edited here XD)

Thank you for choosing to list your blog on our Bruneian Blogs Directory.
We'll gladly list your blog as 'Dbckun: Anything Goes' under the Personal
category. We’ve noticed that you’ve already pasted the Blogging Nation link
code on your blog and we thank you for supporting the Bruneian blogging
community! Pasting the code also entitles you to participate in future
Simpur blogging competitions where you can stand a chance to win some great
prizes! Thanks again & have a nice day!

Regards,
Simpur Webmaster

Your welcome mr. Simpur Webmaster ^^

and there it is!



yay! c'mon everybody! let's do the monkey dance!

/tarian ambuk

Brunei: an instant-loving nation (unedited version)

Brunei: an instant-lover nation
by Abu hurairah from http://dbckun.blogspot.com

I woke up at 8.43am this morning, and somehow, my mind instantly think about Brunei as an instant-loving nation. Of course, the obvious thing to start with is that we all love instant food(for instance, indomie, maggi, nasi katok/lemak bungkus, food from the gadong night stalls), but if you think really hard, there are other things we Bruneians do, well simply, love instant things.

For starters, we instantly complain if a problem arises (espeed lagging, slow service at the forms desks, pot-holes on the road for instance) and we instantly demanded instant solutions to these complains. How do they initially express these problems when instantly faced with a problem? they instantly complain to the people surrounding them, instantly complain to the relevant people (Quick! Someone instantly call the emergency electric hotlines!), instantly complain to the higher power (manager etc) and lastly, a Bruneian favorite, instantly complain to the local newspaper, Borneo Bulletin.

Unfortunately for us, the solution provider is also an instant-lover Bruneian. Some may instantly try to solve your problems, while some instantly hesitated to help your problems. As usual, their instant reply will be "let me refer first, let me contact the relevant person, the technician/manager/whoever is not in, thus I am unable to answer". Well, its obvious the last reply is about how they instantly dissappear from work, taking an instant tea/coffee break; or instantly went out to fetch their children from school, wheres the latter, they instantly know that they should be at work. Though, one may instantly point out, its not their fault as their children finishes their afternoon religious school at 3.30pm... conflict of schedules perhaps? Instant debate is for grabs but not in this article.

Do not get me wrong, there are a few problems that we Bruneians, as a whole, instantly do something to the situation. For instance, when there are car accidents on the road, a few people instantly call for help, a few goes down from their car and instantly help the injured, and the last one, a Bruneian favorite, instantly slow down their car to take an instant look at the accident, thus creating an instant traffic jam. We are a concern bunch because we are concerned if the ones involved are either our relatives or someone we know, so that we can instantly call the relevant immediate family of the person. We are also a curious bunch, as we instantly tried to become a detective, figuring out what causes the accidents (why, we even instantly take pictures of it). A few of us are a profiteering bunch, taking note of the license number for a lottery ticket (which I have to instantly remind you it is against Islam to gamble).

Since the last paragraph I mentioned about car accidents, it is instantly obvious that there is something about the driving habits of an average bruneians. Firstly traffic lights, where the first instance it turns yellow, instantly the driver push the accelerator pedal to avoid the red light. Some are lucky... some are not. Another one is the really big 3 lane round-about at the kiulap-gadong-beribi junction, where the driver in the first lane, instantly goes and steal the second lane, which causes the driver in the second lane to instantly stop, swerve and/or instantly steals the third lane. Unfortunately, some again are lucky... some are not. Another highlights is the fully-beyond-the-legal modified vehicles, where the instance they are late, they race; they saw another car just like them, they race; and they saw a roadblock, their heart races (if you know what I mean). An alarming increasing issue that takes instant notice these recent years is road bully, where if you are slow, they either instantly tried to provoke you (car is tailgating you); overtake you with cursing words or actions; and the stop and hit you for being too slow. We are human being, coming from a culture of politeness and patience; to forgive and be kind to fellow humans; where Islam is our main virtue, itself taught us to be as humanly as possible, to live a moderate way of life...yet this things happen that should have not occur in a peaceful country of ours.

Moving on, another instant-loving bruneian trait is during the months of fasting, the holy month of Ramadan, where people instantly set up gerai (stalls) to sell large amounts of food, instantly for sale. Since people finish work a few hours later, they instantly go to these places to buy food to break their fast later. At the first sign of beduk (drums sounds) instantly everyone eats their food. Some goes out to pray tarawih at their nearby mosque, and the instant it finishes, they go out to their homes or restaurant to eat or hangout. At the same time, usually the females of the household instantly make kuihs (traditional cakes) either for sale or to be serve to guest in the month of Syawal (a month where Muslims celebrate their achievement of fasting for a month). Another trend during this month is the sales instantly put up by the businesses, and people of all ages, instantly goes out to shop and shop and shop for the upcoming month of Syawal.

So many more things that we Bruneians love to do things in an instant (instantly people leaving after the Friday prayer without waiting for the doa to finish is another prime example) and the reason is that we need it fast, quick and time-saving (especially the process of forms, technical problems and such). It is good but also some are bad for us, if we do not keep a moderate check on things in life. For instance,instant noodles is good once in a while, not a good staple of everyday food; better to finish both the prayer and doa for more pahala; and do not instantly get angry easily if the person in front of you is too slow (just carefully overtake him or her). Thus before ending this article,a question instantly arises for the readers. How many "instants or instantly" did I mention? I can instantly guess what will you do instantly after this (unless you can instantly answer, then instantly pat yourself in the back).









Article done by:
Abu Hurairah Bin Haji Abu Hanafiah
from http://dbckun.blogspot.com


Note: Please give me due credit and not just post it here and there.

family pics: random pics from aunt Saliha & Spouse Wedding

the last panel (right bottom corner) is the lovely couple. May allah bless your marriage, amin ^^

food review- Akbar Ria Sengkurong

Food ordered:
me: mee goreng mamak ayam (I ASKED FOR DAGING!) - seriously?? this is NOT mee mamak (1/5)
drink: mango frappe(?) - too sweet (2/5)

my mum: nasi briyani - so-so, and the beef is like leftover from yesterday (2/5)
drink: teh tarik - average tea (3/5)

my dad: murtabak (or roti kosong) onion+egg (3/5)
drink: teh tarik india (2/5)

my lil sis: murtabak cheese+mushroom - finally a good food! yummy melted cheese (4/5)
drink: same as my mum

will I go there again: unless for the murtabak, then the answer is NO.


sorry, forgotten to take pictures of the food

cucur pisang tanduk! (umm banana horn fritters? - lol)

awww man! I forgot to take a picture of the pisang tanduk (banana horn? horn banana? LOL) BEFORE it got slice, dipped, fried, dried....













and finally being eaten! XD

katak oh katak (froggie o froggie)

I was like "WOAH! APA TU??" when I opened the car window a bit.






I look carefully and lo behold! its a frog on my car's window! Snap snap snap goes the N95 camera, and finally, my Uncle took the frog and put it on his hand...

hmm... SNAP XD

any idea what kind of frog?

picture taken: at my house, frog on car, USING my trusty N95 camera, i mean phone XD

another cloud pic

CLICK the follow pics to see the bigger picture

what do you see here?






Another pic I found in my dad's digicam. He told me the pic was shot by my lil sis (qilah) in jerudong beach a few months ago.

What got my family interested is that it looks like a devil.
this is how it looks like when the pic is rotated


Imo it looks like 2 things:
a person head with a really big hair (or a person's face bursting out of clouds)


and a big big dog


So... what do you see?