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Give It a Break
Metaphorical Expression | October 8th 2008 by Hiero
Teh O at Taurean after work yesterday with CB and Elisa.Crazy. That's exactly the word I would describe about this year's Aidilfitri. After one crazy first week of raya, I told myself that I should give it a break and get back to the everyday normal read more
Interesting Stuff about Yom Kippur
Sponsor a Life - Give Rob a Pound (or Dollar!) | October 8th 2008
Yom Kippur begins at sundown today. It is the Jewish day of repentance and atonement. Jews will have two festive meals today and then spend tomorrow in penitance and fasting. There are five traditional prohibitions during this time: Eating and drink read more
Blackberry Storm 9500 UK Release Dates
Sponsor a Life - Give Rob a Pound (or Dollar!) | October 8th 2008
Vodafone have announced the Blackberry Storm 9500 UK release date - you can find it over at Christmas.vg - just look at the update at the foot of that post. There’s also a competition to win one too, so you might even get one for free! This pho read more
Open House With Ms Siti Huzaimah
Metaphorical Expression | October 8th 2008 by Hiero
Today's the 7th day of Aidilfitri, and despite being at work, there's no better way than to grab the opportunity to have lunch at an open house hosted during lunch hour on a working day (provided that you're invited, that is). Earlier this afternoon, read more
…It’s Website Wednesday: Where’s Waldo?
Didn't You Hear | October 8th 2008 by Cory OBrien
On September 21, Waldo (yes, the guy in the red and white striped sweater) turned 21. To celebrate the festivities, Waldo has kicked of a yearlong birthday celebration that includes plenty of Waldo hunts, as well as games that you can play both onlin read more
More Raya Portraitures
Metaphorical Expression | October 7th 2008 by Hiero
Model: Amal Jasmine read more
Aidilfitri Portraiture
Metaphorical Expression | October 7th 2008 by Hiero
I'm bored at the Office. Decided to get creative. Here's the outcome. Specially for Nana. Hope she likes this. read more
LEGO - Star Wars Clone Wars
Sponsor a Life - Give Rob a Pound (or Dollar!) | October 7th 2008
I have just been looking through a recent post on the new LEGO Star Wars Clone Wars collection, which has tipped to be one of the most popular gifts given this Christmas by a large number of people. I found out a few interesting things: Approximatel read more
Raya on a Monday
Metaphorical Expression | October 6th 2008 by Hiero
Back to work. That's what yesterday's all about. But that doesn't stop us from celebrating Aidilfitri. My supervisor Hj Rahman invited all of us in the office to his open house gathering for lunch.These are the new attachment students from SVNR read more
The Rest of The Night of Day 4
Metaphorical Expression | October 6th 2008 by Hiero
These were taken after we left Nina's house in Kg Anggerek Desa. We drove all the way to Perpindahan Rimba to visit Suraya (Ms Cybercanon) and Ain (Ms Bumblebee) and later to Dijah's house in Kg Katok. Our raya ended at Nana's house in Batu Bersurat. read more
How to get to Mecca for the Hajj
Sponsor a Life - Give Rob a Pound (or Dollar!) | October 6th 2008
In order to get to Mecca for the Hajj, you will almost certainly have to fly from a major airport to Jeddah airport in Saudi Arabia. It is possible to make the journey by sea, but flights are much quicker, cheaper and are serviced by some of the worl read more
Soon Be Christmas
Sponsor a Life - Give Rob a Pound (or Dollar!) | October 6th 2008
There’s an icy chill in the air which smells of damply festering leaves and that can mean only one thing: it’ll soon be Christmas. Its around this time of year when we begin to ask questions like Are You Ready for Christmas? Or, what are read more
Day 4, To Tutong And Back
Metaphorical Expression | October 6th 2008 by Hiero
Sunday, the last holiday given to us as the next day is back to work (school for the kids). So we've decided to make the best of it. We continued our Raya with our friends from the day before and we set to visit our friends who live far. Our journey read more
Visiting an Old Friend
Metaphorical Expression | October 5th 2008 by Hiero
On the night of Day 3, I went to visit my good ol' friend Helmy who had just returned home from Australia for a brief study break to celebrate Aidilfitri with the family. However, he had only stayed in Brunei for a short while as his flight back to O read more
Raya With Friends On The 3rd Day
Metaphorical Expression | October 5th 2008 by Hiero
Crashing at Eyan's CribUpdates have been slow lately. It's because Raya is a busy time for me and I've been going out 'beraya' a lot these past few days since Day 1. I've been shooting all day as well, not to mention the requests I got from my contac read more
Open House Galore
Metaphorical Expression | October 5th 2008 by Hiero
I think I ate a lot this raya, not because I wanted to, but because I was insisted to. So much for 30 days of fast. *LoL*. Open houses are everywhere these days, even on the first day of Raya. On the 2nd day of Aidilfitri last Friday alone, I visited read more
Aidilfitri '08, The First Day
Metaphorical Expression | October 2nd 2008 by Hiero
It is customary for every family to visit the elderly on the very first day of Aidilfitri, and that's exactly what my family and I did yesterday. Here are shots taken at my grandparents house in Lumut. We've spent the entire day there with my beloved read more
First Day of Raya Report
Metaphorical Expression | October 2nd 2008 by Hiero
Whew, what a day. Well I hope everyone had a great 1st day of Raya today. I just got back from Lumut, Belait where every year on the first day of Shawal the entire family get together at my grandparents house. I've spent the whole day there and visit read more
'Festival of Lights'
Good Home Ideas | October 2nd 2008 by Elaine Goh
Be CHARMED by this 'Festival of Lights'........in the day and in the night........ In the evening, the enchanting lights............BEAUTIFUL.......... HAPPY DEEPAVALI '2008 read more
My Kad Raya For Everyone
Metaphorical Expression | September 30th 2008 by Hiero
Salam Aidilfitri to all my readers, friends and families. A thousand apologies for all the wrongdoings I have caused over the years. And thank you all for the greetings. read more
Pineapple Bengawan Solo
Metaphorical Expression | September 30th 2008 by Hiero
STILL available for orderplease call 8993527Fira Enterprise read more
30 Days of Fasting
Metaphorical Expression | September 30th 2008 by Hiero
Today's the last day of Puasa for Brunei Darussalam and we'll be celebrating Aidilfitri tomorrow as was announced last night that the new moon could not be sighted yesterday. Which means that you're all at work today, and here I am in the office typi read more
Happy Eid ul-Fitr!
Sponsor a Life - Give Rob a Pound (or Dollar!) | September 29th 2008
Saudi Arabia announced just a few hours ago that Eid ul-Fitr will be celebrated tomorrow. Islamic festivities always depend upon sightings of the moon and the UK may well follow the Saudi lead as it is the country of Mecca. So, to those of you who ar read more
Anticipating Aidilfitri With Fireworks
Metaphorical Expression | September 29th 2008 by Hiero
Ramadhan is about to end very soon. We had a little fun of our own at home with the 'bunga-api' my little brothers bought earlier yesterday as our Raya mood was steadily peaking up. We've spent the entire night lighting up those things outside the ho read more
Selamat Hari Raya dan Maaf Zahir Batin.
The Flaccid Mind | September 29th 2008
I will like to take this opportunity to wish all my Muslim friends in advance, especially my blogging comrades- Noktah Hitam, |1f34|-|1r3, Aeropama.com aka Syam, KNizam, Nono, Aisyah Rozi, Elyda, Fara and those reading The Flaccid Mind read more
Recalling Raya '07
Metaphorical Expression | September 29th 2008 by Hiero
Got the Raya mood already? Same here. We're all pretty excited. I'm gonna make this year's aidilfitri more meaningful along with my fellow classmates and colleagues. After all, this is probably gonna be the last Raya we'll ever celebrate as fellow sc read more
Majlis Khatam Al-Quran & Menyampaian Derma
Metaphorical Expression | September 28th 2008 by Hiero
I attended a religious function held yesterday afternoon at Masjid Pintu Malim. I was called by my dad to make a coverage for this event which is the Majlis Khatam Al-Quran and the donation to the orphans of Kg Pintu Malim. Gifts and hampers were als read more
Our Last Sungkai Together As Fellow Schoolmates
Metaphorical Expression | September 27th 2008 by Hiero
Finally, a reunion sungkai with my fellow schoolmates in the final week of Ramadhan, after a long 3 months at work attachment. We had our sungkai buffet at KTM Restaurant in Jerudong yesterday evening. KTM serves thai delicacies, but the menu served read more
Testing SB-600
Metaphorical Expression | September 27th 2008 by Hiero
I'm really enjoying this flash unit I bought 3 days ago for my camera. Lately I've been experimenting portraiture shots with my new SB-600 at home in order to learn the proper techniques of using a flash unit, and I had my little sister as my model. read more
London Kebab For Sungkai
Metaphorical Expression | September 26th 2008 by Hiero
Nyanyat! That's the exact word I would describe after trying out London Kebab at Lambak Kiri. I know, London Kebab has been around in Brunei for over 10 years now and has several establishments all around Brunei as far as I know. After years of just read more
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