Sydney Ferry Crash - Accident Report

FYI, No known Bruneian affected by the accident.

Sydney Ferry Crash

Odds to be involved: very very low. Ferries here are generally safe and this is a really rare incident. Don't get intimidated.

Safety Measure: Learn to swim.

Condolences to families of deceased.

BASS

Earth Hour!

The idea is that on March 31st we all turn off our lights for 1 hour
between 7:30pm and 8:30pm. More info at Earth Hour

Earth Hour is a joint initiative between WWF Australia and Fairfax
Media and backed by the NSW state government.

p.s. Oh whatever.

Welcome Leena and Nena

Okay this might be too late for Leena. Anyways, BASS would like to welcome two more Bruneians, Dk Leena and Nena Yapp. Leena is studying Petroleum Engineering and Nena will be doing foundation in UNSW this year. Have fun in Sydney!

(L-R) - Leena and Nena

My fellow ASSes

To new students, if you want to apply to become an author (the list of names you see on the right side of the page) for this site, let me know!

For current students thats still having problem updating to their new blogspot account, let me know as well!

The box has reached 3050 visitors since September! Woohoo!!

SPE Event!

Dear All,

SPE-UNSW will be having a SPE Ambassador Lecture Presentation this coming Thursday the 15th. The lecture will be given by David Edge.

David is a fellow Petroleum Engineer who hails from Adelaide. He works in Halliburton as a completions engineer. His work experiences has taken him all over Australia and his training hopped him all over the world.

There will also be a BBQ which will be held immediately after the talk. This BBQ is FREE, if you are an SPE member. You can sign up or renew your membership on the day and event itself, which, thanks to Halliburton Energy, is free as well.

The food will be Halal and you can be assure of that as i, myself, am the one who orders it directly from TJ Muamallah. For Victor, Caleb and Nick, we have ordered enough alcohol to kill a farmful of animals, just for you.

As a Senior, i strongly urge everyone to join in the event. Not just for the free lunch but a chance to mingle around between all levels of undergraduates and postgraduates.

What: SPE Presentation & BBQ
When: Thursday 15th May 2007 @ 12pm. Finishes at 2pm.
Where: Meet up @ foyer of Mechanical Eng. Bldg then BBQ at Gate 2.


Regards,
Airul Hafneh
Le Secretaire
Société des ingénieurs de pétrole

PS. Membership to Society of Petroleum Engineers is NOT limited to Petroleum Engineering Students only. We encourage students of other engineering, sciences and geosciences discipline to join in. It's still free, you get free access to technical papers and get discounts on events. If you are residing in Brisbane or Canberra, please contact me and we'll see what we can do.

Mardi Gras '07

We were too lazy to give the new students an orientation to Sydney.

So we chucked them to Sydney's (if not the world's) biggest and ultra-gayest party of the year.

Bish & Shirley....who is very happy

The juniors (and a postgrad), when they were robbed of their innocence.
Notice Asqa (red shirt), with a "Holy Shit!" look. Fuzzy, elated.

Lesbians on paraaaade

Many thanks to Bish for her pictures from Ringo!

State of Sydney Report #1

My fellow comrades,
The decline of interest rates has made prices of goods and property surge in Sydney. The situation is critical,

From the general view of Bruneian spending, here are the list of price changes:

Houses- A$160/week Average (Up from $140/week -2004 Kingsford prices)
From our Researcher- Property Division, Nazurah, the kingsford area is currently facing an extreme shortage of accomodation. She attributes this to the growing number of international student intake a year, most noticeably Malaysians, who drove in their hundreds and took a lot. The fact that the arrival new Shell intake has delayed by nearly two weeks (problems with MoE approval), will mean that the new students will defintiely suffer. Fuzzy is a postgraduate who has arrived here last week has already felt the pinch of the house shortages. When interviewed, Fuzzy commented:

"Damn"

The housing situation is critical. As a recommendation, the government and shell (as a shareholder) should purchase the Four Seasons Hotel in Circular Quay and convert it as the Bruneian Hall.

Bus Fare- $2.90 One way (Up from $2.60 - 2004)
This is absolutely ridiculous. $2.90 can get you a house insurance already.

In 2006, John Howard passed the 'Voluntary Student Unionism' (VSU) bill. This in effect would mean that students do not have to pay for the previously compulsory union fees. This meant that the student's union (an independant organisation) collapsed and hence their services, which includes subsidized food in campus went along with it as well. As a result, we're paying more for already ridiculously expensive food. (Union food was expensive as well!)


Banana - $2.99/kg (Down from $13.99/kg-2006, Up from $2.49/kg-2004)The hurricane in Darwin has left a devastated effect on the region and the supplies of banananas. This shot the price of banananas up to almost $14/kg, however the region is recuperating, supplies are coming in and the banana price has dropped. However, it's still 50cents higher than 2 years ago.

This is just a small list of the price increase that are hitting Sydney. It is recommended that you be very loaded to study here. For sponsored students, you are screwed.

The economic status will be set to:

VERY BROKE

Sincerely,
Airul
Part-Time Chief Economist
Full time Engineering student

Bahapaaa tu aaah #2

Back when i was designing the BASS box banner in the plane (Worst flight i've had..ever), i was choosing which tiny pictures to put in the banner.

I looked into my pictures i had for our 2006 SPE Annual dinner and found this pretty innocent looking picture. It's a great picture nonetheless hence why i put it in the banner!




But i was seriously cracking up in the plane when i notice something else in the picture....

Wahahahaahahaha!!!
Apa saja di peggangnya tu, patut jua lebar senyum si Justin atu

Get on board!

Hi guys,

Apparently i dont have to send new invites to everyone. Just log on into blogger.com and update your account to google and you'll be back on board again!

Cheerios,
Airul

Attention 4th year students - CEIC2120

Hi all, welcome back to a new year with a new semester 1 with hopeful new resolutions!
I bet everyone is ready to face this new year with highly anticipated hard labour! =p~

To make it short and simple,
here is a news flash for the 4th year seniors in UNSW.

If you are interested in enrolling into CEIC2120 Fluid Flow please email Rahul Bajoria personally. I could not help you with your enrolment as he requests for each individual to email him. Please let others know!

Email him at rahulbajoria@unsw.edu.au

To the new comers: A very warm welcome to Sydney, Goodluck with the accommodation-hunting! Study smart and enjoy the soon-to-be-over summer!



Warmest Wishes for the new year,
~YumiMushi~