Thankss

Hiiiii fellow BASS-ians.

We really really appreciate everyone of you for helping out Garai Tekidum that day at the Malaysian Festival. Without you guys, i don't think we can cope with the situation of both cooking and promoting our authentic Bruneian food. i know all of you must be wondering if we make a profit out of it. The answer is.........

hahahaha

All the profit that we made will be all going to the Bass 'treasure box' and hope that we can get some money from the 'box' for a Solat Hajat gathering maybe during the study break (week 13). The exact date,venue and food menu is yet to be announced :)

THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR HELPING OUT!!!

cheers~

Pre-order for Nasi Katok (AND ONLY Nasi Katok)

Salam and hello BASS :)
This Thursday, 12^th of May 2011, the PCE2010 are organising a ‘GARAI TEKIDUM’, which is a Bruneian food stall in conjunction with the Malaysian Pasar Malam event. This will be held outside of Round House, UNSW.

We are serving Nasi Katok, Nasi Pusu, Popia pisang, chicken dumplings and loads more ;)

As for the Nasi Katok, pre-orders are available.

You can choose between these two: Wing+Drumstick and Thigh, which are $6 and $7 each respectively. However, we have agreed to subsidise this especially for our Bruneian family, making them $5 and $6 each respectively. :3

Send a text message to Bel on FACEBOOK (http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100001474844342)

OR

at 0405793916 for pre-orders, stating which parts of the chicken you want in your order and YOUR NAME. :) Otherwise, see you guys & girls there! We take pre-orders starting from the moment this is posted until Thursday, 12th May 2011, 12.30 PM.

Thank you so much for your support. 

Salam :)

By Bel

Garai Tekidum- Enthusiastic Bruneian Food Stall 2011 (updated)

Hold on to your hats, cats, mats and fats everyone, we have BIG news! But before anything can be said and done, we must start always with…

Assalamualaikum and Good day Peeps,

We, the second year BASS-ians, are going to host a Bruneian food stall: Garai Tekidum (a name made up by none other than the always cheerful, Nabila Massuni) in the upcoming Malaysian Pasar Malam event.

The details of the event are as follow:

Date : 12th May 2011
Time : 5.00 pm- 9.00pm

Venue : Outside of the Roundhouse, UNSW

Everyone is welcome to stopover and of course to taste, try, buy (or rather buy, try, taste? xP) our enthusiastically made especially for the event-Bruneian food which we guarantee will fulfill everyone’s Tais Liur since Brunei’s ever reliable Nasi Katok is on the menu, just please don’t go expecting Brunei prices! ;)

The deliciously devine Nasi katok will be spiced up with a special sweet sambal by Azimah JJ. You will spend days salivating over her savoury sambal.

And ever heard of Sengwei’s expertly crafted dumplings? Try it out yourself! Her juicy, yummy and tastefy dumpling rates among the best 5 food I’ve had in Sydney.

The menu list for that night would be as follows:
- Nasi Katok
- Nasi Pusu
- Chicken Dumpling
- Popia Pisang berMilo
- Bingka Susu
- Kek Batik APAM (sorry for the change in menu) *UPDATED

Please do come and we are happy to serve you on that night.


**UPDATED: All the net profit from this event will be given to BASS collections for future gatherings & activities **

This event is supported by Bass committee and Insya Allah will become our annual event depending on the support we receive on the night.

Thank You

By Dizi

For the very first time, two Sydney-Bruneian students; Ng Chee Hwa and Sylvester Kheng, are going to perform for a Med Revue this semester. They will be performing a 4 day spectacle where they might be appearing in nude, oops, funny sketches which must not be missed!

But one thing is for sure, Chee Hwa will be doing something which I quote “I have never done before”

source: Mr. Zarifbana. hahaha.

Best of Luck, gentlemen!
Abu Zahrin.

Essay writing competition 2011

Salam and Hello everyone,

In conjunction with 2011 the RBAF Golden Jubilee Celebration, Brunei Times is organising an Essay writing competition. This Essay writing competition is divided into three categories including the open category titled Brunei defence and non-traditional challenges.

The competition is open to all students of Brunei Darussalam and the closing date for the Essay writing competition is on 31st July 2011.

There are plenty of prizes to be won comprising of Sony cybershot camera, B$1,000- BIBD savings account, 2 nights stay in Empire and Acer Ferrari Smartphone.

 don’t wait any longer, open your Microsoft word and start writing… 

For more information, please go to http://www.bt.com.bn/essay2011

Indonesian Night Market 11

Hello Bass-ian,

The Indonesia Night Market 2011 is happening tomorrow (03/05/11) at UNSW Main Walkway from 4pm to 9pm. 

Reckon you could resist the temptation of Chendol with coconut milk and brown sugar or the super yummy Satay and gado-gado or how about the Nasi Lemak with crispy chicken and rendang? 

Feel free to show up, enjoy and savour the potpourri of irresistible mouth-watering foods and drinks . Besides that, there will be varieties of live performance games to entertain the night. 

See you there!

Bass should have conducted this too! :)

Thanks to Dizi for the paragraph

Welcome back!

:) 

Photo courtesy of Hilmi HR

Dinner with second secretary, HC of Brunei

On Wednesday the 27th of April 2011, Ms. Idariani Damit, Second Secretary, High Commission of Brunei Darussalam in Australia paid a visit to Sydney to meet with some BASS members. The rendezvous, at It's time for Thai restaurant at Kingsford, was held to update the latest BASS members' list with 12 members attending the dinner. A special thank you to Ms. Idariani for her visit.

Photo courtesy of Kayden Lim

BASS Easter Holiday Road Trip

Assalamualaikum and ni hao peeps, :D

Anyone up for a road trip this Easter break? We’re planning a 2 days trip to Hunter Valley and Port Stephens which is located north of Sydney. The purpose of this trip is to relax, sightseeing, enjoy the view at these two locations and explore new places. We would also be stopping at some suburbs in Sydney such as Bankstown, Lakemba and Homebush.

Hunter Valley (mostly sightseeing):

• Valleys, mountains and vineyards
• Famous for its award-winning wines and historic towns

Port Stephens (Dolphin watching/Sea Cruise/Sand-boarding):

• Famous with nature, aquatic and land activities
• Sand boarding and sand dunes

• Unspoilt national park.. scenary, good for camwhoring (e.g chee hwa:p)

For more info, please visit the following sites:

Port Stephens (Dolphin watching and sand-boarding):

http://www.moonshadow.com.au/cruises/DWSB/profile.htm

http://www.portstephens.org.au/AboutPortStephens.aspx

Hunter Valley:

http://www.winecountry.com.au/

http://visithunter.com.au/

As of now, we have prepared 2 plans for this road trip. For Plan A, we would be going back to Sydney after visiting Hunter Valley and travel back up north to Port Stephens the next day. For Plan B, we would stay over in Newcastle after the trip to Hunter Valley and go to Port Stephens the next day. For those people that are interested in this trip, let us know which of these plans are preferred.

Date: 23-24^th April 2011 or 24-25^th April 2011 (other dates can be suggested as well). Final decision on date will be on 11.59 pm, Thursday,14^th April 2011. Majority wins mates!

Budget:

Plan A: around $200

Plan B: around $230

If you are interested, please reply at FB event by 11.59 pm, Saturday, 16^th April 2011. Questions and suggestions will be answered at FB event..

Cheers,

The Village Boys!

Easter Holiday Road Trip Schedule (actual time might varies)

Plan A (Total estimated cost : $200)

Time	Day 1 (Activities)	Time	Day 2 (Activities)
8:00am	Pick up car from rental shop	8.00am	Depart from meeting point ( TBA)
9.00am	Depart from meeting point (Place: TBA)	8-12am	Trip to port Stephens
9-11.00 am	Lunch/take away (Bankstown/Punchbowl)	12-1.30pm	Lunch and probably some sightseeing
11-3pm	Trip to Hunter Valley + camwhoring sessions	1.30 3.00pm	Sea cruise and dolphin watching
3-6pm	Round2 Hunter Valley	3-5pm	Sandboarding
6-10pm	Trip back to Sydney	5-9pm	Depart back to Sydney

Plan B (Total estimated cost: $250)

Time	Day 1 (Activities)	Time	Day 2 (Activities)
8:00am	Pick up car from rental shop	8-9.30am	Depart from Newcastle to Port Stephens
9.00am	Depart from meeting point (Place: TBA)	9.30-10.30am	Round2 Port Stephens
9-11.00 am	Lunch/take away (Bankstown/Punchbowl)	10.30-12.00am	Sea Cruise and Dolphin Watching
11-3pm	Trip to Hunter Valley + camwhoring sessions	12-2pm	Sand-boarding
3-6pm	Round2 Hunter Valley	2-5pm	Do something
6pm+	Trip to Newcastle	5pm	Depart back to Sydney

Daylight saving ends today

Greetings everyone,

Just a quick reminder. The Daylight Saving for NSW ends today, SUNDAY, 03/04/2011 at 3:00 a.m. So don't forget to turn your clock  back by an hour.

It is an extra hour of sleep :)