Saturday, July 28, 2007

9 September 2007

Hi guys,

As some of you may have heard, HM has agreed to have a short meet-and-greet session with us during his APEC trip here in Sydney. It has been confirmed that it'll be held on the afternoon of (read the title of the blog).

I'll update you all of the arrangements for that day once everything has been finalized..BTW, this j.ziarah is for ALL BRUNEIANS IN SYDNEY. Inda kira student kah inservice kah baru graduate kah..asalkan namanya rakyat brunei and ur residing in syd, bah ur invited. =D

Oh,before i forget, please please please complete the student form that I emailed you all before winter break. Once you've completed it, don't forget to SEND it back to this email: ayub.othman@moe.edu.bn. Thanks a lot~~~


rgds,
Nazurah

Friday, July 27, 2007

SPE Website

Hiye and greetings everyone.

Just to inform you that, after a few months of wrestling with the stupid software SPE gave me to make the website, unsw spe website is finally up and running.

SPE UNSW Student Chapter Website

My heartfelt thanks to Waznah for helping me untangle the HTML mumbo jumbo.

The site is a bit empty at the moment, but events have been lined up by SPE for the rest of semester, so it shoud be a good sized website soon!

In other news, SPE elections are coming up. Give a good discussion with one another about whos the next Bruneian you would want to nominate for the elections, volunteers most welcome. The influx of international students means that SPE will need a representative to be in a committee. So It's either you Shell guys, petronas or Aramco. Step up to the call!

Secretaire SPE

Sunday, July 22, 2007

Looking for subjects

Assalamualaikum dear fellow Bruneians,

For anyone who is interested to contribute to the research into one of the leading causes of preventable blindness in Brunei and worldwide and willing to help me please feel free contact me. I cannot elaborate more on this here but suffice to say, it is a safe procedure and well a good way to get to know other Bruneians :) living in Sydney. Did not realise there are a few of us here.

Regards,
Liyana
snla2000@yahoo.co.uk

Thursday, July 19, 2007

Sunday, July 01, 2007

Holiday Wishes

Dear BASS,
Fourteen weeks have come and gone and we're still alive!! Have a good rest and enjoy your holidays everyone. Take care. See you in Semester 2!

From your friendly admin,
Waznah


Monday, June 25, 2007

Pesta PAT

Greetings fellow bruneians who have mostly been relocated to Sydney by force or due to financial/family pressure. (If you are here by your own accord, studying petroleum engineering, then we think that you are an idiot.) We are excited to bring to you the first ever Pesta PAT sponsored by an unknown source from Brunei Darussalam, possibly some alcohol and recreational drug distributors.

The mighty Siti Confidential, the most indie-uncelebrated bruneian band of the past decade, is coming back from hiatus and is set to play on the date! (they’re so indie that if you ever heard of them you’d have be lying because even the band members question their own existence)
And jamming is not all that will be at the gig. There will be free food, and the first ever free barbecue to date! With lamb chops! It has been far too long since we last had lamb chops. Other free consumables include the staple chicken wings, prawns on a stick, sausages and more of the staple and always economical chicken wings!

Once we announce the date, tickets will not be on sale through ticketek. We hope to see you there! Tickets are free for most earthlings (minus the vietnamese).
We have been putting this together for a while now, and we gotta thank all the killer artists for signing on to what is sure to be one stupid stupid stupid party. (And no thanks to The Saq for completely blowing us off.)

Oh, and the festival theme?? HATS & BALLOONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not really, but bring balloons, please. For me. And no caps! Tudongs don't count either.

Date: 26 June 2007
Venue: The Balcony, 27/402 Anzac ParadeDoors
open: 4pm
Tickets: http://www.tricketek.com.au/


P.S. I know what you’re thinking, “Oh jeeze it’s tomorrow!” That’s right it is, so you better be running off to your nearest supermarket to find them balloons or your nearest Route 66 for that cap that makes you look oh-so-glamorous.

Not Yours,
Yoshi

Sunday, June 24, 2007

Coffee, Tea or Me?

From your proclaimed anti-social admin, :)





July 22, I have come to tell you,
A Sunday it will be,
The Rocks Aroma Festival, you see,
But will it be coffee, tea or me?

Coffee, chocolate,
Tea and spice,
A cup for a dollar and everything nice,
A day worth it definitely,
But will it be coffee, tea or me?

Not only that, ada banyak lagi!
Strawberry fondue, jagung and chocolatier delights,
Cooking demos, live music, beautiful sights,
Guarantee siuk ni,
But will it be coffee, tea or me?


So from 10 to 5, on the 22nd of July,
Hope to see you, bring along your crew,
Me, You, They, We,
Chocolate, coffee, tea or me?


Airul, Firdaus, Aimi and I had a great time at last year's coffee event and hope I'll see you there this year. For more info, go to http://www.therocks.com/

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Trip Cancelled & Pictures around uni

As you guys can see for the past few days, the weather has been absolutely insane. There's no sign of this stopping so i'm cancelling the Manly trip. I'll organise it once weather has settled down.

In other news, i took a few interesting snapshots on my way to library in the cold dark weather, enjoy.

Victims of Sydney's outrageous winds for the past few days

This is one of the most depressing sights i've seen all week. They've cut down one of the big 4 trees in the library lawn. Why? I dont know, maybe disease. But it was a really sad sight to see a mighty tree brought down.

Yours

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Manly to Spit trip

Not cool.

Just had a look at future forecasts, and its not looking too good with few expected showers. I'm not comfortable doing the walk even if theres a slight rain. Just in case the forecast is wrong and its a nice weather,

Details:
Meet up at the circular quay wharf at 10am. No later.
Sun sets at 5pm these days, we'd want to enjoy the walk on day light.

Your checklist:
Wear sport shoes, loose clothes and apply sun screen, even on cloudy days.
Please have some breakfast before you come, you will thank me.
Bring your swimmers, extra clothes, lunch and a happy face!

HSE Matters:
-Watch out for slippery areas that you might step on.
-A wet rock is not a place to jump around. I got injured last time doing that.
-As much fun as a ferry ride can get, take a few moments to emergency procedures.
-Australia has satanic creatures.
for eg. If something has 8 legs, small, black with a huge red dot on the ass, run the f**k away. St. John Ambulance emergency procedure requires that the spider be captured for identification in the very unlikely event someone gets bitten...You have got to be joking me.

Extra hazards after rain:
a) Trek would be uber slippery. There are small stone stairs there, which are already quite slippery on a hot weather.
b) One section of the trail is prone to flooding. Wouldn't want that to happen.
c) Walking on the rocky beach side will be similar as skating on ice.
d) Toxic levels in the sydney harbour rises after rain. So no swimming. Yes, there's even a warning sign on Clontarf beach prohibiting swimming few hours after rain.

Tuesday, June 05, 2007