Wrap My World Around You: October 2010

28 October 2010

The One With The Road Trip

One of the things that I love about my job is the fact that I am not stuck in the office all the time to the point that everything gets monotonous at times. As part of my job, I get to drive around the country to visit people at their homes, see how they live their life in their own turf which can be quite humbling and eye opening as well as discovering new places that I am not familiar with here in Brunei. This always makes the job interesting.

I have never ever been to Temburong in my life eventhough I live in Brunei hehe. I finally got the chance to go today, as we had to do a few home visits to see some of our patients in the district. We drove through Limbang to Temburong and had to go through customs twice. We also had to pay a toll of B$4 or RM$8 in order to cross the river from Limbang to Temburong via ferry. I was pleasantly surprised to see that some of the roads in Temburong and the general feel of the district are not that different from the ones in Bandar although I did notice a lot of open spaces, some quarry sites and lots and lots of trees & other green life. Below are some piccies that I took from my phone as we drive along the countryside.

Getting on the ferry to take us to the other side of the river

On the ferry

Welcome to Temburong! :)

One of the longhouses

One of the lesser developed roads

Some houses that we passed by

Dark clouds gathering in the blue sky

One of the tamu which I believe is in Bangar

An elderly Chinese woman cycling her bicycle in Limbang

Til the next post!

27 October 2010

Cause I'm A Woman

This is such an awesome poem! So empowering and just shows that a woman should believe in their own self worth, confidence, can be independent too and they should feel beautiful in their own way. Read on:

Phenomenal Woman by Maya Angelou

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms,
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips,
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

I walk into a room,
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellow stands or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm over me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It's the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them
They say they still can't see.
I say,
It's in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style,
I'm a woman.

Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed,
I don't shout or jump about,
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me in passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say,
It's in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
My palm of my hand,
The need of my care.
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Til the next post!

24 October 2010

Congratulations Ma!

Yesterday, mom was awarded 'Pingat Jasa Kebaktian' medal by the Crown Prince in a ceremony held at the palace. This is mom's third time receiving similar medals in the recent years.

Congratulations, Ma! We are very proud of you!

Til the next post!

Birthday For 6

So yesterday, we had a Doa Selamat Haji for our boss at the office followed by a birthday cake surprise for colleagues who had had birthdays before this including myself, followed by our regional meeting. Thanks guys for the cake! :)

The birthday cake. Really yummy! :)

Main course: Nasi Lemak

Heee :)

Eating time!

Before the meeting

Latest addition to our staff; Ka Asmah (in purple)

Me with Izni's adorable baby boy, in for a short visit. So cute! :)

Til the next post!

Sunshine School Silver Anniversary

Hello dear readers! :)

It is almost 2 weeks since my last update, hehe. Most of my time has been consumed with work and so forth. What fun things have I been up to this past 2 weeks? Well, I have been looking forward to attend some sort of a reunion with my primary school teachers and classmates for a few months now. The night finally came last Saturday night, on 16th October 2010. If you have been following my blog for some time now, you may have gathered that I am a Sunshine School Alumni, who graduated Primary 6 back in 1997. Through facebook and word of mouth, we learnt that the school will be holding a Silver (25th year) anniversary in October. I bought my $30 ticket during Ramadhan through a former teacher of mine, Cikgu Shamsiah. She was my class teacher back in Primary 5 in 1996, if I am not mistaken.

So on the 16th of October, I decided to carpool with my 2 oldest friends since our years in Sunshine; Mas & Zamriah. The function was scheduled to be held at the Jerudong Park Polo & Riding Club, from 7pm to 11pm. Upon arrival, we immediately spotted a lot of our former teachers waiting at the entrance and this led to lots of catching up. We admitted that we were pretty nervous since it has been more than a decade since we last saw them. Fortunately, they still remembered who we are, hehe. According to our teachers, our batch was the second batch to start at the school, which made us pretty senior to all the other kids, haha. And apparently, we were the good kids back then hahaha, when compared to kids nowadays, lol. There were a few x-classmates from our batch who came to the reunion. We were seated with some of the teachers after mingling around. While enjoying dinner, we were treated to performances by the teachers as well as the presence of guest performances from Ms. Angelique and the Bloom Brothers who flew in to Brunei especially for the Anniversary. We stayed well after 11pm, and then said our goodbyes with exchange of phone numbers and the promise of another mini reunion. After the function, Mas, Zam and I decided to continue on the night by 'menungking' at the famous tungking place in JP before heading home. Below are some piccies from the anniversary! :)