Its Celebration Month Or Maybe Not

Its time for ‘sotong tutuk’, Perayaan, ‘tanglung’, etc again. What time is it? Its July 15 the birthday of our beloved caring monarch aka in Brunei we call it start of Perayaan. It’s also time of the year that had been awaited by the citizens & residents in Brunei as well as tourists from abroad who find this culture unique.


*change to BM* Selaku salah seorang dari berpuluh ribu Pendatang Asing Dengan Izin (PADI) di Brunei, hamba Kebawah Duli Tuan Patik ingin berterima kasih & merakamkan penghargaan kepada Kebawah Duli Paduka Sultan kerana patik dapat tinggal disini sejak 1997 (atas ihsan Imigresen kerana memberi permit masuk), menikmati kemudahan-kemudahan yang disediakan untuk rakyat & penduduk Brunei seperti subsidi barangan harian: minyak & beras, pendidikan pada kos yang rendah untuk pendatang asing (2 tahun Sekolah Kerajaan peringkat Pra-U), serta khidmat kesihatan pada kadar yang rendah & subsidi elektrik, air & gas. Manakala rakyat mendapat perumahan, pencen tua & sebagainya. Di kala negara-negara lain-lain di ambang ‘masalah kewangan’, ‘pemotongan subsidi’, Kerajaan Kebawah Duli masih lagi mengekalkan pelbagai subsidi & bantuan kepada rakyat & penduduk Brunei walaupun ‘menekan poket’ Kerajaan kerana ingin melihat orang-orang disini juga dapat menikmati hasil khazanah ‘emas hitam’ dengan hidup selesa. Saya amat tertarik apabila ada kenaikkan harga minyak di negara asal saya, Malaysia, orang sering mempersoalkan kenapa Brunei dapat mengekalkan harga rendah tetapi Malaysia gagal walaupun kedua-duanya pengeluar minyak. Pastinya orang-orang Brunei dapat merasa ‘tekanan poket’ harga minyak tinggi di Malaysia bila mereka perlu mengisi minyak di Malaysia, bayangkan sebegitu jauh bezanya.

*change to BI* I remembered 1 of the Nov 09 AS General Paper P1 question is about how your country government spend its tax revenue. I made a ‘calculated bet’ by choosing this question & wrote extensively on Brunei government’s spending in education & development, SPN21. The result that I get was within my expectation a B. I also remembered last December when my cousin’s uncle family asked about Brunei, they were impressed with the bilingual education system here & the meritocracy in awarding of scholarship rather than race-based.

Let us all be a part of nation-building partner to contribute towards realising His Majesty’s Vision 2035 for Brunei

Lastly, a bit of my life update even though it’s the Royal Birthday mood. So far, I am still in ‘situasi 50:50’ regarding whether I will be going to NUS or Monash KL to further my studies as everything the status is: STILL PROCESSING. So I can only hope for the best & prepare for the worst case scenario! To make the matter worst my astrological sign prediction for the month of July isnt good either.

DAULAT KEBAWAH DULI TUAN PATIK SELAMAT HARI KEPUTERAAN KE-64 KEPADA RAJA BRUNEI YANG MESRA RAKYAT SEMOGA KEKAL KARAR MEMERINTAH DIATAS TAKHTA KERAJAAN BRUNEI

This blogger thinks that ‘sotong tutuk’ at gerai Perayaan will not be very laku as they may want to refrain from eating squids as a respect to ‘Paul The Octopus’ The real Winner of World Cup.


This blogger also thinks that ‘If you are in China do like the Chinese’, it means pandai-pandailah menyesuaikan diri dengan tempat yang anda berada


P.S. Next week/next post starting it will be a new approach to this blog. Wait For IT!