Special:27 Things About Brunei

23 Februari tarikh keramat bagi Brunei. Hari bersejarah lagi bermakna. Hari Kebangsaan dinanti-nati setiap tahun. Semua lapisan masyarakat meraikan dengan semangat patriotik. Selamat Hari Kebangsaan ke 27 Brunei 'Negaraku Brunei Darussalam'
Sembah ucapan ikhlas dari salah seorang dari lebih 50,000 orang pendatang asing dengan izin (PADI) yang telah menetap di Brunei sejak tahun 1996.
Brunei had played an important part in shaping who I am today. Thus, in the special occasion of Brunei's 27th National Day, yours Truly had composed a special blogpost titled 27 Things About Brunei!
1. I would say MAJORITY of the people in this world do not know where Brunei is or a place named Brunei even existed in the world map. This is no suprise as Brunei is only a tiny small 'dot' in the world map
2. Brunei car ownership rate is one of the HIGHEST in the world, as quoted from today's issue of Brunei Times 27th National Day supplement
3. Brunei had very special relationship with Singapore. It is quite rare in this world to see 2 countries pegging their currency 1:1
4. Besides 'black gold' that gives Brunei a high standard of living, keropok udang/prawn crackers is a famous product of Brunei
5. In addition to those stated in 4, Brunei best export next to oil & gas is a people. Wu Chun, who is a part of the famous Taiwan group, Fahrenheit is a Bruneian
6. The Sultan of Brunei at one point of time was the richest man in the world. i.e. richer than Bill Gates!
7. Its interesting to see that a market of 400,000 population can support 2 English publications: Borneo Bulletin & Brunei Times
8. Brunei regularly becomes a part of Cambridge Hall of Fame as its students managed to achieved Top in the World/Top 10 in the world in O Level and A Level
9.For as little as B$1, you get can food that could satisfy your hunger fully
10. Should the 1997/98 economic crisis didnt occur, Brunei will be a much happening place
11. Brunei version of Malay is Bahasa Melayu Brunei which is a bit different from standard Malay.
12. His Majesty the Sultan annual Hari Raya open house is the closest that you can get to a ruler of a country (perhaps in the world too)
13. Brunei youths have jokes that people who have been living in Brunei understand them
14. Brunei is one of the oldest monarchy system in the world aged 600+ years old
15. Brunei is also home to one of the few 6-star hotels in the world, The Empire Hotel & Country Club
16. Bunga simpur is Brunei national flower
17. Brunei unofficial national dish is nasi katok, rice with a big piece of chicken which will force you to have 45min basketball session in Menglait just to burn all the calories earned from eating nasi katok
18. Brunei have 4 districts (Belait, Brunei Muara, Tutong, Temburong)
19. Brunei is also home to world largest residential complex, Istana Nurul Iman with 1788 rooms
20. I dont know whether its the real person but some Brunei VVIP have Facebook, which is quite a surprise for me
21. Brunei is only 5765 sq km
22. Brunei owns a cattle station in Australia which interestingly is larger than Brunei
23. Brunei philosophy of life is Melayu Islam Beraja/Malay Islam Monarchy
24. Brunei made in into world headlines in 2010 more than other years as I see it
25. Brunei has one of the lowest fuel price in the world which is rather good but ironic in the age of high oil price
26. The current Sultan of Brunei is the 29th Sultan of Brunei
27. 23th February of every year is the day Brunei celebrates its Independence

There you have it a mixture of serious facts and fun facts on Brunei.
Selamat Malam, Salam Kemerdekaan