Count your Blessing

Every year around this time of the year,Bruneians will rejoice over 2 things, Perayaan and Sotong Tutuk.That's the side dish but the main dish is the 15th July celebration of His Majesty the Sultan & Yang Di Pertuan of Brunei birthday, where the rakyat and the residents of Brunei will have a chance to see the caring monarch up close and personal in the Bersama Rakyat event held in the 4 districts. This is also a uniqueness of Brunei which attracts a lot of foreign tourists to Brunei.
Before I continue on further, may I re-emphasize that this is NOT a PROPAGANDA posting.Its from my true heart and soul.
Brunei is blessed to have such a caring monarch and 2 days ago, His Majesty the Sultan had consented to present keys to 650 recipients of the Kg Panaga BEDB 1st pilot housing project of 2000 houses in 2yr, which was built by Bina Puri,a well known Malaysia contractor. For your information, the waiting list for government housing scheme is very very very long, and with this pilot project by BEDB it has paved way for more mass housing project of 4000 houses in 4yr which was awarded to UEM Builders, another Malaysian company and also another 500 houses project awarded to a Singapore firm,TEE International.This shows that the government of His Majesty is willing to explore new possibilities so that each and every of its rakyat is able to have a place to call their own 'Home Sweet Home'.
After the awarding of house keys, His Majesty visited more than 20 houses instead of the initially planned 4.Despite the tight schedule, His Majesty also visited my Pre-U centre, Sekolah Menengah Sayyidina Ali. I am thankful that even though I am not a Bruneian and only a 'penumpang sementara', I got to enjoy all the perks (well not really all). There must be some distictions between Yellow/Purple and also Green right? I do not enjoy the Transport Allowance but I am thankful that 'book loan' is given to all students. If I were to buy the books, I think it will run to the tune of $500, and with Maths only having 12books,its going to be a heavy bill.
The equal sharing of wealth from the natural resources of oil & gas that Brunei is blessed with also allows us the residents of Brunei to enjoy low fuel price in the time of cutback in subsidies in other countries. That is a very very heavy bill to bear even though Brunei is a small country, and also an oil producing country.
There are many more that I can list,but I will let the Press to do all the work in their special supplement on 15 July.
Lastly, we might think that what we have in hand is not enough as greed is part of us.However, remember that there are people out there who have less than what we have.There might be difficult times where we will have to make a choice.Make the correct choice so that you wont have to regret over the decision that you make. Count your blessings and be thankful.

DIRGAHAYU DAULAT KEBAWAH DULI TUAN PATIK, SELAMAT MENYAMBUT HARI KEPUTERAAN KE 65

Musical Post

Dont get me wrong,I am not going to sing or neither you are going so dont worry that there will be a Simon Cowell to judge your singing performance. Instead in this posting I shall blog about how some artists came to Malaysia frequently and also introduce to you some of my favourite singers/bands.My musical taste might not be really mainstream.

Malaysia:The Goldmine

You know B2ST/BEAST? Of course you do, its one of the hottest Korea's group in town and had just performed over the weekend in Malaysia as well as Singapore. To add on,some parties are trying hard to bring B2ST to Brunei, which means B2ST will be the 1st Kpop group to perform in Brunei (if they managed to bring B2sT here that is) after U-Kiss which was supposed to have their fanmeet in May postponed it for whatsoever reasons that wasnt disclosed. And B2ST had just released their new album 'Fiction and Fact'. For a little recap,B2St had been coming/will be coming to Malaysia for quite a lot of times this year only, 1st in early January for the DiGi Live Kpop concert, 2nd was the last Saturday B2sT Asia fanmeet tour held at Sunway Lagoon Surf Beach of which one of my coursemate became their translator/interpreter, and the 3rd will be the upcoming MTV World Stage which was set to be held at i-city,which was a much debated location.

Alongside with B2St that came to Malaysia in early Jan, 2AM was also a regular to Malaysia having came to Malaysia for 2 times only this year.The 2nd time was a very special reward that DiGi gives to its subscribers,having achieved the 150,000 likes in their Facebook page, and guess what its FREE. For 1hr showcase! Only need to topup $50 and register for Digi music plus.

Broadcasters have also capitalised on this Hallyu Wave by providing more Korean contents especially with the recent addition of tvN HD on the Unifi IPTV platform.Across the causeway in Singapore, the upcoming KMTV in addition to Arirang TV, KBS World,tvN Asia,ONE & ONE HD will bring Hallyu Wave to even more greater heights.It is also hoped that Hallyu Wave will also sweeps Brunei with their offering of hot performances and hopefully the 1st ever Kpop artist showcase/fan meet or even a full concert in Brunei!

Hallyu Wave is indeed sweeping Malaysia, the rest of Asia and many other countries in the world with the Aegyoness of the artists,the powerful dance moves and the looks.Oppa! LOL! And not to mention lots of $$$$ going into JYP,SM,Cube,J Tunes, etc agencies of these artists

My Music,My Choice

Each of us have our own music preference, some like Kpop,some Cpop,some Indopop,some Jpop,etc,etc. For me, I like Kpop and Cpop, and my likes might not be so mainstream or in other words not so popular artist. For this posting, I shall blog about 2 artists from the Cpop world since my choice for Kpop  is well known which is CN Blue, as well as some others. 

1.Evan Yo (Tsai Min Yo) - This 23 year old guy who will be coming up with his latest album soon, is multi-talented. He had been a DJ for Taiwan no.1 radio station,Hit FM I think last month for a week.He also composes his own songs, and for his last album he spend 9hours a day composing. In addition, he was also a graduate of National Taiwan normal university

For more info about Evan Yo you can go to his like page at Evan Yo www.facebook.com/evanyo.page. Some of his songs that I liked include Wo Ke Yi (I Can),Ji Mo Hao Le(Loneliness Enough) and one of his upbeat song Wo Hui Lai Le(Im back). 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btjDxlXGBVs (Wo Ke Yi)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLypjtGSRxM (Ji Mo Hao Le)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs-eCfpLp-A (Wo Hui Lai Le)

2.yen-j - This 23 year old who have been nominated for the latest Golden Melody Award Best New Artist Award which was won by Wei Li Ann. Last year as reported by Singapore's Mypaper, yen-j said that its jazz over medicine for him but his dad has given him a timeframe of 2 year to make it or break it,of which if he fails he would have to continue his studies to become a doctor. However, after the success of his 1st album,his dad changes his mind and gave him a 10 year time instead. In my own POV, even though he doesnt win the best new artist, he was more successful as seen from the popularity of him songs that became the OST of 2 Taiwanese drama. Some of his song that I liked include Good Thing from his 2nd, latest album that was released last May, Not Lonely.And this song is my ringtone!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2zLmiO6xH0 (Hao De Shi Qing)/Good Things
P.S. this song was inspired from the recent tsunami that hit Japan

Thats it folks see ya,jom music