40th Year LNG

In the midst of His Majesty's Birthday, a new set of commemorative stamps were issued on 7th July 2010. This set of stamps was to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of our Brunei LNG. It has been with us for so long that many have forgotten when it was first commissioned. Brunei LNG was formed on 9 December 1969 and the first cargo to Japan was on 9 December 1972. The plant was officially opened

Congratulations!

Congratulations to those who were awarded during His Majesty's Birthday on 15th July 2010. For those interested in the whole list and I tried to keep up with their job titles, the list is as follows (and do let me know where I got it wrong or inaccurate):-Darjah Kerabat Laila Utama Yang Amat Dihormati (The Most Esteemed Family Order Laila Utama) 1st. Class, DK - carries the title Dato/Datin Laila

Brunei Awards and Honours Explained

I wrote an article about medals and awards and honours and this was published on my column on Brunei Times on Monday. All this while, awards and honours have not featured in my life compared to my colleagues who have been gathering them by the handful. Ironically on that Monday morning, I received a letter from the Grand Chamberlain telling me that His Majesty had kindly consented to give me the

Dirgahayu Kebawah Duli Tuan Patik

Daulat Kebawah Duli Tuan Patik. Dirgahayu Kebawah Duli Tuan Patik. Happy 64th Birthday to His Majesty The Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam.What is the right way of greeting His Majesty on his birthday? I wrote about this 3 years ago and I thought I will repost it here:-I was watching the news on RTB last night, partly because where my wife and I sat during the banquet for uniformed

Brunei 1920

The other day I was surprised when I saw two more postcards said to come from the 1920s. I have managed to acquire six of these postcards and I had to have these other two postcards. Luckily I did not have to pay as high a price as I paid for the others. This one cost around US$200. You have to pay for the rarity of the postcard.This one is entitled "Copper and Blacksmiths River Brunei" which

Happy Birthday

I celebrated my 47th birthday at the airport. I just arrived from Jakarta via Singapore and waited for my bags to come out. When it did, it was past 12 midnight and it was time to celebrate my birthday. It was on Saturday and I was tired. I just wanted to go home knowing that I have to attend the Israk Mikraj function at the ICC in the morning and then a farewell dinner in the evening.

Sarawak's Mount Santubong and Brunei's Princesses

[My friend, the Deputy Accountant General asked me what did the Sarawakians think of my article trying to link the Santubong legends to Brunei? I told him that I did not start it. I was researching about Sarawak when I came across a few blogs on the origins of the Mount Santubong in Sarawak written by Sarawakians. They were arguing about where the origins of the Santubong legends. If you add in a