April 2008


Some details of DST’s GO!Broadband……

1. Monthly Subscription Plan
Go! Basic: $38 per month, 2GB free data access, excess data charged at 20 cents per MB, bill capped at $88.
Go! Unlimited: $78 per month, unlimited data access
Modem: $300
Router: $600

2. Yearly Subscription with Modem or Router
Go! Basic: for 1 year contract period: $100 off; 2 year: $300 off
Go! Unlimited: for 1 year contract period: $300 off & free modem; 2 year: $600 off & free router.

3. Yearly Subscription with Laptop and Modem
Go! Basic: Similar to Plan No. 1, but for additional $10 per month and 48 months contract period, get free Acer Aspire laptop and modem.
Go! Unlimited: Subscribe for 30 months, get free Dell Inspiron laptop and modem.

But hang on, this is better….
Go! Unlimited: Similar to Plan No. 1, but for additional $10 per month and 30(?) months contract period, get free Dell XPS laptop or MacBook(!) and modem.

These are to be officially launched on Thursday, 1 May. Roadshow is to be held at Jerudong Park Amphitheatre from Friday, 2 May and runs for a few days.

Ps. I should have been more patient and wait for this; sasakku eh 😦

A wonder strike from Paul Scholes just after 15 minutes of play was enough to send Manchester United into the final of the UEFA Champions League. Man Utd beat Barcelona with that solitary goal in last evening’s semi-final encounter at Old Trafford. They will play another English side in Moscow on 21 May; the first time that the final features two English sides.

Paul Scholes missed the 1999 UEFA Champions League, which Man Utd eventually won, through suspension. Now Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that Paul Scholes will definitely start in the final.

Glory Glory Man Utd!

I saw this video on Jester’s blog and thought it was funny. So here it is, for those people who have not seen it on Jester’s blog.

Thanks Jester for the video.

I saw Cookie‘s post on this Mariah Carey’s song and thought I might share her sentiment regarding this song.

She recently lost her father and I lost my mother more than a year ago. This song could not be more appropriate to both of us. Looking back, we both wished that we could do more to/with our respective parents. Now, we could not talk to them. We could not have holiday together. We could not celebrate the good times together. And saying bye bye was really the hardest thing to do.

The song:

The lyrics:

Mariah Carey Lyrics
Bye Bye Lyrics

By the way, check this out.

Continuing on sport-themed post, Manchester United was reported to have signed a 9-year old wonderkid into its football academy. This is the same academy which produced many great footballing talents in the likes of David Beckham, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, the Neville brothers, Mark Hughes, George Best, Bobby Charlton and many others.

See this video to see this wonderkid in action. New Ronaldo? New Wayne Rooney?

More info about this kid here.

In a game influenced by match officials, rather than players, Manchester United lost 2-1 to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. With two more games to go, Manchester United and Chelsea have the same number of points, but Manchester United has a much superior goal difference and retains the top position.

The game started quietly for Manchester United. Just before the half time whistle, Chelsea managed to sneak a goal to take a one-goal lead. Not long after the match resumed, Wayne Roone capitalised on a Chelsea error to score an equaliser. In the dying minutes of normal regulation time, Chelsea won a contentious penalty, as Michael Carrick was adjudged to have handled the ball on the edge of the penalty box. Contentious as the cross was not threatening and goal-bound, and the handball was not intentional.

The referee and his assistants made many dubious calls during the game. At least two penalty appeals from Manchester United were turned down.

There was an embarrasing moment when two Chelsea players fought over a free kick. It was clearly seen on tv when Drogba made his points clear to anyone who cared to listen to him. At one point he was complaining to the assistant manager, complete with finger pointing. I would have taken him off the field for unsporting conduct.

With two more games to go, the title race will definitely go down the wire. I know who I want to win and the team is definitely not Chelsea!

Remaining games:
Man Utd vs West Ham (Home) – potential banana skin
Man Utd vs Wigan (Away) – potential banana skin

Chelsea vs Newcastle (Away) – but Newcastle is in a good form now
Chelsea vs Bolton (Home) – potential banana skin

Spiritual Garden.

After reading her post, entitled I will survive… , I have decided to start campaigning for this girl. I was really touched by this post. Many people take things for granted, but yet for some of us, life often throws little challenges at you. This girl is a strong girl; she seems to be able to pick herself up and gets on with life.

Lets help her to win those prizes. That cash, which would help her along with her study. That laptop, which she always wanted. That hotel stay and those spa treatments, which would help get rid of her worries. As of those other bloggers’ merchandise, she could just throw them away!

So if you have not voted yet, please vote for this girl. Go here to vote!

Ps. I apologise for the quality of the last few posts; I was running out of ideas to blog about and you could tell that the posts were desperate posts! I hope normal service resumes soon!

I have quite a lot of Chinese friends and lately, I have been learning some Chinese words.

Why is that when you learn new language, you are always taught rude words? I just discovered that the Chinese expressions that I was taught were rude, sexual expressions!

Oh, I made my first ever appearance on Ranoadidas here. I was with some friends, when he arrived with some mutual friends. Noticed that I was not looking his way? It was because someone else was taking our picture and he ‘gatecrashed’ that photo shoot.

Simpur is now opening the vote for the Bruneian Blog of the Year. The nominees (they each won their own category in the bracket, except for one) are:

A. Spiritual Garden (Best Personal Blog)
B. Kurapak (Best Local Content Blog)
C. Anakbrunei (Best Photo Blog)
D. Brunei Fishing (Best Lifestyle Blog)
E. Arab Families (Best Specialty Blog)
F. Ranoadidas (Wild-Card Blog)

Of the six above, I’d probably vote for Spiritual Garden or Anak Brunei.

Spiritual Garden offers an insight to this girl’s life; though I’d like to think that I am not snooping in her life or something. Anak Brunei’s simple, and often amusing narratives, that accompany his pictures are the trademarks of this apparently friendly giant. Sometimes all you need to see on someone’s blog are pictures and some few words (except for Jan Shim’s blog; I do not mind reading a long post that always accompanies his well-taken and beautiful pictures).

I certainly do not get Kurapak or Arab Families; the times (let me re-phase the one/two times) I visited these blog, I got confused and could not understand what these guys were trying to say. Kurapak was not funny at all; even some of the jokes were direct translation from the English version and the humour was lost in translation. And don’t even get me started with Arab Families. I am still traumatised by Arab Families’ founder/author’s You Pay! outburst! And I can’t really call myself a fishing enthusiasts, so I can’t really vote for Brunei Fishing.

And a wild card entry? You’re joking, aren’t you Simpur? Why? Why a wild card entry? And Ranoadidas?

The one and only blog that I would definitely vote for if he was nominated would be Jan Shim’s Shim World. How on earth did he not win the Best Photo Blog? Shouldn’t it be him as the wild card entry?

So guys, if you really want to vote, please use your vote wisely. Apparently you can only vote once. Vote for Spiritual Garden or Anak Brunei.

Go here to vote.

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