... 31st May 2007 .. marks the 46th anniversary of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces .... or in malay ... Angkatan Bersenjata DiRaja Brunei, ABDB .... .. this year the main event was held at the National Stadium ... ... btw ... FYI .. there is also a exhibition being held at the International Convention Centre, ICC .. during this celebration ... which is ( strangely.... amusingly ...) called "BRIDEX" ... ( 'coz .. I .. and perhaps .. most people will think that .. it is some sort of BRIDAL EXHIBITION ... ) .. but ... waheeey ... it, BRIDEX, actually stands for Brunei Darussalam International Defense Exhibition .... which is the first ever such kind of exhibition ever held in the country ... ... hmmm .. to avoid confusion ... why not called it .. BRUFENSE .. or BRUDEF ... or the likes... hmmmm..... oh well... 
.. Happy 46th Anniversary .... p.s. .... I'm still not over with that .. BRIDEX ... and BRIDal EXhibition thingy ..... speaking of which ... somebody should organise such expo ...
.... was watching the news just now ... when this subject came up ... ... Kenali Negara Kitani, KNK .. a.k.a. Know Our Country ... .. there are actually some "unexplore" part in our country that are yet to be explored ... Did You Know That .... ... there is a village, very close to the capital .... where the villagers drive their car without any car registration (nada plet lesen) ... and there is no traffic light in their village ...?... there are 17 Mukims in the Brunei-Muara District alone ... and 6 of them are located at Kampung Aying ...... there are more then 100 villages in Brunei-Muara District! (Imagine how many Ketua Kampung!) .. and yet Brunei Muara District is the smallest of all 4 districts.... ... Bandar Seri Begawan is located in Mukim Kianggeh .... and so does Istana Nurul Iman!.. Gadong is located in Brunei-Muara District ... but Kampong Gadong Baru is in Temburong!... Sumbiling is also located in Brunei-Muara District .... but Kampong Sumbiling is in Temburong!.... Labu is in Temburong ... and Labi is in Belait District....... there is no beach in Temburong!... Kampong Pekilong Muara is not in Muara .... but in Kampung Aying! .... Kampong Burong Pinggai Berakas is on land ... where as Kampong Burong Pinggai Ayer .. is on Water ...... Mukim Saba is the only Mukim .. where their Villages (Kampong) .. are called by and start with their Mukim's name ... i.e. Kampung Saba Darat 'A'; Kg. Saba Darat 'B'; Kg. Saba Laut & Kg. Saba Ujong. ... you don't have spend much if u wanna go to U.K. ... 'coz u can just go to Ujong Kelinik in Mukim Sungai Kebun .... .. and obviously ... when people say they are going to K.L. .. they might be going to Kuala Lurah in Mukim Pengkalan Batu .... ... and on the other hand .. just to glamorise your destination ... u can say ... u r going to L.A.buan ... or aMIRIka ... or just plain UBDcity ..... ;) .. thou u need your passport if u wanna go to L.A. or Miri ... .. and o yea ... if u think there is no traffic jam on the water/river .... think again .... just look at the photo ... ;)
... the busy ... hectic Brunei water ... during peak period ..... ;)
... the day's getting dark .... ... the sun's setting ... ... the boat's getting bouncier due to the "wavy" water .... ... it's getting harder to get a "still" photo .... this is when u really need those Image Stabilizer ... ... with the unchangeable ISO setting .. (due to film constrainted.. ) .. you are stuck with just a single ISO setting ....... most autofocus lens would find difficulty in focusing in low light ... the lens would hunt for the right amount of light to get into focus .... and this is where the manual focus with the parallax-error-mirror comes in handy ...... ... then gazing the magnificient cloud formations ... .. and with a limited amount of film exposure left.. ...... made you think twice .... .. either to capture the clouds .. or the waterfront ..... ... hmmmm ..... but not much time to think about it .. otherwise.... you will miss the moment .... .. then... * click * ....
... this is what I finally decide to take ... .... another perspective of the waterfront .... with the marvellous cloud formation .....
