A little piece of Italy

We celebrated a friend's birthday in a local Italian few week's back. Sorriso in Kuilap is run by a colourful Sicilian character. The restaurant's reputation has preceded the chef and we became even more determined to give it a go after making his acquaintance on our Sunday BBQs and boating tips around the Brunei bay.

Start of the holy month

The hilal of the new moon of Ramadan 1435 Hijrah was sighted on Saturday night a week ago, marking the start of Muslims' holy month.

Happy official Birthday, Queen!

The High Commissioner to Brunei hosted a group of foreign dignitaries and British citizens (and few frauds, like myself!) at the Empire hotel to mark the Queen's official birthday.

Naughty monkeys - and other excuses

I'd like to say that this blog silence can be attributed to a bad Internet connection due to monkeys breaking our phone line.