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EmmaGoodEgg

Brunei Darussalam

I am a good egg. I see the world sunny side-up.

Interests: the world wide web, to mong, frivolous pursuits, kitten sessions, my loved ones, beach holidays, b6ers chronicles, to smoke & fly...these are a few of my favourite things :)

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“Srikandi” is a character of Javanese Wayang, depicting a strong warrior-woman, able to overcome her struggles, trials and tribulations. Serikandi is the name of the catering business started by the late Dayang Sharifah Hajah Maimunah Syed Mohammad in 1984 at... Continue reading

Posted Aug 11, 2012 at EmmaGoodEgg

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It's Not The Taking Part, It's The Winning Right?

There is no such thing as a “former” Olympian. Once you have participated at the Games, you are always and forever entitled to call yourself an “Olympian”. While our athletes may not be able to say that they contended for... Continue reading

Posted Aug 6, 2012 at EmmaGoodEgg

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The Nature Of Loss And Sacrifice

On Friday evening as the nation was preparing for the first day of Ramadan a national tragedy unfolded on Facebook timelines and twitter feeds, whatsapp chats and texts. The tragedy was a Royal Brunei Armed Forces Bell 212 helicopter that... Continue reading

Posted Jul 30, 2012 at EmmaGoodEgg

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The Great Balancing Act

Friday was my 4-year old daughter’s last day at kindergarten. The teachers had organized a pirate themed end of term party to celebrate. Early that morning, this working mother, who had not sorted out her daughter’s pirate outfit, grabbed a... Continue reading

Posted Jul 30, 2012 at EmmaGoodEgg

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Lonesome George, the world’s last Galapagos Tortoise, died last Sunday at the Galapagos Islands National Park. He was believed to be about 100 years old. There will be an autopsy to determine the cause of death, but it is believed... Continue reading

Posted Jul 30, 2012 at EmmaGoodEgg

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If I owned a DVD store, (which I don’t, and if I did it would be closed by now, but that’s a different story) the weekend of the 27 July 2012 at the start of the Summer Olympics I’d have... Continue reading

Posted Jul 30, 2012 at EmmaGoodEgg

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Sustainable Civilization: Not The Hunger Games

The Guardian’s Book Blog recently wrote about a man who posted on one of these gaming forums about how he had been playing the computer game Civilization II for the past 10 years. The game's objective is to "Build an... Continue reading

Posted Jul 7, 2012 at EmmaGoodEgg

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Wrestling With Coco

I am wrestling with Coco Chanel, she with her chic black bob, cool elegant demeanor, classic black skirt suit and twin set. Not just wrestling, but, in my mind we are having a full on eyes gouged, manicured taloned catfight.... Continue reading

Posted Jul 7, 2012 at EmmaGoodEgg

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Rasa Sayang, Speaking Kapal

Melbourne-based band consisting of David Smith and Hamish Hutchinson (of former Brunei bands MOTA and Plan The Exit) have just recorded their punk-rock cover of 'Rasa Sayang'. It's kinda like seeing the sixth form geography teacher from New Zealand sweating... Continue reading

Posted May 16, 2012 at EmmaGoodEgg

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@williamjhague: Selamat Pagi Brunei

Last Friday the Brunei twitterverse received a tweet from none other than the UK Foreign Secretary @williamjhague bidding all a “Selamat Pagi Brunei”. Mr. Hague was in the country for the EU-ASEAN Foreign Ministerial meeting held at the ICC, where... Continue reading

Posted May 5, 2012 at EmmaGoodEgg

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A couple of days ago there were reports in the newspapers about the decline of Brunei’s annual birth rate. According to the Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE), Brunei's annual population growth rate was at 1.7 per cent in... Continue reading

Posted Apr 30, 2012 at EmmaGoodEgg

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“Ayam Penyet”, literally translated as smashed or flattened chicken, was until six or seven years ago a pretty unknown dish. It is now a lunch or dinnertime staple as popular as “nasi katok”. There is nothing unusual about this Indonesian... Continue reading

Posted Apr 16, 2012 at EmmaGoodEgg

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The Mute Liberal

It was a dark and starry night and everyone was minding their own business. I was sitting on the balcony surfing the world wide web looking for some interesting news. After checking in with The Google and after skimming many... Continue reading

Posted Apr 11, 2012 at EmmaGoodEgg

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The Hunger Games

The most memorable piece of television for me of recent years was the sight, on the Amazing Race Season 3, of the elderly American couple Teri and Ian parading their disposable underwear while getting into the Dugong enclosure at the... Continue reading

Posted Apr 11, 2012 at EmmaGoodEgg

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Life Is A Game, Football Is Serious

Its been a long twelve years since we have seen a National Football team succeed as the Youth team did on last Friday night’s tournament success. As everyone now knows, the Under 21 National Football team capped an amazing run... Continue reading

Posted Mar 19, 2012 at EmmaGoodEgg

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Meryl and Margaret

It was Oscars last Monday and Meryl Streep won for her third Oscar, this time in the Best Leading Actress category. According to IMDB, she has been nominated an astonishing 17 times for this. Even though she is dressed in... Continue reading

Posted Mar 18, 2012 at EmmaGoodEgg

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Brunei Darussalam celebrated its 28th National Day on Thursday this week at the capital's Taman Haji Sir Muda Omar 'Ali Saifuddien (SOAS) in front of the SOAS mosque right smack in the center of town. Thousands of school children, companies... Continue reading

Posted Mar 18, 2012 at EmmaGoodEgg

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Portraits Of Modern Brunei: Max, The Oil and Gas Contractor

Max (not his real name) is a youthful 60 year old former soldier, who by any measure, can be said to have done pretty well for himself and his family in the oil and gas industry. This is a result... Continue reading

Posted Feb 25, 2012 at EmmaGoodEgg

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Easy Come Easy Go

For years, the now disgraced Texas financier, Robert Allen Stanford, led a glamorous jet-setting lifestyle in the Caribbean. He received a knighthood from Antigua in 2006, funded a cricket league, and ran airlines, newspapers and banks. His wealth ran into... Continue reading

Posted Feb 6, 2012 at EmmaGoodEgg

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O' Captain, My Captain

The unfolding story of the sinking of the cruise ship Costa Concordia with the deaths, so far, of eleven lives has uncovered many tales of loss, heroism and tragedy. For a few days last week, what seemed to have caught... Continue reading

Posted Jan 22, 2012 at EmmaGoodEgg

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My husband opened the papers on Wednesday morning and exclaimed, "you see", he said, "If we had gone to the football last night, you would have had something to write about this weekend". It's true and it's my fault, if... Continue reading

Posted Jan 15, 2012 at EmmaGoodEgg

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A Fairy Tale Wedding

For both men and women getting married is an important milestone in their adult lives. It signifies a legal union between two people that creates kinship. It is a union in which love for one another is formalised via a... Continue reading

Posted Jan 8, 2012 at EmmaGoodEgg

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Queue-Cutter Vigilante?

Man Beaten Up In New Case Of Road Rage - Brunei Times IN A yet another case of road rage, a 22-year-old man was allegedly beaten up at Tungku Link, nearby the Biro Kawalan Narkotik (BKN) headquarters in Gadong on... Continue reading

Posted Jan 7, 2012 at EmmaGoodEgg

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Fake Notes True Love

Me: What would you do if this happened to your beloved daughter?? BobbyGoodEgg: Stop the wedding! Read all about it, in Malay, here. But in a nutshell: Joe (not his real name) shocks his soon-to-be-mother-in-law Juli (not her real name)... Continue reading

Posted Jan 5, 2012 at EmmaGoodEgg

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"It's the good girls who keep diaries; bad girls never have the time." ~ Tallulah Bankhead Continue reading

Posted Jan 4, 2012 at EmmaGoodEgg

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