Attended a friend's bedak mandi (pre-wedding ceremony which involves a blessing by close family elders and a cleansing body-scrub) ceremony this afternoon and it brought back memories of my own bedak mandi all those years ago. What fun, a free body scrub performed by several family members, watched by even more family members! More pics here . Short rant: During the Microsoft Vista launch , both of us went in "business attire" as stated in the invitation. While trying to photograph the guest of honour, I was approached by one of the more seasoned photographers who asked me where I was from. I said I was an invited guest who happened to bring my camera. This is what he said to me, "Mana baju kot mu? Kalau jemputan duduk saja. Kalau mau buleh pulang ku panggil AO ni untuk membawa kau keluar." Yes, very Bruneian indeed matey. You could have just told me that its a requirement for photographers to wear a suit in the presence of royalty. No need to bite my head of...
Vocational school? or Shell?
ReplyDeleteTechies are interesting subjects, I took pics of airplane yesterday and wanted to snap the details of tayar kapal with all the wires & buttons...but nda sempat coz I hve to look out for DCA guys, kena confiscate krg my cam.. but I will try again
ReplyDeleteFlorida, USA!!!!
ReplyDeleteWell its just a guess anyways...
top-secret brunei government lab trying to take over the world.
ReplyDeletesynchroscope do rings the bell ... it's electrical device. To check if two electrical generators when connected in parallel are correctly phased, in order words same frequencies or rather synchronized to make it works. This has some use at the electrical power plant as well. The closest that I can think of .... hehe...
ReplyDeleteaffy: close but no cigar
ReplyDeletevixen: very close... to where I wish I was!
moglie: you got the gist of it
bruneian: claim your trophy at MKJB principal office ah :P