Dear Brunei

Photos courtesy of BlindShutterz

Originally from Ranoadidas

Also discussed on BruneiStudent Forum.

These took place during His Royal Majesty’s Hari Bersama Rakyat.

*update* the video was removed by the poster.

*update* someone else uploaded the video on Youtube. should be able to view it now* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCw1dvHM3CM

Does it remind you of something else?

durang ani lagi berbaris…

because of the trafic jam. because of the time it takes me to reach my office. because of the car clogging the road. because of the buses making unauthorised stop. because of the stupid placed u-turns. because of the illegal u-turns.

can this be fix?

I understand people put up all those road arks, billboards and banners to celebrate the birth of His Majesty, Brunei Darussalam. But … is it really neccessary ?How much does it cost to build one of those? And to have it on every road and every building in Brunei, i’d believe it could reach hundreds of thousands? What does those arks, billboards and banners do ? They just sit there and do nothing productive.

if I had those kind of money, I would do these

1. give charity to orphans of Brunei Darussalam
2. give charity to the poor of Brunei Darussalam
3. give charity to the old veterans of Brunei Darussalam
4. give charity to the disabled of Brunei Darussalams

But i guess, those people who make billboards dont think like me. I remembered last year, when night rain and wind blew that huge object in the center of Qlap roundabout to the ground. That was … something

Happy 62 Birthday Your Majesty. Long live His Highness.

hey … what gives …  i still see people smoking in non-smoking area… restaurants mostly. what gives?

warm warm chicken shit jua (angat angat taie ayam)

Increase fuel price and terminate fuel subsidy.

Theres no point putting a HUGE sign over every freaking petrol station that says Goverment Subsidy B$202 Million. They’re trying to convey a message to us Bruneians that we have to be more economical and efficient with the petrol.

But why ?

Maybe the Government want to make their citizen feel a bit guilty with the subsidy? heh. or maybe they think B$202 million is alot of money and that be wasted … er spend on something better.

One thing for sure though, with the price hike, BSP is making more and more money :p so I think they wont be complaining. And we’re seeing more and more 350Z on the road … and soon, the Hummer :p and these monsters eat petrol like theres no tomorrow.

The Government can, if they want, just terminate the subsidy. But they cant, because “they”, the Government, will suffer as well :p. Cause if subsidy is terminate, they have to spend more money on their own petrol, for higher government officials, their riding huge huge cars that consume huge huge gallons of petrols. and at the end of the month, it’ll be the guys on bicycle rocking the brunei road :p

Increase import tax on cars, increase car price.

why not ? stops people from buying cars un-neccessarily. :p traffic is so so terrible in Brunei. What usually takes 15 minutes, would take me 1 hour during rush hour. we need to get rid of the rush hour! did you know you’re wasting petrol as much as travelling when you’re idling on the road? you do~

on average, theres 10 cars for every Bruneian family … who needs that much car :p … okay fair enough, my family have about 10 cars as well, call me a hypocrite, but what can I say, car is cheap here in Brunei. and my dad is a car freak :p how can i stop him ?

it’s unneccessary really.
Terminate rice subsidy

Bruneians are FAT. we eat too much. but we dont do enough. Nuff said.

Other things to put into consideration

1. improve road system.
2. introduce isolated lane for buses.
3. introduce lane for bikers.

I hate it when that stupid purple bus stops on the road to pick/drop their passengers … seriously, it is dangerous and it is annoying. whenever these bus make their sudden stop, it causes traffic jam. it’s bad bad bad. and sometimes, when you’re tailing the bus at 80, all of the sudden, they hit their signal. you just dont expect that because you dont see on the side of the walk, someone is waving at the bus driver.

Bikers is going to be the next big thing. Cheaper price. Cheaper price consumtion. Better mobility and easy parking. but the problem lies on the road itself. bikers put their life at risks when they’re on the road. they are much smaller in size, hence harder to see on the rear mirror, and they are much faster, hence harder to predict where they are about to go. you may see a biker coming in fast from your rear view mirror. one second later, the dude dissapear! driving in a car, you have multiple blind spots. now is he at the back left side, or the back right side???

troubling isnt it ?

….. it’s worrying … cause my dad … is planning to get one for himself :p

Dear Brunei, how I love my country