Brunei 1st Official DevMeet 09 got into Local News

12/28/2009 03:42:00 pm ゆき Ezura

I am HAPPY to hear that the local newspaper published about the Brunei Cosplay!!!


For me, now Brunei is no longer the 'unknown' country by some others (cos I have a LOT of friends out there somewhere in the world), and to the viewers and stalkers.. XD.

I haven't read or see the newspaper of that day... but I heard about it from my friend, Double H from Hobby Chaos.
Also I'd like to thanks to TFF for displaying news from the newspaper website... (but the page has been deleted... well, as always...)

Here's the story:-


More than 150 went all out with costumes to resemble their favourite anime characters yesterday during an Art and Cosplay competition.
Japanese anime enthusiasts, who came from all four districts, got creative with custom-made costumes and some even bought their costumes just to look exactly like their preferred anime characters.

Hjh Hamizah, who came as Arisato Minato of Persona 3, was awarded 1st prize by Eric of Toy Nation for winning the best costume in the Cosplay competition.
Second place went to Md Ridzuan who came as Danvo of Yotsuba while Dk Izzatus took the 3rd prize as Crona in Soul Eater.

Johan bin Johani won first place in the drawing competition.
The cosplay competition winners were judged based on their stage performance and precision of costumes. Basically, the more they act and look like their favourite characters, the higher their chances of winning.

According to Ak Ahmad Shafie, a member of the organising committee, the contest hoped to get local anime enthusiasts together to share their hobbies and talents, make new friends, and create exposure for the existing large number of anime fans in Brunei.

“Japanese anime is very popular worldwide and we only wish to promote cosplay culture, just like in Malaysia and Singapore where a hobby like this is very much shared among large groups of people, especially the younger generation,” said Ak Ahmad Shafie.

“This competition is the first of its kind for us. Usually we meet up for outings, share anime stories, draw and simply just carry out anime-related activities.”

The organisers also claimed that the number of people taking part for their activities keep increasing every time.

The organisers were amazed by the number of people who signed up for the event, as it was not advertised publicly. News were shared through word of mouth and social network such as Facebook.



More info, please check on other websites (With Photos)

Photos are still being uploaded into Facebook profiles (of most of the cosplayers), and still thousands more in the the folder.. But I hope the links I provide you will do.... Hope you enjoy....

(I will upload the photos from my camera soon)

This whole event was sponsored by the local toy store Chong Hock. Feel free to visit their blog @ http://www.ch-toynation.com/

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Tuna As Wedding Cake

12/21/2009 05:07:00 pm ゆき Ezura

Ever think of getting married? Plan for the wedding cake? How about make your wedding a bit weird yet fun? sort of~

A company in Kanagawa prefecture has offered tuna-cutting marriage ceremonies for about 10 years now. This particular couple has purchased a 100kg BigEye tuna for their guests. They don’t reveal the cost of this particular fish, but they do say that minimum plan costs about 3,000 yen X 50 guests (150,000 yen).





Who need cake when you have biggest tuna to cut?




(Via JapanProbe.Com)

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Lazy Cat = Floor Mop?!

12/01/2009 08:00:00 pm ゆき Ezura

What happen if you have a lazy cat laying around on the floor and you got floor to mop?


Lazy cat can be annoying, because when we try to mop th floor, we have to shoo the cat.. yet the cat won't get its butt off the floor......~



Solution?!~
Here's one:-



YUP!!!!!

That's right!
Make your lazy fat cat as your mop.. hahaha

I laughed a lot when watching the video..

Recommend to watch the video, and try to give comment for this post.. not in my tagboard.


Have fun watching.. and have a good laugh!~




(Via JapanProbe.com)

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Woman arrested for selling 1-yr-old daughter to man for obscene acts

12/01/2009 04:15:00 pm ゆき Ezura

MIYAGI- The mother of a one-year-old girl was arrested Monday for violation of child prostitution and pornography laws after she let a man perform obscene acts on the baby in front of her in Miyagi Prefecture.


According to police, the 31-year-old mother, who lives in Tokyo’s Adachi Ward, said she was desperate for quick cash when she met 46-year-old Hiroshi Hiromachi of Kita Ward on an Internet dating website in October. They agreed to meet in Miyagi.

The two were arrested for taking pornographic pictures of the girl, which were found on the Internet. Photos were also found in Hiromachi’s possession.

The mother was quoted as saying, “I needed money. She’s so small, I didn’t think she would ever remember it. I didn’t take my eyes off her the whole time.”


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French Vs English, Which one is hard?

11/29/2009 11:37:00 pm ゆき Ezura

From the pronunciations and languages, French will win the title of the hardest to read.. But do you think so?


Try to read this text in quote below.... I'm sure that your tongue will get twisted!

I've tried, failed!! Failed! Failed! and failed again
I take it you already know
Of tough and bough and cough and dough.
Others may stumble, but not you,
On hiccough, thorough, though, and through -
Well done!
And now you wish perhaps
To learn of less familiar traps?
Beware of heard, a dreadful word
That looks like beard and sounds like bird,
And dead – it’s said like bed, not bead.
Watch out for meat and great and threat
(They rhyme with suite and straight and debt).
A moth is not a moth in mother,
Nor both in bother, broth in brother.
And here is not a match for there
Nor dear and fear for bear and pear.
And then there’s dose and rose and lose,
Just look them up – goose and choose
And cork and work and card and ward
And front and font, and word and sword
And do and go, and wart and cart -
Come! Come! I’ve hardly made a start!
A dreadful language? Man alive!
I mastered it – when I was five!!!
– author unknown


Thanks to a friend from Jap-On! Forum for sharing this to us..

Read it from the original web @ Kimu.ca

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Announcement: Apology!

11/29/2009 01:46:00 am ゆき Ezura


I just want to tell you that this blog might be in 'Hibernation' mode for almost a month.. *depends*


This is due to I'm having semester break from my university, and there will be no internet access for a while.

But don't worry!
I'll be back as soon as possible!~

And will share anything that I can think of.. maybe something happening at home, or during the holiday..


Also I might be posting one or two posts in here if I got time to do so via my phone.

Finally, I would like to say 'Happy Advance Birthday' to myself *lol~* , and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all my viewers and readers *and stalkers*

Don't forget about upcoming events that will be held in this December.. I can't wait for
Bru-Dev Meet on the 20th Dec.. Cosplay!! Anime!!! Manga!!! Drawings!!! Figurines!!!!!! Figma!!!! nyaaaaa PRIZESSSSSS!!!! More info about it, please read @ The Official 5th BruDev Meet


Gamers!~ Still searching for new PC games by VALVE? Ask TFF Company. Visit their blog for more upcoming events and news @ Team.FragFactory.Net.

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Wanting to know about new funny, weird or what-ever stuff from Japan? Visit the official
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Featured Artist - Nov-Dec09 Ayumi Hamasaki

11/25/2009 06:25:00 am ゆき Ezura


Ayumi Hamasaki [浜崎あゆみ], also known as Ayu, was born on October 2, 1978 in Fukuoka, Japan. She is an award-winning Japanese singer, and one of the most popular and influential artists to come from Asia.

Apart from being a singer, Ayumi is also a songwriter, a model, an actress, and a composer. Ayumi started her musical career in 1994 and released her first album “NOTHING FROM NOTHING” in 1995; the album was not successful, and she was subsequently dropped by her record label. In 1998, Hamasaki released her first single,Poker Face, via the Avex Trax label, after being discovered by label head Masato “Max” Matsuura partying at the avex-owned club, Velfarre. Hamasaki’s debut album, “A Song for ××”, was released in 1999, and won her a Gold Disk Award.



More info, please visit any link below.

Links:-

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Eat for 1st time since 10 Nov 09 arrest

11/25/2009 04:07:00 am ゆき Ezura

CHIBA - Tatsuya Ichihashi, the prime suspect in the 2007 murder of British woman Lindsay Hawker, ate for the first time Tuesday since his arrest two weeks ago, police said. Ichihashi, 30, ate a meal served at lunchtime at Gyotoku Police Station in Chiba Prefecture, a few hours before he was transferred to a detention facility inside the Chiba prison, which has doctors and nurses.

He had refused to eat since his Nov 10 arrest and health concerns prompted the Chiba prefectural police to file for court permission for his transfer. The police received permission on Tuesday morning.
During his transfer at around 3 p.m., Ichihashi was able to walk without any help and did not stagger, according to the police.
Ichihashi received a nutritional supplement injection on Nov 16 after he staggered when heading to an interrogation room from his cell inside the police station.
He continues to remain silent about the death of 22-year-old Hawker, as well as the charge of abandoning her body.
His arrest came after more than two-and-a-half years on the run on a technical charge of abandoning Hawker’s body in a sand-filled bathtub in his apartment in the Chiba Prefecture city of Ichikawa in March 2007.


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LAN Party by TFF Company and VALVE

11/24/2009 01:00:00 pm ゆき Ezura


To HardCore Gamer!!!!!


There will be a LAN party (In Brunei of course).

Date :
Friday, November 27, 2009 at 2:00pm
Location:
Mahmud’s Crib
430 Darul Effa, Jalan Kulapis, Kg batong.

List of game will be played:-
(mostly from the picture in the image)
> Left 4 Dead & Left 4 Dead 2
> Portal
> Half Life
> Counter Strike
> Day Of Defeat
> Team Fortress
> Killing Floor
> Hidden Source
> ... most of STEAM games


The event will continued for 3 days long.

Entry fee: $5.00

(Post credited to Team Frag Factory)

(Via TFF)

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Santa Coming from Finland

11/24/2009 11:40:00 am ゆき Ezura


With about a month to go before Christmas, Santa Claus arrived Sunday at Narita airport on a Finnair flight from Finland. Santa Claus will take part in Christmas events in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and other places during his Japan tour through Dec 24, and give gifts to children at nurseries and kindergartens, Finnair said.
Santa comes to Japan around this time every year for charity work as well as promotion of the Finnish airline, it said. At other times, he is busy writing replies at his home to the roughly 500,000 letters received annually from children around the world, according to the airline.


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Brunei gets the H1N1 Vaccines

11/23/2009 10:00:00 am ゆき Ezura


THE first shipment of 1,500 Influenza A (H1N1) doses of vaccines has arrived in Brunei on Monday (2nd November 09), with another 476,000 doses expected to be available for the entire population by the end of January 2010.

The minister told The Brunei Times that the vaccines have only arrived recently although they were scheduled to be released in August, as the vaccines were still in production and had to be tested.

As the country will have a total of 6,000 doses of H1N1 vaccines today, the minister said that 900 of these will be allocated for Haj pilgrims who started their journey yesterday.

Director-general of Health Services Dr Hjh Rahmah Hj Mohd Said said that children aged above six months to 10 years needed to be vaccinated twice, four weeks apart (if they wanted to be vaccinated). However, anyone who intended to be vaccinated over 10 years of age only requires one dose.

He advised the public to try and refrain from visiting cold countries during the upcoming holidays, and urged the public to constantly take precautionary measures. To date, as many as 1,170 people in Brunei have been affected with the virus, according to the ministry, with the most recent case recorded on October 26.

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Official 5th BruDev Meet

11/22/2009 10:56:00 pm ゆき Ezura

News to all Bruneians, whoever and loves anime/manga/cosplay, and Deviantart.com member (Brunei), there is good news.


The Brunei Deviants had decided to have another meeting or gathering this year:
5th Bru-Dev Meet 2009.


Tickets is Available in CH-Toynation Kiulap Branch NOW!!!
Ticket = $5.00 per person


For more info or questions to ask, please visit the link provided below




Any questions regarding the event, please click on the purple link. Thanks


"I can't wait for the event!! Better be ready for cosplay" - Ezura

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Winter Anime Lineup 2009/2010

11/20/2009 04:04:00 pm ゆき Ezura

A list that I have found which has a lot more info of the upcoming animes!
-TV Premieres/Motion Picture/OVA-

The attachment below only shows some of the lineups (starting January 2010)


For more info on the December and January and February Line-ups, PLEASE click the link provided below to have a check...

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Sorry for no posting for a while

11/20/2009 01:46:00 pm ゆき Ezura

I am very sorry about this, where I can't post anything here recently.


This is because I don't have a time to do posting, and time to check out new stuff around the internet.
Recently I had exams where I spend most of my time sitting in front of my desk and kept staring at my books and notes. (I really don't wanna fail my exam for my first semester) T-T

Anyway, other stuff I need to tell:-

> No New Featured Artist for November 09 (Sorry!), hence Featured Artist of October 09 (Goto Maki) Will continue staying with us here. The Artist chosen for this November will be posted in mid November or December, and will stay till New Year.

> No news recently, cos I've been busy studying, downloading, watching animes,...... +_+ did I just mentioned about downloading and watching? XD

> Upcoming Events news will be posted sooner in here for info. So better check out (especially to Bruneians)

> Anything you need to ask about new anime and OST, feel free to join me in Jap-On! Forum, and request for them if you couldn't find any.

> Fan of Japanese culture and life? Feel free to visit our official website at Jap-On.com

> Bruneian Otakus? Welcome to our official website for Bruneians anime fans, where you can share about figurine, games, news, entertainments, art-work and some Japanese Drama/Anime/Manga Reviews. Visit B-MAGE for the Main Page and Chill Zone for forum. or you can just click the banners on the sidebar ("Proud Member Of..." section)

So, feel free to ask for something!~ and I'll be back soon!

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Have a GOOD laugh

11/07/2009 07:54:00 pm ゆき Ezura


I had a good time to laugh about this video... lol.. I wish to have one

Special credits for Viswey Zerona for sharing this funny video with us in the Jap-On Forum


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Tyre Explosion Rocks Gadong

10/27/2009 09:08:00 pm ゆき Ezura

(Exploded tire - not the real photo taken from the scene mentioned below)


Bandar Seri Begawan - Air of exploding tyres rocked parts of Gadong yesterday, causing members of the public's concern as the shockwaves could be felt through nearby buildings.

The driver of the vehicle, a heavy earth moving truck, was left red faced with embarrassment at the distress caused. "I am sorry for the disturbance, please let them know I apologised," said Zenon Arias from the Philippines.

He added that this was the first time such an incident had happened to him while driving here in Brunei. The middle pair of tyres on the right side of his vehicle had burst while travelling on the Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Highway, just as it was nearing the end of the overpass situated in Gadong.

Arias suspected that the numerous trips up and down to Muara could have been a contributing factor in the deterioration of the tyres.

While exploding tyres are known to have a loud bang, the shockwaves were felt by tenants in buildings nearby. "We felt the building shake," said a staff member working at a nearby bank.

"We thought it was a gas cylinder from some of the tenants above," she added. The bank personnel were extremely concerned as a colleague is pregnant and wanted to ensure her safety. The general public began pouring out of buildings, leading to confusion as traffic both human and vehicle alike stopped momentarily.

Security guards of buildings in the area could also be seen rushing outside, inspecting alongside their respective buildings checking for the source of the loud bang which had also set off numerous car alarms in the carparks within the vicinity.

The noise could be heard from as far as Kiulap, with calls being made to members of The Brunei Times to clarify the situation. Some eyewitnesses had suspected that the source of the explosion had originated from the hawker stalls at the Gadong Wet Market.

"I was crossing the street when it happened and for something so loud, I was confident it couldn't have been a tyre," said Ak Zul Majdi Pg Razak. Meanwhile, an observer who spoke on condition of anonymity stressed that the scenarium could have been worse, especially if traffic had been heavy.

"If the truck was travelling at speed when the tyres exploded, the situation could have been a lot worse," she said.

The observer, whose office overlooks the section of the highway said that previously, accidents have occurred in similar circumstances as vehicles tend to lose control after suffering tyre blow outs at speed.


(Via BruDirect)


My Comment:
Thank goodness that wasn't around the area.. But with such explosion in the busy area is very unexpectedly dangerous. I'm glad that no body got serious injury. Trucks should not be speed in busy and crowded area.

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Zoo paints stripes on donkeys to make 'zebras'

10/25/2009 07:29:00 pm ゆき Ezura

The owner of the Marah Land zoo in Gaza City said he had used masking tape and black hair dye, applied with a paint-brush, to disguise the white females.

Mohammed Bargouthi said it would have cost him more than £25,000 to bring in a real zebra via smuggling tunnels.

"The first time we used paint but it didn't look good," said Mr Bargouthi.

"The children don't know, so they call them zebras and they are happy to see something new."

All the real animals at the zoo, including monkeys and a tigress, had been smuggled under the border at great expense, he said.

Two genuine zebras died of starvation earlier this year during the Israeli military offensive, he added.

The animal restrictions are part of the Israeli blockade of Gaza, imposed in an attempt to reduce rocket attacks and weaken the leadership of Hamas.



(Via BruDirect)

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Why Students Don't Have Much Time To Study

10/25/2009 02:52:00 pm ゆき Ezura

This is what I found in my email inbox.
On of my friends forwarded this to me.. And i found this mail funny to read... lol...

The content explains why students don't have time to study at home and school, and fail the exam.. lol suppose a year has 365 days.. Now try to read below (the reasons why students fail):--

It's not the fault of student if
he/she fails because the year ONLY
has 365 days...
typical academic year for a student:

1. Sundays - 52 Sundays in a year, you know Sundays are for rest.
Days left 313.


2. Summer holidays - 50 where weather is very hot and difficult to study.
Days left 263.


3. 8 hours daily sleep - 130 days GONE.
Days left 141.


4. 1 hour for daily playing- (good for health) means 15 days.
Days left 126.


5. 2 hours daily for food & other delicacies (chewing properly & swallowing) - means 30 days.
Days left 96.


6. 1 hour for talking (man is a social animal) - means 15 days.
 Days left 81.


7. Exam days - per year at least 35 days.
Days left 46.


8. Quarterly, half yearly and festival (holidays) - 40 days.
 Days left 6.


9. For sickness - at least 3 days.
Days left 3.


10. Movies and functions- at least 2 days.
 1 day left.


11. That 1 day is your birthday.
How can you study on that day ?!?!?!?!?!

Balance = 0
' How can a student pass ?????'


This post doesn't mean anything.. This is just for entertainment for everybody reading this.. hehe

Good luck for your upcoming exam

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Windows 7 All over the world

10/24/2009 08:00:00 pm ゆき Ezura

Windows 7 hits worldwide yesterday (22/10/09), with according to Amazon, the biggest preorder hostory since Harry Potter’s last instalment.

Now Microsoft has taken the unusual step of promoting Windows 7 in Japan with a Burger King’s launch of the Windows 7 Whopper. Fitting in with the software theme, the burger stacks seven patties in an otherwise normal Whopper and measures 13cm tall and with an appropriate 777 yen price. (So Cheap!!!!!)

[Bill Gates in the ads]










The new Windows 7 mascot!!! lol

Read More In Jap-On! Blog [CLICK HERE]


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Other Story!!

Windows 7 - Failure in Live Tv show (Failure of Windows 7 during Live Tv show. The monitor suppose to be Touchscreen monitor. Read and watch more in Jap-On!)

Windows 7 - Whopper (Updated) (CheapyD from CheapAssGamer.com went to the Burger King in Japan to try out the Windows 7 Whopper Meal on sale. Put the whole cow in that burger... hahaha. "I'm just glad it's not Windows 95", said CampingKev

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9-year-old Girl Designed A Coin

10/24/2009 10:00:00 am ゆき Ezura



[Florence Jackson with her coin /PA pics]

A nine-year-old girl from Bristol has become the first child to ever design a UK coin.

Florence Jackson's picture of a high-jumper will feature on a 50p coin which will enter circulation next year. She beat 17,000 other entries to win a BBC One Blue Peter competition celebrating the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Florence told the BBC: "It was amazing to see my picture turned into a coin. I can't wait to see it in my pocket money. "I'm so excited. It was a real surprise to win. I'd never entered a Blue Peter competition before, but really wanted to take part because I love drawing.

"I chose the high-jump because I'd watched it on TV before and thought it looked fun." Her high-jump motif is the first in a series of 29 officially-licensed 50p designs to commemorate the Olympics.

Florence was joined by Olympic gold medallist Denise Lewis and Blue Peter presenter Andy Akinwolere to strike her first coin at the Royal Mint. Ms Lewis said: "Florence has done all Olympians and Paralympians proud. Her design is simple and effective and I'm honoured to say I saw it first."

The youngest person to have previously designed a UK coin was 26-year-old Matthew Dent from Bangor in Gwynedd last year.


(via BruDirect)

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Kojima explains why MGS: Peace Walker is on PSP, not PS3

10/23/2009 08:38:00 pm ゆき Ezura


With the impact and acclaim that Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots got on its run on the PS3, you'd think that the MGS with Big Boss on the spotlight will also make its run on the PS3 - would've made for eye-popping graphics and great cutscenes again, yeah? Well, certain considerations were made, and it was decided that the War Economy would be better off with Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker heading for the PSP. Hideo Kojima explains why.

Really, I don't think much about whether a platform's portable or for the home. In other words, it's not important to me. With the PS3, you've got a whole range of middle- and high-school kids who can't play your game because their parents don't let them play video games at home. Those kids can whine at their parents all day about how the game's anti-war and anti-nukes, but they'll just respond 'Well, you're still killing people with guns, aren't you?' and brush it off. I wanted to go the extra mile for gamers in that sort of situation. That was one of the reasons I chose the PSP.

On the same interview with 1UP, Ubisoft creative director Patrice Désilets praised Kojima for his risky move, seeing as the previous MGS installment was on a much more powerful platform.

So at the end of the day, Kojima did it so that more people, particularly the kids, would be able to enjoy the game whenever, wherever.


(via QJ.Net)

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Unemployment Still A Major Concern

10/23/2009 07:05:00 pm ゆき Ezura


Numbers Continue To Rise

Bandar Seri Begawan - The number of Bruneians seeking jobs has climbed in recent months as the Local Employment Section of the Labour Department has confirmed that it received some 4,700 applicants struggling to find employment from January to August this year.

In the past week alone, the section said it received 300 new applications with many searching for jobs in administration, but most of the unemployed still prefer to work in the public sector.

However, according to Haji Mohd Ideni Hj Ahmad, Assistant Commissioner of Labour, locals are slowly but steadily opening up and are taking up opportunities provided by the private sector.

In an interview with the Bulletin, Hj Mohd Ideni said most private companies working in cooperation with the local employment section in search of employees look at an applicant's willingness to work more than his/her qualification.

"An applicant's willingness to work is one of the major driving factors that an employer considers in a potential candidate. Even if an applicant has a primary six qualification, but if he/she is determined and willing to work, it catches the employer's attention.

"It's a different story if the position offered requires high qualification and an under qualified applicant applies," he quickly added.

He said the Local Employment Section is trying to create awareness not only among job seekers but also the private sector.


Hj Mohd Ideni urged those in the private sector to inform the section on jobs that they offer.

Commenting on the employment figures, the assistant commissioner said of the 4,700 applicants it received throughout the year until August, only 189 got jobs in the private sector.

"It's hard to state the actual figures. The 189 could be under-calculated because some employment-seeking cardholders do not inform us once they get jobs. So, we do not know if the numbers are higher," he added.

Hj Mohd Ideni also advised private companies to look into the public private partnership initiative as it would help job seekers find employment directly or indirectly.

Yesterday, the Bulletin witnessed first hand the high demand for employment at the Job Centre in the capital. Unemployed locals were seen sending in applications, queuing in long line's waiting to get interviewed while some were looking at advertisements on the bulletin board for vacancies.

The Job Centre, which is now located in the capital behind the Brunei Hotel, was relocated in September 2008 from its previous place at the Immigrations headquarters.

The centre's functions include counselling; training, advertising and interviewing job seekers.




(via BruDirect)

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Top 10 RPGs, According to RPG Fans

10/23/2009 11:57:00 am ゆき Ezura


Japanese RPG fans quizzed about their favourite RPG titles have given a fair acquittal of their tastes, even if the list is predictably heavy on Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy at the expense of more original titles…


The ranking:






1. Final Fantasy X








2. Dragon Quest III





3. Final Fantasy VII






4. Persona 4




5. Kingdom Hearts II




6. Dragon Quest IX










7. Tales of the Abyss







8. Dragon Quest V



9. Chrono Trigger



10. Fallout 3





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Cop arrested for stealing girl's underwear during investigation

10/22/2009 11:05:00 pm ゆき Ezura

HYOGO - A 26-year-old local police officer was arrested for theft and illegal trespassing early Tuesday after he allegedly stole 25 pieces of underwear from a 14-year-old girl who lived at an apartment he was visiting as part of an investigation. Officer Yuki Miyamoto is suspected of sneaking into the girl’s room and stealing underwear from her dresser after visiting the apartment on Saturday.


The girl had phoned police after being flashed by a strange man on the same day, and Miyamoto had taken the call. He visited the girl’s apartment on
Saturday afternoon. Only the girl and her younger sister, 13, were home at the time. Later that night, the girl was about to get into the bath when she noticed that all her panties were gone. Her mother called the police.

According to police, after speaking with the girl at the entrance to the apartment, Miyamoto said that he would like to check her bedroom. The girl quoted him as saying that he had to call headquarters in private. She said he took his bag and went into her room to make a call.

Miyamoto first denied the charges, but changed his statement and admitted to stealing the girl’s panties. He said he threw them away after realizing he would be caught.


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Man slashes woman because he 'can't get a girlfriend'

10/18/2009 11:46:00 pm ゆき Ezura


OSAKA —

Police said Friday they have arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly

slashing a woman, 30, with a bladed weapon in Higashi-Osaka on Thursday night. The woman suffered minor injuries.

According to police, Akihito Naito was not acquainted with the woman. He was quoted as saying, “I can’t get a girlfriend because women always turn me down. I thought this would make me feel better. I didn’t target any specific woman. Anyone would have been OK.”

Naito reportedly approached the woman, who was chatting with a co-worker, on his bike and cut her from behind. He then threw away his bike and ran away, but was caught by two passersby about 50 meters away. A box cutter was found nearby.


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Twitter launches Japanese mobile site

10/16/2009 11:24:00 am ゆき Ezura


TOKYO - Twitter Inc is turning Japanese. Or at least trying to. The popular microblogging service on Thursday launched a Japan-based mobile version, hoping to penetrate a country where other U.S. social networking sites including Facebook and MySpace have failed to capture much ground.

Japanese is Twitter’s sole foreign language platform so far, and the company’s efforts here indicate it’s serious about making it in Japan.


Twitter teamed up with Tokyo-based Internet firm Digital Garage Inc in early 2008. It launched a Japanese-language platform for cellphones and other mobile devices in the spring of 2008, and hired a Japan country manager earlier this year.

The company is experimenting with making money from features it doesn’t use on its English language site, such as banner ads.

While early adopters were mainly male tech geeks, the messaging service is finally gaining some traction in mainstream Japan. Between January and June, the number of users jumped almost fourfold to 783,000, according to Internet research firm NetRatings.


Japanese celebrities and politicians are starting to sign up. So are traditional media outlets like newspapers and radio stations as well as municipalities and companies eager to take advantage of Twitter’s marketing potential.

Lawmaker Kenzo Fujisue first heard about Twitter from a friend in Silicon Valley and now tweets regularly throughout the day. He has more than 5,400 followers, and his 140-character messages—all in Japanese—range from serious policy issues to the more mundane, like what he ate for dinner.

“People don’t really know what politicians do,” he said. “Twitter helps me give people a glimpse of the lawmaking process.”

Still, Twitter remains a mystery to the vast majority of Japanese web users. Mixi, the country’s top social networking site, has 17 million users and is aiming for 30 million within four years.

The key to expansion in Japan is to go mobile, Digital Garage’s Rocky Eda said back in June.

A survey the company conducted earlier this year showed that 95% of Japanese Twitter users accessed the service via cell phones. Mobile-based writers account for some 40% of regular blogging in Japan, and about a quarter of Mixi users rely on their cell phones to update their pages.

While Twitter already operates a mobile site in English, many of its features are incompatible with Japanese language usage. Instead, many mobile users in Japan had been relying on third-party platforms like “movatwitter.”

The new Japanese mobile version was jointly developed by Twitter and Digital Garage, and is compatible with Japan’s major mobile carriers and the quirks of the local market. Emoticons can be imbedded into messages, and users can directly update their profile without having to turn to their PC.

Yukari Matsuzawa, Twitter’s Japan country manager, says that growth will also depend on users themselves.

“As Japanese people creatively start to use Twitter, it will help define what the tipping point will be,” she said. “It will be a combination of excellent innovative users in Japan as well as more celebrities, as well as influential people.”



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Twitter plans French, German, Italian and Spanish sites

Washington - Twitter, the fast-growing micro-blogging service, is seeking volunteer French, German, Italian, and Spanish translators to render its website into other languages.

Twitter’s website, Twitter.com, is currently only offered in English or Japanese.

Biz Stone, a co-founder of the San Francisco-based startup, said in a blog post that Twitter was planning versions of its website in other languages, starting with French, German, Italian and Spanish.

He invited a “small group” of Twitter users to become “volunteer translators” to suggest translations for the Twitter website.

“We will distribute the translations to Twitter platform developers making it easier for them to offer multiple language support as well,” he said.

“We’re very excited that more people will be able to use Twitter in their native language!” he added.

Twitter, which allows users to pepper one another with 140-character-or-less messages known as “tweets,” has grown rapidly in popularity since it was launched in August 2006 and claims to have topped 50 million users.



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