Keta lembu on sale?

Just hours ago, CQ had a quality and educational (yet hilarious at the same time) conversation with a friend. We were talking about the recent environmental issues.

In the midst of a serious debate between us, suddenly C-Wah blankly said that she was looking for an environmentally friendly transport. She needed CQ to ask around if there is any 'keta lembu' for sale? LOLS!

CQ's laughing radar o-meter was already shooting high ...hahaha. She said that she really need one becoz the price of petrol has gone up! Oh... C-Wah lives in Malaysia ..huhu

C-Wah said that by using ..err riding 'keta lembu' which literally means ''cow car' ...has a lot of advantages. Among them are - less depletion of the ozone layer, renewable energy resources hehe! - only feed on grass, the by-product also can be used for energy and land ploughing and when the 'keta lembu' has been in 'services' for a long period, it can be slaughtered to make rendang! lols ..

And for those who need more power and always travel long distance, they can buy or import horses or camels!

Imagine if we have 'keta lembu', horses and camels running along the Brunei highways?? Especially when these animals stop at the traffic lights junction with registration plate numbers hanging by their heads or tails. One will go moo-ing, the other will be neighing ..err what sound does a camel make? Oh gosh! It will be chaotic madness ...huhu - on second thoughts ..why not?? lols.

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The Arab-Families umrah group are already on their way to Makkah Al-Mukarramah and will be performing their first umrah soon.

Go Green!

It was quite a surprise when CQ got a free green-coloured recycle bag upon making payments for groceries at the Giant superstore yesterday.

Ohhh CQ didn't realise that it was part of the store's environmental awareness in promoting the message 'Reuse. Recycle. Reduce.' in commemorating the UNEP World's Environment Day on 5 June 2008. It was indeed a commendable act and effort by the Environment Department to educate people on the importance of environmental issues that are not only faced by the country but by other countries worldwide too.

There are many ways to implement green improvements or to eliminate some if not all of the country's environmental issues.

CQ thinks that this motor-loving nation ..or in other words - a nation with too much reliance on cars (CQ believed each household has more than three cars -_-); it would or could be a drag to introduce 'bike and ride' as another option for public transport or to increase the present bus routes and times. It will definitely be a long way to go or take a longer-range planning to boost up these options...yeah?

CQ believe that individuals should be able to make a comprehensive effort to improve the economic, environmental and social aspects of the place they call home or neighbourhood.

Another way to educate people to act on the message 'Reuse. Recycle. Reduce.' ... is to have some huge colour-coded bins at strategic places ..like the housing areas and appropriate public areas. In this way, people or even young children (they will be eager to help and learn the message well from home too) can throw their unwanted items (NOT rubbish) that can be recycled at the designated bins according to the labels - for instance blue for bottles; red for cans/metal; orange for paper and so on. Hmmm the bins should be locked yeah...we wouldn't want any intending thieves making a fortune out of it huhu...


So lets go green yeah... ehh not ripe ahh? huhu ('',)

Let's support Earth Hour

Let's support the EarthHour campaign in switching all lights including non-essential appliances for just one hour or 60 minutes.

Make a difference tonight at 8pm 29 March 2008 ..in support for a wider awareness on global warming.

I am definitely giving my 100% support ...err cozzz I will not be home huhuhu, so lights are all out...complete power shut off.

catfish-o-baller

Pictures paint a thousand words. They tell different stories from various perspective of different thinkable mind boxes (make sense?).

I am not sure what this catfish is trying to do, but let me lay down a few of my jesty plus a pinch of zesty assumptions as to what these pictures may tell ...

This catfish-o-baller may be trying its bid to qualify for a place in the upcoming Olyimpics - in the solo pool show :) or to be a new member in a circus - juggling a ball.

I guess the catfish's friends from the fish community do not want to play ball with him, so now the fish is playing waterpolo? poor thing....trying so hard eh :D

or maybe the water-pole-ball interest him?

catfish~ "sanggal mulut ku ehh ...toloongg baah"

Well, on a serious note - this catfish could possibly be a victim of some irresponsible boaters who may have thrown the ball into the sea ...and as innocent as it can be, the catfish may have thought it was food, gobbled up the ball and got stucked in its mouth.

Or some ignorant individuals who were too care-less by tossing and dumping useless or punctured balls into the sea from jetty(s) that are located near beaches; as if it was a roadside dumpster. This can and does happen on any beaches found on earth ...

Fortunately, this catfish was lucky enough to be assisted in getting the ball out from its mouth by a stranger or a passer-by or maybe even a possible greenpeace fan.

So people, fishes do want to be part of the world community ..if they are not caught for human consumption :)

It's beautiful

Since my migration to Brunei nearly sixteen years ago, this monarch-reign country, as seen personally through my eyes, has gone through many changes in her infra-structures...though there are still improvements needed in some areas.

New buildings especially shophouses are mushrooming; roads are given 'face-lift' or being improved and new ones are built to accomodate the ever growing traffic in some of the busiest areas around the capital.

But its nature really awed me very much...Brunei still boasts a massive area of virgin forests. Her forests are still largely intact and about 70% of its land is covered by tropical rain forests.

I think Brunei is one of the few countries in South East Asia that does not export timber...

When driving back to KB, I enjoy seeing the long stretch of thick forests along the Seria-Belait highway. The luscious greens are so refreshing and breathtakingly beautiful; with sights of different shapes, sizes or any oddity of the trees. Sometimes I can feel that this is the only stretch of area that is not affected by global warming or any environmental pollutions. I understood that Brunei has some 6,000 species of plants, 455 birds, 157 mammals, and 73 reptiles. Wow! that is awesome for a small country...

There were times when I can see some people stopped or parked their cars along the highway to pick or pluck 'pucuk2' ...hmmm I think must be pakis baahhh...

Anyway, I hope Brunei will protect and preserve its forests...even after her primary natural resources - oil - will run out in... many many many years to come...