Freshers' Fair

Assalamu'alaikum everyone!

Sorry for being MIA even after the events. Lectures have started so committee members are busy but alas! I have set time to post in this blog. HOHOHOHO!

First of all, the committee would like to thank everyone for signing up to our beloved humble society. We believe that every member counts. We really appreciate you guys :) *hugs*

So during the Freshers' Fair a lot of people were looking for the prez (go prez!) so I'm guessing that I should have posted what time each committee member's shifts are. Note for next time. Hahahahaha! But fear not, Insya Allah the committee will learn from our mistake to better ourselves.

So here is a picture of our booth during the Freshers' Fair. It's very small but then again it's not like we need a bigger table. For our small humble society, a table this size is enough :) Look at the picture of Sultan on the table. Credits to the psychology first year students who made that. Well done for being patriotic guys! Much love

Fresher's Week

Assalamu'alaikum everyone!!!

It's been a while and only now have something exciting is coming up for our fellow Bruneians in York. It has been a busy week with the committee members helping out the Bruneian freshers as well as all the committee members' unpacking that needs to be done. T.T

But alas! Two upcoming events that fellow members should anticipate at the end of this week; Fresher's Fair and also Hari Raya Haji Celebration & Fresher's Welcoming Event.

Please do come to the Fresher's Fair and sign up to be an official member of BruYork Society. Our booth will be somewhere in Roger Kirk's Centre in James college. The sign up fee is only £4 :D (and we'd really appreciate it if everyone brought the exact change XD). Fresher's Fair is on 4th October 2014 and we'll be there from 10am to 4pm :)

You may or may not know that Hari Raya Haji is falling on the 4th of October this year but the committee decided to celebrate Hari Raya Haji on the 5th of October, combining the event with Fresher's Welcoming Event (Game Night). The celebration will be at 92 Hull Road and the event starts with maghrib prayer so please come a little before maghrib. This is a potluck event so feel free to contribute to homemade (or not so) food to the event. :) There is no specific dress code although to girls who wish to wear baju kurung, make sure your kain is not sampit kay? HAHAHAHAHA! Payah sembahyang karang. We hope to see you there everyone!

XOXO

MOE Pre-departure Briefing

Assalamu'alaikum semua!

So here is a picture of this years' freshers who are under MOE scholarship! This was taken during the Pre-departure briefing held in MOE, by MOE. Our lovely President is also in the picture :)

As usual, the pre-departure briefing is held every year for the MOE scholars and on 10th September 2014, the usual 'society president meets new intake' session took place. Hence the picture of the new students with the prez :D

We hope the freshers are excited to fly off to the UK! Thanks for picking York!

XOXO

Reunion & Pre-departure Meeting

Assalamu'alaikum semua!

Back with pictures from the event which was held yesterday at Fratini's Waterfront restaurant. It's nice to see  the faces and get to know this year's freshers as well as the faces of BruneiYork alumni. :D The committee hopes that everyone had a blast and look forward to going to York this September/October. :)

All the people who came to the event :)

The guys

Prez!

Until next time,

XOXO

Brunei Darussalam

Assalamu'alaikum semua!

Hope everyone is doing fine. :) Don't know what else there is to post, so decided to post something about our beloved country, Brunei! First of all, to those who don't know how to pronounce Brunei, it's pronounced as "bru-nai". During my time in York, I hear a lot of people pronouncing it as how it's spelled. Totally understandable though given the spelling. HAHAHAHAHA! XD

Another "fun-fact", if I may call it so, is that our official language was declared to be Malay Language. Not many people know of its existence. If you are curious what Malay sound like, I was told that Malay sounds like Filipino. Although personally I think our rhythms are different, but I do agree that Malay and Filipino share a lot of vocabulary. Most probably because they were originally Malay before the Spanish rule. But that's just my speculation. :)

Despite Malay being our official language, we also have what people unofficially call it, 'Brunei slang'. Brunei slang differs slightly from the standard language (Malay), although Brunei vocabulary is very different from the standard language. *slang and vocabulary is different* Then there's also the ever-growing amount of catchphrases that we Bruneian youngsters always come up with.

An example of a catchphrase popular in Brunei is "Mas me ah!" or "Mas ku ah!". These two mean the same thing. We Bruneians like to deliberately use incorrect English grammar, mostly when we are joking or reacting to something sarcastically. So the 'me' in "Mas me ah!" means 'me' in English and is pronounced as it is in English. There rest of the words are pronounced as it's spelled. 'Ku' in "Mas ku ah" means 'me' in Malay.  'Mas' is actually short for 'malas' which means 'lazy'. So, in other words, the sentence actually means "I am lazy". But considering the emotion put into saying the catchphrase, a more correct meaning would be "I'm too lazy for this!". You can use this catchphrase when you don't want to do something or when your friend cracks a joke and it wasn't funny but most of the time, people use it as a reaction to something ridiculously funny, so despite having sort of what I personally think is a 'rude' meaning when translated to English, it isn't. The catchphrase naturally becomes a reaction to something funny for Bruneians. :)

So there you go! Congratulations dear readers from other countries! You have learned something new! Yehet! That's it for today. Have a nice day!

XOXO

Behind the scenes

Assalamu'alaikum semua!

There's nothing to 'report' but here's a little something to feed your curiosity of how the members of the committee looks like. Tehee!

This picture was taken during committee meeting in Cheezbox. That day, 3 out of 5 of the members came. Won't tell who's who but the three who came are the president, the vice president and the secretary. HOHOHOHO! Cheers everyone!

XOXO

BruneiYork Reunion and Pre-departure Meeting

Assalamu'alaikum semua!

Apa khabar? (How are you?) The committee is happy to announce that a date has been set for the above event. The meet will take place on 7th September 2014. The restaurant has not been decided yet but no worries! There will be a poll available in our Facebook group where members can vote for the restaurant of their choice. Yehet! Since there are a lot of Freshers are not from Bandar (the capital city), we'll be meeting during lunch so that freshers can go back to their respective districts early.

To freshers, please come, this is your chance to get to know your fellow Bruneians who will be studying in York. And this is one of the perfect time you can ask questions to your seniors although you guys are always welcome to ask by leaving a comment in the blog post or emailing us or if you already know our mobile phone numbers, text us on whatsapp or sending SMS is fine too :)

To seniors who have recently graduated, please come! This may be your last opportunity to spend time with the rest of the members of the society. This can be your last goodbye to us juniors T.T HAHAHAHA!

XOXO