Daily Rant

  • Bukit Pagon Expedition LP 61

    The Bukit Pagon Expedition took place from the 1st of July to the 9th of July 2012. This expedition is one of its kind, no reported study has been carried out though there were some trips made before. I was told some plant specimens have been collected before. However, the location to which we landed…

  • First Scientific expedition to Bukit Pagon

    Bukit Pagon Expedition o1st July to o9th July 2012 Area of interest: Fern Diversity of the submontane forest This should be interesting. To get there, we will be using a car, a boat and a chopper; carrying with us a maximum weight of 30kg luggage and equipments. This is the first expedition to Brunei’s Bukit…

  • Growing trees is not THE only way.

    Current global issue includes the growing worrying problem of climate change and Brunei Darussalam is not excluded from the picture. Brunei is no doubt considered as a sanctuary to many of the world’s priceless flora and fauna species and thus Brunei’s forests and coral reefs are one of the most important treasured assets. Understanding the…

  • Walk the Talk.

    It is a challenge to incorporate both sustainability and growth together. The whole point derived from all the talks I listened during the National Environment Conference centers only just one – it is NECESSARY to have BOTH sustainability and growth together. Growth cannot progress if growth does not incorporate sustainability and sustainability cannot be achieved if…

  • Medicinal Plants.

    It’s truly interesting. I took up Plant Phylogeny last semester and managed to learn quite a number of plants (66 of them I think?). I went to campus library yesterday and found a book on Medicinal plants of Brunei Darussalam. I have seen two editions of this book while I volunteered at BARC (Medicinal Plant…

  • Be Green with Blue

    I spent most of my past two days in the Songket Ballroom listening and trying to understand the issues at hand and the possible solutions involved in the Heart of Borneo. There were many speakers; national and international. There were key people involved; the Minister and Deputy Minister of Primary Industry and Resources have spent…

  • 78.Appreciate. Seri Siap Siaga.

    If there is something I have forgotten, it’s how I lucky I am. I have to thank Cikgu Mansor for this. I salute you Cikgu. I really do. I know I was very angry when I foundd out that I have a red kad pintar when I should be given a yellow one. It’s rightfully…