It's happening 5th to 7th March 2010 *click image to find out more*

SCB's Ang-Pow Lucky Dip *click image to find out more*

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Rano says I'm feeling stressed, restless yet hyper... I guess it's the coffee and I have a few deadlines to meet.. Furthermore, my 7th year anniversary is just around the corner.. I've nothing plan as yet so far.. I'll see how it goes but I won't be celebrating it like I did last year.

On Friday, there will be a big event hosted by Event Neka which is the first ever Malaysia Showcase 2010 at the International Convention Centre and the official opening will be in the morning. So the exhibition is open to the public and do expect products and services from Malaysia to be exhibited during the event. I shall share more details after the press conference later this evening..

I think I've decided to join my SuperFriends (SF) buddy for our annual KK trip this March and that's something I'm looking forward to as it has been a while since I traveled with my buddies.. Last year was fun and it also coincided with Breeze Mag's 1st Year Anniversary.. This year, I won't be able to attend which will fall on the 26th March. So it looks like KK will be first international trip unless I accept a one night trip to KL to cover an appreciation dinner event.

Ok guys for the bonus question... it's coming up tomorrow but only to be revealed on Kristal FM at 1:30pm Thurs, 4th March 2010.. I won't tweet the bonus question but of course, you have to answer in by mentioning @ranoadidas and your answer.. And the bonus question is worth 20 points (equal to 20 lucky draw vouchers).. So I will be on air with @JennyMalaiAli on @kristalFM to promote my Twitter competition as well as revealing the 20 point bonus question.. And as the saying goes from me, "Spread the Love".

Oh yeah since it's @JennyMalaiAli's birthday today, let me do a little plug for you for your tasty Tortilla (nice with the salsa) which has been selling like hot cakes and it will be available tomorrow but u need to make your orders today and the pick up point will be at D' Anggrek Hotel from 10am onwards with Kitchen of Jasmine's Bake Sale. For more info and orders, you can SMS 8723 809. Spread the love...

Jenny's Tartillo that will you satisfy your hunger.. 

Twitter is the new FB? Nah... Probably not in a few months' time LOL.. So is that where I think Twitter is heading to right now? Remember the "has-been" Friendster? Who uses that now? I'm sure it's still around and it has lost its steam already since Facebook came into the picture.

Now we have Twitter which is less complicated than FB yet addictive in a way. Do you know that I'm more active in Twitter than FB? And it's something that I can't really explain why and hence, it brought me to the idea of running it as one of the "Question of the Day?" (QOTD) to see if we are more addicted to Twitter or FB.

Perhaps it could be a bias outcome because I'm running the poll on Twitter but I'm sure that 95% of Tweeps have Facebook accounts too. So the winner after 324 votes is Twitter with 71.3% which is a landslide victory over Facebook. The feedbacks have been interesting as well. Most Twitter users are fed up with the application and some even said it's gone messier than before. I noticed that we like it simple and straightforward and even if Twitter only allow 140 characters to type, we still find it as a useful tool to update status and share information.

So the saying goes... will Twitter eventually overtake Facebook one day? It can happen but I doubt that it will topple Facebook as the leading social networking website in the WWW. If you ask me, I prefer Twitter because it's easy, straightforward and I get my information pretty fast on my iPhone. Very, very powerful tool if you know to use it.

Results of Twitter vs Facebook

Twitter - 71.3%
Facebook - 18.5%
Both - 10.2%

So don't forget to tune in to @KristalFM 1:30pm Thursday and catch @ranoadidas on air with @JennyMalaiAli (who celebrates her birthday today.. and when's yours, Paula? LOL) and the bonus question will revealed then and it's worth 20 points. So do play by ear ;)

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Our sporting icons. Let me acknowledge some of our local sporting icons in Brunei. Football is still our main sports in the Sultanate but sadly the trouble with FIFA has disrupted DPMM FC's journey in the S.League and now with the DST Premier League season done and over with, there's not much going on in the football scene.

But as of late, Brunei has been some sporting icons that has made it big. Our marathon hero runner Sefli Ahar has recently won the Hong Kong Marathon which is a big international feat and he surely has put Brunei on the world map. He grabbed gold in the Master-1 division of the half-marathon event at the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon last Sunday.

It was also his personal best with a time of 1 hr 5 mins 9 secs. His previous record was 1 hr 12 mins which he set at the Arafura Games back in 2005. Congrats dude and make our country proud.

Sefli finished champion in the half marathon in Hong Kong

Another sporting icon is our young and potential swimmer, Amanda Liew, daughter of my friend, Mr. Johnny of Olive Tree Company. The 16 year old swimmer recently competed in the Japan Open 2010 at the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Centre. She missed the finals but she managed to break her personal record in the 50 metres freestyle with a timing of 28.85 seconds. This is Amanda's third national record in the event.

This is a great exposure and experience for the young swimmer and hopefully she can make the finals one day at the rate that she's going. Expect Amanda to make headlines in the near future.

Brunei Swimmer Amanda Liew holds national record in 50 m freestyle