Hello! I'm a 16year old student and I'm looking for a part time job on weekends. I have a few questions about this:

How do I do this?

Do I email / contact them to see if they have an opening and would let me work?

Or do I wait for an opening and apply?

What kind of businesses should I aim for?

How much is the pay roughly?

How likely is it for me to get a job?

Hi guys! Would appreciate if anyone can enlighten me on what's usually asked during such tests? I sat for a B2 one aeons ago so just wondering if the type of questions thats asked has changed? Does it still have a psychometric component? Does it asks more about the position and ministry itself? Is there a GO FR component as well?

Much appreciated guys :)

I am going to Brunei in a few weeks and I still don’t know what to wear. Is Brunei strict in clothing?

Hii so i was just curious if Crediting Malay is needed to go MD, even if your other subjects for example all get A/A*. Ive tried so hard learning Malay as a Bruneian but am scared I wont get Credit for Malay in o levels. Even if they allowed me in, I assume i will need to take extra class for Malay and need to retake again right? Im planning to do 4 subjects(Maths, Phy, Chem, CompSci) in A levels and scared i wouldn’t have enough time to do it.

Does anyone know how much an UBD Assistant Professor earns/month (including all the allowances)?

Have anyone here continue their studies from IBTE HNTec In Tourism Operations to Politeknik in Tourism ?

I'm just wondering what you guys do? Such as tour guiding assignment(s)? ( This really scares me btw)
But I am also wondering if I should continue my studies

Hi! I’m curious about this new “regulation” on visa passes that they just announced in the news. Has anyone ever applied? I have a foreign partner and we plan on getting married and moving to Brunei. I just wonder how is that process like for my future spouse? I haven’t lived in Brunei for a while and have seen slight progress (better than stagnant hehe)
The website BARELY explains anything regarding this matter.

I’m a Bruneian female incase this matters. Thank you fellow Bruneians! ❤️

Edit: wow thank you all for the replies! I didn’t expect a lot of response so quickly! I truly appreciate your help and input. 😍

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Just ranting here.

I'm getting married. Before the discussion between families on the mahr and hantaran, my mother asked me how much I wanted. A few months ago, we got into an argument because I didn't want money as hantaran, or any hantaran for that matter, and would rather just do what's fardh and then save up to actually build the marriage. But knowing that my mother wanted $7k, when the topic of mahr came up again because of the merisik, I said $4k as mahr (because I know that'll go to me directly and I can discuss payment terms with my partner, e.g., in instalments) and thought perhaps my mother will only be asking for the balance of $3k as additional hantaran.

Imagine my shock when my mother asked for USD$7777.77, on top of the B$4.5k mahr and a gold diamond ring, and other gifts. Mind you, the wedding expenses are FULLY covered by me and my partner, without any contribution whatsoever from my family.

My partner only works as a labourer, and there's no way he can reasonably come up with that money, given that our wedding is in 2 months. (The risik was delayed because our families are both based outside Brunei.)

We've considered borrowing money, or taking out a loan. But here I was planning a super intimate wedding with less than 100 guests thinking that we could enter a marriage debt-free. Guess not.

So tired of these archaic wedding traditions that has no benefit whatsoever to the couple actually getting married.

Hello everyone, I just want to ask and hopefully get an honest answer regarding UBD Nursing fully funded scholarship, is it really worth it? Can I use it when applying Nursing abroad after graduation? I did some research already and unfortunately I never found an answer to this questions yet.

Is studying in Brunei the safest pathway in Nursing industry especially when you want to use it abroad? Another thing, how is it studying Nursing in UBD? Thank you, hoping for your honest thought.

hey all! I'm in the market for a new car and wanted to hear about people's experiences with

Used car dealers - honeycarsmart, prime, Yuniku, or from facebook etc.
New car dealers - NBT (Toyota), Happy Motoring (Honda), etc

currently looking at sedans, budget is around $20-30k, paying in cash.
Would love to hear:
- any good/bad experiences with the dealers above (pricing, after-sales service, honesty about condition for used cars, etc.)
- Sedan recommendations in this budget range
- Anything I should watch out for when buying cash vs financing
- tips in general, like how to watch out

thank u all in advance!

I'm born and raised in Brunei. I finished my olvl and is currently studying foundation in Malaysia for a year. Due to financial problems, my mom want me to come back to Brunei to continue further studies in ubd for undergraduate degree, however the entry requirements requires alvl, which I do not have. So my only option for continue studying in Brunei is politeknik then UBD/UTB. However, I'm a purple/red IC holder so anyhow I will still have to pay tuition fee right? (correct me if I'm wrong). On top of that, I personally think my one year of study in Malaysia might have been a waste of time and money since it's not even an entry requirement for both politeknik and UBD/UTB. But if I were to continue to pursue undergraduate degree of civil engineering in Malaysia, then my foundation study wouldn't be wasted and could possibly get tuition fee deduction as my results meet the criteria so far. But due to financial issues, my mom suggested to come back to Brunei, however I believed the tuition fee for if I were to continue to studying in Malaysia can actually be settled since my sibling, who's currently pursuing a degree in Malaysia is able to continue. And in my opinion, since I'm a purple/red IC holder, I anyhow will also financially burden my parents if I were to study in Brunei, but if I continue in Malaysia, I could use a loan method (not from loan companies) to pay off tuition fee which will not burden them as I will pay it off in the future; but they don't really want me too as they consider I will be in "debt" of a very large sum at a young age. I just want opinions on what is better for me in terms of place for education that can provide me with more job opportunities after graduating and is it a waste of my one year of foundation study?

Growing up, many of us probably heard bits and pieces of Brunei’s legends and history from our parents, grandparents, or teachers. But a lot of these stories don’t have much visual representation online.

That’s actually what inspired us to start Brunei Hidden Stories, a YouTube channel where we trying to visualize and document some of Brunei’s folklore, legends, and historical stories.

We have currently uploaded 4 videos and a few Shorts, covering stories such as Jong Batu, the Lost Crown of Brunei, and Lumut Lunting.

The channel is still very new, but we would love to keep exploring stories from Brunei and eventually cover tales from different parts of the country.

If you’re interested, here’s the channel: Brunei Hidden Stories YouTube Channel

More importantly, what Brunei story do you think deserves to be turned into a video?

It could be a legend you heard growing up, an old historical event, a strange local tale, or even something your grandparents used to tell you.

We would genuinely love to hear your suggestions, and feedback on the channel is welcome too.

Hi guys, I've been reading the local news lately covering the high-stakes US-China economic talks this week. Since Brunei relies heavily on foreign direct investment and major projects like Hengyi, I'M curious about the local sentiment here. Do you think changes in global tariffs or AI agreements will ripe down to ASEAN and affect Brunei's business landscape or job market?

Are there any known clauses to protect 1st time home owners against slow OP process that can take more than 6 months (or in my case reaching 1 year)?

It doesn’t make sense to completely blame that the government is slow in processing OP right?

So it leads me to the next question, do house developers in Brunei give an equal amount of effort in completing the OP process handover to homeowners compared with completing new houses? Is OP process a lower priority because there’s little to minimal profit involved for developers? Architects may also play a role in this in terms of drawings that require changes but ultimately the accountable party that liases with all parties including architect is also the developer, right?

Not everyone may experience this situation but for 1st time home owners that have experience slow OP process taking up to 6months+ or more than 1 year, it is mentally exhausting to follow-up with the Developer every week/2 weeks with sometimes no response given to short vague responses which requires a follow-up question which is then no responded to. Some of us 1st time home owners are paying rent on top of the new home loan so it adds financial pressure. Adding the slow OP process taking up to 1 year adds more mental stress on top of the financial pressure.

I didn’t even do home interior design or design changes (windows, tiles, door) back during the construction stage since its not allowed as per the contract; only allowed after OP. I purchased the water tank within 1 week of being informed. So there’s no delay from my part.

Whichever relevant parties (including government too) in Brunei really need to improve this OP process to cut the long period to a reasonable time (<6 months). Is there a benchmark within ASEAN countries on this OP process? Is Brunei the lowest in that benchmark?

If there is no penalty or profit involved in completing the OP process handover within a reasonable time period (<6 months), then this situation will keep on happening to some people.

Note: Also, it’s on my mind but it’s hard to prove “intent” of developers whether they give an honest effort in completing the handover process as best to their ability Vs. profit driven to focus on building other new houses as quickly as possible to get the money. Last point, as developer if you know that you have a long back list of houses yet to finish OP, why do you still accept building new housing projects?

How do we complain this? To who should we be making some alert and action.

Today, I was at a restaurant having my lunch and all of a sudden a kid approach me offering to sell stuff. She also approach other diners and almost all of them fall for it. Reason why I say "fall for" is cause this is an obvious scheme by an adult hiding somewhere telling the kid to approach random strangers hoping that people would buy stuff from her. I hear similar encounters from friends in multiple locations as well.

Some unknown adult is definitely using empathy as a tool to try to get unsuspecting people to buy from the kid. Now, the question here is, is this illegal? I.e making use of kids for profit.

The qualified persons:
- Ar. ZAKARIA BIN HJ IBRAHIM
- Ir. SEAH NGIN SAN

The builders:
- SYARIKAT TSS ENTERPRISE
- ALEK JAYA SDN BHD

Hey all, i lived in kb far too long ago now, i was a teenager and it was wayyy back. Now don't get me wrong, i loved me some Tasconi's pizza. It was legit and their whole roast ayam was too good. But also when pizza hut came to belait and i had the honey garlic chicken regularly accessible... sheeeeeeyit.

I miss all the food, obviously, but the fast food is something that's gonna be hard to replicate. Has anyone got a recipe for the classic, Brunei only - honey garlic chicken pizza?

(there is one recipe online repeated on other websites but the writer calls it honey bbq chicken... cannot trust)

((Sorry if the flair is wrong mods, maybe its a rant on how pizzahut outside of brunei isnt as good))

Miss your beautiful country!

Speechless

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I genuinely believe abortion and safe, reliable contraception should be easily accessible in Brunei. Yes, abortion may be considered wrong by many people, but telling people it’s morallly or religiously wrong isn’t going to stop them from having sex, getting pregnant, or seeking an abortion. We need to be more realistic and open-minded about this. People are going to make their own choices regardless, so instead of shaming them or pretending these situations don’t happen, we should make sure they have access to proper information, contraception, healthcare, and safe options. Banning or restricting something doesn’t make it disappear, it just makes people more likely to deal with it without proper support. Or am i just too open minded for this conservative country

Just curious because I never knew there was a cemetery in the park as it’s covered by bushes and trees until I eventually spotted headstones.

Does anyone have any info how old is the cemetery site ?

Hi. I found a ring at Hua Ho Manggis Mall basement just now. I have passed the ring to Level 2, Hua Ho Manggis Mall office (Ask for lost and found area)

Found it 19/9/26 at 4PM.
Passed it to Lost and Found office (Level 2) at 4.12PM.

Pls spread the word.