BNS FC & BNS United - BSUnion Winter Games 2010

Assalamualaikum semua!

I am extremely sorry to inform that, both of our football teams, BNS FC and BNS United, will not be playing in the BSUnion Winter Games due to registration delay (by 4-5 minutes?) - I know most of our players and supporters are very frustrated at this news at the moment as this was our most anticipated game of the season.

The BSUnion Winter Games holds the most eminent tournaments of the Autumn term, hence slots are greatly competed for in order to participate in the game.

I am very sad at this definitely-not-cool news myself, but lets keep ourselves together, maybe this time ia bukan rezeki kitani. But lets just keep on playing and keep on participating in other upcoming tournaments (:

With love,
Vice President.

BNS Hari Raya Aidil Adha

Assalamualaikum brothers and sisters! (:

Event: BNS Hari Raya Aidil Adha
Date: 17th November 2010, Wednesday
Time: 18:30 - 22:00
Venue: 11, Hampton Garden, Clayton Street, NE1 5AB (Rumah Kaka Nona)
Dress code: Appropriately

Alhamdulillah, big thanks to Kaka Nona (:

On November 16th, Tuesday, Islamic Society Aidil Adha Prayer will be held at Eldon Sports Centre. It will start at 08:15 insyAllah, and don't forget to bring your own prayer mat! Bless (:

BNS Love,
BNS Secret Reporter.

BSUnion Winter Games 2010

Assalamualaikum semua!

Here are the details that BSUninon has given out regarding BSUnion Winter Games which we all know will be in London this December:

Registration forms will be available on BSUnion's website on the 15th of November 2010.

Dates:
Badminton and Basketball: 18th December 2010
Futsal and Netball: 19th December 2010

Venue:
Westminster Academy Sports Centre
255 Harrow Rd
London W2 5EZ

Team Details:
Badminton: Men Singles, Women Singles, Men Doubles, Women Doubles
Basketball: 6 per team (Men only)
Netball: 10 per team (Women only)
Futsal: 8 per team (Men only)

Basketball, Netball and Futsal can have up to 2 import players only.
An import player refers to any non-Bruneian student.
All team captains must be Bruneian.

If you're interested to participate and need help in doing so, you know what to do (:

Joel Rahman 07598086024
Atiqah Ismail 07732539382
Pang Ji 07584064911
Zakiah Ismail 07516962206
Munirah My 07517421889

BNS FC - BruLeeds Mini Tournament

BNS FC played well in the BMT yesterday, although the team didn't make it to the final, it managed to make its way up to the semi-final. Alhamdulillah. We are really proud of the team, especially with our players' resiliency and patience throughout the tournament. There were some disappointments and sad moments yesterday, on some faces, but with BNS supporters - they never fail to express the true meaning of "support" - now, that's our game to play (:

During the penalty kick against LufBru Samba

Here's the scores from yesterday's game:

Cardiff B vs BNS

2-0

BNS vs Cardiff A

2-1

Hifney Har

BruNotts vs BNS

0-1

Syazwan Hm

Semi-Final

LufBru Samba vs BNS

1-1

(Penalty)

LufBru Samba vs BNS

2-1

Hifney Har

Come on, Captain! Cheer up (:

A very big thank you to the BNS supporters who came. And keep it up, guys!

"Together we stand, united we fall" - Lynna HR, before BruNotts Easter Games 2010 

BNS Conference - Leeds BMT

Assalamualaikum, and hello guys (:

There will be a BNS Conference this Thursday, those who will be travelling to Leeds to support or take part in the BruLeeds Mini Tournament on Saturday are most expected to come. But of course, those who won't be joining are more than welcomed to attend (:

Event: BNS Conference on Leeds BMT
Date: October 28th 2010, Thursday
Time: 20:00 hour
Location: 24 Brighton Grove, Fenham

The bus fare to Leeds would be £13.50 for each person, payments will be collected on the 28th of October, Thursday before (and maybe, during) and after the conference at the venue.

More information about the trip, the tournament, and etcetera will be shared masa conference. InsyAllah. Should you have any questions regarding our trip, please do not hesitate to ask (:

Many love,
Atiqah Ismail,
Vice President.

BNS FC vs Qatar

BNS FC held a friendly 5-side match against Qatar student as their preparation for the upcoming BruLeeds Tournament that will be held later this month. Here are some of the match photos. Credit to the camera woman Bibi :) 

The Final Score after 30 minutes : 4-4

                                      

BNS FC Supporters - Leeds

Assalamualaikum semua (:

Anyone interested to join BNS FC ke Leeds nanti on the 30th of October, which falls on a Saturday - please do inform any one (or two) of us through Facebook or by any way you are comfortable with (:

BNS FC will be playing in the BruLeeds Mini Tournament and you guys are definitely more than welcomed to support our football team. We will be taking a 35-seater private bus to Leeds, insyAllah, and we are most likely to be leaving very early in the morning. Charges will be informed nanti, once we've received our final counts of supporters.

Meeting and pick-up point: 24 Brighton Grove, Fenham, NE4 5NS
Date: October 30th 2010, Saturday
Time: 05:00 to 18:00 hours
Destination: Sports Halls, Sports Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT

We will be taking our final count of supporters on the 24th of October, Sunday. So if you'd like to come and share some BNS team spirit let us know the latest by this weekend, i.e. 24th October 2010, Sunday.

Any questions at all, you know what to do (:

Joel Rahman 07598086024
Atiqah Ismail 07732539382
Pang Ji 07584064911
Zakiah Ismail 07516962206
Munirah My 07517421889

BNS Ice Breaking 2010

Assalamualaikum! Ola everybody! (:

Although it was an undeniably cold day yesterday, the BNS Ice Breaking 2010 at Leazes Park went well. Alhamdulillah. Thank you to those who came, without you, the event won't be a success. I hope everybody had a good time. And definitely, a good hand shake with Newcastle's weather ;)

A birthday surprise to Boo Boo aka Nazeem Yunos and Amin Fakhri Hy
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GUYS!

We hope everyone enjoyed the food, the company and the park. Or even, enjoyed the weather? Although we didn't get to talk to everyone, we will definitely be seeing a lot of each other nanti in our upcoming events in the future. InsyAllah. Andangnya ni masa Ice Breaking ani, malu-malu kucing masih (:

Filling in the annual BNS membership forms

For those who have not submitted the membership form or do not have any, please contact Munirah My to obtain the forms. You can contact her through Facebook or via 07517421889 give her a call or drop her a message (:

Mann Zakaria and Jimmy!

To last year's committee members; Firdaus Abdullah, Mansur Latif, Jimmy Abas, Bebs and Nadzirah Osman. Thank you, such fantastic mentors. You guys're the bomb! (:

Former President of Brunei Newcastle Society, Firdaus Abdullah, we all love you, bro!

Also, a big round of applause to this year's new committee members. Thank you guys! And photo credits to Hifney Har, Munirah My and Khairul Abdullah (:

With love,
BNS Secret Reporter.

BNS FC: The FA Umbro Fives 2010

The Football Association Umbro Fives 2010 Football Tournament!

BNS FC competed in FA's Complete Football - Umbro Fives Regional Qualifiers today, Sunday, October 10th 2010 at Gosforth, Newcastle (:

"Well done to BNS FC! Good job!" - Syazwan Hm, BNS FC team captain

Back row (from left) Hifney Har, Syazwan Hm, Khairul Abdullah.
Front row (from left) Firdaus Abdullah, Amin Fakhri Hy, Hadi Lee Wen Yi, Mansur Latif, Jian Lee

Details and results of today's game:
Kick off time 02:30PM

Brew Crew vs BNS FC

1-1

Syazwan Hm

Kick off time 02:54PM

BNS FC vs Players

0-2

Kick off time 03:30PM

BNS FC vs Aspers

2-4

Hifney Har

Hadi Lee Wen Yi

Kick off time 03:54PM

BNS FC vs The White Sox

1-0

Nazeem Yunos

Interview with BNS FC's team captain, Syazwan Hm on BNS FC's first tournament of this academic year since dorang balik dari Brunei last month (:

What do you feel about today's performance, compared sama the team's performance in previous tournaments?

Ani kami baru-baru jua balik (dari Brunei) kan, with 2 weeks of training, okay lah. Tapi we can still improve for our next tournament. InsyAllah. Aku happy with the performance today! Even though kalah and inda proceed to the next round, aku happy! Not only happy about the game, tapi happy pasal kami the only Asian team to participate in the tournament.

With love,

BNS Secret Reporter.

BNS Ice Breaking 2010

Assalamualaikum everyone! How's Newcastle treating you? Hopefully everyone has settled in smoothly (:

Event: BNS Ice Breaking 2010
Location: Leazes Park (if weather permits)
Date: October 9th 2010, Saturday
Time: 11:00 to 18:00 hour

If it rains, alternative location for this event will be at:
24 Brighton Grove, Fenham
NE4 5NS, Newcastle upon Tyne!

Everyone is expected to attend this event, especially the juniors. Here you will get the opportunity to mingle and get to know each other, both the juniors and the seniors.

Food and drinks will be provided and definitely potluck will be welcomed! God bless you. Hehe! There will be games for everyone to partake too. We will clean-up the place together, bergotong-royong, at the end of the day. It will be an enjoyable day, insyAllah (:

Annual BNS membership fee would be £5.00 per person for this year. So please bring along £5.00 with you nanti. Membership forms will be distributed to everyone at the start or during the event. Forms can be obtained from our treasurer, Munirah My (it could also be a challenge for some of you to look for this Munirah My person to get your form) and shall be returned to her along with your payment (:

BNS Ice Breaking 2009 last Autumn

Any last minute changes regarding this event will be informed via text message, Facebook or this blog. It would be really helpful if we have everyone's phone number. But insyAllah and hopefully, there won't be any last minute changes, any change pun would probably be related to rain -- hence location.


If you got lost in the way, or anything at all, feel free to contact any of us, or any other seniors:

Joel Rahman 07598086024
Atiqah Ismail 07732539382
Pang Ji 07584064911
Zakiah Ismail 07516962206
Munirah My 07517421889

We really hope EVERYONE dapat datang to this event. See you there! InsyAllah (:

Many love,
Atiqah Ismail

BRULEEDS Mini Tournament 2010

Assalamualaikum!

Attention to alai-alai BNS NC dan abang-abang BNS FC sekalian (:

Leeds University Union Brunei Society (BRULEEDS) will be hosting BRULEEDS Mini Tournament 2010 (BMT) this autumn.

• 5 A Side Football (indoor) with registration fee of £50.00
• Netball (indoor) with registration fee of £60.00

Date: 30th October 2010, Saturday
Time: 09:15 to 17:00
Venue: Sports Halls (1A and 1B), Sports Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT

Only 8 places are available for both football and netball.


Registration:
Opens on Thursday, 30th September 2010
Closes on Friday, 15th October 2010

The forms will be available through www.bruleedsluu.moonfruit.com by then. Also please do check BRULEEDS Mini Tournament 2010 on Facebook (:

Eid Mubarak!

Assalamualaikum semua!

The arrival of Syawal marks the end of abstinence and fasting. Now, we welcome Syawal with laungan takbir, happiness, new clothes and various delicacies. Alhamdulillah, for the blessings Allah has showered us with. MasyAllah!

With that, I would like to wish you all a very wonderful and blissful Syawal dan dengan doa, semoga semua amal ibadah dan kebajikan sekalian sepanjang bulan Ramadhan di terima Allah – Amin!

Saya juga ingin memohon maaf kepada BNS family, Brunei student bodies and societies, friends and readers, jika ada hati yang terguris di sepanjang perkenalan kita. Salam perkenalan, kepada yang belum kenal. Hehe! I end this brief message with Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri!

Maaf zahir dan batin.

Sincerely,

Atiqah Ismail.

Suasana Hari Raya BNS 2010

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

Dengan ingatan tulus ikhlas daripada,

Brunei Newcastle Society

BNS Committee 2010-2011

Assalamualaikum everybody!

The votes are in. To our new BNS Committee members. CONGRATULATIONS!

1. Joel Rahman as President 
2. Atiqah Ismail as Vice President 
3. Zakiah Ismail as Secretary 
4. Pang Ji as Event Coordinator 1 
5. Hadi as Event Coordinator 2 
6. Munirah My as Treasurer

All the best to our new BNS committee members! (:

"With that, I say good luck to the new committee. With new people comes with new ideas. I'm sure you work together not simply as a committee but a family. Once again, congratulation." - Deco, Event Coordinator 2009-2010

With love,

BNS Secret Reporter.

BNS Sungkai 2010 & BNS Video Clip Recording II

Assalamualaikum semua (:

BNS Sungkai 2010 at Nyonya Restaurant last night was awesome. Alhamdulillah, everything went well. Also present last night, our super-duper seniors, seniors, juniors and friends. Hope you guys enjoyed your food, and had a great time catching up.

A heartfelt appreciation to Mansur Latif for his wonderful speech! Indeed, congratulations to our seniors who have completed their degrees and graduated with excellent results, also to those who have completed their masters. Congratulations! We wish you all a very bright future! Amin.

Thank you to those who came, it was really nice to have you all, and it was a pleasure to finally meet the juniors, although not everyone could make it last night, but insyAllah, we will see you in Newcastle then. The voting for the 2010-2011 BNS Committee was also cast last night by the seniors.

After sungkai and prayers, our video clip recording crew filmed our second scene of BNS Video Clip Recording at Bibi Khamimah's residence; the Bunga Api scene. A huge round of applause to everyone for their endless support. You guys're the best!

With love,

BNS Secret Reporter.

Hello September

Assalamualaikum everybody!

September has come, and for most of us, it is about time that we head home. Summer break is almost over, hope your time in Brunei has been marvellous and well-spent with your loved ones. I am sure most of us are ready for another chapter of Newcastle now. Don’t you guys just miss mengupi at Starbucks ramai-ramai? Speedy internet connections? Debit cards? Lectures and deadlines? The city? I am thrilled to fly back home!

Sheer anxiety, dear fellow juniors? I hope you guys are mentally and emotionally prepared for a whole new experience. Newcastle will feel like home (minus amah) to you, insyAllah – and BNS will be your family (:

Well just a reminder, our BNS Sungkai 2010 is today! Hope to see you there!

Happy September everyone!

Many love,

Atiqah Ismail.

BNS Video Clip Recording

Yesterday's session of BNS Video Clip Recording was a success. Thank you to our Director Hifney Har and our very creative BNS crew. Alhamdulillah, the project went smoothly and we finished on time - the Hari Raya scene is a wrap! It is expected that the crew will do another scene on the 3rd of September after BNS Sungkai dan sembahyang terawih next week, insyAllah.

A very big thank you to everyone, for your participation and creative contributions. And Bibi Khamimah Rusli, thank you for your hospitality and letting us shoot at your residence, and Mann Zakaria for your car.

Hifney Har being interviewed by Mann Zakaria

A glimpse of how it went during the voice recording session yesterday afternoon. Khairul Abdullah and Anisah Samuil on set.

Syazwan Mohamad and Asnawi Salleh

Our superstar camera operator and production manager, Asnawi Salleh, in action!

I am so proud of everyone, kamu inda makan kuih-muih dan minuman yang Bibi hidangkan atu. Hehe! Do join us next time! Assalamualaikum! (:

Present yesterday: Nazeem Yunos, Zakiah Ismail, Asnawi Salleh, Bibi Khamimah Rusli, Anisah Samuil, Mann Zakaria, Hifney Har, Syazwan Mohamad, Khairul Abdullah, Abby M. Hasim and Atiqah Ismail.

With Love,
BNS Secret Reporter.

BNSAlumni Available Posts

Assalamualaikum, earthlings!

Attention to Newcastle University and Northumbria University students. Brunei Northeast Society Alumni is looking for seniors or graduates to fill in these following posts for its committee:

• Web Moderator
• Event Manager

For more information, and for those who are interested to take up these posts, please contact BNSAlumni at their website. Katik sini!

Just an overview for our fellow juniors and those who don't know what BNSAlumni is. It is a society, just like BNS - but it brings together Bruneian students and graduates over a larger scale of the Northeast region such as Northumberland, Middlesbrough, Sunderland, Durham, Stockton-on-Tees, Hartlepool and Darlington.

With love,

BNS Secret Reporter.

BNS Sungkai 2010

Assalamualaikum everyone! Attention to seniors and newcomers! New BNS Event!
Changes! The location for this event has been changed, hence the payment per person.

Event: BNS Sungkai 2010
Location: Nyonya Restaurant, Gadong
Date: September 3rd 2010, Friday
Time: 16:30 - 20:00
Ah apa? $13.80 per person

To seniors, please reply to Deco's Facebook event invitation, the latest by 23rd August 2010, Monday. This is also an open invitation, hence you may bring whoever you like, but please do inform Deco. For more information, seniors, please refer to our event coordinator.

To our juniors or newcomers,
You may reply on Brunei Newcastle Society group page on Facebook (preferred) or here, or both. We are really looking forward to meeting you guys!
 
It will be an advantage if you attend this event, you'll get to meet other newcomers too, and meet us before you leave for Newcastle nanti, so you can get direct responses from us if you are to bombard us with questions dan sebagainya (:

If you are attending, please do reply to this, the latest by 23rd August 2010, Monday.

Hope to see you all there!

With love,
BNS Secret Reporter.

BSUnion Orientation 2010/11

Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students
Date: 14th August 2010 (Saturday)
Venue: Bilik Persidangan P1, Ministry of Education
Time: 8am – 2pm

Representatives from Newcastle University attending today - Hifney Har, Mann Zakaria and Atiqah Ismail.

Students listening to a presentation delivered by one of the Brunei societies

Two of our representatives, Mann Zakaria and Hifney HAR with friends from Keele

Abdul Waliyuddin, the president of LufBru Society from Loughborough University giving, quite an entertaining, presentation I admit, to the students.

We did not prepare ourselves with any presentations today, but insyAllah maybe next year. However, of course, we did try our very best to answer questions and provide the best information to a student today. Ah yes, we have seorang! We were really looking forward to see anyone at all today, Alhamdulillah.

Kawan-kawan from Kent, Liverpool, Loughborough and Manchester

I was informed that there will be more students coming to Newcastle this September and most of them will be going to Northumbria University - so I hope those who have not contacted any BNS seniors yet, please do so, make yourself known. We are constantly updating ourselves with new students, so please update us too, okay? We are here to help you (:

With love,
Atiqah Ismail.

Hello Brunei Darussalam

Assalamualaikum lovely faces! Hello (:

As most of us are now back in Brunei Darussalam, I am sure its been a pleasure to be back home for all of you, and I hope you are having a fabulous time with the family and friends and, perhaps, enjoying (or trying to survive) the hot weather. And those who are still there in Newcastle, up north, mm santai saja dulu ah (:

Anyway, we will be holding a sungkai gathering sometime this month, insyAllah, and we will be expecting new students to come and join us. Please come and check with us regularly, details will be posted up, as soon as the date, time and location, etc have been confirmed. Selamat Berpuasa!

With love,
Atiqah Ismail.

BIA Event Newcastle

 Dear BNS,

On behalf of BIA, I would like to thank you for your kind effort in assisting us knowing that you have your study on top of that which is also priority for you.  However, you have managed it well and I can say you organised the roadshow pretty good, as in not because of the foods but at least properly done. Although the space/ venue are quite limited, but I think the guests are happy and comfortable with the event.  Nevertheless, I hope every ones who have attended our roadshow get benefits and extra knowledge on BIA’s background.

I hope this type of event can be organised again in the future, inshaallah we will be organising such similar events.  Anyway, I really appreciate for your kindness and to the rest of the teams as well, and we apologies for not being able to go round with you guys inNewcastle.

All the best to all of you and success in your study and exams.  Thank you.  Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any enquiries in minds. 

Wassalam.

Best Regards,

Erma Maludin

HR Officer

Human Resource Administration

Brunei Investment Agency

Brunei Darussalam

2383535 ext 4041

BEG 2010 Football

BNS Football team finally managed to claimed their first ever silverware in one of Brunei UK most competitive sports event after claiming the 3rd place in BruNotts Easter Game 2010 (BEG). BNS FC beat Santos 2-0 in the 3rd place play-off. BNS FC who likely to be eliminated in the group stage when the were beaten heavily in the first two games by 4-1 against Sakura and Ice Cube. In their third game they come back with a 2-0 win against a team yang aku lupa namanya. Then they drew 1-1 against BruLiv and won 5-1 in their final group game. Fortunately for BNS they managed to placed second in the group with just 1 goal advantage with Ice-Cube where they both shared 7 points. In the Quarter-Final BNS faced a tough test when they were against Winter Games Champion, Senna and Alhamdulillah with the support from BNS Family Cute unexpectedly they beat Senna 3-1. 

 Celebration after a victory against Senna

In the Semi-Final BNS faced Bernazz, 3rd place in the Winter Games. Bernazz who previously beat BNS in the Winter Game 3rd place play-off by 4-2 beat BNS again but this time with a narrow margin 2-1. BNS who were known was well beaten when their moral are down especially after losing crucial games managed to rebound back from their past experience and with the help from the supporters, they able to won the 3rd place match 2-0.

Sexy warming up before the game

Showing the team spirit

BNS Goalie in action saving one of four penalties during the whole tournament

In action against Santos

BNS supporters during the tournament

BNS FC BEG 2010 SQUAD

From Top Left: Daus, Hadi (Darren), Wan (C), Khairul, Hifney

Down Left: Boo Boo (Nazeem), Deco, Rusdi

BEG 2010 Football Winners

Champion: Sakura FC

Runners-up: Bernazz

Third Place: BNS FC

BNS FC BEG 2010 Match Results

GROUP STAGE

BNS FC   1      vs      Sakura FC   4

Wan

BNS FC   1     vs       Ice-Qube   4

Hifney

BNS FC   2      vs      Emm...(lupa ku)   0

Wan

Hifney

BNS FC   1     vs       BruLiv     1

Daus

BNS FC   5     vs      Vasco    1

Wan 3

Hadi

Hifney

QUARTER-FINAL

BNS FC     3    vs      Senna     1

Boo Boo 2

Hifney

SEMI-FINAL

BNS FC     1    vs      Bernazz    2

Wan

THIRD-PLACE

BNS FC     2     vs     Santos     0

Hifney 

Wan

BNS FC SCORER 2009/2010

London Winter Game

Hifney - 5 

Wan - 3

Hadi (Darren) - 2

Firdaus - 2

Boo Boo (Nazeem) - 1

Deco - 1

Best Player - Wan

Bradford Game

Hifney - 7

Wan -5

Hadi (Darren) - 3

Abg Zaidi - 1

Mann - 1

Best Player - Rusdi

BruNotts Easter Game

Wan - 7

Hifney - 5

Boo Boo (Nazeem) - 2

Hadi - 1

Firdaus - 1

Best Player - Hadi (Darren)

TOTAL GOALS

1. Hifney        17

2. Wan          15

3. Hadi           6

4. Boo Boo      3

4. Firdaus       3

5. Deco          1

5. Abg Zaidi    1

6. Mann          1

p/s sorry for the broken english :)

BNS FC makes history

BNS FC had claimed the 3rd spot in BEG 2010 in Football. This was the greatest achievement so far for BNS FC who used to be the knock out in the preliminary round since BNS FC participated in the easter game. Meanwhile for the netball team although they didnt get through the preliminary round they managed to performed well and won several games.According to the BNS netball captain, the netball team for this year is far more better than the previous years. Congratulations to BNS Family Cute 2010 for making the history for BRUNEI NEWCASTLE SOCIETY.

p/s coming soon - BNS Football BEG2010 Report