BNS Leavers Dinner 2013

 السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته
 Hello everyone!

Here is an update about our very recent Leavers Dinner, last 4th May 2013, BNS has recently organised a farewell dinner for those who especially in their final year at Newcastle/Northumbria University students. The event was held at Aneesa's Buffet Restaurant, Quayside, 8:30pm. Here are some photos of the night:

           

Basically it was a wonderful night getting together with almost all of the BNS people! :D Well, everyone was so smart, and yes definitely everyone was having a great time.

BNS 2012/13

Thank you for all the hardwork and bringing BNS feels like home
as a treasured memory for this year!

 BNS 2012/13 Committee (From L-R)

Back: Ziqah,Yazid

Front: Zul, Emmy, Fikar, Fiky

Overall, it was an amazing night!! :D

Lots of love,

     Secretary 2013/14

Alnwick Castle and Garden Trip!

Assalamualaikum, Hi!

              On 20th April 2013, BNS organised a trip to Alnwick Castle and Garden, Northumberland. Alnwick (pronounced as Anik) Castle is one of the largest inhabited castles in Europe. Its home to the Duke of Northumberland's family, the Percys, through over 700 years of drama, intrigue, tragedy and romance! Within the castle, you will discover one of the finest private art collections in the country, accumulated by generations of the Percy family and wandering along Alnwick Castle's extensive walls and terraces, you will be able to appreciate its impressive setting, with amazing views over the surrounding countryside of rural Northumberland.

          Furthermore, for those who are a fan of Harry Potter, you may or may not already know that Alnwick Castle played a starring role as Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardly in the first two Harry Potter films. Additionally, the weather on that day was great for a time out at the Garden. The Garden consist of having this extraordinary centrepiece called the Grand Cascade. The Grand Cascade is known to be the largest water feature of its kind in the country. There was also a range of plants to see in the garden, from Cherry Orchard to roses, but unfortunately, when we were there, the cherry blossoms were not out yet. Nevertheless, it was a day well spent.

Thanks for reading! (I'll get some photos posted up soon!)  

Exterior of Alnwick Castle

Medieval Dress up!

Interior of Alnwick Castle

The Grand Cascade

Love, 
Ziqah Jofray
VP 2012/13

Beamish Trip 2013

Assalamualaikum, Hi!

13th April 2013 - BNS went on a trip to the Beamish Living Museum, located in County Durham - roughly an hour bus journey from Eldon Square. We left the city centre around 10am on the Waggonway service 28 and arrived at the museum close to 11am. On our arrival, the line at the entrance was already long! but nevertheless, it was worth the wait because the museum was amazing! 

The Museum is a 300 acre estate and is an open air museum that provides an experience of the everyday life in urban and rural North East England at the peak of industrialisation in the early 20th century. The museum utilised a mixture of translocated original and replica buildings; a huge collection of artifacts, working vehicles and equipments; as well as livestock and costumed interpreters. 

Within the museum, we went on tram rides to get from one place to another, but there were still a substantial amount of walking that we had to do, especially towards the end of the our trip. The first stop we went to was the farm home area where we saw a number of farming animals as well as a lady demonstrating how to bake cheese scones! From there, we went to Pit Village and The Colliery. At the village, we got to step into the homes of mining families and also the school. We then made our way to the Railway station, where we had the opportunity to experience a short journey using a steam train.  We then took the tram from the railway station to the Town, for some snacks and drinks before continuing our adventure around the museum. In the Town, we managed to see how the banks, shops, dentist and florists were back in the early 20th Century. After that, we went to two other places of the museum before heading back to Newcastle, which were the Pockerley Old Hall and Waggonway.

Finally, we left the museum at 6pm and made our way back to Newcastle City Centre, where we decided to grab some dinner before heading back home. 

Thanks for reading, and enjoy the pictures below! 

The Tram

At The Farm Home

Pit Village's School

The Colliery

The Town

Classic Motorcycle

Steam Train

Love,

Ziqah Jofray 

Vice President 2012/13 

Khatam Al-Quran in Edinburgh ♥ (6-7thApril2013)

Assalamualaikum wb, Hi everyone. 

On the 6th of April 2013, 11 of us went to Edinburgh, Scotland for Majlis Khatam Al-Quran in collaboration with Brunei Edinburgh Society, Newcastle, Cardiff, Aberdeen, Stirling and EMSA. 

Our train was at 6.30am and it took us around 2 hours to reach Edinburgh.

Look at the two Zuls.. Zulhilmi and Zulfikar

Well, from the train station to Heriott Watt University we used taxi and it took us approximately 45 minutes to arrive. It was at 8.45am. After all initial preparation, while waiting for the guest of honour, it was time to take pictures ! 

At 11am, the recitation of Ayat-Ayat Lazim was started as the guest of honour, Cikgu Kamaliah Binti Haji Abdul Rahman and cikgu azizah hj md tuah arrived. 

We stayed a night and a day to explore Edinburgh, a city with a lot of historical places. Enjoy the pictures.

Finally, time to go home. We departed at 8pm, and arrived Newcastle around 10.35pm. Played games in the train and Alhamdulillah it was a successful event, plus enjoyable and thats about it.

Wassalam.

Vice President, (2013/14)
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