Trooper Begins

After a long waiting since July, finally it's touch down to Brunei. Stay tune for more updates.

EACON 2011

EACON (Expressive Art Convention) is an event held in Brunei Darussalam that is centered towards pop culture hobbies such as Anime, Drawing, Gaming, Cosplay and Model building.

EACON 2011 is organized by TFF Company and sponsored by CH-Toynation.

I would like to express my thanks to:

TFF Company to help organize this event and CH-Toynation for being a committee member under the Gundam Division.

(This EACON was held on 16-17 July 2011)

About 22 people participated in Brunei's first Plastic Modeling competition.

There are several activities offered for the gaming community which they can participate and enjoy during the event..

First time encounter with dollfie. Thanks to Jonathan for the chance to take a picture with his doll XD

Pyramid head from Silent Hill a.k.a. TFF EA Manager.

Yoyo performance from Yoyonation Brunei.

There will be two categories for drawing competition; The Junior Category and Senior Category.

Drawing in-progress.

Plastic Modeling section.

Wushu performance.

And of course, not to forget our Cosplayers.

Event emcee Haidar Mu'ien and Bob hosting a stage game.

Group photo of participants for the Gundam & Model Competition 2011.

EACON committee.

Cosplayers

Gamers. "You guys ROCK!"

That's all for today.

For more photos, kindly visit here:
EACON 2011 - Day 1 | Day 2

Earth Hour in Brunei Darussalam

At 8:30 PM on Saturday 26th March 2011, lights will switch off around the globe for Earth Hour and people will commit to actions that go beyond the hour.

Here is the official landmarks:

-Kampong Ayer Cultural & Tourism Gallery

-Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque

-Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Complex

-Jerudong Park Country Club

For more info, please log on http://www.earthhour.org.bn/

Jedi support Earth Hour, are you?

Group photo with the crew.

Seems like Captain Rex having this birthday celebration.

Twestival Brunei - Child Development Center at Swensen's

Twestival (or Twitter Festival) Brunei will take place on 24 March 2011 at Swensens, The Mall, Gadong from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. This evening of social media events aims to raise funds and awareness for a good cause and is a part of the official Twestival global event via the social media platform, Twitter. Across the world on the same day, Twestivals armed with the same aim will take place. In Brunei, our good cause is the Child Development Center. Text from http://kurapak.net/

For more about Twestival please log on to http://www.brunei.twestival.com/

Captain Rex having ice-cream.

Cosplay Japanese Stundents

Special thanks to ScarySoul to ask me out for photo shooting.

Photo taken on 6th February 2011.

501st Malaysia-Brunei Outpost appearance at GoFigures

Also check out ScarySoul and Paken Iskandar for more photos.

Lightsaber Holders.

3 vs 1? Calling for more Jedi!!

Master Jedi Mike.

Jedi Costume - Part 2

This post is requested from a friend, he wanted to see the costume in details.

Here is some requiements to make a Jedi costume. The Robe, Outer Tunic, Inner Tunic, Obi/Tabards, Pants, Boots, Belt and Lightsaber. I didn't really follow exactly the requiements, like i skip the inner tunic(due to Borneo weather haha..), belt(this one need to custom made,) and boots(had mention in the previous post, still looking.)

Outer Tunic. Basically is similiar lika taekwondo out fit.

Obi/Tabards.

Outer Tunic, Obi/Tabards and "fake" belt haha..

With Robe. Feel the Force? haha..

Fake hair? What is this for? It's for the braided hair. See the next picture below.

I'm not so sure about this, but I notice mostly Padawan have it. Brought this at The Mall Exhibition(Brunei) few day ago. 3 for B$10. Not sure out there go sell this kind of thing, seldom notice.
(Remark: The braided hair it's to mark a padawan who is usually under a master. It is sliced off by a master Jedi from the council after being knighted. Therefore making him a Jedi knight. Thanks to Amir for the information.)

Closer look on the clip. I should ask my gf help me do the braided hair.