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Pallavi Aiyar, Smoke and Mirrors: An Experience of China
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1Pallavi Aiyar, Smoke and Mirrors: An Experience of China, New Delhi, Fourth Estate, 2008, 274 pp.
2Secondly, Aiyar's book provides a highly sensitive look at China; she is circumspect in her remarks on all that economic development has wrought there, particularly on religious rights and human rights in general, and on the rhythm of daily life as she perceived it. She acknowledges at the end that her book is full of considerations "on the one hand" juxtaposed with those "on the other," but it is in fact this nuanced treatment, her caution and hesitation to arrive at pat judgments, that gives her book weight. She constantly compares China with India, sparing neither their abject failings. Her scrupulous attention to considering every issue from many angles precludes categorical conclusions.
3Aiyar tackles one question at length: "If I could choose, would I rather be born Indian or Chinese?" (p. 243), and her preliminary conclusion is uncannily similar to that of Seth nearly three decades1 ago and of Aravind Adiga, a prize-winning author, in 2008.2 She says "…were I to be able to ensure being born even moderately well-off, I would probably plump for India over China. … On the other hand, were I to be born poor, I would take my chances in authoritarian China, where despite lacking a vote, the likelihood of my being decently fed, clothed and housed [is] considerably higher. Most crucially, China would present me with relatively greater opportunities for upward social mobility." But the argument hardly ends there for Aiyar. Indians can use their vote to hold up infrastructure projects that entail wanton destruction of their habitats, but the Chinese regime is "adept at disabling the capacity of disaffected peoples to organize, thus depriving them of the influence of numbers that could pressure government policy…" (p. 244). And yet, the right to vote in India "did not necessarily or even usually translate into better governance." Voters periodically throw out governments, but that achieves little. Thus, while the Chinese regime "derived its legitimacy from delivering growth, in India a government derived its legitimacy simply from its having been voted in" (p. 255). This is an example of the many chains of argument and counter-argument with which the book is laced.
4Perhaps the book's piece de resistance consists of Aiyar's reflections on China's attitude towards religion and towards Tibet, which she visited, travelling on the first train from Beijing to Lhasa, on 1 July 2006. She is scathing in her observations on the Chinese regime's unimaginative stranglehold on Muslims and Tibetan Buddhists and its fear of diversity. In these chapters, she feels less compelled to compare India unfavourably with China. Although mindful of the growth of Hindu fanaticism and events such as the destruction of a mosque in northern India in 1992, the massacre of Sikhs in 1984 after the assassination of prime minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards, and the anti-Muslim pogrom in Gujarat state in 2002, she takes a dim view of the Chinese regime's emphasis on "harmony" manifested by an all-enveloping repression against religious practitioners and ethnic minorities. Unlike China, India accepts its diversity and affords greater leeway for its minorities. In a discussion of the neglect of north-eastern India and its peoples, she says: "India had not provided the Nagas, Mizos and others in the (north-eastern) region with the broad roads or tourism dollars that China ensured for its border provinces but New Delhi did provide something else: cultural freedom" (p. 234).
5Aiyar acknowledges that many of the "stories," as she calls them, in this collection began as reports she wrote for one of India's better-quality newspapers, The Hindu. Under its current editor, N. Ram, the English-language newspaper has become trenchantly pro-Beijing. This meant Aiyar's reports in The Hindu had to keep to a narrow ledge, avoiding overt criticism of China while conveying an accurate picture of what she saw and heard. Amazingly, she pulled off the feat with credit, even winning an Indian prize for political reporting.3 A campaigning group, Friends of Tibet, initially failed to appreciate the quality of Aiyar's reporting, the care with which she walked the tightrope in presenting a dispassionate account of what she saw in China and Tibet while ensuring that her writing would get past her editor's pro-China blinkers. They criticised her on their website,4 but have since privately apologised to her.5
6The book contains lively accounts of life in one of Beijing's remaining hutongs, where the author found comfortable lodgings and observed the changes wrought by developments linked to the Beijing Olympics. She deals at length with the widespread destruction going on around the capital, with ordinary citizens unable to resist the bulldozers. (A gritty and detailed account of the process is available in the excellent book by Michael Meyer devoted to the subject.)6
7Aiyar compares what she observes with her experience of India, the feeling of egalitarianism and "dignity of labour" in China contrasted with the class and caste divisions of India, the place of education, and the status of women. She is particularly astute in her observations on the condition of women, their presence in the workforce and their status in Chinese society. Needless to say, India fares extremely poorly in its treatment of women. She prefers Beijing, "where a woman could ride a bus or even drive a bus without having to tune out the constant staring and whispering of the dozens of sex-starved youth that swarmed around the Indian capital's streets…" (p. 242). Not only the youth, she might have added. Men of all ages in New Delhi subject women riding public buses or those waiting for transport on the roadside to intense unwarranted scrutiny. It is hazardous for women to travel alone late in the evening. In Beijing on the other hand, women rarely receive much unwelcome attention and travel fearlessly at the dead of night in most parts of the city.
8Some pages of the book betray their origins as dispatches meant for specific newspapers, with their penchant for adjectives and "colour." Occasionally, some statements and figures that ought to have been footnoted are not, and the book's index is insufficient. However, this in no way detracts from the value of the book, which deserves to be read widely in India and China. (It would also be rewarding to revisit Vikram Seth's classic.) It is to be hoped that there will be more such writers and journalists from not only India but also other parts of South Asia, as well as from the Middle East, Central Asia, Africa, and Latin America, bringing their perspectives to bear on the study of the world's most populous country. There is, as Aiyar has noted elsewhere, room for a lot of other views on China.7
1 Vikram Seth, in From Heaven Lake: Journeys Through Sinkiang and Tibet, 1983, writes on pages 104-105, "If I could be guaranteed the lucky place in the Indian sweepstakes that I at present occupy, there is no question as to what my answer would be; even if I were poorer than the average Chinese child, I would prefer to be born in India. But if I were born to the inhuman, dehumanizing misery in which the poorest third of our people live, to the squalor and despair and debility that is their life, my answer would not be the same."
2 Aravind Adiga, winner of the Man Booker Prize for fiction in 2008 for his novel The White Tiger (written, incidentally, in the form of letters addressed to the Chinese premier), says in an interview published on the following website, http://www.brooklynrail.org/2008/09/express/india-a-view-from-below (last consulted 10 December 2009): "If you were a poor man you'd have to pick China over India any day because your kids have a better chance of being nourished if you're poor. Your wife is more likely to survive childbirth. You're likely to live longer. There are so many ways in which India's system fails horribly."
3 http://www.prembhatiatrust.com/awards.htm (last consulted 15 December 2009).
4 Friends of Tibet India, "Save The Hindu" Campaign, http://www.friendsoftibet.org/save/ (last consulted 15 December 2009).
5 As indicated in emails to this reviewer from the author and from the website's founder.
6 Michael Meyer, The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City Transformed, New York, Walker and Company, 2008.
7 http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/beijing/articles/mag-bj/peeps/journalist-pallavi-aiyar-on-indian-road-envy/ (last consulted 15 December 2009).Top of page
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Being a blogger usually requires that you read many blogs to keep up with the game, and while that may be true many bloggers become one simply because they read so many blogs in the first place. This is the case with Kiki Li, the face or rather the lack of face behind the creative blog The Imaginist. What first intrigued me so much about Kiki was that she had never once shown her face and beyond that she manages to find a creative and entertaining way to do so every week in her posts. Although Kiki is not one to claim herself highly imaginative I have to strongly disagree. Keeping to a simple and studio like motif with plain backgrounds and little in the photos distracting you from anything other than herself Kiki manages to create photos that remain minimal while simultaneously provoking your imagination to run wild. Her art direction is spot on with a focus on details and design. Simple yet elegant yet rebellious. Rebellion has nothing to do with mosh pits and yelling at your parents but rather going against the norm and Kiki is doing exactly that as she hides her face from the public yet continually promotes herself through her blog. A contradiction at first appearance but perhaps it's actually the beginning of a revolution for the blogging world.
What is so intriguing about your blog is that you keep your face hidden in every photo. Many people think that people who start blogs, particularly personal style/fashion blogs are out for their 15 minutes of fame. What made you want to begin your blog, The Imaginist?
I like shooting photos and enjoy reading blogs. At that moment I was looking for a place to gather them and share them with the others. I thought blog was a suitable platform. So I gave it a go.
How did you come up with your blogs name?
There is a movie called The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnasuss (also the swansong of Heath Ledger). I like the word "Imaginarium" which is the combo of "Imagination" and "Museum". I want my blog to be my Imaginarium but which is not a place for sharing my imagination, instead, sharing the things done out of my imagination although they are not really imaginative. But I want this blog to be more personal and about a person, me, more. So I name it The Imaginist.
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Backyard Bills, Childhood Flames, The Sartorialist, Turned Out, Sha Lai, Cavaan, Garance Dore...
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Information Technology in the Human Resource Profession
Information Technology is one of the most aspects characterizing the developmental dynamics across various industrial sectors in today's world. Every business organization specializing in different services and products finds itself embracing various Information Technology systems in the day-to-day operations in the pursuit to remain relevant as well as competitive in its particular sector. However, all business organizations in all sectors have one thing in common – the human resource department. In every business organization, the human resource department stands out as the epicenter – the core upon which all other agencies find a firm foundation. In light of the above, Information Technology integration in human resource management practices is necessary for optimal business performance. The integration of Information Technology into human resource management helps to improve the general architect of the organization, laying emphasis on communication and general critical process. The necessity of having ample knowledge, as well as human capital, makes the application of Information Technology the best solution for many challenges encountered by human resource management.
Current State of Information Technology in HR
In the present world, the integration of Information Technology into human resource management helps in the provision and delivery of the best services across every department of a business organization. By adopting Information Technology in human resource management practices, new and better human resource process come to life. The development of such new a method provides the best platform to characterize the current state of Information Technology in human resource management (Hendrickson 381). The new process can be explained as follows:
E-learning: The concept of e-learning, which is also referred to as e-training is training that utilizes the web technology. As applied to the human resource management, e-learning is currently used for both informal and formal educative services. Some of the technological tools used to the success of e-learning include e-mails, dashboards, mail lists, web pages, online courses, and select media applications (Gardner, Lepak and Bartol 160).
Virtual Recruitment: From the word virtual, the above refers to a situation where the recruitment process is primarily undertaken online. It is web based job recruitment incorporating dropping CVs online, virtual interviews, as well as taking psychological tests online. The existence of the above coupled with online announcements and advertisement of job opportunities make the recruitment faster and more efficient (Mishra and Akman 253).
Human Resource Portal Applications: The above are applications that allow the employees to perform various individual human resource activities at their convenience. It follows a self-service setup. Ideally, such self-service applications have the ability to feature over 60 percent of all human resource management activities. In businesses with active self-service human resource applications, the employees are in a position to easily see, analyze, verify, and update their personal information. In addition, using self-service human resource applications makes it easy for the employees to access corporate circulars, get information regarding internal vacancies, as well as timely receiving of critical notices (Hendrickson 383). More so, the managers in the business organizations can use the self-service applications too and thus easily make analyses of various profiles of job candidates, monitoring the absenteeism trends, as well as constructing salary and benefit program models. Human resource management portals, although standing out as very sophisticated tools, help in giving their users the best chances to customize and arrange their portal with respect to their personal preferences and job responsibility.
New Work Paradigms: By incorporating Information Technology in human resource management, several additional working improvements now feature in the world today. Some of the currently new features include project based work and teleworking. Under teleworking, the basic paradigm where the person goes to work changes to a new setup where the "work goes to the workers" (Ünal and Mete 250). Teleworking is an excellent alternative that proves to increase productivity, job satisfaction while reducing absenteeism and employee turnover rates. In addition, the incorporation of various Information Technology tools in human resource management helps in the collection of individuals who share similar complementary skills and interests. The corporation of such people turns out to be very crucial in the carrying out of both long and short-term projects.
The Impact of Information Technology in HR
Every kind of technology imposes various kinds of effects on the business organizations. Primarily, the effects feature the ability to access information as well as communicate it to different stakeholders electronically. With the introduction of Information Technology systems and tools in human resource management, the traditional human resource processes are no longer the same (Society for Human Resource Management N.p). A lot of transformation now characterizes the human resource management processes. Ideally, incorporating Information Technology systems and tools impacted the human resource management in various ways including:
The decrease of Costs: The aspect of cost reduction as an effect of integrating Information Technology in human resource management surfaces in a couple of ways. To start with, the costs of the process and general work operations reduce. To illustrate the above, the transformation from old human resources management practices to new ones involves the scrapping off of activity costs such as announcement costs, postage costs, as well as data processing costs (Ünal and Mete 249). Data processing costs are scrapped off with the introduction of human resource self-service portals. The presence of online recruitment reduces the staffing costs on the other hand. In addition, the use of self-service portals and applications enables the organization's employees to update directly their details. The above means that there is no need to hire special workforce for update purposes.
Time Saving: The integration of Information Technology into human resource management helps the human resource professionals to spend less time carrying out routine activities. The rationale for the above finds its basis in the fact that under the improved human resource management practices, it is easy for them to get, evaluate and analyze critical information. For instance, the online recruitment procedures take a very short time compared to the traditional recruitment method (Ünal and Mete 250).
Efficiency Increment: Strategic Application of Information Technology helps to standardize the operation routines. In light of the above, the human resource professionals get time to focus more on information interpretation and less on following up on administrative activities. With the standardization of work routines, the human resource professionals have the ability to spend much more time focusing on other job aspects that guarantee efficiency. In so doing, they are in a position to get more information, avail timely responses to arising problems, as well as adequately evaluate all cases of complex information (Mishra and Akman 254). The reduction of errors on data, as well as the simplicity and of human resource management practices makes the integration of Information Technology result in the increment of efficiency in human resource practices.
Improving Collaboration and Communication: When Information Technology applied in any field, it acts as an excellent tool to foster both collaboration and communication. The leading tools that bring the above impact include e-mail, videoconferences, electronic workgroups, virtual teams, as well as teleworking. All the above tools enhance workplace interactions making it possible for the employees at all levels of the organization to collaborate and communicate with ease. Information Technology gives room for the improvement of worker skills with respect to decision-making and accessing information (Ünal and Mete 251). As a result, it becomes possible for decision-making to feature as an organization-wide activity. The application of web and other internet based technologies help in facilitating the responsibility of decision making across the structure and hierarchy of the organization.
Improved Management Competency: Upon using various Information Technology tools, the human resource management professionals acquire the ability to make more effective and objective decisions. It also enables them to make contact to a larger pool of candidates thus ending up with a perfect source of competent recruits. By shortening and improving the process of recruitment, the human resource management professionals manage to increase the competency of the incumbents. In light of the above, the Information Technology systems also help in building a strong human capital for the organization (Hendrickson 392).
Enhanced Knowledge Management: Ideally, knowledge management refers to the systematic ways and means of searching, capturing, creating, learning, and synthesizing information for the purpose of using it to make insightful decisions. Knowledge management under the Information Technology is integrated with all the human resource management functions for the purpose of sparking and maintaining developmental activities in the organization. The above helps the organization to prevent the loss of knowledge even with the loss of employees. The application of Information Technology tools such as data storage, intranet, and virtual collaborations, help to promote as well as improve the acquisition and dispersion of knowledge across the entire organization (Ünal and Mete 251). In light of the above, it becomes easy to empower different task areas through the facilitation of learning.
The Structuring of Strategic Human Resource Management Techniques: Human resource management consists of a primary strategic role that focuses on keeping the human resource strategies and activities aligned. The line and executive managers should, therefore, work collaboratively to achieve the above strategic position. Information Technology tools readily help in promoting the above vital role and making it easy to reach. The rationale for the above impact by the Information Technology tools finds its basis in the fact that they help in building stronger human resource management units that give room for engaging in more relevant establishment and implementation of strategic roles (Society for Human Resource Management N.p). Ideally, Information Technology tools provide place for perfect information interpretation, which fosters strategy development and paves the way for progressive transformation.
The Technologies to Embrace
Information Technology helps the human resource management professionals in the effective delivery of services across all the practices of the human resource department. Every Information System tool used is open for application in a different function by the human resource management. For example, the online databases and web sites are used for e-learning, work completion, and decision-making. However, there are strategic technologies that companies and human resource professionals should consider using for the best results (Ünal and Mete 248).
Human Resource Information Systems: Commonly referred to as HRIS; the above refers to a highly integrated system that is used for both the acquisition and storage of data. The acquired data is then used for analysis and decision making in various fields of human resource management. In today's world, the technology behind HRIS is highly dynamic thus applicable as the best database for data associated with the performance of the employees (Hendrickson 392). In addition, it stores other relevant information such as employment status, characteristic of the job, procedures of work, corporate structure, individual and professional improvement, personnel training and performance appraisal. All the above data is later used for both complex and simple purposes.
Electronic Human Resource Management: This is a technological advancement that involves the application of Information Technology to connect or support at least two individuals or parties in the pursuit of pursuing some human resource management activities. The above is promoted by the fact that today's world Information Technology tools incorporate web accessibility. Ideally, the above technology is more of an HRIS, which the human resource management professionals access to the intranet or the internet (Gardner, Lepak and Bartol 165).
With respect to the above technological requirements for the purpose of achieving the optimal success from the use of Information Technology, it is worth noting some important consideration. For the purpose of competently applying the above technologies, computer literacy stands out as a vital prerequisite skill to the human resource management professionals. For the business organizations to make the best out of the Human Resource Information Systems and the Electronic Human Resource Management technologies, the human resource professionals must be properly equipped with the necessary computer skills.
Information Technology is a very vital aspect used in today's world for the purpose of realizing various human resource functions. Notably, the wide application of Information Technology in human resource management creates notable impacts on various aspects. The adaptation of Information Technology systems in a business organization changes the habits, the routine, as well as the business processes. As a result, the human resource management professionals require seeking and embracing new competencies for the purpose of handling the changes brought about by the establishment and application of Information Technology in the business organizations. Ideally, the application of Information Technology in human resource management functions produces a tremendous impact on human resource practices, so high that even the human resource professionals must develop new competencies to handle the impact.
Works Cited
Gardner, Sharyn D., David P. Lepak and Kathryn M. Bartol. "Virtual HR: The impact of information technology on the human resource professional." Journal of Vocational Behavior (2003): 159-179.
Hendrickson, Anthony R. "Human Resource Information Systems: Backbone Technology of Contemporary Human Resources ." Journal of Labour Research (2003): 381-394.
Mishra, Alok and Ibrahim Akman. "Information Technology in Human Resource Management: An Empirical Assessment." Public Personnel Management (2010): 243-262.
Society for Human Resource Management. "How Will New Technologies Change The Human Resource Profession?" 2000. indiana.edu. 23 April 2015 <http://www.indiana.edu/~jobtalk/Articles/hrm/TechnologyChange.htm>.
Ünal, Ömer Faruk and Mehmet Mete. "The Impact Of Information Technology On Human Resource Practices And Competencies." 3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development (2012): 248-259.


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3 Medical and Disability Management Nurse Case Managers Nurse Consultants provide oversight of the case management process and assign Telephonic Nurse Case Managers (TCMs) or Field Nurse Case Managers (FCMs), as needed, to Medical Only and Lost Time cases. The case manager will work in collaboration with the assigned Claim Adjuster to assist with medical management and timely return to work. Pharmacy Benefit Management Programs The Pharmacy Benefit Management Program (PBM) for Workers Compensation is administered by Express Scripts (ESI), except Preferred Provider Networks Under Chubb s Workers Compensation Managed Care Program, employees receive medical care provided in accordance with approved techniques for specifying and monitoring treatment. Chubb has affiliations with Preferred Provider Networks in many states to help injured employees receive quality care at a reasonable cost. Providers within the PPO network can be located at: corvel.com/provider_lookup or by calling Corvel at Medical Bill Re-pricing Chubb s bill review service re-prices every medical bill in accordance to each state s fee schedule and Preferred Provider Network s discounts. Quarterly reports showing the medical savings and the fees for re-pricing can be provided. Return-to-Work Program One of the fundamental tenets of the workers compensation system is to treat injured employees and help them return to work in a timely and cost-efficient manner. In support of that, a returnto-work (RTW) program helps injured workers return to gainful employment by providing them with modified job responsibilities that take into consideration physical restrictions, skills and abilities. Chubb s Return-to-Work Program encourages a speedy recovery which can reduce workers compensation costs. To learn more, contact your local Chubb branch. Claim Reserving in Texas where Chubb uses Corvel s CorCareRX. Some of the key benefits of a PBM include: Reduction of out-of-pocket expenses when injured workers obtain prescription drugs for compensable injuries Patient safety and injury-specific formulary, where only those drugs that are appropriate for the injury are dispensed to the injured worker Appropriate utilization of generic drugs versus brand name drugs where allowed Mail order capability for long-term use of prescription medications Express Scripts can be reached at Chubb is committed to the timely and accurate setting of reserves. Reserves are evaluated based upon the complete loss profile, the merits of each claim and probable outcome of the case. Reserves are established as soon as practical but no later than 90 days from the date the loss is reported to and received by Chubb. Litigation When a claim is litigated, an assigned Chubb adjuster will engage one of Chubb s panel attorneys to represent your company. Our Litigation Management Guidelines also specify that defense counsel should send your company copies of all appropriate litigation correspondence, in accordance with state law.
4 At Chubb, we believe the best way to manage a claim is through a coordinated engagement with our customers, agents and brokers. Each claim is unique, and our claim handling approach is tailored to the situation with an unwavering commitment to provide world class claim service. Should you have any questions or need assistance contact your local Chubb settling office. Chubb refers to the insurers of the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies. This literature is descriptive only. Whether or to what extent a particular loss is covered depends on the facts and circumstances of the loss and the actual coverage of the policy as issued. It is offered as a resource to be used together with your professional insurance advisor in maintaining your insurance program. No liability is assumed by reason of the information this document contains. Not all insurers do business in all jurisdictions. Chubb, Box 1615, Warren, NJ Form (Rev. 3/15)
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text: Sept papillons was the first piece Saariaho wrote after her opera L'Amour de loin and it was partly written during the rehearsals of the opera in Salzburg. One can sense the desire to find a new world, which has nothing to do with the opera neither in style nor in language. From the metaphors of the opera which all have an eternal quality - love, yearning and death - she moved now to a metaphor of the ephemeral: butterfly. Also, from the long time-spans of the opera she moved to these seven miniatures, which each seem to be studies on a different aspect of fragile and ephemeral movement that has no beginning nor end.


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Our Sorority Punishment ParadeFriday, April 30, 2010
Stars: Lena Ramon, Sinn Sage, Beverly Bacci
Senior sorority Sister Carolyn (Lena Ramone) calls pledge Ann (Beverly Bacci) on the carpet for lesbian activities in the sorority house with Julie (Sinn Sage). Carolyn maintains that such behavior violates the Lambda Sigma Zeta charter and instantly administers punishment to the lithe brunette. Over the knee spanking over Ann's panties gives way to bare bottom discipline and then more spanking while Ann is fully nude. Finally, Ann is given a dose of the traditional Lambda Sigma Zeta wooden paddle, which stings like the devil and leaves Ann with a sensation of keen resentment against her senior sister.
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Day 4
Yesterday it was raining and getting dark when we arrived.....
...so ,today we could appreciate our surroundings.
I really like Lawas as its scenic and a small quiet town.
Early morning views.
Nice huh.
The towns mascot...
No condos' though.........ha ha ha
Our digs.
Look at the view of the river.
Nice huh.
The Lawas bikers met up with us in the morning again.
They came bearing gifts for this visiting duo...
I really don't know what to say. Thank you to all our Lawas Bros.
Freddy's other ride.
When we left the bros escorted us out to the main route...
Sights of the town.
Once out of town, we said goodbye...
and then there were 2 again...
We're headed to Brunei..
Here we reach the 1st border crossing.
Totally today there are 6 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brunei infront...
Hell yeah :-)
Nicer roads ...
Thumbs up.
Views of some of the towns around.
Lovely roads.
The end of the road is called -Ujung jalan....ha ha ha
We are probably the last few to experience this...
Potong line ha ha ha
This ferry.
As the bridge was opened a couple of days later.
Back in Sarawak...
Opposite side queue.
After this its back into Brunei again. Pening ha ha ha
Riding in Sarawak...
Nice huh.
Great weather.
Checkpoint no 5.
After that its all Brunei.
Thataway ha ha ha
Last checkpoint.
A short break after all the borders.....
Riding in Brunei proper.
All the way to the capital.
For people used to KL.....there is NO traffic here. ha ha ha
Reached our hotel.
Bath,change, on the taxi .. :-)
First we came to the river...
Hire a boat...
.....to visit the village behind Han.
The Water village(Kampung Ayer)
This is the site of the original settlement of Brunei .
Upgraded but still maintained till today.
Houses...nice huh.
We motored to the end of the village.
There behind our Captain.
Now to the other side.
The people who stay here...have normal jobs...
Imagine cycling on this .
Anyway they park their car on the mainland...and drive to work..
Fire station.
A nice cruise and very interesting.
From there we came here...
To see the floating mosque.
The Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque
Nice huh.
Replica of the royal barge.
Then drive around town...
To come here.
The Jame Asr Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque
Huge and beautiful.
Lastly we visited the Royal Regalia museum.
You can only take pics in the lobby.
So after visiting all the rooms.
Now the cameras are out.
Nice huh.
The Royal chariot.
So cool.
Amazing detail.
ha ha ha.....
What a nice experience....
On the way back we stopped in front of the Palace.
Its only open to the public during Hari Raya Aidilfitri.
Long day. We went back to the hotel and crashed early. Later on we realised that there were numerous phone calls from a Brunei no. The phone was on silent so we missed it. Then we get a call from the lobby. The Brunei bikers took the trouble to come to our hotel even though we missed the phone calls. Thinking that it was a short meet the camera was left in the room. They were great guys and invited us to their clubs get together that night.. Our gear was wet from the whole days rain so we told them that. One of the bros went home and got his car. Then they took us for dinner with their club Pemoda. It is the biggest (800 members) and oldest (18 years) club in Brunei. We met the president and club members and had a great time with them. They told us about the roads to Indonesia and gave us some important contacts to get into Indonesia.
Bro Zai who invited us.And took so much effort to make us welcome. Great guy.
Crap handphone pic.
The president of Pemoda. Another great guy.
New friends.
After everything they did, they gave us gifts .
Some of the nicest bikers i've met are from Brunei.
We got our wings. :-) :-)
After a great dinner and talk they sent us back and zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
What a great night with a bunch of great guys.
Day 5
The next morning one of the Permoda members came to escort us on our way.
Hmmmmmm maybe they want to make sure we leave town for good ha ha ha
Great guys.And such brotherhood.
Speed here 195kmph.....really :-P
Ke 95 ...ha ha ha
Once we were on the correct road.
Nice huh...
Goodbye bro ,and thanks.
And back to 2.
My bike was on reserve. The first fuel pump refused to fill foreign vehicles. Any grade of fuel.
Later near the border they said ok. That too after a discussion between the attendants.
Back on the roads with a full tank.
Finally the border back to Sarawak.
I'm coming home.....
These guys , soooooo happy :-)
Cut all queues...
A short break after the border crossings.
Its been raining almost everyday and we were told that Miri area has floods. Oh well.....
So we ride...
Following the route advise from the Brunei bros.
Stopped for a break here. Soon a car slowed down and said the road ahead is completely flooded. We decided to try our luck anyway.
Drying our gear...
Then another car slows down and stops. The driver said the road is completely blocked. We would have to take the coastal road. He was going that way so he guided us....lucky huh.
As we followed him it really started to pour...
We followed him for a good 30km.
He set us on the correct road and we rode through the rain.
After Miri the weather cleared up a bit.
From here to Bintulu, was the best weather and riding for the whole trip.
Superb sweepers.....
Thats me in the distance.
Finally reached Bintulu.
Found our hotel .
By the river........... duh
Bike ferry.
After a bath its time to explore.
We made a list of POIs in each stop.
First stop here.
Nice huh.
Then the clock tower....
Which sits over this historic marker.
Nice huh
Time to eat, massage and zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
The Lawas bikers and Brunei bikers really made this trip special. Great guys all round.


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When I go to Denny's I almost always order the same thing: two eggs and hash browns. Unfortunately Denny's has never offered this as a package breakfast option so I order it as two side dishes for a total of $7 ($3 for hash browns, $4 for two eggs).
As I was ordering, a smart and friendly waiter told me of a secret way to save money on my favorite Denny's morning meal. Instead of ordering two eggs and hash browns as side dishes the waiter told me to order "biscuits and gravy without the biscuits and gravy." When I told the waiter that it sounds like I am not ordering anything he replied that the biscuits and gravy comes with two eggs and hash browns and that the whole meal costs just $4. So from now on, whenever I make an early run to Denny's, I'll be sure to order nothing for breakfast.