About Brunei

Program Mumtaz is an education initiative aim at developing and improving the grades of student who are sitting for their Periksaan Sekolah Rendah (PSR). Managed by Teachmeguru with the support of The Ministry of Youth, Culture and Sports(KKBS) and Kelab Komuniti Belia Transformasi(KKBT), Program Mumtaz has successfully achieve their goal and have produced overwhelming results since its creation. Program Mumtaz returns once again for the 5th year, started back in 2018 with the main objective of giving free education to children from financially vulnerable families. On 1st April 2022, Program Mumtaz had their opening ceremony in the afternoon via zoom. The attendees were the teachers, students, students' parents, officials from the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Sports.  This year 59 students have been selected to joined the program, these students are selected from 5 schools in Brunei Muara district and they are Sekolah Rendah Dato Marsal, Sekolah Rend...

BarberKu is one of the many unique barbershop found in Brunei. Managed by a group of friends, Abdul Mateen, Mohd Khairulddin, Mohd Shahrol and Abdul Rauf. They started their journey in January 2020 when they attended a male hair cutting course held by Pusat Pembangunan Belia(Youth Development Centre) also trained by Jae Ahmadkhan of Chaps & Rebels with the duration of 3 months. However it was postponed due to the ongoing pandemic until July when they received their certificates. After the completion of their course and training, they were approached by Kementerian Budaya Belia dan Sukan(Ministry of Youth Culture and Sports) with the proposal of opening their own barbershop and the four of them as the owners. An opportunity where they unanimously accepted as they all realized the difficulty of getting a job considering the current situation caused by the pandemic. This shows how the Brunei government offers a wide variety of course that aims to develop youths in Brunei. With support...

Garden Eats is founded by two friends which, Md Khairur Ridhwan and Md Azmi Waliyuddin. The origins for Gardens Eats is that they started selling at Gerai Jangsak back in late 2019. After gaining popularity, they opened up at their house located at No 8 Spg 42 Jln Kilanas Kg Kilanas Ban6 in January 2020. The reason for their name is self-explanatory, the front of their house has a spacious and serene garden which they use for their customers to eat their burgers, hence Garden eats. Home made burgers have lately risen in popularity in Brunei as opposed to the mass produced burger patties that many usually eat. People desire more in their burgers thus several businesses opened up to cater the demand. With 2 plus years of selling burgers, they have participated in the various food festivals in Brunei notably Airport Mall Food Festival 2021, UNISSA Convocation of 2021, Gerai Ramadhan Kampong Bunut 2021 and also several live cooking this year and other events  Though their main selling ...

  Cakoi, a local favorite, was brought by Chinese immigrants to Brunei. Known as Youtiao, it is a donut type treat that is deep fried and eaten with various condiments whether it be sweet or savory. CAKOI3RASA is one of the numerous stalls that sells cakoi at Pasar Malam Gadong. Founded by Hj Wan Zulaini Bin Mohd Zelani back in 1999 and they started selling at Pasar Malam Gadong in 2001. CAKOI3RASA  originally sold their cakois with 4 flavors which is Durian,  Pandan, Honey and Peanuts. Now they only offer 3 flavors which Durian, Pandan and Tuna.  Recently, they started to dell Nasi Katok and Ayam Penyet at their stall, the sambal paired with them is a perfect balance in terms of spiciness and umami. Additonally, they have opened up a new branch in Lambak Kiri next to Churan restaurant.  For more info regarding the foods they sell, you can follow the Instagram account at @CAKOI2RASA or contact them directly at 8762942.

"Find your own Passion. You don't necessarily need to listen to what others tell you to do. Because in the end of the day, you're the one who's going to take care of yourself and not other people. Be responsible and accountable for your own actions. What you do now, will reflect how your future will be." -Mr. Paning Free Cupping or known locally as bebakam, is a popular therapy that is known to have several health benefits. It origins is recorded in both ancient Egypt and China, the cupping methods used at Paning Free follows the Egyptian methods which is Hijama(wet cupping).  Muhammad Syafiq Syukri Bin Awang Arifin, better known as Mr. Paning Free is the CEO of Paning Free started his business in March 2020. Before becoming officially open he decided to practice what he learned on his friends and family. After receiving overwhelmingly positive feedbacks, he decided to launch it officially late March 2020. Muhammad Syafiq Syukri Bin Awang Arifin is a certified cup...

"Memupuk jati diri dengan mempelajari dialek kitani" Lingualist.bn motto   Lingualist.bn is founded by 7 students studying for their masters at University Brunei Darussalam this August. The 7 founders pondered what to do as they await for their Masters to finish, they decided to make a Teaching program specifically on teaching Bruneians about their own native language.  They saw the effects of globalization has on Bruneians especially the youths, fearing that Brunei's local language might someday become extinct. Additionally given that this is the digital age where the internet plays a crucial roles in our lives, the founders of lingualist.bn also saw it as a threat as the lingua franca of the internet is english. With these reason, lingualist.bn was created to preserve and even strengthen the native languages of Brunei.  Their teachers comprises of locals who can speak the language fluently. They subjects that can teach for now is Dusun taught by Suria Asyura, Bisay...