The 3rd Borneo Games will be held in Brunei Darussalam from 29th November to 6th December 2009. Nine sports will be contested this year, ie. badminton, lawn bowling, athletics, pencak silat, sepak takraw, cue sport, gasing, hockey and tennis. Football has been dropped following Labuan's withdrawal and without the mandatory three teams participating (Brunei and Kalimantan were the other two teams), the football event was therefore excluded from the Games. Sabah and Sarawak were the other two teams which declined participation although the Borneo Games has no affiliation with FIFA or the AFC (could their decisions not to participate be due to the case of Brunei Amateur Football Association (BAFA) being suspended by FIFA?). Brunei will be hosting participants from Sabah, Sarawak, Labuan, Kalimantan and Malacca later this month so let's welcome them with our Bruneian hospitality!
Yesterday, I received a wedding invitation, together with a photo of the new couple, through the mail from an old classmate (Mr. Lee G. K. from Secondary School and no, my classmate is not getting married!) and his son, Kok Wei, is getting married next month. I've met Kok Wei a couple of times during my trips to Johor and he was chubbier then; he seems to have slim down and looks great now. The wedding dinner will be held on 12th December 2009 at the Maedo Restaurant & Lounge @ Taman Ungku Tun Aminah, Skudai, Johor and I'm afraid I would not be able to attend due to my work commitment. Another classmate and mutual friend will be attending on my behalf. My apologies and congratulations to the lucky couple!
