Hello from Brunei

[RainingSkies]

Hi everyone!..

My name's Benc, 17 years-old and I'm from Brunei. Incase you don't know where Brunei is, it's a small *absolute-monarchy* country on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia :D

I'm also a newbie anarchist. I've just taken Sociology class in school this year and I found how interesting the ideology of anarchism can be; especially the theories of Anarcho-communism which suits my beliefs on how to change this society. I found this great site by accident a few days and I was like "Wow!"

Well that's pretty much it, thanx for reading my intro ;)

[spartan]

Welcome RainingSkies! I hope you enjoy your time here at revleft.

[Jazzratt]

Holy crap. I used to live in Brunei, although it's a goodly few years since I was there - what's the situation like there comrade? It was pretty crap when I lived there and I doubt it's gotten any better.

[RainingSkies]

@spartan: Thanx!

Oh hell, there haven't been much change here in Brunei: same old crap. There's still lots of problems that haven't been taken care of. Everyday you'd probably see the same thing on the newspaper. Yeah I doubt we will be seeing any progressive changes here pretty soon..

[RedStarOverChina]

Wow, so nice to see people from every corner of the world.

Welcome and have fun!

[RainingSkies]

Hey thanx! It's nice meeting with other comrades from all parts of the world here^^

[Le Libérer]

Welcome Raining Skies! I hail from the southern part of the U$ near where Hurricane Katrina hit. Glad to see you here.

Wow Jazzrat. What brought you to Brunei? That sounds like an interesting story.

[RainingSkies]

The U"$" lol. Yeah nice meeting you too Debora Aro!

There's this friend of mine in school who shares the same beliefs like myself (he's an anarchist), and I hope he'll join RevLeft soon too.

[Bilan]

Welcome, comrade.
I come from way, way down the bottom of the globe - from Australia!

[kelly-087]

Originally posted by [email protected] 13, 2007 01:54 pm
Hi everyone!..

My name's Benc, 17 years-old and I'm from Brunei. Incase you don't know where Brunei is, it's a small *absolute-monarchy* country on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia :D

I'm also a newbie anarchist. I've just taken Sociology class in school this year and I found how interesting the ideology of anarchism can be; especially the theories of Anarcho-communism which suits my beliefs on how to change this society. I found this great site by accident a few days and I was like "Wow!"

Well that's pretty much it, thanx for reading my intro ;)
The sultan of Brunei is also the biggest owner of cars owning over 5000 super, luxury, rare and exotic cars. :blink:

[RainingSkies]

Imagine that amount of money used to further improve the conditions of the citizens.. I doubt he'll be using all of the cars ;)

[RedStarOverChina]

The Sultan is famous for his vast automobile collection. In 1998, the British car magazine Autocar published undercover photographs of the Sultan's cars, which included unique conversions of Ferraris and Bentleys into station wagons. He is variously said to have owned between 3,000 and 5,000 cars. the number purchased by his business interests and the number actually used by himself and his family differ greatly. According to Guinness World Records the Sultan's personal private collection has 500 Rolls-Royces — the largest collection of that marque in the world. During the 1990s, his family accounted for almost half of all Rolls-Royce purchases, bulk buying slightly modified vehicles for diplomats and adding unique cars to their own collection. He also owns the very last Rolls-Royce Phantom VI, a 1992 state landaulette.

:o

What a bastard.

[RainingSkies]

Lol yeah. I don't mind him buying those exclusive and rare cars; but an amount between 3000 and 5000.. Oh heck, what a waste!

[Marsella]

Ayo! Selemat!

Kamu bisa berbahasa Indonesia ya?

Saya mencuci mobil!

Sampai Jumpa!

:lol:

[RainingSkies]

@Martov: Iya, saya bisa sikit2 aja. Kalau standard boleh lah =)

[Marsella]

I just realised that mencuci meant 'wash' rather than drive!

Saya naik mobil!

[RainingSkies]

Lol no wonder I was like "what?". Are you Indonesian? =)

[RainingSkies]

Lol no wonder I was like "what?". Are you Indonesian? =)

[Forward Union]

I am from England! as you may have guessed. Glad to see more anarchists joining, especially ones who aren't from the west!

Enjoy your stay!

[Jazzratt]

Originally posted by Debora [email protected] 14, 2007 01:55 am
Wow Jazzrat. What brought you to Brunei? That sounds like an interesting story.
My family used to travel a lot, my parents were both teachers their skills tended to be needed everywhere so they went to a lot of different places. Brunei was the last country we moved to before settling down in England, sometimes I miss it but mostly I remember it for the reactionary hellhole it is.

RainingSkies: Not really surprising things haven't changed much :( , here's hoping that change comes soon :) .

Do you know how the struggles a little south of you in Sarawak are going?

[RainingSkies]

Glad to see more anarchists joining, especially ones who aren't from the west!
Yeah I've just noticed that, I haven't seen much anarchists from the east ;)


Do you know how the struggles a little south of you in Sarawak are going?
Well not really. I've lost track of what's really going on in that state. :rolleyes:

[Raúl Duke]

Hello! :)

[RainingSkies]

Hello comrade JohnnyDarko! ;)

[RedStarOverChina]

When the revolution comes, I'll have half of the Sultan's car collection.

The rest will be awarded to my loyal followers. Muahahahah. :P

[RainingSkies]

You'll have the cars and I'll take over the palace! Now we have a nice place to chill-out lol ;P