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A place for the irrepressible Maurina who shares her thoughts on the improvements that should be made to Brunei, her blog also has little snapshots of her life.
- The Brunei Times, 13th October 2006, “Brunei bloggers put Sultanate on the world map”
Truthfully? This is just another WordPress blog really.
However, I like to believe that it is the WordPress blog that you will visit everyday and enjoy so much that reading it becomes part of your morning routine.
If you are a Bruneian, you might find some of my articles interesting, or perhaps not, depending on who you are and how much you like current issues.
Sometimes, when the extremely small community of Bruneian Bloggers Worth Reading (as LSM had put it) generate enough traffic about one particular topic to do with the country, I write about it in a non-profit website called the Global Voices Online.
I write about what I think and sometimes, about what I do. I used to think that I could be a hair salon blog, or a food blog, or perhaps a gossip blog. But I felt more pressing matters need to be voiced and who’s to say that I must restrict myself to only one particluar genre? The blog’s name is inspired by the rose, which can be put in diverse contexts, and so is the blog.
Hey, enjoy. And maybe, leave a comment. 
Maurina H
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(10th February 2007) Added:
A friend suggested that I add some technicalities concerning the blog’s “behind the scenes”. So here it is!
Turquoise and Roses is operating on white Apple IBook G4 affectionately named Baby.
As of this post, Turquoise & Roses now mainly operates on a Macbook 13″.
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All pictures featured on this blog beginning February 2007, is taken using a sexy Sony Cybershot DSC-W30 also called Baby.
<edited: 26th Sept., 2007> Baby was abducted by annoying people on very sad night.
R.I.P
Since then, a new photo capturing device however has been acquired, and even though it will never ever replace Baby I love it all the same. Meet, Darling.
It has pretty much the same features, physical properties and output quality as Baby, so most will not realise the change.
<added> I only have the best of words for Sony and specifically Baby. She has served me well, for about 2 years or so, but unfortunately these little digital cameras are not built to last, especially when they have been subjected to heavy duty photo capturing as Baby was. It went trekking all over Asia, performed so well, evenbetter than I expected! So for that I thank you Sony. I have only the utmost gratitude for your awesome budget digital camera line.
As of September 1st, 2009, I have left the world of Sony and entered the realm of Canon. A Canon with 10 megapixels of glory to be exact!
Meet now, Turquoise. (And I am Rose, geddit geddit???) We’re exploring each other now and though I still feel the pangs of loss from 2 years of being Sony-fied, I am getting the hang of it.
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Pictures are all edited and touched up using an excellent and very basic open source photo editing software Seashore.
Well, I don’t really edit photos nowadays. I really can’t be bothered.
But when I do edit photos, I use iPhoto. Really cool! It organises everything by dates and all that. It has that awesome plugin that uploads stuff to Facebook and Flickr according to sets/albums for me. I love iPhoto! Thank you Apple!
mawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww m bored to death…woops m suppose to leave comment..krg ta aku ckp..
(5 mins later)
erm…
(8mins later)
ntah eh ngaleh ku pikir..bye
Datok Hing;)
August 30, 2006 at 3:11 pm
luv ur blog style.. ur my fav blogger now, thatnx 2 d papers.. anyway, keep on rocking. (–,)v
pin3apple
October 13, 2006 at 10:00 pm
thanks for the compliments! Hehe. I es da rawking~ \m/ haha ngambang. you keep on reading!
maurina
October 13, 2006 at 11:04 pm
Mau!! Aku suka baca ur blog! heeh esp the fbeps-fass part. hehe
Aizah
November 1, 2006 at 10:26 am
OH!! my baby’s is an iBook G4 too!
Oh how do u align the pics to the center?
rosieness
February 18, 2007 at 8:00 pm
by selecting the picture and clicking on “align center” on the text editor.
maurina
February 18, 2007 at 11:03 pm
Dear Maurina,
What a Awesome job you got…..congrats…. keep on going…..I like you blog………..:)
Casper
Casper
August 16, 2007 at 12:25 pm
Hey anyway I met you at ICC last time…..you wore red blouse and black scarf….we’ve met before……
Casper
August 16, 2007 at 12:26 pm
Hello Casper, thank you for reading and glad you like the blog!
Next time say hi lah! Hehe.
maurina
August 17, 2007 at 12:01 am
I did Say Hi, We even shake hand….Can you recall? Anyway It’s better knowing you via your blog, so I just keep on knowing u from your blog…Is it Okay?….:-)
Casper
August 18, 2007 at 12:54 pm
LoL really? Hmm, I wonder which one hehe. Anyway, keep on reading!
maurina
August 18, 2007 at 2:21 pm
hai… nice blog..
can i link to my blog..(www.dineyfoto.wordpress.com)
thnxx
Diney
November 23, 2007 at 6:30 pm
thanks and link away!
maurina
November 23, 2007 at 6:45 pm
thankkssss….btw, arah your walk-a-hunt pics ahhh *whispers* i loook ewww there =)
i link you up jua lah….bye. keep in touch. my email is there.
syee
December 28, 2007 at 11:16 pm
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April 2, 2008 at 5:05 pm
female circumcision is unislamic. god created humans, why you oppose allah by supporting circumcision and changing his creations??
A
April 20, 2008 at 8:38 pm
BECAUSE I’M EVIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLL HUAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH
maurina
April 20, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Hi.. I have been introduce by your coz shibah.. been reading it ever since.. but today I would like to congratulate you on the Bintang SMS Hussain.. enjoy reading and looking at the photos too…its true that most students now a days dont like going to school, I share that feeling too but as educators.. variety is needed to enhance their skill either its academic or others..so big thumb/p up to u and the organizers…
Rah Ziah Safiyah
April 29, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Hi there Rah Ziah Safiyah,
Thank you so much and I appreciate the comment a lot.
Yes isn’t it sad that a lot of kids don’t enjoy school? I used to love my school days. But yes, with fun things that they are actually interested in, I hope it might inject some variety in their perception of school. As the saying goes, variety is the spice of life!
Oh why not organise a similar one in your school. Won’t hurt submitting a proposal. Hehe. If you need help organising a similar Bintang competition in your school, I would be glad to lend a hand! Perhaps the winner from our school can compete with those from yours? Hehe. Just a thought.
maurina
April 29, 2008 at 10:07 pm
hi maurina. thank u so much 4 de advice on eczema. truly appreciate it. so nice of u. i think my eczema is at the severe stage because it’s oozing. i’ve learnt a lot about eczema thru the internet as well, it’s very frustrating about the steroids. i’m not using it anymore. now what i do is eat a lot of organic food, no more dairy products, even meats (except fish) and whole grains. tough life. anyway, thanks again. nice blog ‘turquoise and roses’. take care there.
Lovellia
July 12, 2008 at 6:25 pm