About Me

Written by Delwin Keasberry Friday, 18 June 2010 20:00

I am the guy behind @BruneiTweet. Yup - that's me. In short, I am born-and-bred Bruneian who grew up in Kuala Belait and went to school in Seria. I then completed college and undergraduate studies overseas, and in 2009, I completed a Masters of Business Administration with a keen interest in Marketing. Having spent time away from home outside of Brunei Darussalam, I have learnt that, to know a country is to know the people. I have learnt that to truly appreciate a new place is to see it through their eyes, to listen to their stories, to taste, smell, do and feel as they do.

Everyone has a Story, and Projek Brunei features the stories, music, photography and art of locals and of people who have lived or worked in Brunei Darussalam before. Join me on this projek, a projek to discover and rediscover this country they call the Abode of Peace, the Heart of Borneo, this place they call the Kingdom of Unexpected Treasures...through the stories of the People. 

The journey so far...

...as featured on 

On 15th September 2010, I received a tweet from CNN inviting me to submit an iReport about Brunei Darussalam as part of their Global Challenge. With the help of my Twitter followers, I submitted a three-part pictorial on "A Day in the Life of a Bruneian" on 18th September 2010, and on 5th October, I was featured on CNN's official iReport blog. 

 

...as featured on 

On 30th September 2010, Projek Brunei and @BruneiTweet were 

featured (click on the logo-link above) on Global Voices - an international network of bloggers who write about local happenings from their corner of the world. 

Global Voices, sponsored by Berkman Center for Internet and Society, The New World Foundation, Reuters, etc sent out a tweet about the feature on that date, which reached over 90,000 people.

       Source: www.TweetReach.com

What people are saying about Projek Brunei and @BruneiTweet...

_{Jeremy Yeo: Thanks for the RT @BruneiTweet, you're doing a great job connecting our community! :)}

_{Nawawi B: #FollowFriday @BruneiTweet - Probably the closest thing to the country's 'official' / national twitter account :-P #Brunei}

_{Yvonne Lim: Keep up what ur doing. Heaps of thanks for starting BruneiTweet - definitely keeps the active internet-goers of Brunei connected :)}

 

_{Joe JinYuh Chan: I think @bruneitweet's blog is excellent. Love its focus on è positive. Worth a visit.}

_{Manisha D: thank you, @BruneiTweet ... reading your blog has contributed to me wanting to find my writing muse again! :)}