Month: September 2007

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Malaysia, Truly Asia: KLCC Aquaria!

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The KLCC Aquaria
Price: 38 RM for tourists
Feeding time: Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays 3:00 PM

This was a lucky long shot – to come during feeding time! If you plan to drop by the Aquaria, it would be best to go on a weekday (Monday or Wednesday) at around 2:00 PM so that by the time you reach the sharks, you’ll be treated to a feeding frenzy.

Correct me if I’m wrong but I did hear some rumors that back in the Philippines, plans to construct a “Sea World” type of attraction is currently in the works. The site will be located in the reclamation area and funded by a European company.

Click on the link to view more of my photos of the KLCC Aquaria.

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Batu Caves Photostitch!

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Thanks to Francis’ fantastic Kodak V570, we were able to do wide angle photo stitching in front of the Batu Caves in Malaysia. Click on the image for a bigger view.

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Big Things in Malaysia

I’m spending the week in Malaysia. Old friends from college and work are taking me out. Malaysia as a nation is very passionate about big things. Their “2020” vision aims to turn Malaysia into a first world country by the year 2020. And what better way to entice this revelry and optimism than a 50-hour countdown to their 50th year of independence?

I mean, what other country celebrates their 50th Merdeka for 50 straight hours at the best airport in the world? You can view photos of the 50th. Francis Miranda (a friend from way back in high school) has a knack for entertaining everyone as seen in this video of the self-blowing flagpoles (extremely awesome!!!).

As a tribute to the big things, here are a few other “bigs” that we saw:

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The adventure thus far …

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Here is the Philippine media delegation composed of bloggers and print media folk after two days of events and workshops at Nokia Go Play, Singapore. In the picture are Alma Buelva from Philippine Star, Edgard Hilario from Manila Bulletin, Lawrence Agcaoili from Manila Standard Today, John Nieves from Gadgets Magazine, Maria Cristina Tulipat from the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Abraham Olandres from Yugatech.com and yours truly. Our chaperone for the sojourn was Nikka Abes from Nokia Philippines.

It was also great to meet Catherine Yong from PC.com in Malaysia, Hazel, Gerard, Dinesh, and the rest of the Nokia Singapore / Malaysia team. I knew the vacation started when corporate shoes were kicked off the dance floor. 🙂

It’s now the Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur, and I’ll be here till Friday this week. 🙂