Imposing. Impressive. But in terms of aesthetics, I like Taipei 101 better.
Not the Philippine National Bank
Posted on April 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Somewhere in Kuala Lumpur is a building with a PNB sign on top. When I first saw it, I wondered if the Philippine National Bank had established an offshore branch in Kuala Lumpur which would have been strange. I learned later that PNB stands for Permodalan Nasional Berhad and it is a fund management company.
Coast, coastline and beach
Posted on May 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Every week, I get an e-mail alert from Photo Friday, a weekly photo event with varying themes. I don’t always join but when I find the theme interesting, I do. The current theme is “coastline” and I have tons of photos of coastlines in my hard drive taken in various places mostly from the plane ... (more)
Ship ahoy!
Posted on January 8, 2010 · 7 Comments
Strange or not, one of the things I obsessed with during the cruise was photographing boats and shorelines. I especially liked scenes that included both boats and a wide expanse of shoreline. It’s amazing to watch an island come into view. First, it’s a just a speck. Then, a blurry mound. As it gets nearer, ... (more)
A traveller’s diary: From Port Klang to Kuala Lumpur and back
Posted on December 12, 2009 · 9 Comments
I’d love to write about my Southeast Asian adventures on a day to day basis, just like a real traveller’s diary, but I can’t. Some stories are due for publication in the paper I write for and I have to wait until they get published first before I reproduce them in my blogs. So, I’ll ... (more)
Nanny cam
Posted on May 6, 2009 · 13 Comments
This is a two-year-old video clip of a maid (nanny?) physically abusing a young girl. I first saw a truncated version in Facebook and I had to do my own search to find the source. It is authentic, it happened in Kuala Lumpur, the children’s parents were the ones who installed the camera and that ... (more)
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