Pre-colonial period.
Colonial period. Among the armaments of colonial masters.
Extracting rubber, old and traditional way.
Among the modern Malaysia clothing.
The museum is within the city proper, beside tall buildings.
Saturday, February 20, 2016
Kuala Lumpur Museum
On my second visit to Kuala Lumpur last November, IDEAS guys brought me and another guest, Dr. Sary Levy from Venezuela, to a tour of the KL museum. Nice place.
Pre-colonial period.
Colonial period. Among the armaments of colonial masters.
Extracting rubber, old and traditional way.
Among the modern Malaysia clothing.
The museum is within the city proper, beside tall buildings.
Pre-colonial period.
Colonial period. Among the armaments of colonial masters.
Extracting rubber, old and traditional way.
Among the modern Malaysia clothing.
The museum is within the city proper, beside tall buildings.
Park Royal Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
Last year I went to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2x, in April for a SEANET forum and in November for the PRA-IDEAS forum, my hotel was Park Royal, it's 5-star. I stayed there for two nights I think, November 15-17, 2015.
This is a bit far from the KLCC/Petronas Towers. The lobby.
My bed, comfy enough though some molecules of cigarette smoke remained. It was possibly a smoking room, don't know.
My work area, beside the tv set.
Breakfast area, also the main restaurant.
Two swimming pools, 0.5 meter deep for kids, and 0.9 meter deep for adults.
View outside my room.
Hotel view at the back, from the swimming pool area. I don't remember how tall or how many floors, around 20+ I think.
It's on a busy street. Across it after an intersection is this huge two-towers hotel below, casino I think.
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This is a bit far from the KLCC/Petronas Towers. The lobby.
My bed, comfy enough though some molecules of cigarette smoke remained. It was possibly a smoking room, don't know.
My work area, beside the tv set.
Breakfast area, also the main restaurant.
Two swimming pools, 0.5 meter deep for kids, and 0.9 meter deep for adults.
View outside my room.
Hotel view at the back, from the swimming pool area. I don't remember how tall or how many floors, around 20+ I think.It's on a busy street. Across it after an intersection is this huge two-towers hotel below, casino I think.
IDEAS has a contract with Park Royal, so room rates for them are discounted.
Thanks Wan, Lorenzo, for the good forum and accommodation.
See also:
Kuala Lumpur International Airport, September 07, 2012
Food of Penang, Malaysia, September 14, 2012
Le Apple Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, May 30, 2015
Tamarind Springs Restaurant, Kuala Lumpur, May 30, 2015
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Alexa ranking
I have eight blogs, four in blogger.com and another four in wordpress.com. Five of them have global ranks in alexa.com. There are perhaps hundreds of millions of blogs and websites worldwide, both in English and in other languages, many of these don't have any global rank.
(5) http://sustaindevelopment.blogspot.com/ is about agro-forest farming.
My three other blogs which have no global rank in alexa.com yet are the following:
(6) https://electricityasia.wordpress.com/, about energy and electricity issues in the Philippines and other Asian economies, plus some postings on energy policies in Europe and the US. It experienced a surge in viewership this month.
(7) https://ipinasia.wordpress.com/, about intellectual property (IP) issues in Asia, other countries outside the continent.
(8) http://rotarianpinoy.blogspot.com/, some rotary notes about our club and RI District 3830.
Thank you, readers.
(1) this blog is about travel and tourism plus my notes about my two girls.
(2) http://funwithgovernment.blogspot.com/ is my main economics and political blog.
(3) https://seanet2.wordpress.com/ is about trade and investments in Asia, related topics.
(4) https://efnasia2.wordpress.com/ is about conferences of the Economic Freedom Network (EFN) Asia.(5) http://sustaindevelopment.blogspot.com/ is about agro-forest farming.
My three other blogs which have no global rank in alexa.com yet are the following:
(6) https://electricityasia.wordpress.com/, about energy and electricity issues in the Philippines and other Asian economies, plus some postings on energy policies in Europe and the US. It experienced a surge in viewership this month.
(7) https://ipinasia.wordpress.com/, about intellectual property (IP) issues in Asia, other countries outside the continent.
(8) http://rotarianpinoy.blogspot.com/, some rotary notes about our club and RI District 3830.
Thank you, readers.
Sunday, November 15, 2015
My young lady, Elle Marie
Elle Marie turned 9 years old last month. Just the sight of her getting bigger, taller, prettier gives me so much happiness. The perks of being a parent :-)
Here, Elle when she was in her Nursery class about six years ago.
Elle and her two puppies from the farm which stayed with us in Makati for about 3 months. After which, they have grown big and noisy, I brought them back to the farm. Elle protested but she realized the noise and mess of having two dogs in the house.
My wife enrolled Elle in a ballet class at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, it's a Saturday morning, one hour class. As usual, I was her driver. Below left, she and her dance classmates participated in one big play at the CCP, "Inamorata" I think. Short appearance by the girls in a big play by adult and mature dancers, but it was a nice exposure for them. This photo was about 4 years ago.
Elle's invite card on her 5th birthday celebration. She was in Kinder 1 then at the Early Achievers Learning Center (EALC) in Makati.
Aspiring model :-)
At Lingayen beach, Pangasinan, few years ago.
During the TSAA Entrep Day last month. Elle enjoying her role as store keeper.
During their class dance number.
Elle would cry whenever I leave the house for a short foreign trip. Last month, I was leaving for only 1D/1N in Bangkok and she cried very hard, protesting that I should not leave them in the house.
Last night, when I left the house for a short trip to Kuala Lumpur early morning today, she again cried. Silent weep but huge tears in her eyes. She pulled my legs, or pull away my luggage, asked me to carry and hug her tight. It melts my heart. I love you my first child.
Here, Elle when she was in her Nursery class about six years ago.
Elle and her two puppies from the farm which stayed with us in Makati for about 3 months. After which, they have grown big and noisy, I brought them back to the farm. Elle protested but she realized the noise and mess of having two dogs in the house.
My wife enrolled Elle in a ballet class at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, it's a Saturday morning, one hour class. As usual, I was her driver. Below left, she and her dance classmates participated in one big play at the CCP, "Inamorata" I think. Short appearance by the girls in a big play by adult and mature dancers, but it was a nice exposure for them. This photo was about 4 years ago.
Elle's invite card on her 5th birthday celebration. She was in Kinder 1 then at the Early Achievers Learning Center (EALC) in Makati.
During the TSAA Entrep Day last month. Elle enjoying her role as store keeper.
During their class dance number.
Elle would cry whenever I leave the house for a short foreign trip. Last month, I was leaving for only 1D/1N in Bangkok and she cried very hard, protesting that I should not leave them in the house.
Last night, when I left the house for a short trip to Kuala Lumpur early morning today, she again cried. Silent weep but huge tears in her eyes. She pulled my legs, or pull away my luggage, asked me to carry and hug her tight. It melts my heart. I love you my first child.
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
TSAA Entrep Day, Part 2
After the dance show by different classes....
Cameras and cell phones out. Pictures with the Kinder 1 kids.
The bazaar begins. The kids assisted by their teachers and parents sell these food, drinks, some souvenir items. The Nursery classroom.
The Kinder 2 classroom. Bien, Miggy and Kyle holding their paper money, watching some souvenir items for sale. They were also selling kebab, pita pocket, brewed coffee.
The paper money that day. Parents, guardians, exchange their real money for these, which are used to buy items.
Grades 1-2 kids were selling cakes, brownies, salad, other items.
Grades 3-4 were selling cupcakes, pizza, others. Elle Marie watching the items, behind her is Teacher Hannie.
Mark and Joseph taking orders for pizza.
The inflated tent with slide was a hit to the kids.
All photos above from Audie Gemora's fb album.
These 2 photos from K2 Teacher V's fb page.
Clockwise from the top: Teacher V, Zac, Miggy, Pollux and Bien. Kyle and Agatha have not arrived yet when this photo was taken.
Got this from Marco Garcia, dad of Miggy (in green). Kyle (in red) and Jac (in blue) looking serious :-) Nice shot p're.
Thanks again to TSAA for that wonderful morning of dances and entrepreneurial skills implanted with the kids.
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Cameras and cell phones out. Pictures with the Kinder 1 kids.
The bazaar begins. The kids assisted by their teachers and parents sell these food, drinks, some souvenir items. The Nursery classroom.
The Kinder 2 classroom. Bien, Miggy and Kyle holding their paper money, watching some souvenir items for sale. They were also selling kebab, pita pocket, brewed coffee.
The paper money that day. Parents, guardians, exchange their real money for these, which are used to buy items.
Grades 1-2 kids were selling cakes, brownies, salad, other items.
Grades 3-4 were selling cupcakes, pizza, others. Elle Marie watching the items, behind her is Teacher Hannie.
Mark and Joseph taking orders for pizza.
These 2 photos from K2 Teacher V's fb page.Clockwise from the top: Teacher V, Zac, Miggy, Pollux and Bien. Kyle and Agatha have not arrived yet when this photo was taken.
Got this from Marco Garcia, dad of Miggy (in green). Kyle (in red) and Jac (in blue) looking serious :-) Nice shot p're.
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See also:
TSAA's Family Day, September 13, 2014
Elle Marie's Halloween Party and Bazaar at TSAA, October 26, 2014
Elle and Bien Have Moved Up, March 27, 2015
TSAA's Graduation Day, March 2015, May 08, 2015
TSAA Entrep Day, Part 1, October 27, 2015
Pidro Sing in Palawan
My family and I went to Puerto Princesa City (PPC), capital of Palawan island-province, last Friday. We were going to Astoria Palawan because we got a low, promo rate for 3D/2N stay, in an extended birthday gift for the two girls, Bien Mary and Elle Marie who turned 5 and 9 years old respectively, early this month.
We arrived evening that day and we stayed at Aquari Suites, not far from the airport. The next day, my friend from more than 3 decades ago in UP Diliman, Peter "Pidro" Sing, arrived from Manila and he offered to take us to launch, then have his driver bring us to Astoria later, about 61 kms. from PPC proper. Pidro has several businesses in the city.
Pidro brought us here, a famous restaurant in the city because of its location -- seafront, the walkway from this entrance to the dining hall is surrounded by huge and mature mangrove forest with their extensive root system.
This is my second visit to this resto. The first time, another friend from UP, JB Baylon also brought me and his other friends here, after our visit at Rio Tuba Nickel Mining Corp. in the southern municipality of Bataraza.
Lots of nice food over-flowing in front of us. And lots of interesting conversation on what he's been doing recently, including the results of a self-financed survey of Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates this month.
Pidro is an all-around guy with his hands spanning from corporate and political consultancy to running his own personal and family businesses to personal advocacies and civil society work of spreading personal financial education to many poor and middle class people. See my earlier discussion about this, Financial education and Pidro Sing.
Pidro likes to treat us, some of his lesser entrepreneurial buddies and former dormmates at Narra Residence Hall in UP Diliman in the early 80s, to an occasional and spontaneous buffet dinner. Either he would text one or two days ahead, or hours before. Below, in one of those spontaneous treat in 2009 (wow, 6 years ago). From left: me, Ding Aguila, Cliff Espinosa, Jim Naval, Sarge Colambo and Pidro. All former Batang Narra Kids.
From Badjao resto to Astoria Resort last Saturday, Pidro's driver, Dong, drove a Toyota pick up. Yesterday, from Astoria back to the City and the airport, with a side-trip at the Crocodile farm, Pidro sent this van. Dong posing with the van, at the Viet Ville where we had lunch before heading to the city.
The two girls enjoyed the van, sleeping in the trip as they have wide and long legroom. Thanks again Pidro for the VIP treatment. Tummies and memories still full of our Palawan trip.
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See also:
Pan de Pidro, July 28, 2012
Palawan Tour, by Patty Soliman, October 19, 2012
We arrived evening that day and we stayed at Aquari Suites, not far from the airport. The next day, my friend from more than 3 decades ago in UP Diliman, Peter "Pidro" Sing, arrived from Manila and he offered to take us to launch, then have his driver bring us to Astoria later, about 61 kms. from PPC proper. Pidro has several businesses in the city.
This is my second visit to this resto. The first time, another friend from UP, JB Baylon also brought me and his other friends here, after our visit at Rio Tuba Nickel Mining Corp. in the southern municipality of Bataraza.
Lots of nice food over-flowing in front of us. And lots of interesting conversation on what he's been doing recently, including the results of a self-financed survey of Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates this month.
Pidro is an all-around guy with his hands spanning from corporate and political consultancy to running his own personal and family businesses to personal advocacies and civil society work of spreading personal financial education to many poor and middle class people. See my earlier discussion about this, Financial education and Pidro Sing.
Pidro likes to treat us, some of his lesser entrepreneurial buddies and former dormmates at Narra Residence Hall in UP Diliman in the early 80s, to an occasional and spontaneous buffet dinner. Either he would text one or two days ahead, or hours before. Below, in one of those spontaneous treat in 2009 (wow, 6 years ago). From left: me, Ding Aguila, Cliff Espinosa, Jim Naval, Sarge Colambo and Pidro. All former Batang Narra Kids.
From Badjao resto to Astoria Resort last Saturday, Pidro's driver, Dong, drove a Toyota pick up. Yesterday, from Astoria back to the City and the airport, with a side-trip at the Crocodile farm, Pidro sent this van. Dong posing with the van, at the Viet Ville where we had lunch before heading to the city.
The two girls enjoyed the van, sleeping in the trip as they have wide and long legroom. Thanks again Pidro for the VIP treatment. Tummies and memories still full of our Palawan trip.
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See also:
Pan de Pidro, July 28, 2012
Palawan Tour, by Patty Soliman, October 19, 2012
Crowded Puerto Princesa Airport, Palawan, April 05, 2014
CSOs and State 23, Financial education and Pidro Sing, October 27, 2015
TSAA Entrep Day, Part 1
Entrepreneurship is a skill, a virtue that cannot be possessed by anyone. It can be innate, or it can be taught, with lots of failures and heartaches in between, before one can finally succeed, or finally close shop. So teaching the skill at a young age is a good educational pursuit.
Last Friday, October 23, The School for Academics and Arts held its "Entrep Day" for its students from Nursery to Grades 3-4. It was also a dance and cultural show for the UN anniversary, so young students were in some international costumes and dance. Below, the Nursery students in Mexican/Latino attire and dance. Cute young kids.
The Kinder 1 students were in African/Safari attire, and juggled at a famous African dance. Another batch of cute kids.
Kinder 2 kids, in Indian-Arabic attire and dance. The costumes alone make these kids so adoring. Below, my daughter Bien Mary behind Kyle.
They are only six in the class, all present. From left: Miggy, Kyle, Agatha, Bien, Pollux. Hidden behind Bien is Zac.
The Grades 1-2 kids, in Filipiniana dance and costume. Lights were off except the spotlight, candles were lit, and they swayed. Nice contrast and moves.
They cannot fit in the stage, so the boys on the stage, the girls below. After the dance, and the lights were on again.
Before the dance. Such beautiful girls.
Finally, the Grades 3-4. In another Filipiniana dance and costume. The five girls. From left: Akisha, Elle Marie (Bien's older sister), Happy, Minday and Ysa.
And the two boys in their macho attire, Joseph and Mark.
A small class, but intimate and fun.
Thanks TSAA for another wonderful day. Thanks Teacher/Directress Cherry and all the teachers from Nursery to Grade school. It was a greeeaat treat for us parents.
Part 2 will be the bazaar and entrep scenes.
All photos above from Audie Gemora's fb album. Thanks Audie.
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The School of Academics and Arts, July 07, 2014
Last Friday, October 23, The School for Academics and Arts held its "Entrep Day" for its students from Nursery to Grades 3-4. It was also a dance and cultural show for the UN anniversary, so young students were in some international costumes and dance. Below, the Nursery students in Mexican/Latino attire and dance. Cute young kids.
The Kinder 1 students were in African/Safari attire, and juggled at a famous African dance. Another batch of cute kids.
Kinder 2 kids, in Indian-Arabic attire and dance. The costumes alone make these kids so adoring. Below, my daughter Bien Mary behind Kyle.
They are only six in the class, all present. From left: Miggy, Kyle, Agatha, Bien, Pollux. Hidden behind Bien is Zac.
The Grades 1-2 kids, in Filipiniana dance and costume. Lights were off except the spotlight, candles were lit, and they swayed. Nice contrast and moves.
They cannot fit in the stage, so the boys on the stage, the girls below. After the dance, and the lights were on again.
Before the dance. Such beautiful girls.
Finally, the Grades 3-4. In another Filipiniana dance and costume. The five girls. From left: Akisha, Elle Marie (Bien's older sister), Happy, Minday and Ysa.
And the two boys in their macho attire, Joseph and Mark.
A small class, but intimate and fun.
Thanks TSAA for another wonderful day. Thanks Teacher/Directress Cherry and all the teachers from Nursery to Grade school. It was a greeeaat treat for us parents.
Part 2 will be the bazaar and entrep scenes.
All photos above from Audie Gemora's fb album. Thanks Audie.
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See also:
The School of Academics and Arts, July 07, 2014
TSAA's Family Day, September 13, 2014
Elle Marie's Halloween Party and Bazaar at TSAA, October 26, 2014
Elle and Bien Have Moved Up, March 27, 2015
TSAA's Graduation Day, March 2015, May 08, 2015
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