http://www.sleeplessinkl.com Losing sleep over kids, work, travel & photography Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:53:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en SleeplessInKlhttp://feedburner.google.com Malaysian school holidays are just around the corner. And if you live in KL and want to take your children somewhere that doesn't require hours of driving, may I suggest the Taman Rimba Komanwel? Located some 13km from Rawang Town, the forest park is only some 30 minutes by car ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SleeplessInKl/~3/JHfzpWPVqLo/taman-rimba-komanwel-commonwealth-forest-park-resort http://www.sleeplessinkl.com/2010/03/08/taman-rimba-komanwel-commonwealth-forest-park-resort In a previous post, I confessed to being a perpetrator of drive-by shooting. And my latest 'shooting' involved the Petronas Twin Towers. I took these shots en route to a meeting at Mandarin Oriental Hotel using my D90 and my 50mm prime lens from a moving car. Here are the Petronas Twin ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SleeplessInKl/~3/DOFwlWUMza0/petronas-twin-towers-drive-by-shots http://www.sleeplessinkl.com/2010/03/06/petronas-twin-towers-drive-by-shots I've been so swamped with work lately that I haven't had the time to blog. Well..okay. I did have some free time on my hands but the exhaustion left me drained me of all inspiration. Between you and me, for the past week I rather felt like this orangutan that I photographed ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SleeplessInKl/~3/VbidC0sOsE0/one-tired-orangutan http://www.sleeplessinkl.com/2010/03/04/one-tired-orangutan [caption id="attachment_2381" align="aligncenter" width="512" caption="Twin2: Innocence Personified"][/caption] I can write this post on the pretext of discussing the merits of the inexpensive Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D prime lens. After all, it's a very affordable lens (list price is RM468 -- around US$138 -- but it can be had for just a ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SleeplessInKl/~3/RCwxuvANbNM/i-love-my-baby-and-my-nikkor-50mm-f1-8d http://www.sleeplessinkl.com/2010/02/25/i-love-my-baby-and-my-nikkor-50mm-f1-8d An old friend from my alma mater, Ateneo De Manila University, was attending a conference in Malaysia last week and I had the chance to visit her at her hotel -- the picturesque Pullman Lakeside Putrajaya. The sprawling hotel -- as its name indicates -- is located right next to ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SleeplessInKl/~3/rRIwtnLhlV0/pullman-lakeside-putrajaya-picture-perfect-hotel-in-putrajaya http://www.sleeplessinkl.com/2010/02/23/pullman-lakeside-putrajaya-picture-perfect-hotel-in-putrajaya I can see where you're logging on from... Gardermoen, Akershus, Norway Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada Andorra La Vella, Andorra Konin, Poland Vilshofen, Bayern, Germany Chani, Khania, Greece Braintree, Essex, UK Yalova, Turkey Vitoria, Pais Vasco, Spain Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Nagoya, Aichi, Japan Recarei, Porto, Portugal Issaquah, Washington, USA Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico Aarhus, Arhus, Denmark Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne, France ...far-flung places whose ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SleeplessInKl/~3/p1LGFh_wE-A/i-see-you-but-i-dont-know-you http://www.sleeplessinkl.com/2010/02/20/i-see-you-but-i-dont-know-you Sunset over Sabak Bernam It's a lot easier by far to write about the mundane frivolities of our lives -- what we ate/did/saw -- rather than deal with the things that we really want to talk about if only someone who'd understand would take the time to listen without judging us: ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SleeplessInKl/~3/WkUEpn5lMXM/pensive http://www.sleeplessinkl.com/2010/02/18/pensive The hardest part of parenting is arguably disciplining our children. It’s a tough job; somebody’s got to do it; and we, as the parents, have to do it. There are no hard and fast rules. And whatever rules there may be, they constantly change and evolve. Discipline is also a very, very ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SleeplessInKl/~3/4DKn8Fo5nHA/how-i-discipline-my-children-10-tips-to-share http://www.sleeplessinkl.com/2010/02/15/how-i-discipline-my-children-10-tips-to-share [caption id="attachment_2274" align="alignright" width="373" caption="MyEldest & RoundBoy at the computer"][/caption] I overheard my children mentioning the word 'invulnerable' as they were playing a game on the computer last weekend. [NB: Normally, while one child plays, the others watch and/or coach and/or intervene if help is needed.] I asked them if they knew ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SleeplessInKl/~3/zYc2fb0zfrA/invulnerable http://www.sleeplessinkl.com/2010/02/12/invulnerable Foreword: This is a long overdue post on my June 2009 trip to Cape Point, South Africa. You may click on each photograph to see its slightly larger version in another tab or window, depending on your browser. As I stood on the viewing deck of the lighthouse, bracing myself against ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SleeplessInKl/~3/ouAwPKupbqo/cape-point-south-africa-where-two-oceans-merge http://www.sleeplessinkl.com/2010/02/10/cape-point-south-africa-where-two-oceans-merge