Grand Sheraton, Bangkok

Hotel: Grand Sheraton
Room: 2717
Date: June 23, 2008
Time: 4:15PM
Press Coverage: AMD
Camera: Canon PowerShot A710

Fairmont Hotel, Singapore

Soon!

Hotel: Fairmont Hotel
Room: 2208
Date: June 17, 2008
Time: 7:00AM
Press Coverage: Yahoo!
Camera: Panasonic Lumix FS5

Wing Lee Guest House, Hong Kong

Soon!

Hotel: Wing Lee Guest House
Room: F2 D
Date: April 25, 2008
Time: 8:00AM
Press Coverage: on my own
Camera: Canon PowerShot A710IS

Grand Hyatt, Bangkok

Hotel: Grand Hyatt Erawan
Room: 1015
Date: April 22, 2008
Time: 7:30AM
Press Coverage: Intel ISS 2008
Camera: Canon PowerShot A710IS

Fairmont Hotel, Singapore

Hotel: Fairmont Hotel
Room: 2318
Date: April 16, 2008
Time: 8:00 AM
Press Coverage: NetApp
Camera: Canon PowerShot A710IS

Fairmont Hotel, Singapore

Hotel: Fairmont Hotel
Room: 1719
Date: April 2, 2008
Time: 7:00AM
Press Coverage: Yahoo! Advertising Summit
Camera: Canon PowerShot A710IS

Pan Pacific, Singapore

Hotel: Pan Pacific, Marina Square
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Press Coverage: EMC SADL Launch
Camera: Kodak

Miniloc, Palawan, Philippines

Hotel: Miniloc Beash Resort
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Press Coverage: Intel, HP Synergy 2007
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Shangri-la Mactan-Cebu, Philippines

Will post photo soon.


Hotel: Shangri-la
Room:
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Press Coverage: Globe Telecom
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Pan Pacific, Singapore

Hotel: Pan Pacific, Marina Square
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San Want Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan

My second visit to Taiwan was upon the invitation from my good friends at Kingston to attend their 20th anniversary celebration. They gave us, members of the regional media, a tour of their facility at Hsinchu, including a tour the best spots near Taipei.


Hotel: San Want Hotel
Room:
Date: October 16, 2007
Time:
Press Coverage: Kingston 20th Anniversary
Camera: Olympus E400



The Kingston factory in Hsinchu, Taiwan where they manufacturer and test computer RAMs and flash memory devices such as thumb drives and multimedia memory cards like SD and CF cards used in your digital cameras, mobile phones and portable digital music devices.

Friend's place, Hong Kong, China

The view from the apartment of Franco's place in Hong Kong. I stayed there for two the nights together with my colleague, Lawrence, so we could watch Nine Inch Nails live on the second night. Great concert!

Hotel: Franco's apartment
Room: at the 23rd floor
Date:
Time: 8:14 AM
Press Coverage: To watch Nine Inch Nails concert
Camera: Olympus E400

Guest house Bangkok, Thailand

This is the view in front of the Bed and Breakfast Guest House located along Soi Kasemson 1, Rama 1 Road, Patumwan in Bangkok. There are also several guest houses in the neighborhood complete with Internet cafe and food stalls. Best, it's near MBK Mall as well as walking distance to the MTR station.



On top is the photo of my small room, which I paid for Bht500 a night. It has a private bath and a window. However, the view from the window, believe it or not, is the tight hallway of the guest house, so there's actually no outside view. I stayed two days and two nights at this place right after coming from Phuket and before flying back to Manila.

Hotel: Bed and Breakfast Guest House
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Time: 9:15AM
Press Coverage: On my own
Camera: Olympus E400

Hilton Arcadia, Phuket, Thailand

The view from my room at from the 3rd floor of Hilton Arcadia. You could actually see the pool seen below.



The pool at the Hilton Arcadia.



The beach at Phuket across Hilton Arcadia.

Hotel: Hilton Arcadia, Phuket
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Time: 9:00AM
Press Coverage: Juniper Networks
Camera: Olympus E400

USA Hostel, Hong Kong

From Beijing, I went to Hong Kong and extended my China trip for another three days. My girlfriend, Mel, and I tried to saved some money (better spent on shopping) and stayed in a hostel I frequented along Nathan Road in Kowloon. It was her first time to stay in such a place and turned out to be quite an adventure for her. Anyway, the place was clean enough for her taste and the people handling the low-cost guesthouse was very friendly and accomodating. They even have online reservation, making it easier to get a room in advance.
We got a corner room with two windows. The top photo is a shot of Nathan Road with the Holiday Inn in the left side. The other photo is an ongoing construction site where the old Hyatt Hotel used to stand. Yes, it was quite noisy in the morning.

Hotel: USA Hostel, Mirador Mansions
Room: 85/8th floor
Date: April 20, 2007
Time: 10:35 AM
Press Coverage: none
Camera: Kodak EasyShare V570

Celebrity International Grand Hotel, Beijing

This is my first time in Beijing. Didn't see much because I had to attend a forum, which was my priority. Not much to see around the hotel as well, except that we're located within the Olympic Village where a lot of construction is going on in preparation for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. I saw the infamous "Bird's nest" stadium still being built in its final phase. Unfortunately, it was behind the hotel and I couldn't get a good shot from my hotel room.

Hotel: Celebrity International Grand Hotel
Room: 1117
Date: April 17, 2007
Time: 8:00 AM
Camera: Kodak EasyShare DX7590
Press Coverage: Intel Developer Forum 2007

Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur

My second trip to KL and the world's second tallest building is right behind the hotel.
I took this shot from my hotel room window, which was not even half the height of the famous Petronas Towers. A beautiful work of modern construction, indeed.



Hotel: Mandarin Oriental
Room:
Date: March 6, 2007
Time: 3:00PM
Camera: Kodak v803
Press Coverage: Yahoo! Asia

Baal Taal, Tagaytay City, Philippines

The place is called Baal Taal in Tagaytay City. A private resort for the well-off; not that I'm one on them, just had the opportunity to stay a couple of days with my friends from the press. Nice view of Taal Crater Lake and Taal Volacano (the small lump on the right side of the island; also considered as the smallest volcano in the world, very active too).

Hotel: Baal Taal
Room: 3rd floor private suite
Date: February 2007
Time: 2:00PM
Press Coverage: Smart Communications and Sun Microsystems
Camera: Kodak EasyShare DX7590

Peninsula Excelsior, Singapore

The Peninsula Excelsior is obviously one of the older hotels in Singapore, located near City Hall. If you need to grab some gadgets, the Funan IT Mall is right beside the hotel.

Hotel: Peninsula Excelsior
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Date: January, 31 2007
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Camera: Kodak EasyShare v803
Press Coverage: Game Convention Singapore 2007

Taal Vista Lodge, Tagaytay City

The view from my hotel room at Taal Vista Lodge in Tagaytay City, Philippines. Unfortunately, you could not see the wonders of Taal Volcano from this side of the hotel. However, what you could only see from the photo is part of the Taal crater lake where the world's smallest volcano is also located, on the far left that is.

Hotel: Taal Vista Lodge
Room: 301
Date: December 8, 2006
Time: 8:10 A.M.
Camera: Kodak v570
Press Coverage: Microsoft Corporation

Miniloc, Palawan Island

Here's a fantastic view from my cottage at Miniloc Island Resort located in El Nido, Palawan, one of the Northern island groups southwest of the Phillipines. This is my fifth visit to El Nido since 2002, staying at Miniloc for the third time; the other two were at Lagen, a sister island resort of Miniloc about 20 minutes boat ride away. Try visiting this place once you're in our country - it's paradise on Earth.

Resort: Miniloc
Cottage: 29
Date: November 18, 2006
Time: 9:00 AM
Camrea: Kodak V570
Press Coverage: HP Corporation and Intel Corporation Synergy 2006

Plaza Athenee, Bangkok

Here's my view from the hotel room on my visit to Bangkok last November 21. I stayed at Hotel Plaza Athenee, located on Wireless Rd.- walking distance (a bit of a long walk) from Suan Lum night market. Also, a train ride away from MBK Mall (a place to buy Japanese collectible toys) and Pantip Computer Plaza (a favorite IT place of mine). I was in the Thai Capital for 3 days attending the Intel Wireless Mobility Day media briefing.

Hotel: Plaza Athenee
Room: 1721
Date: November 21, 2006
Time: 8:30 AM
Camera: Kodak V570
Press Coverage: Intel Corporation

Excelsior Hotel, Hong Kong

My rather tight view of Hong Kong island's Causeway Bay from my room at the 17th floor of Excelsior Hotel.

At the back of the hotel are Lochart and Wan Chai Roads- a place for shopping and plenty of toy shops.

I went to Hong Kong by the invitation of Vanco, a London-based virtual network operator (VNO), launching their new web portal called Vanco NetDirect held in a media conference at the Hong Kong Cyberport.

Hotel: Excelsior
Room: 1732
Date: October 17, 2006
Time: 9:00 AM
Camera: Kodak V570

Press Coverage: Vanco Corporation

Oriental, Singapore

I took a shot of the famous tourist attraction, the Merlion, from my hotel room at the Oriental.

First, taking the actual view from my window.




Then slowly zooming in until I get the best view of the water-spitting lion.

Hotel: The Oriental
Date: August 2, 2006
Time: 4:15 PM
Camera: Kodak DX7590
Press Coverage: Oracle Corporation

Grand Hyatt, Singapore

A view from my room at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Singapore. Not much of a view, but the hotel is located just a block from Orchard Road and that's good enough for me, or for any other tourist for the matter.

Nonetheless, every time I'm in the Lion City, I see to it that I get to visit Sim Lim Square (for computer stuff) as well as Sim Lim Tower (for electronic spare parts).

Hotel: Grand Hyatt
Room: 767
Date: July 6, 2006
Time: 11:00 AM
Camera: Kodak v610
Press Coverage: HP Corporation

Waterfront, Cebu City

This is the view from my hotel room at the Waterfront in Cebu City. The Cebu International Convention Center is in the right of the photo as well as buildings from the Ayala Business Park can seen in the background.


Hotel: Waterfront
Room: 922
Date: June 20, 2006
Time: 5:45PM
Camera: Kodak v570
Press Coverage: PLDT

Sheraton Imperial Court, Kuala Lumpur

A nightshot of the Petronas Twin Towers and the KL Tower from my hotel room at the Sheraton Imperial Court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


Hotel: Sheraton Imperial Court
Room: 2109
Date: June 7, 2006
Time: 12:24 AM
Camera: Kodak v570
Press Coverage: Intel Corporation

Sheraton Imperial Court, Kuala Lumpur

This is the first time I visited the Malaysian capital. Here's the view from my hotel room at the Sheraton Imperial Court. The Petronas Twin Towers are in the left of the photo, while the KL Tower is in the right.


Hotel: Sheraton Imperial Court
Room: 2109
Date: June 6, 2006
Time: 4:10 PM
Camera: Kodak V570
Press Coverage: Intel Corporation