A Botero In The Highlands Of..

Malaysia.

Three of these sculptures were made in the world by Fernando Botero Angulo, a Colombian painter and sculptor and you will find one of them at the Genting highlands resort about an hours ride from the capital city, Kuala Lumpur.

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The trip to the top in a cable car was also magical.

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and this new development to be ready in 2016 a…

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theme park to be built on the 10 hectare site, will feature more than 25 rides and attractions that includes thrill rides, water rides, dark rides for children and more. It will be themed based on famous 20th Century Fox films such as Ice Age, Rio, Predator, Alien, Life of Pi, Night at the Museum, and more. There would be also a “Dream Parade” – a one-of-a-kind animatronics parade based on all the characters featured at the theme park.

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The Genting highlands theme park still in construction April 2019:

A Botero in the highlands and a Brâncuși in the city centre in the shape of the Shell Eco-Building Close to the KL Sentral train station. Built in the style of the famous sculpture by Romanian sculptor, painter and photographer, Constantin Brâncuși, (February 19, 1876 – March 16, 1957).

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The state-of-the-art Menara Shell showcases the latest Green building features that include a unique daylight harvesting system utilising internal light shelves with glare control to extend daylight penetration within the work spaces inside the office floor, which is alternatively illuminated by efficient T5 fluorescent lights with perimeter daylight sensor. ……… and a Thermal Energy Storage System, which uses rain water and the environment’s ambient temperature to regulate the interior comfort of the building.

“What makes Menara Shell so advantageous in creating good Feng Shui, is its strong design features that does not only align with these hills and mountains but draw in the energy from them,” added Yap, a Feng Shui master.

As you walk past it you will find its lines harmonies and separate and as you look further towards the sky you cannot help wonder if this is the way of the universe as well, shifting changing but in balance.

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This building above should be packaged and sent to the National Art Gallery as an exhibit.

All Kuala Lumpur needs now is an  Anselm Kiefer painting:

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The development around the river that passes through Kuala lumpur is no more just a rumor anymore.  The River Of Life project has begun to be like that in St Antonio in the United States but with a difference.

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Welcome to Malaysia!

Kuala Lumpur yeah! We love it here! What you want: Food: Chinese, Indian, Malay, Western, Japanese, European. People the same: they come from all over the world and stay. The whole world in one place. Something of the future in this country taking shape.

The “River of Life” project seems to start its “journey” near a mosque by the river: a place for prayer and reflection and continue its journey down the river across the city.  A city of work and business but not far from and starts from a place of reverence and silence.

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The river walk in St Antonio, USA today:

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Its ever expanding transport system.

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So it’s fast, faster and fastest for Malaysia, and if you happen to be here in March you have the Formula 1 races. When the cars slow down you might just get a glimpse of Lewis Hamilton for Petronas.

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From today to yesterday: one of the twins in KL – at one time the tallest building in the world but we still love you today.

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Something new every time I get to see KL.  Nu Sentral which is now part of the KL Sentral Train station.  What you want: a coffee from coffee bean, Japanese sushi or maybe a curry mee or Penang laksa, perhaps some supermarket shopping at Sam’s Groceria , Burger King or a MacDonald’s perhaps, oh ok I know what you want, a quiet time at the movies: you get them all here at the Nu Sentral: A railway hub that will also take you to Thailand for the weekend.

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So What’s new.

World’s 12 best shopping cities by CNN February 2014: Kuala Lumpur comes in 4th, behind USA, London and Paris.

So I am off to New York,London, Paris……and Kuala Lumpur.

Below is the map of ASEAN members: a single trading block of which Malaysia is a partner, and if it were a single country……

The establishment of ASEAN as a single market and production base would also unlock the potential to level the playing field with the world’s biggest economies, he ( Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, prime minister of Malaysia) stressed.

5. asean member states map

Welcome to Asean.

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Malaysia is for everyone around the world.

Welcome to the Asean countries.

Filmed from outside my window.

Its a FUN place to be.

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