Category: Life
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Another Penang Post
I’ve kind of become somewhat of a Penang junkie, in case you didn’t know. Here’s another link you can check out. A tongue-in-cheek list of 9 reasons why you shouldn’t visit Penang: http://greatermalaysia.com/2015/09/30/9-reasons-why-you-should-never-visit-penang/ I’ll add a few of my own photos as well.
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A Night of Charity & Drama
I had an enjoyable night at a charity dinner for the Family Hope Welfare Association this past weekend at the Bayview Hotel. It’s an honor to support the great work that this organization does, and it was especially an honor to support their first major fundraiser ever – raising about RM 20,000, which will go…
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Rain
Love the rainstorms here in Penang. At the moment, this is what it looks like outside my house. Massive puddle forming in the front yard from all the roof run-off. See all those plants, including the California palm, that’s my wife’s work. I mow the grass. Certainly not on days like this. Here’s another view.…
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Only in Malaysia
I’ll categorize this night as “Only in Malaysia.” I took my wife out for dinner tonight as is often our Friday night routine. We went to a small Italian restaurant which we occasionally go to. The parking lot is in a small plaza just up the road from the restaurant. As I was ready to…
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What Most Americans Do on 9/11
I wonder how long after December 7, 1941 that Americans stopped remembering what exactly they had been doing after they heard the news. I suppose it was a generation or more. 9/11 has certainly become that date for me. I wasn’t born when JFK was assassinated, so there wasn’t a particular date that always made…
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Twelve Reasons You Should Still Go to Movie Theaters
A good question, don’t you think? In this day and age with Netflix and movies on-demand, why would anyone choose to go to the cinema when you can watch it all in the comfort of your own home? Reasons for going to the movies: You get to smell the odorous sausage and chicken nuggets from…
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Texting and Driving: Redux
I originally posted this a year ago, but it recently came up again in my classroom and thought it might be timely to post again. I asked my students how many of them have been in a moving car while someone was texting? 39/52 said they were. Wow! How incredible it is that parents value…
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Anyone else sick of cover versions of classic tunes?
I was in the mall the other day and I saw an add for a new album by a well-known jazz artist. The only songs from the new album which were being advertised on a large cardboard cut-out were two covers of “Hotel California” and “Desperado.” I’m sure the marketing geniuses who came up with…
Author Mark W Sasse 