Tag: malaysia
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First Games of the Season
Yes, I do get away from writing and performing arts for one sport. Baseball. And since Malaysia doesn’t play baseball, softball will do. My team, after only 1 week of practice, had our first two games today – friendlies against two local schools in Taiping. Won the first and lost the second, but most importantly,…
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The Burger Man of Tanjung Bungah
It’s been a while since I ate from the “Burger Man,” so I did it last night. I ordered a chicken burger with everything. Now the burger man in Tanjung Bungah has been around for more than a generation. He’s been setting up shop in our beachfront town for more than 30 years. I don’t…
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A Few Photos from Chinese New Year 2016
Yesterday, on the eve of Chinese New Year, I took off on my motorbike and encircled historical Georgetown in Penang to see how everyone was decorating for the year. Here are a few of my photos. (above) At the esplanade, a Chinese New Year display which will be the backdrop for a Feb 13 celebration.…
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Our Fall
I live in Malaysia. We don’t have autumn. But we have entered our “fall.” There are several characteristics of our fall which occur each year. First, the weather turns dry. The almost daily rain of October, November, & December comes to a screeching halt as the skies turn a permanent beautiful azure blue. The days…
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Another Penang Food Post
I can’t help myself. A couple weeks back, I posted about my favorite little Thai stall that I eat at most days, but I felt I should also give a little love to the spring roll man. He serves a variety of unhealthy, delectable fried foods including his wonderful spring rolls. They have substance –…
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Penang Tourism: Tropical Fruit Farm
I finally got around to doing one of those touristy things that locals never seem to do. I took the tour at the Tropical Fruit Farm. It costs around $10, and so I always thought why should I pay that much to look at fruit. Well, this time, someone else was paying so I went.…
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Views from the Top of Penang
Visited the restaurant 59 Sixty at the 59th and 60th floor of Komtar in downtown Georgetown, Penang. So I thought I’d give you a peek at what Penang looks from the top. (Above) This is the heart of Georgetown – the old quarter – with Butterworth and the Penang Port is in the distance across…
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Two New Sketches
I want to highlight some of the new sketches which will be part of our first Christmas show. First up: “Christmas in the Trenches, 1914.” This sketch is based on a real event during WWI when, on Christmas Eve, a spontaneous truce broke out between the Germans and British as a Christmas carol wafted in…
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Big Weekend Ahead
Lots of fun drama activities this weekend at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre! It’s the final weekend of the Short & Sweet Theatre Festival, and one of my new plays entitled “A Writer’s Satire” is being performed by a group of Malaysian actors. Here’s the one sentence synopsis: A writer is summoned to appear…
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My Afternoon Poster
I was supposed to finish my novel this afternoon, but I just received some photos from our drama photo shoot, so I couldn’t resist putting together my new show’s first poster. I’m no photoshop expert, but I’m learning, and it is quite fun. I hate fonts, and need to learn about them. But I was…
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