Tag: malaysia
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Boardwalk Melody: What the actors are saying. (Part 1)
A month from now, my brand-new musical that I wrote with my students will be debuting at the Penang Performing Arts Centre for three shows. We’ve been rehearsing hard since January, and now we’ll be kicking it up a notch to get ready for the show. I am extremely excited about it and very proud…
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Our Life has the Seven Year Itch
On the completion of seven years in Malaysia, we have found that whole entire life and house to be very discontented, and every odd and end around has been displaying a dizzying case of the seven year itch. It started last summer when our Suzuki van, which we affectionately called our refrigerator on wheels, (by…
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My Top 10 Favorite Places in Asia: #10 – Malacca, Malaysia
Malacca is located on the Malay Peninsula, an hour and a half south of Kuala Lumpur and five hours from Johor Bahru and Singapore on the peninsula’s tip. The history of Malacca is what drew me to it; its charm is what keeps me going back. The history stuff first. Malacca was taken over by…
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Ipoh – Lost World of Tambun
I’m not much of an amusement park or water park person, but I spent yesterday at Sunway’s Lost World in Ipoh and thought I’d share a few items. First off, the setting is breathtakingly beautiful. The park is nestled in Ipoh’s iconic limestone peaks and cliffs and the park really uses the natural surroundings to…
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Stopped by a Cop: It Finally Paid Off
I was whipping around Georgetown on my Honda 100cc, acting much bigger than my britches would allow, when out of the blue came a Malaysian cop on his wannabe Harley, motioning for me to pull over. I hadn’t done anything wrong. I had just eaten a bowl of beef noodles, and I actually hadn’t parked…
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My Smashwords Interview!
I recently just published “The Recluse Storyteller” on Smashwords (pre-release with an October 8 release date) and here’s the interview I wrote up for them. Please check it out: Smashwords Interview with Mark W Sasse
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Exploring where you live. Have you done it?
You know the drill. How often do you act like a tourist in your own back yard? Not often. Since we are staying in Penang this summer, we decided to have a vacation day here. Why not pretend we are tourists visiting Georgetown and the surrounding area – because a lot of tourists come through…
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I’m the boss of nothing (in Malaysia)
I’ve been to enough places throughout east and southeast Asia to understanding vividly that the western concept of customer service is typically a foreign one in these parts. Here’s a couple examples. A few years back I was at a small ice cream shop called “Dairy King.” Yes, very original. On the menu was a…
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