Tag: Penang
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Tales of Wonder: Tickets on Sale Now!
My drama group’s new show – RLT Players Christmas: Tales of Wonder – is quickly approaching. Only 54 days out! This is brand new, all original show, and for the first time ever completely themed around Christmas. I’m so excited about it. Here’s the Facebook event page: Facebook I wrote this show during the summer –…
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The Sky is Choking Us (AKA: Never Take Blue Skies for Granted)
Here’s a photo of our street at the moment. Notice those beautifully green hills in the background? Of course not, they are completely covered by a thick layer of smog courtesy of Indonesia. We’ve had occasional bad visibility in the past from time to time, but I’ve seen nothing like this in my ten years…
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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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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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A Mini-Tour for our Award-Winning Play
On the heels of sweeping five awards in the Short and Sweet Theatre festival recently for my short play “Words to Say at the End of the World,” we’re beginning to see that this play isn’t yet ready for retirement. I’ve been asked to have my two amazing actors perform it in three different venues…
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Review: P. Ramlee – The Musical
On the last day of the 2015 Georgetown Festival, a friend showed up at my door thirty minutes before showtime and said there was a free ticket to “P Ramlee: The Musical,” and did I want to go? Okay. The musical is in Malay, which I don’t speak, but undeterred I went to discover what…
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4.18: Are you kidding me?
If you’ve ever been so inclined to visit Malaysia, now is the time. The Malaysian ringgit is currently trading at 4.18 per 1 USD. That’s extremely painful for me, but extremely attractive to those carrying dollars and Euros into the country. Over the years, I’ve provided a lot of reasons to visit Malaysia. Here’s some…
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Great Little Things About Malaysia: 1
I wrote two recent posts about little things in America that I particularly enjoyed this past trip: parking lots & free water in restaurants. As I returned to Malaysia a couple days ago, I immediately was hit with an example of a great little thing about Malaysia: car mechanics. I’ve never had a great car…
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