Tag: Penang
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The Sistine Chapel Dramatic Sketches
Our school is pretty cool. Each May we have a week we designate as our Fine Arts Festival where we have band concerts, live theatre (that’s my category), and art displays. We hold it at the Penang Performing Arts Centre. It’s a great event. My original musical, “Boardwalk Melody”, will be debuting during that week…
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Boardwalk Melody: A Musical – Coming May 2014
Busy, busy, busy at work on our new musical set to hit the stage for the first time ever in May 2014 at the Penang Performing Arts Centre. Here are a couple behind the scene shots of my students hard at work, producing the set. This will eventually be the signboard for Summersville Tours –…
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My Top 10 Favorite Places in Asia: #2 – Penang, Malaysia
Where to begin? I moved to Penang or Pulau Pinang (Penang Island) in 2006 having never visited before that time. In 2006, it is safe to say that it would not have been #2 on such a list as this, but Penang slowing grows on you, creeping step by step into your chest like a…
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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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“RLT DIARIES” – 9 days till showtime!
Jackie wrote a nice behind-the-scenes glimpse into our upcoming RLT Players’ production of “Captured in Time & Space.” She even referred to me as being stressed out. What? That couldn’t be true, could it? You can read the rest of the awesome post at PenTAS. Check it out HERE!
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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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I teach here.
Back into the swing of things at school, I thought I’d show you the view from my classroom. My room is literally 30 feet from this beach. I know. I realize how lucky I am every day!
Author Mark W Sasse 