Maybe I’ve been hanging out with too many ladybodys in Macau, but this is pretty damn cool. Lin Yu sings Dolly Parton classic on Taiwanese talent show Super Star Avenue, giving his all for the $1 Million prize. (Parton wrote and first recorded the song, which Whitney Houston later recorded.)

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askland on October 18th, 2009

A sad day today for our Cirque family. This is the first time a Cirque artist has died while rehearsing/performing their discipline. Here in Macau at the ZAIA show it’s very quiet today. Artists are thinking of the family and their pain, as I’m sure artists in other Cirque shows worldwide are also doing today. [...]

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askland on September 16th, 2009

Embedded video from CNN Video Lady Gaga performed in Macau at the Sands Venetian Casino (where I work with Cirque Du Soleil’s ZAIA show) as the final concert of her tour. There is an interview released by CNN here: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/25/lady.gaga/index.html?iref=intlOnlyonCNN Lady Gaga attended our Cirque ZAIA show the night before her performance.

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askland on February 3rd, 2009

Thought someone might find this interesting. This is the #1 conversation in Asia right now between residents and Americans: Chinese: Where you from? American: From America. Chinese: *smile* America very good. You like Obama? American: Yes, very much. Chinese: *Big Smile* I also like Obama. Now we’re best friends… I’ve had this same conversation in [...]

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askland on January 21st, 2009

Kung Hei Fat Choy 2009 (Happy Chinese New Year) from the cast of ZAIA. 2009 is the Year of the Ox. Macau will be a crazy one week party starting the week of January 26 2009 for the week long Chinese New Year celebrations. Around 1996 I was in Tokyo for New Years Eve celebrations [...]

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askland on January 20th, 2009

30 second clip of our ZAIA special New Year’s Eve countdown party and Cirque performance in Macau.

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askland on November 14th, 2008

A film by Davy McGuire 2008 showing the cast of Zaia from training in Montreal to opening in Macau at the Venetian Casino. The Zaia artists saw this for the first time in the green room at the Cirque Du Soleil Zaia Theater in Macau in October 2008. At 1:19 there’s a photo of me [...]

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askland on November 14th, 2008

Middle section includes interview with Sheldon Adelson – posted on YouTube August 27, 2007. Mr. Adelson talks about Macau and the new Cotai Strip developments.

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askland on November 11th, 2008

My first trip into Zhuhai China included great shopping, great food, beggars and pickpockets. Zhuhai China is just over the border from Macau – in the Southeast part of China near Hong Kong. The strict visa restrictions have been lifted now that the Olympics are over so it’s a little easier for us Expats (Westerners [...]

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