Celebrating 50th Anniversary of Chinese Performing Arts & Culture

Last week Friday, spent the whole weekend at Bukit Jalil Stadium performed a commercial show in conjunction with Celebrating 50th Anniversary of Chinese Performing Arts & Culture and parallel with the celebration of 50 years of independence in Malaysia. The show’s theme “zha gen” – meaning take root represents how the Chinese community has been taking root in Malaysia sharing 50 years of heritage and culture and independence with other ethnic groups sharing the same soil ground, riches, and prosperity. Besides that, it also shows their struggle in Malaysia for more than 50 years












Okay okay…. Let’s put aside political talks for a while and talk about what I did instead during the 3 – days weekend. Our rehearsal kicks off on Friday as early as 10 a.m.





Since we’ve came prepared and the piece for us was easy for the show, we usually get our things done quick and sleek – just to avoid from the hot afternoon’s burning sun. However for some people, it’s just a pity to look at… ( thanks to the director for her great planning….Anyway, I think she gets to be excused since that’s her first massive event as director ) . But, what makes me thrill as a Hands Trainee is because i get to try their latest costume with cool-warrior-like-make ups !!!








Besides that I get to catch my sight up close on “Guang Liang” ( Famous Malaysian Chinese singer throughout Asia) and listen to one of his new released song. I also had to walk to walk to the highest row of seats in the stadium just to get all the tables for the gala dinner to fit into my picture.



Yes…. Tables. Roughly about 1500 of them I guess….

So, the first show on Saturday was a show for politic speeches from high profiles such as our Prime Minister Pak Lah, and MCA president Datuk seri Ong Ka Ting together with a crowd audience of 10,000 people attending the gala dinner concert and 30,000 (maybe more…) attended the latter show held on Sunday and the view was spectacular.

After the show, more pictures were taken at the canopy site.





As usual, being a percussionist always attract public attention too. Haha....So, that's all from me guys.













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A narrow Escape...?

This blog i'm about to tell you is about my experience on dealing with thugs when you're involved in accidents and makes me recall back movies like the "Young and Dangerous" ( Acted by Ekin Cheng ) where you get to see how is it like to be in the other world works actively as the moon rises in the hustle city of KL, where illegal becomes legal under the jurisdiction of the one-eye-close-as-long-i-get-my-money authorities, and you'll often get to hear from your mums calling these people as bad guys or should we say thugs which is a more familiar term used in the daily papers we read.... Without further a due.... the story all started on last wednesday (end of August) nite 45 mins before midnite as i was on my way driving home, a jeep came in from a U-turn junction rammed into my car....So, i came out from my car and tried to settle with him....
Note: to make the story much more juicy... i intend not to tell you the story but type the whole of our conversation. By the way the conversation was in mandarin and cantonese.....
Me: Wa..... How you drive ar....? u didn't see i was coming meh...?
Thug Ko : i switched my signal light already ma......
Me: You cannot say like that.... even if you switched signal light also can't simply go in to people's lane 1... must see first....
Thug ko: i'm not at fault here.....
(At this point , my brain tells me this guy wants to bully me already....)
Me: u came in from the U-turn junction and i was from the main road....By law, you are at fault.....
Thug Ko : i dun care.... i'm not at fault.....you are....
( This guy really want to bully me..... ok ....)
Me: Fine, there are 2 ways of solving this, 1 is to settle it here and the other is to lodge a police report.... Since, i'm not wrong and you're not admitting that you're at fault, we'll let the police decide loo.....
Thug ko: No no no no ...... we settle it here..... what the h**l you say me wrong here... you mailto:!@#$@!!#
Me: Then what you want me to do...? you rammed into my car and now you're trying it's my fault....
Thug ko : oh .... i'm wrong now .... ok....
( then, thug ko took out his phone calling his friend....)
Thug Ko : CALL ALL OUR FRIENDS OUT AND BRING TOOLS ( KA CHANG)... SOME BAGGAR HIT MY CAR AND DON'T WANT TO PAY ME....HIS CAR IS ******, I'M NOW IN YULEK..... U CALL ALL OUR FRIENDS NOW.....
(after listening to that phone conversation, i was a little scared already but try not to reveal it to him)
Me : wei..... you don't have to do this....
Thug ko: WHAT ? YOU THINK I CARE..... ONCE MY FRIENDS COME I'LL SETTLE WITH YOU ONCE AND FOR ALL.... BLAH BLAH BLAH.....
(when he was blah blah blah + ing.... i went to take my keys )
Thug Ko : YOU DON'T TRY TO RUN I TELL YOU......
Me: (blurred for a while...) why should i run?
( After that,Thug ko was making some calls again.... i pulled back a distance and called my sis not to come over and try to call my cousin who is staying near by)
Thug Ko : ( still on the phone) 1!~`<>#$^&*
( Then, make a turn let my back facing him.... and made a 999 phone call)
999 women: Hello....
Me: Polis ke...? Saya sekarang dekat bulatan yulek, ada orang tadi langgar saya sekarang tak mahu settle. Lepas itu, dia call kawan kawan dia suruh bawa parang la, pisau la, spana la nak pukul saya, nak BUNUH saya....Boleh cepat hantar bantuan tak.....? cepat ye...
999 women: Nama kamu siapa?
Me : Abraham Moses, You boleh cepat hantar orang tak.....saya tak boleh cakap lama ni.... nanti dia tahu....
( then she made me crazy by saying....)
999 women : okok .... saya suruh pegawai bertugas cakap dengan kamu..... you tunggu kejap ye....
(the phone played some background music... and my life is at stake here....OMG !!!! but a few seconds later)
999 Man: Siapa call nih...?
Me: ( what the f**k !) Saya ialah Abraham ... tadi dah cakap semua dekat perempuan tadi..... U BOLEH HANTAR ORANG DULU TAK !!!? NANTI SAYA BAGI SEMUA MAKLUMAT SAYA LAH.... NYAWA SAYA TENGAH DIPERTARUHKAN NI.....
(then the 999 Man was saying something but i didn't catch it.... because i was looking back at Thug Ko)
Me: Cepat cepat hantar polis sini yer.....
999 Man: okok, you kat mana lagi....
Me: ( ai .... pengsan...i'll die lo when you come...) yulek.... dekat bulatan cheras MRR2 tu....CEPAT !
(Switched off the phone and walked back to the site... but kept a few steps from him... Thug Ko was still on the phone at that time... At the end of his call.....)
Thug Ko: ..... where are you now? faster la... i want to kick his a** already....
(after finishing his call...)
Thug Ko:(spoke with arrogant) HUH.... YOU BETTER CALL THE POLICE ...?
(kept my worry look in front of him while my heart saying: Called already loo smart a** .... )
Me : wei.... Why you want to settle it like this ? If anything happen to me.... you will be in a bigger trouble you know....?
Thug Ko : So whose fault now...?
Me: (that's a weird response... guessed he want to know whether he had put me into submission....) Of course you la........
Thug Ko: Oh my fault ar..... You die .... i'll tell you.... die....
Me: Abo then? How can i say it's my fault when you're the one whose raming into me... ?
Thug Ko : So, whose fault now....?
Me: ( not again.....) Brother, if you say it's my fault.... how can my door hit your front part of your jeep ar...?
Thug Ko : So my fault la.... ok ok.... my fault.....u wait....
(so, along the conversation he kept push me to admit that it was my fault.... The questions u see that was repeating.... was what he kept saying for 15 mins while me trying to defend myself...the responses i made above was the 1 that i remembered....)
( Then, his friends came first....3 person with 2 cars... 1 parked behind Thug ko's car the other in front of mine....going to be surrounded by them)
Me: ( Holy S**T ! i was preparing to run to the road facing my back if Thug Ko comes and attack) I only want to settle this the right way........
Thug Ko : what settle settle..... ? i'll settle with you now ......
(As i was about to run when Thug ko was about to come at me.... his two friends came from the back stopped him and calm him down... )
Friend 1: wei.... sorry la bro... my friend here is like that 1 when he's drunk....
Me: (phew..... that was a relieve....now, it's my turn to be the loud guy....) AIYO, YOUR FRIEND AR.... HIT MY CAR WANT ME TO PAY.... WHEN I HEARD HE CALL YOU ALL BRING TOOLS , HE MADE ME SCARED LE....
friend 1: Really sorry la... nvm.... i help you kaotim everything....what is your num?
Me: 013*******
( then he called me...after that another friend of his approached me... he was a big size indian like a bouncer...)
Friend2 : What happen?
Me: This guy hit me on the side then dun want to settle and threatens to kill me.....
Me: are you a police?
Friend 2: no la....i'm his friend..... he's a little high today.... we'd just finish our anniversary only.....
Me:( you expect me to believe that? but, nvm you guys saved me anyway...) Wa.... why your friend like that 1 ar..... sikit sikit mahu pukul ....
( While Thog Ko was on the other side with his friend tried to control him...)
Thog Ko: You say what ??? you come here.... ( and some broken english that i dun understand...)
Me: (why should i ...? ) So how now....?
Friend 2: I'll give you my phone no. I'll settle all of this for you....
( a while later, the police came....knew it already... wait for them will die.... )
Police1: Siapa yang call 999 tadi..?
Me : Saya. Nama saya Abraham....( and took the opportunity to hit back on Thug Ko) dan laki itu yang cakap nak panggil kawan pukul saya.... tapi nasib baik kawan dia bukan macam itu..... (haha, must bodek sikit.... because i think their background was at least similar if they were friends......)
Friend2 : Tak ada hal punya la.... hari ini dia high high sikit.....ada anniversary tadi...
Police1 : har...? high high ar...? kalau macam tu.... kena tiup lo....
(FYI, not tipu belon ar.... it's a tool to measure alcohol levels)
>>Then, i was asked to get his plat no and lodge a report.... but after lodging the report i was approached by the indian friend to asked me to cancel the report and he'll settle all the damages and loss charges for me... then, i agreed to not follow up with the police report (since i only made it as a record) if they're willing to settle everything for me..... The next day when i met him after sending my car, i asked him to give me a lift home and did some digging.... Apparently , i found out this indian guy is a middle man of his boss in settling "problems" ( mine would be 1 of them) and loan sharking was part of their business.... ( How did i know that? Actually he was reluctant to tell me when i ask what sort of business they're doing.... He instead answered "security" as his profession. So, i then said... " wa, security also can drive merz ar....? u must be a big security guy..." and laughed together with him...." When i was about to reach my house, he said if you need loan can call me la..." And i replied " oh.... Ah long la.... " And he responsed " and now i look like a pimp to you also la" and we laughed again.....
These type of people sometimes helps a lot when you're in trouble with people from their world... And as i collected my car today, he ended his call by saying " keep in touch la.... if you have any problem and need my help can call me...." Don't know whether he was sincere about that......?

Friendship at the brink of Destruction....

To Avoid or not to avoid….
I’m sure every one of you do have friends and everyone of them is ranked differently to you as you prioritize them differently in your life. This sort of friend thing ranges from a “hi hi” friend to best friends, heng dai, ji mui, sei dong or whatever u may call it. All of these ranks are usually easy to be differentiated. However, as it comes to best friends or good friends, you tend to walk unconsciously in “grey spots” especially when your good friend is an opposite sex. The word “grey spots” that I’m referring to are actions that both of you are doing might resemble the actions of what a stereotype couple would do. These so called “actions” are like going out for movies, hang out in a restaurant or shopping malls, or just keep calling or sms each other as if tomorrow is the end of the world……Although I do agree these actions are normal but such would translate a different meaning as it prolongs even further.….
Recently, I was approached by a friend ( let’s call her Apple…) who consulted me on this best friend issue that troubles her a lot as she was out of ideas to solve it. This story that I’m about to relate to you is upon the owner’s permission and has been tailored for public viewing and meant for entertainment only ( just for laughs… Owner, you won’t mind rite…?) and of course after some proper discretion from the Censorship Board of Malaysia also. But I’ll assure you, it’s still juicy…..
Once upon a time…. A girl by the name of Apple had a male friend called Gaga Binks ( as if I know the guy’s name …. Duh~ ) . Initially they find both of them understand each other very close from personality, moods, hobbies and likes to dislikes - you name it…. Since they find themselves clicked a lot, they started to go out often for 6-7 hours in restaurants talking to each other ( talk to each other for that long….? That would just make my saliva reserve to go dry in my body system…Only God knows what you’ve done between that hours girl….. and please dun think of something perverted although I seem to be encouraging you to do so….) . So, as chemistry between them built up, Gaga Binks start to show his intimate side by showing his affection. Making calls twice a week, text messages frequently and talk like a radio at restaurants for hours ( and annoys a lot of mamak because they only ordered 2 drinks !!!!) . Since Apple is an apple, Gaga Binks went a little step further by calling her with cute names in her sms like D**ling, my L**y and etc….. However, Apple is still an apple and she didn’t even bother of how he would call her….( because all girls like it…..no wonder we have a lot of cases relating to Casanovas lately in the country) .
Suddenly, when it came to a point where Gaga Binks had a relationship with another girl, Apple felt she should play a smaller role and try to slowly fade away from Gaga Binks’s life. Gaga Binks then found something odd is happening in the midst of their friendship and took drastic actions to solve it but the actions taken backfired him and caused Apple to get freaked out and look for an exit to end this by avoiding him from all of his calls, messages and other forms of communication. This is where she consulted me for help…… End.
My Assumptions and Conclusion
My theory on this story is that Gaga Binks might have developed his fond for Apple for quite some time but chose to be patient because Apple is yet to be available for “auction”. (haha…) Nevertheless, he gave out some signals and tested her limits to gauge how far the line drawn could be bent. Apple might have sense the signals but “pretended” unconsciously to be still just friends as she had drew the line earlier and expected him to understood. Gaga Binks may find himself special in this particular relationship as they would spent their time talking together. Besides just sharing their common interest or personalities, my guess is they share lots of their darkest secrets which they would not even reveal to their common friends, parents, or love ones. However, as Gaga Binks starts his love life with another girl, Apple’s dark experience made her felt it is better to avoid so that she wouldn’t be seen as the “third party” and cause any havoc in between them.
The reason why their friendship only remains at that level is because Apple is no longer available ( which means she’s either happy with her current bf or she is just a girl who plays by the book in serious relationship ) and she draws the line clearly in the early stages of their friendship. But all guys perceive that rules, lines, limits or boundaries are meant to be broken if it’s not to be bent. And the worse thing a guy needs from a girl who is unavailable is a false hope. A false hope that makes him works harder to get the girls approval. And if it’s at the point he could not bear it and throw all out but resulted into rejection would be just even more overwhelming. I believed that if it’s really for the sake of friendship it’s appropriate for Apple to lay low for a while but she has to confront Gaga Binks on why she had to play low profile and how to remain that precious friendship and not resort to avoidance. As for Gaga Binks, I can only hope that he would look into this maturely with his head and not with his heart. Because a man’s tears is much more painful than bleed……..
So, u there….. do you think Apple should avoid or not to avoid this friend of hers …?