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Wednesday, December 22, 2021
The Rewriting of
Eagle and th' Fiv' Eggs
(Episode 3)
As of today, 21/12/21, the rewriting and editing of this fable Eagle and th' Fiv' Eggs have seemed to come to its ultimatum. Maybe ready to be published. 2 weeks ago I got an invitation to publish with Partridge Publishing House, Singapore. And below is their price to publish this book:
I couldn't make it because I don't have much budget. Then I thought of a savior who has come to aid. A job as a music teacher in Singapore with a salary of SGD3,000. Wow! But later onward, down. I lost during the Google Meet interview. Then another chance came. A job as a full-time journalist at KL; with another astounding salary of RM2,500. But same as the first - luckless.
For this book, like my music, I will never give up. Just a few days past, I have sent emails to publishers around the globe about my book. I have even sent bulk emails to companies to fund my journey to publish and establish my book. https://fundly.com/world-travelling-to-help-the-poor# Until now, I am still hoping and wishing for funds to come.
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Anyway, let's forget about the funding and publishing this worthy book for a while. Two days ago, I had designed the book cover. And it is illustrated as below:
Nice or not? Please comment. I used Adobe CC21 to accomplish the graphic.
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This symbol ⅏⸙⅏ is used as ending marks for songs and arias.
Whereas the line:
____________________________________________________________
Eagle
& Th’ 5 Eggs’ ─ Part I (Act III. Scene 1)
on page 70 means the trademark of this book. Although it seems quite weird, this is the simple trademark of iFAN Music & Art masterpiece.
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In this book, I have inserted and edited a detailed glossary like the following:
ACT III
i) (III.i.1-2) goofy fashions = foolish manners; fiendish
sickness
= savage disease (pg.66)
ii) (III.i.6) he’s gaudily for my perception = he is
not my
type.
iii) (III.i.15) mould = my distinctive character as taught
and practised (pg.67)
iv) (III.i.92) the cloud = the problem (pg.71)
v) (III.i.95) And full inebriated for on alcohol
influence = totally drunk because of over assumption of alcohol
vi) (III.i.110) Invalidated their professionalism = their
skills that are against the law (pg.72)
vii) (III.i.111) Th’ harsh-entreat’d but beneficial elk’s meat = though it seems
unjust but gives advantage.
viii) (III.i.139&140) to nod = that
is me; effort a mount = to great effort (pg.73)
ix) (III.iia.4) With mainstay = with someone you can rely
on
(pg.75)
x) (III.iia.15) I shall examine my sweat = I shall work in this undertaking. (pg.76)
Furthering the discussion here are the songs and arias in this play. Some
songs can be modern ballads like Honey (Prose), ‘Thy Love’ (Prose), and A
Better Life After Tomorrow(Prose). Others may be accompanied by Strings
Quartet, Quintet, or Orchestra.
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JPJ Officer: “A stupefying story to
muster,
Inclusive stupendous effort.”
Sikh Traffic Police: “‘Mong hundred pates,
(I.ii.46-47; pg.23 [also throughout the whole play]) Inclusive stupendous effort. and ‘Mong hundred pates, are combined in one line, though spoken by two characters. This is to means that when the first character finishes his sentence, the second character will continue without hesitation/pause.
Judge: “Ill-natured is legal mere for thyself,
Carry on the lady solicitor.”
Solania: “Thanks Your Honour. I’m seriously intend’d.
(III.iia.16-18; pg.76 [also throughout the whole play]) After the Judge ends his sentence with solicitor, it does not continue with Solania. Thus give to 2 lines. This is to mean a pause in between the speech of the 2 characters. The character Solania in this short pause may give a nod of understanding.
Saturday, November 27, 2021
Eagle and th' Fiv' Eggs (2nd Episode)
The Rewriting of
Eagle and th' Fiv' Eggs
(Episode 2)
This writing was thenceforth accomplished after 6-8 months of ruthless hardship. But the great thing about it, the writing was gifted. The first accomplishment was in 1998.
As typewritten, it was recorded at 10:45AM, 27th July 1998. It is about 23 years 4 months gap, as of this very writing - 10:23PM 25th November 2021.
Until at this moment, I am still surprised from where actually I got this idea. But to be sure, I got it from a dream earlier. Circa December 1997. Although the dreams had just run about 4-5 hours after Isyak, or even 9 PM, it was another dream after Fatal Instinct - the lost 413 pages novel (of which was my first attempt in writing).
Frankly speaking, I am not a master of English. Nor an excellent student. I failed my GCE O'Level English or 1119 English back in 1990. And just a BAND 4 in my MUET examination, later, during diploma studies in 2009. But, this mastery of writing in the English language for me is gifted. Because why? Because I learnt it through repetitive dreams. Only that, the dream about Eagle and th' Fiv' Eggs itself was in Malay.
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There might be few idioms and proverbs in the literature, Eagle and th' Fiv' Eggs. The metric verses that represent the dialogues are mostly not repeated iambic and trochaic lines, but randomly arranged like:
̸ ‿ ̸ ‿ ‿ ‿ ̸ ‿ ̸ ‿
Caesarea: “Felicitating for someone’s glory~ [20]
̸ ‿ ̸ ‿ ‿ ‿ ‿ ̸ ̸ ‿
Very interesting, while eye’s clipping,
̸ ̸ ‿ ̸ ̸ ‿ ̸ ‿ ‿ ‿
List’d but to leave one in adversity,
‿ ̸ ̸ ‿ ‿ ̸ ‿ ̸ ‿ ‿
‘Snot quite well-meaning, none the well-meaning,
‿ ‿ ̸ ‿ ‿ ̸ ‿ ̸ ‿ ̸
It is worthier if I behold inside.”
(Eagle and th' Fiv' Eggs ACT I, Scene 1: lines 20-24)
For action-packed circumstances, sick (like Solania at the hospital), the verses are shortened, or even asymmetrical, and mostly unrhymed. Also the prosaic songs like Honey (IF W.042), Thy Love (IF W.013), and A Better Life After Tomorrow (IF W.002). A semicolon is used to link (in a single sentence) two independent clauses that are closely related in thought. When a semicolon is used to join two or more ideas (parts) in a sentence, those ideas are then given equal position or rank. But in Eagle and th' Fiv' Eggs, the use of semicolons vary like:
a PAUSE:
Thee, sweet lady; if I'm to be the base o' aids, [ACT I, Scene 1; line 27]
a DESCRIPTION/DIRECTION:
Medescri’d this lone car; arear (arear = behind) [ACT I, Scene 2; line 26]
O' these fiv' eggs; gloss the oblong shells, [ACT I, Scene 3; line 32]
Pitilessly speechless; tho' tiddly [ACT I, Scene 3; line 58]
as TWO INDEPENDENT CLAUSES:
Neglecting her just; my loath shy [ACT I, Scene 2; line 38]
The term -ly which when is added to an adjective thus becomes an adverb is also used. Further, it functions as stressing the adjective (like oft-fully (often full of), for the purpose of rhyming (like tho' tiddly (tiddle)). There are also abstract 2 words combined like me-financial which means to me financially [ACT I, Scene 4; line 26]. Other than that is transforming nouns to adjectives/adverbs like purlieus to purlieusly.
Many archaic words are used like pray = please, kisser = mouth, thou (you = 2nd person singular), ye (you = plural), thy/thine (your), ere = before, behold (see/see from a distant), firmament/welkin (sky), hath (has), mater (mother), quick (alive), list = want or like, apace (quick or fast), yea/aye (yes), ayely (always), mere/merely = only, oft = often, morn = morning, phantastic = fantastic, repast = meal/food, betimes = early, anon = soon, wherefore, forsooth, etc.
The use of apostrophes' in conjunctions, words, adjectives/adverbs are many. Their purposes are to omit certain sentences to equalize the metric between lines/2 lines. Such as i' = if/in, o' = of/on, 'ther = other, 'gain = again, 'yond = beyond, th' = the, 't = it, fiv' (pron. five) = five, e'en = even, e'er = ever, aug'r = augur, lum'nary = luminary, to unstress/silence the -ed in verbs/adj/adv/nouns like advert'd = adverted, 's can also be was like accused's = accused was, when's = when was
Other than English, there are French sentences as well in some lines. This is simply to create some impression upon the readers or audiences.
The third protagonist character, Jannequin was a French man. A French nobleman actually. The antagonist Ravioli was also a mixed-blood character; Javanese-Malay. Meanwhile, the second protagonist character, Solania, was Dutch-Malay mixed blood.
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ACT I Scene III: original typewritten script
People are born, bred, and nurtured with various educations and experiences. Me too. I was nurtured not only to work hard, courteously, responsible, faithful, honest but also to use as much cleverness I can draw from my mind to live like other people. I read and memorized the whole Fajar English-Malay dictionary when I was still in form 1 (1986). A year before that, my mother sent me to typing school in Parit Raja, Ayer Hitam, Johore. I had hardly excelled in typewriting (beginner and advanced), with the speed of 78 W.P.M. And 2 months thereafter, taking a course in shorthand.
So English and typewriting are just like natural to me. Meanwhile English is just like a mother tongue. Conversation at home was also conducted in English. My understanding of English grew with varieties of reading. When I was in standard five primaries, I read the biography of J.F. Kennedy and Mahatma Gandhi. I had also finished all episodes of Hardy Boys and Enid Blyton books. Especially The Fat and Inspector Goon. In form 1, I read Adolph Hitler, Idaho, and Sherlock Holme's series. By form 5, high school, I studied Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe. My favorite book was Macbeth and Romeo & Juliet. But until now, I still could not memorize any of the beautiful lines 😆
But as I have said earlier, because of the repetitive dreams, I could plan and write in English. And as of today, 27th November 2021, I am retyping Part II of Eagle and th' Fiv' Eggs.
Saturday, November 13, 2021
Eagle and th' Fiv' Eggs [1st Episode]
The Rewriting of
Eagle and th' Fiv' Eggs
This dreamt fable starts with Caesarea, just
finishing his door-to-door business. In a brief suddenness, he is alarmed by
a cry from a parked car...
What I've experienced is a typewritten piece by myself, which had disappeared for almost 3 years. I am so confused, worn out, directionless by this uncalled-for loss. Alas! Seemingly disappeared to nowhere. And to my surprise, it has returned. Suddenly flicked to live. And this is for me like a bequest by The Almighty God.
“Am I’ve been promis’d, O! Am I, Lord?
Risking this exasp’rating suffering?
I am not loath to die rather waiting.”
[Part I, ACT I, Scene I, lines 17-19]
The feeling of pain cried by Solania is like reflecting me, the poet. The creator of those lines. This one-piece, though beseems trifling by others, or junk by the unlettered, or bullshit by the haters of English, is my one masterpiece. Like a painting. Like a symphony or a concerto. I own it. I love it. I adore it. Just like I did to my late mother.
This writing was easy to start, but harder to lengthen. And even harder to accomplish. It seems like selling my tablecloths to a thousand houses; yet with no astounding reward. It is true. I had even walked from Gombak Batu 4 to Greenwood, Kampung Pandan Luar until to Jelatek, Ampang, from Larkin Bus Station until to Kampung Melayu Majidee, and even Kampung Melayu Majidee to Stulang Laut. Selling tableclothes, bedspreads, and the most precious─the saprahs. Knocking every door. Majorly prospects would deny or unnoticed me. So did the writing. Under the corrugated roof, I wrote, I typed, I flourished above editing this play. Seering hot in the afternoon, and icy cold in the night. With no fan. Because of no electricity. And added by disturbances. Noises, black magic, and no transportation. Who cares? Nobody.
This writing was thenceforth accomplished after 6-8 months of ruthless hardship.
But the great thing about it, the writing was gifted. Logically I don't think Satan has this type of intelligence. Or genius. But God yes. Especially from the wonderful dream, He had given during my stomach was hungry. And my future was bleak. Actually, the character Caesarea was me, and Ljiljana was my late mother. But the genius verses I picked from worthy Alien and Skeleton. Also from Wilhelm, Schroeder, Adam, and many more in my daily encounter. Encounter, as described by Napoleon Hill, the Sixth Sense. Many people don't believe this because it is crazy. But I do believe it. And forever will.
A sketch from an unfinished painting
The words might be archaic, old-fashioned. Or even irrelevant or bombastic if compared to modern-day fiction. But it is a revived literature from the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. With verses ranging from 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, and 12 syllables, there are cavatinas, sonnets, modern free verse songs combined in the piece. Archaic words like naught (nothing), lass (girl), behold (see), very (really), etc. are lively used. Rhyme and unrhyme lines are carefully designed using the English metric line system. The meanings may or may not be abstract like the one below:
Caesarea: “I shall try, as thy quota.”
(He
opens the door and vaults in)
“I’m
cherishing th’ hope,
E’en i’ th’ minute of chance, well-nigh
justly than mischance.”
(Part I, ACT I, Scene I, Verses 39 & 40)
Eagle and th' Fiv' (or) 5 Eggs is actually a play that is humorous. Suitable for any age. Although the content has to be not just read but scrutinized, this literary fable has its own specialty. Maybe something that copies Walt Disney's legends, 21st Century's box offices, but its content, however, is thoroughly different. Maybe these differences and specialties are nothing new to readers and admirers. But enlivening the old literature in the South East Asian world, weaving it with Malay or even Asian life, in the year of the new millennium is unusually authentic.
Descriptive Former Introduction: circa 2001
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So today, when people are busy working and doing business; showing the public that hard-working individuals are admired, full of life, and perhaps rich, I ask myself.
"Am I not working hard last time?" "Am I just sleeping and dreaming my whole life?" "Am I just a burden to everybody?" "Am I just lying to myself?"
So today, when people are diligent to support their families, I am diligent to show the world my masterpiece. Even if it is just worth a dollar or lesser, a penny; and cannot even pay my whatsoever loan, I am still proud of it. Ending this first, perhaps the only blog please browse iFAN Music & Art pieces:
(a) Amazon.com/Black-Dead-Witch
(d) iDO Firadyanie Art Nouveau Painting's Collection
Monday, November 9, 2020
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Bush Craft 3: Is Not Phuket a City of Sins?
Bush Craft 3: 2300 KMs of Biking Adventure
By 8th of January, I left KL to Bukit Minyak,
Simpang Ampat, Penang.
Not sure of my own dwindling health, unjustifiably, I had this
severe muscle pain. It was hard to stand up after long hours of sitting, riding
bike or even lying down. Positively, I thought it was because of recklessly
consuming Calcium Lactate pills,
bought at RM2.50 from a local pharmacy. Earlier, my intention in consuming
those white pills was to ease the recurring pain on my backbone and both knees.
But was it true about over-consumption of Calcium pills could drive to Muscular Dystrophy? Or less so Myalgia? Negatively, I suspected a
notorious spell of black magic. Old folklore calls it ‘jampi’ or ‘sihir’. The
rise of that negative assumption, came after taking absolute consideration that
there were no food poisoning, no extreme exercise, and not even wild attempts
to drink alcohol, drugs or even cigarettes. So, the assumption of being in a
spell, was halfway accurate. And along the way biking, I bore the pain.
It was about 5:30PM cruising in the lancing rain through suburb
roads that began in Bestari Jaya. I like to choose the route from Kuala
Selangor to Penang, because according to mileage, it is much shorter than the
North-South Expressway. The sceneries of villages, paddy fields, jumpy and
holey roads heightened the sensation of riding motorcycle. Especially of a
moped size bike like mine. Yamaha Lagenda 110Z. Very hard to get, no approval
from anybody, and pricey to maintain. And this bike is just like a legend for
me, a genius peasant. And the long ride carried on; Parit Buntar, Teluk Intan,
Gopeng, Ipoh, Kuala Kangsar until… up to Taiping. A royal town of northern
Perak. A cool, obscure, distinct town. I ended up at the Taiping’s Hospital.
For a ‘Green’ Emergency Treatment.
Especially that related to my Myalgia.
The hospital staff were all friendly and helpful. That is why I love government
hospital. Otherwise, a genius peasant could not afford any treatment,
especially from private hospital, because the cost of treating even a simple
headache could reach RM150. After taking antibiotics and paracetamol, I
continued my journey to Bukit Minyak.
***
It was an open interview for a line operator in a factory
that manufactures and assembles PC’s hard disk. The waiting was long about half
day since 9:00AM in the twitchy morning. This was because there were a lot of
young candidates applying for the same job. After making new friends right on
the spot, their petty jokes, frivolous questionnaires and answers filled the
whole waiting hours. Just about half past 4PM, at Lincoln Backpackers, about
32.8 KM, via Jalan Baru/Route 1, Pulau Pinang
Bridge/E36 and Tun Dr. Lim Chong Eu Highway/Route 3113, I got an upsetting WhatsApp
message that: ‘I am not a suitable candidate’ – for the job. But as for me, who
had prophesied earlier, that the outcome might be negative, had not been overly
surprised.
Because many Asian countries do not create
ordinary jobs that are tailored for workers above forties, travelers or even needy
rags. Meanwhile, jobs in Malaysia are shrunken from time to time, especially
during the reign of this new government. If there are jobs available, it would
be prioritized to expatriates or even illegal immigrants like China, India,
Nepal and Bangladesh. The Malays or Bumiputras are day by day being – out-casts.
However, there should actually be jobs that are suitable for workers above
forties, pensioners, handicaps of whom are frail to undertake heavy tasks. Like
4 – 5 hours work’s schedule a day, less heavy and stressful duties, even though
the outcome may result in lesser pays. And contractual work that are calculated
by weekly basis instead of monthly. So it can benefit travelers and homeless
people too. But because of greed, political inequality, and also who acts like
cats that lick from the front but clawing from behind, this matter might always
be left aside, unnoticed.
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The journey of once earlier intended to
search for temporary jobs at different states, had transformed to an adventure.
And this was the 7th time I had passed the Malaysia-Thailand border.
My ultimate drive was to travel all Asia, Middle East and lasted in Europe. 7,334.89
KMs (Malaysia-Dubai) with maximum hours of 47 days 10 hours if walking at 3mph.
And another 6,275 KMs from Dubai to Frankfurt. If biking at the speed of 40mph,
it might take 219 hours 46 minutes to complete the journey.
With a month of road insurance, costing RM29
plus visitor’s pass, I travelled at a slow pace in between 40-60mph. Danok,
Sadao, Hatyai. The border, or Danok, was about 36 KMs from Hatyai. I rested and
had my dinner at a TESCO Lotus outlet
in Hatyai. By 5:45PM (Thai time), I continued riding all the way up to
Patthalung, Nakhon Si Thammarat until to Surat Thani. At about 2:00AM after
reaching the town of Surat Thani, I felt dizzy and the Mylgia recurred. I thought of having a night or two in Phuket,
where I had miscalculated that Phangnga or Phuket was just about 30-50 KMs from
Surat Thani. Originally, via route 4118, it really took 3.5 hours ride,
covering 249 KMs in distance. So it was quite terrible.
As the cock’s crows calling dawn, I rested
for 1.5 hours at a roadside hut. Because there was no available hotel or hostel
to check in during that wee hours, I had to switch my plan southward to Ko
Lanta. Seriously a beautiful island, like Langkawi in Kedah (Malaysia). Only
that Ko Lanta was bigger like Penang (Malaysia). About 7AM, I had stumbled with
Rattana Resort, situated about 5 KMs from the Samakkhi Matsayit Mosque or 10
KMs from Hua Hin Pier. I had just thought that the scenic resort was expensive.
Like above RM150. But to my astonishment, it was only around RM80 per night.
Thereon, about 4PM, after heavy sleeping, I circled around Ko Lanta Island. Weekend
Market, Crepes by Mina, Chai Hat Lang Sot, Koh Lanta Old Town and its pier.
The great thing about being in Ko Lanta was that
I got this 3 hours job as a tour guide to 2 Indian guys from Bombay. Another
unprecedented luck of the day. Because they were not accustomed to Ko Lanta’s
surroundings, I had to guide them all the way to few scenic places. They ended
their nights at Holiday Villa (close to Klong Dao Stadium), west side of Ko
Lanta. Meanwhile, I got my 2000 Baht remuneration! About RM266.90 income!
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I discovered Phuket after an amazing day in
Ko Lanta. It was about 232 KMs from Hua Hin Pier. Nuea Khlong, Hula Hula Golf
Club, Big C, Krabi Town, Mueang, Exciting Krabi Forest, Khao Khram Cockfighting
arcade, Ao-Phangnga National Park, Sirinat National Park were all passed
through Phet Kassem Road and Route 1002. It took me about 5 hours starting at
11AM (Thai time) and ended at 6:30PM in the evening. Got a pre-booked hostel,
named 12 Month Hostel, I stayed there for 4 days.
The first night at Phuket was drastic and
full of entertainment. It was just like the E.J. Entertainment in the film ‘The
Wolf of Wall Street’. Starred by Leonardo DiCaprio. Tiger Shows were wild at
Bangla Walking Street, of which was close to Patong Beach. Especially with the
accompaniment of this one Indian guy named Shuvam from West Bengal, India. But
I did not focus much at the ‘Tiger Shows’ because the clubs that hosted them were
demanding high fees. And they had not bothered me much because perhaps I was
not an European or even wealthy. In one point of view, hosts, men, bodyguards
or even women in Thailand knew how to measure their customers. They had these
intuitions that could differentiate between the middle class, high class,
social class, sex-oriented class, fighter’s or warrior’s class. So because I was
unspotted, I enjoyed my night – shooting; with the income I got earlier at Ko
Lanta. Guns and pistols with real life bullets were amongst the amazing
attractions in Thailand. Luger, Smith & Wesson, Beretta, Colt are life and
excitingly dangerous. Here, I got a trial of 15 rounds of ammo. The another 15
ammos were paid at 800 Bahts. So altogether 30 rounds. Another shooting arcade
that resembled the real guns were the CO2 air pistols and rifles. The bullets
were made from aluminium balls. I got 300 rounds for 6 sessions. And it was
only 300 Bahts!
The next 2 days I wandered around Phuket. I
swam 3 beaches including Rawai, Surin and Kamala. European ladies in bikinis
were the wildest spots I had encountered. And the clear wavy sea was excitedly
swum. In between those beaches there were tourist’s spots like the Wat Chalong,
Kathu Waterfall, Phuket Mining Museum of which had enthralled me.
A review for Wat Chalong or The
Chaitararam Buddhist Temple: “I’m in it
now, a holy place, where the Thai people love to exist.” The deep meaning
was truly felt by me, myself. I had once thought that the holy place was just an
exotic museum or an unusual place of worship. But it seemed otherwise. The
Buddha statues were like guarded by spirits or elves. Not by just supernatural
spirits but, the so called ‘The Guardian of The Fruit of The Spirit: Peace’. Like
the ancient quote: “Peace comes
from within. Do not seek it without. Those who are free of resentful thoughts
surely find peace.” “There has to be evil so that good can prove
its purity above it.” And further elongated by Miyamoto
Musashi as:
“There is nothing
Outside of yourself
That can ever enable you
To get better, stronger, richer,
Quicker, or smarter.
Everything is within.
Everything exists.
Seek nothing
Outside of yourself.”
So the peacefulness of the Wat Chalong was
just like infusing the feeling of being a sage warrior. That was why Tomoi (or Kick
Boxing) and the film Ong Bak could be established just by this type of
spiritual infusion. The calmness regained makes one to be more active,
resilient, focused and powerful. So that was what I interpreted from Wat
Chalong.
So, Phuket was not as sinful
as people might normally talk about. One or two spots would not denigrate
Phuket as a despicable place. The way that we mingle with the crowds is by our
own choice either to sinfully fraternize or socializing positively. Not the
place and its attractions that provides us the ways for committing sins.
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I tried to move on, but the budget was too
small. So I retreated to Kuala Lumpur 8 days later. Concluding the journey, it
was a great adventure. Instead of bush-crafting in the jungle, I city-crafted
all the way 941 KMs road from Phuket to Kuala Lumpur. But the world exploration
did not over yet. Might be if there could be chances again awaiting in the
future. Especially through my Musical World Tour.
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