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.

            

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.

                

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]

Earlier front cover. Circa 2002

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

(b)        Amazon.com/Rhythm-in-the-Night

(c)        Amazon.com/Plaisir-D'Amour

(d)        iDO Firadyanie Art Nouveau Painting's Collection

Ido Firadyanie Heritage

Ido Firadyanie Heritage 

Ido Firadyanie

Art Nouveau

Art's Collection

Bush Craft 3: Is Not Phuket a City of Sins?

Bush Craft 3: 2300 KMs of Biking Adventure

By 8^th 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.

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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 7^th 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.Yes, terrible. The bike had suddenly stopped and it was hard to kick start. I did not know why. Because of the dizziness, I had to sit on grassy road shoulder, and blankly stared at the starry sky. It was maybe like 20-40 minutes. Only one-two juggernauts passed by the empty road. Then later, I tried hard starting the bike and journeyed on. It was 5 mm to ‘End of Fuel’, whilst crossing the 85 KMs ‘obsolete road’ to a PTT Petrol Station in Krabi district. Along the way, I had to play the throttle. Because the engine had been overhauled few months earlier, so the cylinder’s bore was bigger by 0.30 cm. Once the bore is bigger, it swallows more oil to run faster. As I reached the big PTT Station, my fuel tank nearly emptied. And that was where I had really counted my luck.

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.

Another spot where I could be able to do a yoga session was Kathu Waterfall. The waterfall was about 8 KMs from Phuket Town. And the running stream was tiny and not as scenic like other waterfalls in the world. But the pleasant and airy surroundings eased me to accomplish a 30 minutes Yoga session. Yoga is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India. The spiritual sense of the word yoga first arises in the second half of the 1st millennium BCE, and is associated with the philosophical system presented in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, with the chief aim of "uniting" the human spirit with the Divine. The term kriyāyoga has a technical meaning in the Yoga Sutras, designating the "practical" aspects of the philosophy, of which it is the "union with the supreme" due to performance of duties in everyday life. And the result of it was that I ended up in the late afternoon performing prayer at Nurul Islam Mosque, in Central Patong!

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.