Busy schedules have been keeping me off from updating this site. However that does not mean I have not been writing. I have been writing loads actually. Not entries like these sadly but short scripts. Since the last update, I have written 2 short scripts for my group LiveShocks. I am currently finishing another one.

LiveShocks! is Electric Minds Project’s bi-weekly script reading session. This activity is a chance to meet writers, directors and actors in a friendly, laid-back setting. This coming Sunday will be our 10th installation. I have been to every one minus installation 8 due to the 9th Emperor Festival.

LiveShocks! has helped me improve my script writing skills tremendously. In 21 weeks (it’s sounds like a long time but trust me, it isn’t), I have went from a noob to well… Not a noob. Hahaha!!!

One of my pieces is going to be performed in a showcase next year. Yay!!! A newbie writer’s dream.

Basically we are a group of theater enthusiasts who decided to do something other than complaining about the Win-Lose situations of the local theater scene. (Raise your hand if you have bitched about that before!)

LiveShocks! was started as a chance to meet writers, directors and actors in a friendly, laid-back situation. It’s a place where writers can have their work read, where actors can have a chance to read and for directors to listen (for once). Teehee!

Anyways, I cannot really explain LiveShocks! It is something that you would have to experience.

JOIN US!!!

We are on Facebook. If you can’t find us, let me know.

As some of you might know, I have started some basic capoeira classes at my gym. I have always wanted to try capoeira out ever since I watched ‘Only the strong’. I think that movie, influenced many.

Anyways, I have just been informed about Brazil Fest 08. This year, the organizers are going to have a huge contingent of capoeiristas and students from overseas taking part in the event.
It will be a week of world class capoeira workshops, Malaysia’s first capoeira championship, parties and street shows, samba, a Brazilian themed art & photography exhibition and of course, tons of fun!!!

For those interested:-
Grab your registration forms at Bantus Capoeira.

Closing date for registration is 27th October so please hurry!
Pre Event: Look out for more info on the Spirit of Brazil: Photography and Art Competition. Have your art displayed at Pavillion and Cloth n Clef and win attractive prizes!

Schedule of Events: Adults
Date: Mon, 10th Nov
Venue: Grand Hall, Garden International School, Jalan Bukit Kiara, KL

Capoeira Workshops with Mestre Pintor
Time: 8:00pm – 9:10pm

Capoeira Rhythm and Music Workshops with Mestre Pinto
Time: 9:15pm – 10:00pm

Open Roda
Time: 10:00pm – 10:30pm

Date: Tues, 11th Nov
Venue: Grand Hall, Garden International School, Jalan Bukit Kiara, KL

Capoeira Worskshop with Instructor Grau
Time: 8:00pm – 9:10pm

Samba Workshops with Fernanda and Rodrigo
Time: 9:15pm – 9:55pm

Open Roda
Time: 10:00pm – 10:30pm

Date: Wed, 12th Nov
Venue: Grand Hall, Garden International School, Jalan Bukit Kiara, KL

Capoeira Workshop with Graduado Claudinho
Time: 8:00pm – 9:10pm

Talk on Nutrition and Weight Training
Time: 9:15pm – 9:55pm

Open Roda
Time: 10:00pm – 10:30pm

Date: Thurs, 13th Nov
Venue: Grand Hall, Garden International School, Jalan Bukit Kiara, KL

Capoeira Workshop with Mestre Pintor
Time: 8:00pm – 9:10pm

Talk on Injury Prevention and Training Concepts
Time: 9:15pm – 9:55pm

Open Roda
Time: 10:00pm – 10:30pm

Date: Fri, 14th Nov
Venue: Jalan Bukit Bintang (Outside Maybank)
Street Roda!
Time: 8:00pm ~ 10:00pm

Date: Saturday, 15th Nov

Venue: Academia Bantus Capoeira Malaysia, Damansara Jaya
1st GBCM Championship
Time: 12:00noon ~ 5:00pm

Venue: Cloth & Clef, Jalan Ceylon, KL
Noite Brazileira
Time: 9:00pm – late

Date: Sunday, 16th Nov
Venue: Pavillion Shopping Center, KL
5th Annual GBCM Batizado e Troca de Cordas
Time: 4:00pm ~ 8:00pm

BATIZADO PACKAGES

SPECIAL OFFER FOR MEMBERS
- FREE CLASS FOR NOVEMBER!!
- Attend ALL workshops
- Attend ALL rodas
- 1 Festival T-Shirt
- Attend Batizado Ceremony
- Members Price: MYR320

Bantus Capoeira Festival Package
- Attend ALL workshops
- Attend ALL rodas
- 1 Festival T-Shirt
- Attend Batizado Ceremony
- Members Price: MYR280
- Non Members: MYR350

Abada Promotion
Buy a brand new pair of abadas for only RM100 with your Festival Package

There is also a package for kids. Get more info from Bantus Capoeira.

Hope to see you there.

I am the wondrous wanderer,
I wander around in search of a purpose,
I wander around in search of hope and dreams,
I wander around in the barren grounds,
I wander around in the land of richness,
I wander around possibilities and hope,
Yet I wonder why I wander when I feel so tired,
When I feel like giving it all up, to end it all,
I want to wander no more yet I do not feel whole,
I wonder if that is the reason I continue to wander,
I am of course the wanderer, it is my job to wander,
For how long should I wander, no one knows,
Yet I am the wondrous wanderer,
I don’t know where my journey starts,
I don’t know where my journey ends.

Talk about hair raising tales. I had my fringe bleached about 5 weeks ago.
Now this crazy hairstyle was one that I wanted since I was 13 after reading a magazine. Being in school, that idea had to be struck out. It wasn’t until on a crazy creative whim that I decided to just go crazy and do it. Basically, I got bored and wanted to do something artsy. I wasn’t in the mood to write despite the fact I owe the team a couple of scripts and I had tons running amok in my head.

I realized that this might cause uproar with my students. Some people commented that it was cool, others said it was Lala. Then again, do you think I cared? My only regret is that I did not do it in white. That way I can have Rogue’s (X-Men) look. Well, even with it being blonde, people still asked me if it was inspired by Rogue. I might have mentioned it more than once that Rogue is my favourite X-men. I wish I could be her. Perhaps I should go as Rogue to this year’s Halloween party. If there is going to be one at all.

I love my hair. In fact, I did not even realize that my hair has changed at all. It was only 2 weeks into my new look that I realized I had to back to the temple fest. I wasn’t sure if the congregation would accept my little rebellious self.

Well the final test came with me popping up the final flight of stairs to the temple. Old Uncle L was the first to greet me. He said it was cool. Now coming from a man who is in his 70s, it was the best compliment I had about my hair.

But it is during this 10 days retreat that my confidence in myself was renewed. No matter what I look like outside, people will still accept me for who I am inside. Silly, I know. This is something that many people talk to me about. Yet there is always that little insecure child inside me that craves for people’s attention.

But how do we pacify that little insecure child?

What does it take to realize your dreams?

Is it guts?
Is it luck?
Is it hope?
Is it focus?
Is it a plan?
Is it money?
Is it people?
Is it passion?
Is it support?
Is it education?
Is it networking?

But what if it is the other way round?

If you had all the rest but no dream at all?
What should you do?
Life seems to be ironic that way, isn’t it?
Funny how we whine when we have nothing and yet still whine when we almost have it all?
Why do we feel frustrated when we don’t have a choice?
Why do we get so confused when we actually do have a choice?
In the confusion of it all, where do we find the calmness to think?

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