P Ramlee The Musical

Went to watch the last performance of P Ramlee The Musical at Istana Budaya with Wan Ramlee on June 15.




Was impressed with the props and music. The performance by Muslee Ramlee as P Ramlee was superb! He looked and sounded like P Ramlee, making the whole show alive. The stage presence of Melisa Saila as Norizan was excellent but Norizan was somehow portrayed as a quite unrefined person compared to her real life image (or was her real life image an act altogether...???).

The focus was on P Ramlee's private life and more on his marriages. But there is more to P Ramlee than that. Maybe this is the angle that is being emphasized on purpose.

Loved the original songs but I can't say the same about the melody of the new songs that are specially composed for this show. They sounded somehow too modern.

Overall, the show was entertaining and kudos to the production team for putting up such a wonderful show.


The cast taking their bow at the end of the show to a standing ovation from the audience.

I would like to express my sincere thanks to Baya & Boeng for making it possible for me to watch the show.


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Danum Valley, Sabah; 11-13 June

One with Nature in Danum Valley Conservation Area

Danum Valley, about 70 kilometers from Lahad Datu has approximately 43,000 hectares of primary rainforest (virgin forest). It was indeed a very humbling experience to be in one of the world's most complex ecosystem.

11 June


The evening sun ray penetrating the rainforest as we were approaching Danum.


From dawn to dusk at Danum Valley...
12 June


A heavenly scene of the pristine rainforest in the early morning.



More of sunrise in Danum Valley


Ready to explore the lush greens of Danum.

First taste of the primary forest.

The bridge across Segama River that divides the primary and secondary forests.


Map of the trail...


Meranti tree that's over 100 years old. Precious...


This catterpillar will morph into one ugly giant moth. Eeeww....



Leech trying to get on my shoes. This blood sucker is a tiger leech. Looks small coz it has not had its "meal" yet.



Flora & fauna of the forest.


At the Jaccuzi Pool in the middle of the dense forest.


Can't believe I climbed almost to the top of this hill...



Sunset at Danum Valley. View from the obsevatory tower...


A breathtaking sunset from the view point, overlooking the Danum Valley Conservation Area.


An amazing harmonious celebration of the sky before we called it a day.

Hindsight on Bali - the Kawi language

Kawi (from Sanskrit: kavi, "poet") is a language from the islands of Java, Bali, and Lombok. It is actually a literary language based on Old Javanese, but heavily interlarded with Sanskrit loanwords.

The language has its own unique alphabets for writing, including Old Kawi and Tulisan Bali, a script that evolved from Pallava script. Kawi is extinct as a spoken language, but is still used in Bali, Lombok and to some extent in Java as a literary language.





The road signages and boards in Bali written in Kawi.