I Had A Big Shock On 11th February 2009.

There had been too much postings about Tomoi or Muay Thai or Boksing Kelate on this blog so rest assured I will mention a bit about it just in passing to let you all know whatever happened to my trip to KL. The above topic has nothing to do with the KL trip though there is a semblance of relationship. Just bear with me awhile while I recap on the beginning of the trip as I have to satisfy Pak Adib who wanted to know something about the train ride but not the Muay Thai Championship of which he tends to have nothing much to like about.

Mat Cendana formerly of Badawi's Bru and now morphed into Mat Cendana's Blog Review or the other as famous blog Recovery From Drug Addiction had informed the world about my late train departure from Pasir Mas and thus late arrival in KL Sentral. His timely announcement has allowed a few other friends in KL to know of my impending arrival and some like Gurindam Jiwa, Mawar (Mohamad Azmi Wan Abdul Rahman) and Pak Idrus did contact me while I was in KL asking me of the possibility of meeting up. Unfortunately I wasn't able to do it except for Mawar who happened to be in KL and we met for tea and later went to watch the KL Muay Thai's first day event.

The train ride was a total failure as I couldn't sleep as the jerks and rolls while trying to sleep was something unusual for me. As a result I had a splitting headache and I was sure my blood pressure was hitting the roof. Upon reaching Kajang at about 8.00 AM, I called my son who lives in Enstek Labu to book me a seat on AirAsia for the return trip. I will just forgo the train return ticket. So for me, that train ride will be the last ride if it is going to be an overnight trip.

I reached KL Sentral at about 10.30 AM and another commuter ride from KL Sentral took me to Bank Negara where my son Azuan was working even thought was a Saturday. Bank Negara was celebrating their 50th Annivessary so he had to work during the weekend and the Thaipusam holidays as well. With his Kancil I went to have a great brunch at the eatery near the velodrome in Cheras which was quite near to the Cheras Badminton Stadium.

At the Badminton Stadium I met Tuan Zahari of Boxxevent and his buddy Sanusi with Rudy of Telekom Malaysia. There were many other members of Kawanboxx too but there were too many to mention here and I haven't managed to know their names yet. Of course I will have to mention Adexx as she is the only rose among the thorns at the stadium then. I stayed around there till they did the dress rehearsal for the opening of the games which was replete with gimmicks ala World Wrestling Championship such as smoke machine, dazzling light and laser displays, bursting flames and music. Wow! This gonna be a great show. When everything was almost done Mussadik Boxxtomoi came. This is the person that I am most close to among the Tomoi people as we have been constantly communicating via the blogs and email on the net and via SMS. At last I have met in person this one person that has been so close to me.

I returned to Bank Negara and fetched Azuan for a drink in Kampung Baru. Later Mawar came to join me and Azuan left for home leaving me to the mercy of Mawar. Mawar took me to his well furnished home in Jalan Ipoh Lama a few doors away from this successful entrpreneurs and philanthropist Ramly of Ramly Burger. After doing the jama' for Maghrib and Isya' we proceeded in Mawar's car to see the first night Tomoi event. Mussadik had earlier given me an all access pass to the event and he managed to give me another ordinary pass for Mawar.

Azuan joined me for supper after the night's event was over and we returned to his home in Shah Alam.

The next day I had to follow Azuan to his work place in Bank Negara and I took his car to visit my sister in Gombak and later went to my nephew's place in Setia Alam. My nephew was giving a small feast for relatives and friends as he was leaving for Melbourne to accompany his wife who will be studying for her PhD there. I was joined by my son Azrin and his family who fetched my son in law at KLIA after his arrival from Labuan.

To cut a long story short, My son Azrin and son in law Lokman joined me to watch the second night event at Cheras Badminton stadium. Since Azrin could afford it, I asked him to pay the RM25.00 gallery seat while I secured a free pass for Lokman. Azrin's excitement for Tomoi was aroused and he bought himself a KawanBoxx T shirt and a tomoi short. After watching the event, he became a convert. Now he will be a die hard Tomoi fan. Later Azuan joined us to watch the fights.

At the fight I met Ee Lynn of Combat Loaded And Mission Ready! who came with his boy friend and 5 other friends to enjoy the event. Unfortunately we were too engrossed with the fights to have time to interact.

I would say Tomoi isn't really that bad. Though some blood maybe spilled and some bones maybe broken, it was done by people who were trained and well prepared for it. They fought as foes when in the ring but they are friends when they are outside the ring.

The four of us, adjourned for supper at Oldtown White Coffee in Cheras before we split with Azrin and Lokman who spent the night at KL Hilton while I rode with my son Azuan to his home in Shah Alam.
I had to come early to Sentral the next morning as Azuan had to go to work at Bank Negara. He left me at Sentral where Lokman and his friend from Labuan, Chris joined me for breakfast. Later my son Azrin came down with his family for breakfast.
Thanks to MRCB for providing free Wifi at Sentral, I spent time surfing the net while waiting for Mussadik to come from Rawang at 11.00 AM for a long waited chance to have a one to one chat. If only my battery could last longer hours, I won't feel the time flying while I waited another hour for Mussadik to come.
At the food court I learnt from Mussadik the set up of Boxxevent under Tuan Zahari. Thanks to him, now I know much more of the intricasies of the world of Tomoi in Malaysia. The weaker and shallow pocketed event organizers will never survive in this business. There are always rich and powerful rivals with connections who will try to make you fail just to eliminate an opposition. Developing the game isn't their ideal and people in the position of power are ever willing to be used by such dirty organizers to achieve this end. If I were to be in this business I would have suffered heart attacks several times over.
Well it wasn't in Tomoi that I was going to suffer from heart attack. It actually has someting to do with a friend by the name of Mat Cendana or Ahmad Cendana which I once blogged about here. He was supposed to be at the Syariah Court on 11th February. I posted bail for him so that he didn't have to be remanded in the Pengkalan Chepa jail to ensure his attendance at the court. Going to that jail again will break him down as the memory of being there the last time he was detained has left indelible memories of the time he spent there. I was supposed to have taken the train ride for home on the 9th of February 2009 and reach home on the 10th. thus ensuring more than ample time for me to make sure that he will be available to attend court on the 11th of February. Due to my change of plan, I decided to fly home by AirAsia on the 10th and be around to ensure his attendance. It was easy really as I had gone over to my son's place in Enstek Labu which was just less than 20 minutes to LCCT KL. Being so near and the usual delay in AirAsia's flight made me complacent. I decided to leave my son's home at 2.40 PM for my 3.40 PM's flight. Any fool could guess that by the time I reached LCCT it was already 3.00 PM and they have closed the check in counter for Kota Bharu! Now I have squandered away not only RM38.00 for the train ticket but also another RM130.00 for the AirAsia flight to Kota Bharu. I went back to Enstek Labu and purchased the another seat on AirAsia scheduled for 9.30 PM. This time I won't dare to be late and checked in much earlier than the 45 minutes stipulated for checking in. True to type, my 9.30 PM's flight was delayed by almost an hour. The reason was attributed to aircraft delay from its earlier destination and air traffic congestion at the airport. Little was mentioned about the argument between a flight steward who could have shouted at a passenger on the flight who was caught using his handphone while walking to the aircraft which was being refuelled. Some people are ignorant or take it easy over such seemingly trivial but serious matter. Having worked in the petrol retailing business I know how dangerous it is to use handphones where extremely volatile fuel such as petrol and jet fuel are present. All it takes is a spark from the handphone to ignite the fuel vapours in the air to bring a catastrophe.
After a goodnite sleep in my own familar bed, I woke up early for my Subuh prayers which I did ar home this time and not at the surau as I usually do. Logging to the internet I saw an update on Mat Cendana's sidebar that he will be going to court at 8.30 AM on the eleventh. That is good.
Next I turned my handphone on and I received a message from Sherry in Kuantan at 6.27 AM reminding me of Mat's need to attend court that day. At 7.05 AM Mat Cendana sent me a SMS that he was up and should be at the court by 8.30 AM. I sent a SMS assuring Sherry of his readiness.
What came at 8.15 AM nearly choked me!
'Drat! Cerah perut perut. But don't worry.. I WILL be there.'
I was not ready for that as I thought he was already on his way to the court and wanted to go there myself abit later. Imagine how I managed to take a bath, dress up, drove my car the 7 kms to town to be at the court all within 15 minutes!. While driving I called up Sherry to remit RM1000 immediately into my account after giving her my account number. I don't have that much money in my account or any other account hehehehe. Sherry was surprised I could rattle away my 12 digits Maybank account number. She would even be more surprised that I could rattle away my 16 digits credit card number. Yeab but only the Maybank Visa which I use more often. Afterall I have been using it for the past 21 years since 1988.
When I reach the courthouse at 8.32 AM, the place seemed qupet and quite deserted. I guess everyone must be in court by now. Breathless I asked the counter clerk the location of the court room. He said all cases were postponed! How sweet was that news to my ears.
First thing first, call Sherry to cancel the transfer. She was on the verge of pressing 'Enter' on her keyboard which will make the irreversible transfer done and I will be richer by RM1000 before I return the money to her. Since she managed to control her finger from activating the transfer, everything was alright.
I didn't bother to tell Mat about the postponement as I wanted to have breakfast with him. So when he came at 8.45 AM, I just put a serious face and told him that I have requested the magistrate to postpone the hearing to another day. He didn't buy that as he KNEW that the hearing was supposed to be at 9.00 AM and not 8.30 AM. The new hearing will be on the 23rd of February or something like that. Maybe I should get myself discharged from being the bailor to avoid getting another shock like the previous one.
Any takers to take over the bail for Mat Cendana?
Hehehehehe. Just kidding there Mat. I will stand by you as long as you stay clear of drugs.