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Control Room Conversations: A Discussion with Storm Rider

The following took place in a dark lighting control room, during the run of a major musical that you may have seen at some point in 2007 at Istana Budaya.

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ME: Isn't Melaka named after some kind of tree? Like the Moluccas tree or some cock like that?

SR: No, Melaka is named after 6 whores... "Mah Liew Chia"

*AWKWARD SILENCE*

ME: 6 whores?

SR: Yeah.

*AWKWARD SILENCE*

SR on COMS: Stand-by follow spot. Go Follow Spot.

ME: 6 whores?

SR: Yeah whores.

ME: WHORES?

SR: Not WHORES... whores... the one you can ride.

ME: HORSES?

SR: Yeah, horses. MAH-LIEW-CHIA

ME: Horses... like "KISAH ENAM KUDA" (Tale of 6 Horses), not "KISAH ENAM PELACUR" (Tale of 6 Whores)

SR: Yeah, that's what I said. Whores.