Aircon @ KLPac?

Wah macam ada acara marathon blogging pulak. This is my dunno what # entry for these few hours. Truth be told, ada banyak documentation nak kena buat, tapi dah almost 1 week I had not even have the title of the document written down. Harapnya dengan memblog dapatlah my creative juices flow and inspire me to start the F***ing document.

Where is the energy that I once have zaman kat uni dulu. Completing (copying) assignment in the last minute, burning the midnite oil with team members to complete a project - documentation , presentation and a working (dummy) front end of a supermarket check out system. All in one night

Was there 'ice' or 'speed' diluted into the water from the watercooler?

Apa kaitan dengan Aircon? Takde benda, accept that I actually wanted to write that I saw a teater performance called Aircon. The ticket (priced RM42), tak bayar lagi to my friend.

They had ads running in Astro, with tag line that goes something like - who killed Aishwarya something something. Its about a boarding school, murder and boys with hockey stick. So far, interesting. Tapi apasal title aircon? Will be explained shortly.

But first, the teater was staged at KLPac - KL Performing Arts Center. In Sentul. A place that is very foreign to me. I surf the net and found that there's actually 2 Star LRT stations nearby. Cantek. Except that I left home quite late and sampai late.

Right. As soon as I reach the Star LRT, I asked the ticket clerk, which station is nearer to the KLPac? The replied was a puzzled "KLPac?" This is not good. The website does say that there's also a KTM komuter station nearby the KLPac. So I asked again, where's the nearest connecting station from Star to Komuter. "Bandaraya, lepas tu naik Komuter kat Bank Negara" "Err.. kena lintas sungai tu eh dek? Dari Sogo tu?" "Haah". Ok forget it. 1) Pantang tok nenek aku nak kena jalan jauh and 2) Sudah lambat. So I took a gamble and choose to buy ticket to Sentul Star LRT.

The show should start at 3pm. 2.50 pm aku baru terkedek2 nak turun dari Star Sentul, which is smack behind rumah2 flat. No main road in sight. No cab. Wah kehidupan semakin menarik. I just walk to the first taxi stand that I saw. There's a kaka also waiting for a cab. I asked her if she's from around. She said yes. Then I asked her, tau tak KLPac kat mana. "KLPac?" Pause. Blank face. I offered a bit more info that I know, "Rasanya dekat Sentul East ke West tah. Yang YTL develop tu. Ada teater". "Oooo Sentul East tu kat sana", pointing behind me. "Tapi KL Pac tak tau". Apa la kejadah orang panggil KL Pac ni? Semua orang tak tau.

Then a taxi came. To my surprise, kakak tu ajak naik sekali. "I hantar you kat luar sana tu. Nanti you tanya lah orang". Set.. ada la harapan sket. So during the less than 5 minutes ride, the kakak pointed to me a Tamil Movie Teater " Bukan yang tu dik?" Though I had 10 good comeback for the question, I politely said, "Eh tak rasanya". Ye la kang dia sepak aku kuar, tak pasal pulak aku kena posing depan panggung tu pulak. We came to a main road, and the kakak asked the taxi driver to drop me off at a petrol station. I wanted to paid her, but she declined. Terima Kasih daun keladi kak. In fact, she said " ok, see you lagi" which is ironic, sebab the chances are slim. Maybe we should all train ourselves to just say goodbye when we part ways. Pun begitu, semoga murah rezeki kakak tu.

As I stood by the road side, scratching my head for my next move, I suddenly realised someting. Right across the street, in front of me is a gated area with a guard house which has a small sign that says KLPac. Alhamdulillah. Sampai jugak aku. So I crossed the street and came to the guard house. "KL Pac?" "Terus.. dalam". Finally!

Err... only to discover, alamak what a loooooooong way "terus dalam" it is. I saw some building about 700-800 metres ahead. Pantang tak pantang, kena la jugak aku jalan. It's 3pm in a Malaysia afternoon heat. Joy to the World indeed. As I reach the first building my heart sank, "YTL sales office". OK perhaps it's the next one. Nope.. the next one? No. By now, I have walked for almost 1Km. My body is so not build for this.

I saw a dude trimming some bushes, so I asked him, "KLPac?" "Straight maam". Eh this dude can't be right, there's nothing straight ahead but some run down looking warehouse. Perhaps, it's the building behind this one. Let me check it out..... "Maam, no.. straight. Straight" Gesturing me to continue ahead into the blistering hot weather. Ye la haram bejadah, aku jalan la straight ni. By then I am sweating profusely. Dah tak glam dah.

I passed the warehouses and there's some more scarry looking dudes loitering around there. I thot to myself. "My,my.. what a great afternoon to be robbed and murdered" But then again, being dead is not a bad option at that time. Another 10 minutes of walking, the road suddenly opened up to a beautiful landscape. I saw a field, a lake and some condos...and a car park. Ah getting warmer (literally!). Then walking.. and walking lagi, ah... I start to see some banners that say KLPac. And... as my heart and leg about to give up. I reached the main entrance of the KLPac.

So, now I can start asking a different question, "Aircon?" "Pentas dua". I smiled and silently cursing in my heart. Mana la pulak tu. Luckily I'm not far off. My friend left my ticket at the counter. So I picked it up and went in. I was about 20-30 minutes late. Malu la jugak masuk lambat sebab format of the stage is very open. From my seats I can see the nostrils of the actors. Dekat gila.

2 minutes into the show... I realized that "Wow! Berani gila teater ni" The actors dialogs are full of sexual inuendos. Openly saying things like "K*t*","P*l*r*, kulum la apa la. Aku yang dah gila ke apa ni? Has the heat fried my brain and hearing? Maybe to some it is offending. I do find some of the story line and dialogs a bit too much and making me questioning my sanity. Tapi keberanian this bunch of guys delivering these lines makes the audience, me included, laughing and glued to our seats. (Either that, or all of us have to admit that we are actually pretending that we are so urban, that we didn't find this, hardly disturbing at all. Heheheh.Entah la)

The story basically revolves around an all boys boarding school, where a pondan prostitude (Aishwarya) was found dead - murdered, at a nearby train station. The heartthrob of the school kononnya macam adik angkat to the pondan. So who killed this pondan?

Same sex school gives the background of the real issue of the teater - kids starting to discover their sexuality. And since it's all boys, ada la masuk bab-bab nak jadi gay. (In fact 80% it's about gay pun :P). Mamat ni suka mamat tu, mamat ni lembut la, patah la, auw-auw la. And ada la jugak scene2 main belakang. Which sangat menakutkan. I distinctively notice a bunch of old dudes seating on the front rows. Gelak macam tak ingat dunia. Agaknya remind them of their boarding school days. Hish, menakutkan!

So who killed Aishwarya? It was the best mate to the heartthrob, who secretly has a crush on him, though thruout the performance, he hates pondan and act so the very macho. I thot it was the macam bagus Ustaz, rupanya tak. Anyway, It was enjoyable la. But not for kids definitely. Whoever's from a boarding school especially all-boys or all-girls school boleh la relate kot. The actors are very talented. We all agreed that the character called Mimi is the best! He's not the heartthrob, but he sure is funny! Read more here. Also I found some reviews about it in other blogs: here and here

Tapi, kenapa title dia Aircon? Well thruout the performance ada apek yang kena betulkan "aircond" in the the prefects room. Maybe an implied meaning which I don't get. But as "Kak" Aishwarya explained, aircon is actually giving a BJ while sucking a Hacks (ha gula-gula tu) in your mouth. Berangin.

Ambik kau! Too much shocking culture-exposure for one afternoon for me, if you ask.