August 30, 2003

• Back from Malaysia - Lili

  Well I’m BAA-AAACK! With new high-tech microchipped Malaysian passport and all.

  Eddie and I going to be packing this very weekend, and moving out of our apartment on Tuesday. There’s not alot to report on the Work front other than that we’re still waiting to get our Cosmic Baby pilot rerecorded pronto so that we can proceed to the “sound mix + output” phase.

  Eddie and I have started researching stuff for a ‘feature’ idea (for FUN), but that’s kind of a secret for now.

  When I was in Kuala Lumpur, I spent most of the time with my family but had the opportunity to have lunch with Tintoy Chuo, the talented owner of Action Tintoy, a character design/animation company. 

  
  © Action Tintoy (from website)

  Chuo showed me all the cool figurine stores in town. If you are ever in KL, the Rooftop (6th floor) Sungei Wang Plaza  is THE place to go. Look out for a shop called Cool Toys.

   
  “Techno Music Kid” (1 of a series) & cool “Gloomy Bear” wallet
  from Cool Toys

  Malaysia has changed a lot since I left in 1984. Thanks to this  article  published in a local M’sian newspaper, I had been contacted by long-lost relatives …  aunties, cousins, grandmother … These are people whom I haven’t seen ever since I was a toddler, and this trip to Malaysia was somewhat of a family reunion. Amazing what a bit of press can do.

  And so the Chin family (young and old) will be glued to Cartoon Network next week as ¡Mucha Lucha! premieres in Malaysia on September 6th at 11.30am.

  I’ve warned the adult Chins, friends and relations that they probably won’t GET what the show’s about, and to not feel obligated to watch it. But I know they will watch it … Here’s hoping there aren’t too many questions afterwards

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