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“I was in university when my maternal grandmother passed away…”

“My father was a spirit medium, and I was brought up in a ‘temple’ near the Thai borders…”

“When I was very small, I was attracted to the martial arts; mostly through movies…”

“At 19, I am one of the youngest surviving tribe members who practice the ancient art of ‘takna’ and ‘parap’ in a dialect never heard before…”

“There were five against the two of us. There was a lot of noise… shouting, screaming… There was this group of ‘mat salleh’… they were much bigger and taller, and they attacked first…”

“When I was younger, I used to care how much money there was in an ‘angpau’…”

Why did you take up kungfu classes?

“I’m Malay. Kungfu and martial arts, in general is blind to creed, religion and geographical origins….”

Master Siow Ho Phiew is often hailed as the father of high pole lion dance in Malaysia.

“I stay at an old folks home in Kajang with my husband. My son left us both, and I understand he would not have left us if he was not desperate enough…”

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