Life doesn’t always have to treat you well, but bitter experiences can sometimes help shape your life and offer opportunities – that was what I had learnt, all whilst trying to play to pitch perfect tones, the manners of a gracious host receiving an unexpected, if somewhat, awkward guests in my private chamber.

There exists a noisy convention of five to ten monkeys that jointly run a family circus. Between them, it was long observed that they share many ways to clamor for dominance. They can go tough and steely against those that oppose the doctrines of their ‘Banana Republic’ or touchy-feely with a Kleenex packet when one species tries to console the other.

This much I know - with life spans rivaling humans, monkeys are proving to possess some of the most elaborate social networks yet observed. A core group of maybe five to ten monkeys, led by the most overbearing and domineering female, makes decisions but it’s always the ‘BITCH’ that barks the loudest that has the final say. Researchers recently have uncovered evidence that these creatures engage in extraordinarily sophisticated forms of ‘bitching’, often across large and far-flung social networks.

The ‘Macaque’ or ‘Makchique’ is a species of gregarious old world monkeys of chiefly Asian origin. It was long known that this species possesses an uncanny ability to ally herself with alpha male like ‘Conan The Barbarian’, ‘Tarzan’, ‘Mat Kilau’ or any ‘MAT MELAYU’, befriend an alpha female like ‘The Witches Of Eastwick’ or campaign with her zookeeper, animal handler, taxi driver, teacher, policeman, policewoman, desperate housewives or a devil’s advocate. And when she furtively slams her opponents, she will quickly seek the measured endorsement of her group’s elders or the restless energy of her zookeeper, animal handler, taxi driver, teacher, policeman, policewoman, desperate housewives or a devil’s advocate. A quintessential opportunist, ‘Macaque’ or ‘Makchique’ knows only too well that a lone monkey is a weak monkey, a failure, with no chance it could thrive.

So, as a tantalizing bait to gain attention and sympathy, a ‘Macaque’ or ‘Makchique’ often has no qualm at all about over dramatizing her personal sob stories in an open theater. And when her circus is in town, we could, for instance, read into their comments and watch how they suggestively bite into one another’s bananas.

Here, I will continue to bring to the surface and lay bare my play for all and sundry to feast their eyes on, but what this play is about depends on your personal interpretation. This piece doesn’t impose, but leaves you free to revel in your own rampant fantasies.

I actually can’t see a reason for a ‘Macaque’ to play in a habitat that belongs to a family of monkey not that of her species. Her role in the circus has generated enough clouds of suspicion and I personally do not reject the possibility that she is every bit of her veins; a "Devil’s Advocate" who rejoices and celebrates the dismantling of ‘SIRATULRAHIM’ – be that of KLAZ, Ziehan's family and now - in her very own habitat. With all these in mind, I would like to remind her that she has blood on her hands; and lest she forgets, again I am telling you - “ENGKAU PUN ADA MAIN PERANAN LA BEB!!!”

While I agree that engaging audiences is an essential consideration, I feel it is time that my galleries become more tolerant to new experiences in my arts of writing and not get upset by a bit of blood. Where and when I express myself in a tightly woven scripts, it was never with an intent to make my show the most compelling play to watch. After all, if I can’t write with an open mind and a sense of adventure or encourage myself to take risks, I will end up with a very boring and fossilized mentality. There is joy in escaping into a different character; you know. I can be my most menacing when I write, yet there is this intricate balance of retaining a bit of myself that I find challenging and fun. And it has been a therapeutic process for me nonetheless.