{"id":2254,"date":"2014-01-03T07:53:36","date_gmt":"2014-01-03T07:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=2254"},"modified":"2014-01-03T07:53:36","modified_gmt":"2014-01-03T07:53:36","slug":"majestic-trip-down-memory-lane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=2254","title":{"rendered":"Majestic Trip Down Memory Lane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the 27th of December 2013, I went to check out Mr. Ooi Eow Jin at Colonial Cafe, The Majestic Hotel, having read about him in an <a href=\"poskod.my\/features\/malaysias-forgotten-music-man\/\" target=\"_BLANK\">excellent article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/mhmo1.jpg\"><br \/>\nThere is a shuttle bus to The Majestic Hotel every half hour from KL Sentral, near the Kenny Rogers exit. To get there, follow the tunnel from the Maxis Centre.<\/p>\n<p>I do not know if he subscribes to the fashion of hip hop, from his uneven socks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/mhmo2.jpg\"><br \/>\nMr. Ooi Eow Jin, under a parabolic dish that would probably bounce the sound back towards him.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/mhmo3.jpg\"><br \/>\nRemember to reserve a table. I came on a Friday afternoon, and it was fully booked, so I was seated at the bar. I could only have the afternoon tea set if I reserved, since they only make it per reservation.<\/p>\n<p>I really like the arches and tiles. There isn&#8217;t faux vintage to be spotted, and The Majestic Hotel keeps its typography very consistent across signage. I would recommend taking a tour of the new wing and old wing. This is The Colonial Cafe, and it appears to dominate the space of the old wing. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/mhmo4.jpg\"><br \/>\nVanilla Roibosh tea.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/mhmo5.jpg\"><br \/>\nMr. Ooi Eow Jin.<\/p>\n<p>He segued between songs effortlessly, only stopping during breaks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/mhmo6.jpg\"><br \/>\nI bumped into my schoolteacher Puan Sukania, her sister Shantini, and Saw Teong Hin, and moved from a sedentary position at the bar to a active position at this table, actively ensuring that the scones, tarts, cakes and jam did not go to waste at their table. We had a delightful chat over scones and tea, until we realized that Mr. Ooi had left.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, he returned, having forgotten something, and we managed to catch him and catch up. Great tales, many of which were not in the article.<\/p>\n<p>While I had not heard of Mr. Ooi before this, with the only connection being that I know ICOM people who know him, the sisters were daughters of a RTM Orchestra singer who sang with Mr. Ooi.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.glaringnotebook.com\/zimages\/mhmo7.jpg\"><br \/>\nThe new wing of The Majestic Hotel looks very modern, with a large, modern lobby. I&#8217;d suggest you look at the old wing, too, to see how differently they did it back then!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the 27th of December 2013, I went to check out Mr. Ooi Eow Jin at Colonial Cafe, The Majestic Hotel, having read about him in an excellent article. There is a shuttle bus to The Majestic Hotel every half hour from KL Sentral, near the Kenny Rogers exit. To get there, follow the tunnel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-pictures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2255,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254\/revisions\/2255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}