▁A SE AN ▁Writ ers ' ▁Conference ▁in ▁the ▁Philippines ▁and ▁Ist i ql al ▁II ▁Festival ▁in ▁Indones ia , ▁representative ▁of ▁Malays ia ▁at ▁the ▁International ▁Festival ▁of ▁Po etry ▁" K ual a ▁L ump ur ▁ 2 0 0 2 ", ▁particip ant ▁of ▁the ▁Po etry ▁Festival ▁" S outh ▁Korea - ASE AN " ▁( Se oul , ▁December ▁ 1 0 – 1 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 ). ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁keen ▁of ▁traditional ▁art ▁forms . ▁The ▁last ▁years ▁of ▁his ▁life ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁quarter ly ▁the ater ▁magazine ▁" P ent as " ▁( Stage ), ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁tre as urer ▁of ▁the ▁organization ▁" National ▁W riter " ▁( P ena ). ▁ ▁Cre ativity ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁poetry , ▁he ▁also ▁wrote ▁plays ▁and ▁nov els . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁plays ▁" R eb ab ▁Ber bis ik " ▁was ▁successfully ▁shown ▁in ▁April . ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁on ▁the ▁small ▁stage ▁of ▁the ▁pr estig ious ▁" Pal ace ▁of ▁Culture " ▁in ▁K ual a ▁L ump ur . ▁The ▁theme ▁of ▁the ▁short ▁stories ▁is ▁the ▁correlation ▁of ▁tradition ▁and ▁modern ity , ▁sad ness ▁about ▁the ▁disappear ing ▁trad itions ▁of ▁Mal ay ▁culture , ▁especially ▁the ▁shadow ▁pu ppet ▁the ater ▁way ang ". ▁ ▁Im pression ▁...   ▁The ▁poet ’ s ▁po ems ▁are ▁full ▁of ▁images , ▁mystery ▁and ▁subt le ▁sens