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Musashi Miyamoto
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Tuesday January 4, 2011
Fortune-teller capitalises on Skype to ply his trade
By FOO YEE PING
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IPOH: The economy will improve even more this year - take it from a fortune teller with three decades of experience who uses Skype to advise overseas clients.
Known here as Master Kok, he said that while the Malaysian economy would do well, Malaysians would become more laid-back.
‘My mojo’: Master Kok holding the tools of his trade – a “pa kua” (right hand) and the Chinese almanac (left hand).
“When I started out as a fortune teller in the 1980s, my clients were more concerned about their health and business.
These days, most people come to see me to find shortcuts to wealth,” he said.
“They are more keen to seek lucky numbers for empat ekor,” said Master Kok who operates from a double-storey house cum temple here.
Master Kok, 50, is a follower of Ji Gong, a deity known for his healing powers during the Song dynasty.
Apparently, he also had a fondness for a drink or two.
“That is why devotees would bring a bottle of brandy and other types of liquor when we have a festival to fete him on Jan 11,” he said.
Using traditional tools such as pa kua (eight diagrams used in Taoist cosmology) and the Chinese almanac, Master Kok claimed that his fortune telling ability was well-known among Malaysians living overseas such as in London and Hong Kong.
“So, every day from 6pm to 4am, I will be on Skype to see those who want a consultation,” he said.
Declining to reveal his full name (“just say I’m L.W. Kok”), he said he could also help people who were ill.
Last month, a man came to see him after doctors failed to treat his back pain and Master Kok cured him using Ji Gong.
To those who consult him for easy ways to become rich, he would ask them to gamble less and put their money into savings “but most of the time, my advice would fall on deaf ears.”
Does he buy 4D himself since he claims to have a sixth sense for lucky numbers?
“No,” he replied. “I don’t gamble. But I drink beer.”
