This article first appeared in Capital, The Edge Malaysia Weekly on February 9, 2026 - February 15, 2026

There’s this song that has a fantastic effect, a positive one for sure, and it really perks me up. For those of you who know it, please sing along. It will lift your mood almost instantly.

The tune goes like this:

Sunday morning, up with the lark,
I think I’ll take a walk in the park,
Hey, hey, hey, it’s a beautiful day.
I’ve got someone waiting for me,
And when I see her, I know that she’ll say,
Hey, hey, hey, it’s a beautiful day.

(Chorus)
Hi, hi, hi, beautiful Sunday,
This is my, my, my beautiful day,
When you say, say, say, say that you love me,
Oh my, my, my, it’s a beautiful day.

The song is from March 1972, sung by Daniel Boone, whose real name was Peter Charles Green. He died three years ago on Jan 27, 2023, at the age of 80.

Judging by online reports, Boone must have been one heck of a chap, having been named Rolling Stone magazine’s “Most Likeable Singer” in 1972.

Boone was a hardcore fan of Dundee United Football Club in Scotland. (Were he still alive, his mood would not be so good, and probably not as likeable considering Dundee United’s recent 4-0 loss to Celtic.)

He went by Peter Lee Stirling at the time of releasing My Heart Commands Me, a solo recording, in March 1963, but gained fame as Daniel Boone, the American pioneer, frontiersman and folk hero whose name he adopted.

Inspired by Boone (the singer), this writer is in the process of choosing a nama “glamour” (stage name). After all, the plan post-retirement is to be a successful busker.

The nama “glamour” has to be something in the vein of Man Kidal (actually Abdul Rahman Mahmood), the famous guitarist of rock band Lefthanded, which is actually testament to him being a lefthanded guitarist; vocalist and rock icon Amy Search (Datuk Suhaimi Abdul Rahman); Mustaffa Din aka Mus May, frontman of the band May; or well-known lyricist, the late Zul Adnan Mohd Razali, better known as JS Kevin.

Maybe my nama “glamour” could be something that starts with my initials and, considering I am learning (read: struggling) to play my blue Gibson Les Paul Standard, “JB Gibson” should just about do it.

Or maybe struggle with a new guitar, a top-of-the-line Suhr, which makes great “S” and “T” (Strat and Tele) style guitars — or Fender Stratocaster and Fender Telecaster to non-guitar enthusiasts.

Then again “JB Suhr” has a rough edge to it, an underground vibe like that of Rio Heroes — you know, those no-holds-barred, bare-knuckled fighters in a cage.

OK, JB Gibson it is then. And after a while, when I finally do learn to play and become a successful busker like Imad Fares, maybe, just maybe, I will call myself “JBG”. Then, once super famous, I will drop the “J” and later change it to Biji (Malay for “seed”) as (pretty much) everything starts from there — be it life or capital. Chewah (wow) … that’s deep, no?

Speaking of names, early this year Sinmah Capital Bhd (KL:SMCAP) got shareholder approval to change its name to Rivertree STF Synergies Bhd.

Nice, I must say. Could this Anglo-sounding new name be connected to the strong gain in its share price, which went from 4.5 sen last September to almost 40 sen now? Did some ang moh funds buy in?

In its circular to shareholders on the proposed name change, Sinmah Capital said the move “aligns with the company’s rebranding strategy to better reflect its updated corporate identity, strengthen public confidence, and enhance stakeholder engagement”.

And this is not its first name change either. Sinmah Capital came about in 2017. The company was known as Farm’s Best Bhd from 2005 but was previously Sinmah Resources Bhd since 2000, when it was a poultry player.

Let us hope that with the name change, the company that has not posted a profit in nine years (since 2017) finally turns the corner, in line with the cun (cute) new name.

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