I am surprised and impressed by the batiks, drawings, paintings and carvings from the handicrafts centre which is very close to the company which I am working with. This is my first visit and I am ashamed of not knowing such a great place until it is recommended by a friend who just shifted here from Johor not long ago. There are numerous of small wooden stalls with about three artists sharing each. The styles of the art works from each artist are unique and marvellous.

The first stall that I stepped in is a traditional batik stall. I strongly believe painting on a cloth is so much harder than painting on a piece of paper. It is almost an impossible task for some of us who have been drawing on the tablet with special features provided along with the painting software. Conversely, those batik artists are handling it very well. They are excellent in controlling the level of watery and colours mixing on the cloth. But what gained my respect most is their patient! They have quite a few works with extremely detail paintings. By looking at their work, I feel like doing one myself. They do have a corner for customers to paint their own batik. Just too bad I am having a meeting in the afternoon. If not for sure I will be sticking there for long.

The reality of portraits and the inventiveness of texture painting fascinated me. Nevertheless, the stunning painting that I love most is an illustration of the scene under the sea. Wanted to know who this brilliants artist is but the luck is not on my side. According to his partner, he went fishing. In any case, I promise myself this is not my last visit to his stall.

Besides, there is also an interesting carving artist who only focuses on carving the shape of human's nose. He has quite a big collection of human's noses which are carved from pieces of wood in different sizes and shapes. You will not want to know the digits on their price tag.

I'm just wondering, how many people in KL know about this place? I have been spending several hours there but hardly see other visitors. Should they have a better publicity? How do they survive by being an artist there? Their wonderful art works deserve to be appreciated by more people. Anyhow, I believe they are enjoying their daily routine with drawing, painting, fishing, playing music and chatting among the artists. This lifestyle was actually my secret dreamt when I was very young.

These artists remind me the beach boys at Pulau Redang. Boating, snorkelling diving and enjoying the nature of the earth are their job before the sunset. When come to the night, their world will be filled with music and dances. They don't seem to have any stress or vexation that most people have in town. I believe they will have a longer life if compare with people who sit in front of the computer in an air-conditioning office everyday.

(Well, again... I am telling myself, "we are all product of the choices we make.")

Very soon after the visit, a short meeting with Mr Moon followed by a looooong online meeting with fellow X-classmates for our animation showcase bought me back to the reality! Works are loading in again but I enjoy it! Maybe that is the reason why some of my friends described me as a workaholic. But I believe I am not. I am just trying my best to enjoy my responsibility.

Ps: Sincerely thank you... kc for today