It Is 2016

it is 2016

....half-past six.

gadjah m[o]d[o]

I don't want this year....

let's skip to 2016!

I think we underestimate the importance of drawing as a cognitive skill. It should be on par with learning how to write. None of this relegation to just “being an art”. OED defines art as “skill” and “science”. How easily we downplay this aspect. In Malay, we use tulis which means “to write”; but lesser known is that an older meaning of the word is also “to draw”. Hence why hand-painted batik is also known as batik tulis. Drawing and writing should be equally emphasised as fundamental and critical skills for children to learn. And yes, let’s get back to writing by hand, there’s something to appreciated as to how the mechanics of it affects thinking processes.

kuih tapak kuda

nom de kuih asli faux

what I learned at the mall today...

…that Hari Raya is about picnicking with Mirinda Orange and kuih makmur at botanical gardens, while fending off monkeys…..