Mee - the Artist.
Kuantan (Malaysia) has a beautiful beach called Telok Cempedak, which is on the coast about 5 km from Kuantan Town, and where the local Hyatt Hotel is located.
The beach is a popular family recreation spot, nothing much really, just sand (the beach front has been extended by the Town Council, putting more sand on the beach thus now the beach is about 100 meters further seaward from where it was before the extension),
and a few small restaurants where they sell overpriced local food. Anyway its always pleasant to be there especially during the quiet weekdays; at weekends its too busy with too many visitors.
In that quiet beach in the evening, where wild (?) monkeys gather in search for food from waste bins before they disappear at dusk to go back to their jungle hideout nearby to rest for the night,
and where there is a MacDonald restaurant where licenced Mac food can be obtained,
eating in that restaurant or take way, watching the slow waves in the sea; a very pleasant experience indeed, and where old men probably relax or read papers passing the evening away.
(During the monsoon season the sea can be pretty wild). And in that area is a young artist, doing his work, sketching portraits with his pencils, unperturbed by the curious onlookers and passers by.
“Mee” he said when asked for his name, “From Kuantan” he said when asked where he comes from (Kuantan is the local town). “Been here four years now” when asked how long has he been doing this pencil sketching on this beach. “Had some art education” that was all he was willing to say when asked how he got involved in this sort of business.
Looking at what he was doing, he seemed to have then talent. He has sketched correctly what many of our people looked like, especially our past Prime Ministers, and also some of our past leaders like Dato’ Onn Jaafar.
He was busy doing other portraits given to him when we walked away from him.
The beach is a popular family recreation spot, nothing much really, just sand (the beach front has been extended by the Town Council, putting more sand on the beach thus now the beach is about 100 meters further seaward from where it was before the extension),
and a few small restaurants where they sell overpriced local food. Anyway its always pleasant to be there especially during the quiet weekdays; at weekends its too busy with too many visitors.
In that quiet beach in the evening, where wild (?) monkeys gather in search for food from waste bins before they disappear at dusk to go back to their jungle hideout nearby to rest for the night,
and where there is a MacDonald restaurant where licenced Mac food can be obtained,
eating in that restaurant or take way, watching the slow waves in the sea; a very pleasant experience indeed, and where old men probably relax or read papers passing the evening away.
(During the monsoon season the sea can be pretty wild). And in that area is a young artist, doing his work, sketching portraits with his pencils, unperturbed by the curious onlookers and passers by.
“Mee” he said when asked for his name, “From Kuantan” he said when asked where he comes from (Kuantan is the local town). “Been here four years now” when asked how long has he been doing this pencil sketching on this beach. “Had some art education” that was all he was willing to say when asked how he got involved in this sort of business.
Looking at what he was doing, he seemed to have then talent. He has sketched correctly what many of our people looked like, especially our past Prime Ministers, and also some of our past leaders like Dato’ Onn Jaafar.
He was busy doing other portraits given to him when we walked away from him.
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