SCBWI Malaysia Conference *
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20 Nov 2009I never visited to Limkokwing University of Creative Technology before. I never have a reason to be there even if I wanted to. I might have a reason if Limkokwing existed 20 years ago. But today I went with a reason.
A reason to participate in a one-day conference organised by The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Malaysia with the kind sponsorship of Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Dato’ Dr Lim Kok Wing, the Founder and President of Limkokwing University of Creative Technology. I was so happy to at least step my foot in the most prestigious international university. I hope there will be more SCBWI events there. ^__^
Before the conference started I got to meet blogger friends who responded to my calling the other day. They were Chahya, ET and her husband. Yoon See cannot make it as she was not well and I was hoping to see a silent reader but maybe she could not make it. I also met with Keats, the Sunshine girl, one of the Blog4ft participants.
The opening ceremony was launched by Limkokwing’s vice-president for International Development, Dr Jayles Yeoh on behalf of Professor Emeritus Tan Sri Dato’ Dr Lim Kok Wing who could not make it to the event. It was followed by introduction speech from the President of SCBWI, Linda Tan Lingard and later by Mentor of SCBWI, Pak Yusof Gajah.
The event was also attended by Iain Buchanan, the writer and illustrator of Fatimah’s Kampung, Peter Worthington, the writer of the Animal Adventures in Tipee Hipee Safari Park, Mama Gajah (Pak Yusof’s wife), fellow illustrators, publishers, writers as well as Limkokwing students. The event was emceed by Sarah Joan Mokhtar, the Vice President of SCBWI.
Talks and panel discussions were being held after lunch:
1.30-2.30 | Becoming a Children’s Book Writer and Illustrator, by Yusof Gajah, award winning children’s book writer and illustrator.
2.30-3.30 | Panel Discussion: The Use of Illustrations in Malaysian Children’s literature
It explored the current use of illustrations in Malaysian Children’s Literature, areas for improvement, and look at the part publishers, illustrators, educators, the government and the private sector can play in encouraging better illustrations.
Moderated by: Sarah Joan Mokhtar, vice-president of SCBWI Malaysia and illustrator
Panel members: Yusof Gajah; Leowania Leow, editor and writer; Sireh Anuar, cartoonist and lecturer at University Multimedia.
From left: Sireh, Pak Yusof Gajah, Sarah Joan and Leowania Leow
3.30-4.30 | Panel Discussion: The Importance of Local Literature for Our Children: Why and How? It explored why it is important for children to see themselves and their experiences in the books they read, look at the part writers, illustrators and publishers, parents, and educators can play in bringing such literature into the lives of children.
Moderated by: Daphne Lee, writer, editor and StarMag columnist
Panel members: Chin Yew, artist and producer; Linda Tan Lingard, publisher of Oyez!Books.
From left: Linda Tan Lingard, Daphne Lee and Chin Yew
From left: Linda Tan Lingard, yours truly, Chahya, Mama Gajah and Sarah Joan Mokhtar
Some of my illustrations being exhibited at the hall. I believe some of you have seen Sedna, the Eskimo girl.
The “How the Frog lost its Tails’ illustration I did for my portfolio with Yusof Gajah Lingard Literary Agency during a one-day workshop at Pak Yusof Gajah’s Studio was also being shown:
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ahh.. i tengah tunggu post ini jugo
now dah ada!
kwang kwang kwannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.. FC FC FCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC.. yehoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
yehooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! Fc! FC!
*waves at Emila*
*waves back at spiffy*
*stares at Anny*
waahhahahahahhahaha.. boo!
Love ur arts sis.. congrats!
Im newbie here.. salam kenal
thank you acurose!
nanti ye.. saya gi beli mcds duru.. macam lapor.. bye bye.. nanti baliks baru baca
lol! ok! buy for me oso! fillet o’fish!
Urmmm, a chicken burger for me, hold the ketchup! LOL!
lol! take the pepper for me too!
wahhhhhhhh.. manyak order jugo.. hahahhaa.. i tak jadi gi mcds.. cos takut mat rempit.. *LOL* makan roti je le.. mai makan samo samo
haha ok, roti oso can! come spiffy eat roti!
Aiyaa, roti only? At least get Anny to bring some cheese too la … LOL!
cheese ka? cannot laa.. u both on diet.. hehehhehehe
noooo dah lama tinggalkan diet hehehhe
I pass Lim Kok Wing’s quite a bit but have never stepped in there too. Must be a cool place
a very cool place!!! but the parking is so full!!!
Ya, I think every student there own their own cars … LOL!
exactly!
i think the students will need a car to get there.. its so way out there.. nak tunggu bas.. mesti melt in the sunshine dah
ya la, i didn’t see buses pun!
the place macam so c o o l… i watched it from afar before.. cam takut je masuk sana.. intimidating jugo
can masuk ..you can lepak at the entrance plaza…got many shops, can have coffee also!
kopi best tak kat sana? the building still looks itimidating.. i kan penakut of buildings besor
coffee is not like coffee bean, i think it’s a nescafe. maybe there’s another shop, i didn’t really tengok whether they got that type of coffee.
coffee kat coffee bean pon manyak terok jugoooooooooooooo.. kakakakaka.. best coffee only in brickfields or ipoh la
exactly, i love kopi ipoh…oso kopi hang tuah ok kopi cap kapal! hujan emas di negeri orang, hujan batu dinegeri sendiri, lagi best kopi sendiri! lol got connection or not the peribahasa with the statement hahahaha
have u tried kopi cap gajah? manyak sedop… it has to be 1 gajah and not 2 gajah tau.. its femes in ipoh.. peribahasa tuh.. cam ada connection sikit
oh ok, i will look for the 1 gajah kopi!!
I actually malu to go there too cos all the students got better car than me … hahaha!
lol! you should see my car man!! old 1999 wira aeroback!!
that’s why i want to win blog4ft prizes la…can get new car ma!
Cool, then you can give me your aeroback … hahaha!
dun worry Emi.. my car.. krek krok krek krok.. mesti lagi terok than yours.. and i just added few new lines on the side.. hahahhahaha.. few weeks back.. it gives the car character.. and no one dares to park beside me now *LOL*
aku pon wira buruk.. tapi takde aero sama itu back.. hahahhahahahaa
hahahhaha but the metalic finishing is peeling off la!!
lol anny!!! mine oso got the krok krek krok krek, must be the shaft la…aiyoo money terbang lagi!
Aiyaaa, you two cannot beat mine la, mine have to cellotape the doors to keep them fromfalling off! LOL! But as long can get me from point A to point B, cukup la …
nak tukar kreta pon.. i keep on tangguh.. hahhahaha..i think better spend the money to go see places..
anyways.. now my car only go pasar.. krek krok krek krok takpa laa.. 
saya tak tau malu jugo.. kreta buruk tapi pecut lajuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
lol spiffy! how about to point C?
u ado cellophane tape ko? hahhahaa.. u cannot beat my dad’s car.. the bumper suda turun.. tat day we both tie rafia string to hold it up.. kakakkakakakaa.. haiz… biler la saya jadik kaya.. then i can beli my dad a fancy mancy car.. u both bagi la saya lucky nombor.. besok i strike magnum.. i beli u both magnum ice-cream terus
takpe anny, krok krek pun can still jalan ma!
anny! on the shoutbox, bain got the lucky number 7997. maybe can buy the number!
7997 ko? kalu besok kluar.. abis la saya.. hahhahahahaa
hehe tomorrow cannot take ka?
can take besok.. tapi.. kalu besok really keluar that nombor.. abislaaa saya..hahahahaha
must b a very interesting talk today..
very interesting topics! there are some new writers and illustrators also joining the society.
bagus bagus.. too bad Yoonsee missed the talk.. she would have loved to be there.
she called me early in the morning saying she could not make it. poor yoon see, i told her to rest.
ya.. she told me she was not well on chat.. stress kot..
ya she’s so tired and worn-off from her daily routines
It was nice to finally meet u, Kak Emi. So glad to join the conference as it opened up quite a new world to me..(and my hubby too). Happy to make new friends such as Mama Gajah, Linda, Chahya, Keats…. everyone was so friendly and welcoming. I’m quite inspired..
I’m sooo glad to have met all of you the creative souls, especially you Emila. Thanks and KIT.
p.s
ET, you went back earlier than us, tak sempat take photo.
I know.. huhuu. My hubby wanted to beat the traffic ler.. Well, it’s ok, insyaAllah panjang umur jumpa lagi. Nice knowing u, Chahya. Visited your blog, girl.. u write so well. I’m impressed. I wish u all the very best