I was too busy that I almost forgot the storytelling program at the Petronas Gallery, KLCC scheduled for yesterday. My slot was 10.00am to 11.00am. So, on Friday I was madly on the quest looking for the invitation letter. I have to hand it over as without it I won’t be getting my honorarium. After searching high and low, I found it sitting nicely amongst my lil guardians’ paintings.

It was fun despite the fact that I had no experience telling story in public. Yeah, I have the thought of not attending the program too but when I thought hard, I need to attend. I need to break the nervous habit.And so, I did.

After my part of telling Diya & Biji Durian story, I stayed on for the next storytelling session by fellow illustrators Encik Shukri Edrus (Kisah Pak Kaduk) and NurAzmi Moktar (My Space Mission). Chin Yew was supposed to  be my partner for the first session but he could not make it and his slot was filled by Muhamad Faizal Abdul Jalil with his story “Di Mana Kawan-Kawan Saya?”

I brought Yassin along to the storytelling program and he had a blast! Should bring him more to event like this.

Pak Shukri telling ‘Kisah Pak Kaduk’ to children

Pak Shukri later taught how to draw a rooster

My son, Yassin followed the drawing class eagerly

He drew more than Pak Shukri! Hehe. He added coconut tree, vegetables bed and birds.

Later it was a drawing competition conducted by Nurazmi Mokhtar. Children were asked to draw their own spaceship.

Yassin was amongst the Top 5 and he won an Anak Seni Galeri Petronas’s t-shirt! He put it on right away and wore it until it was time for shower at the end of the day.