History in the Making

It has been a while since I got so excited. Today I met with the Minister of Tourism Tan Sri Nazri in our Cartoon Exhibition in the National Museum. I get to meet our long time supporter of #steem-cartoon the quiet Hive account@kevinwong and supportive Hive account@bitrocker2020. I get to meet the super talented Hive account@stahlberg who was so nice to turn up for our event after being invited by Hive account@perennial from his busy schedule.

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(from left: Hive account@rambai, Hive account@killuminatic, Hive account@kevinwong, Hive account@bitrocker2020, Hive account@cartoonistpandan and Hive account@aurah (myself))

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(Tan Sri Nazri Aziz, the Malaysian Minister of Tourism paying our cartoon exhibition a visit)

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(you can see Awang Khenit and Badang which are two of our creation that is part of the Malaysian Cartoon Industry with a viewership of 700,000 viewers each episode)(photo taken by my friend)

That was the morning event. The event did not abate in the afternoon when Hive account@sireh and Hive account@perennial turned the heat up with some really awesome work. I personally know these two individuals and they are the ones who got the engine of #steem-cartoon running with effort that not many can pull off.

(photo by Hive account@shuazir)

New Initiative

Hive account@perennial took the opportunity to introduce two new initiatives to the audiences that exceeded 200 people. These initiative is the announcement of a new community called #steem-music led by Hive account@calebleejl, Hive account@zhusatriani and Hive account@perennial. The second initiative is a sub community within #steem-cartoon that is known as Urban Sketchers led by Hive account@kymio the talented son of our very own Hive account@abgmie.

(photo by Hive account@hanbun)

The day started off with 3 wonderful music performances by the talented Hive account@zhusatriani and Hive account@papisaxy. We were entertained by the charismatic Hive account@muslyramlee and Hive account@zulkiflisaadan who are both recording artists.

(photo by Hive account@hanbun)

I couldn't believe my eyes when Hive account@stahlberg turned up. His work is legendary in our field and many art students would have used his works as references.

(work by Hive account@stahlberg)

Being Legally Enlightened

We were all quite entertained Hive account@perennial who is surprisingly quite a good speaker. He gave us enough reason to believe why cryptocurrency is legal in Malaysia and shared with us his personal experience as a lawyer involved in banking and finance law. He is quite an effective speaker giving speech in both in the Malay Language and the English.

(picture by Hive account@sireh)

I am still smiling reliving my memories from the morning. This has been the most entertaining event that I have attended in quite a while. Usually it has been quite boring and formal in nature. But this one that is planned by Hive account@sireh and Hive account@perennial is simple a different class of its own, there is ample performance, light hearted jokes, enough engagement from the audiences and strong visuals to deliver the impact that drives home the message that Steemit ought to deliver.

I Found My Home

After today, I felt more at home within my creative community. Yes, the money is there but the camaraderie counts a lot for me. I could not be happier working with people like Hive account@perennial, Hive account@sireh and Hive account@bitrocker2020. I wish to do more than what I am currently contributing to #teammalaysia and #steem-cartoon.

I would also want to thank Hive account@sndbox for being ever so supportive of our small community. It is not easy to move such a big initiative that is so actively engaging everyone in the art community and be so effective in doing so.