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Aug. 23rd, 2014 09:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jhameiaHad a lovely day today. Went hiking with my dad and then we went to have breakfast.
Went to a nearby restaurant to have lunch with a Tumblr Friend, May, and my brother. Then we went to Jaya One to attend the arts fair and had a ton of fun browsing and meeting people! It was like going to a convention merch hall except it's all Malaysians. I bought a card game called Politiko, which is a satire on Malaysian politics. I also bought some really pretty art and some TAPIR-THEMED stuff!! I have a traveling tag with a tapir on it! Heehee.
May and I volunteered to read aloud some stuff for a booth on sexual harassment. I also met the director for Pusat KOMAS! They produce some really terrific films, lots of great documentaries on marginalized folks in Malaysia. And then I met a young fashion design whose final project for art school was a COOL steampunk mask/shrug laser-cut PVC piece! I stopped at his booth, asked him, "so tell me about this" and he was like "so... I like steampunk" and it was like "YES I KNOW STEAMPUNK I STUDY IT" and we were psyched about it for a few minutes and it was great.
Then we wandered looking at books for a while but nothing really grabbed us. I did stop at SIRD's table, and got a catalog! They're a book distributor, not just a publisher... I already feel great about this. I really want to go visit their bookstore, buy a ton of things. They published MULTIETHNIC MALAYSIA which I really enjoyed, and it seems they also publish a ton of other really neat things.
After that, we went to get some snackies, and ended up in a cafe that sold a soda called The Tapping Tapir. It was a very tapir-y day!
Then we wandered, and ended up having dinner in a little Japanese place. Wasn't the greatest, but it was nice just being able to hang out more.
Anyways, I have a ton of business cards and really regretted not having mine on me! Looking forward to emailing a bunch of people.
Went to a nearby restaurant to have lunch with a Tumblr Friend, May, and my brother. Then we went to Jaya One to attend the arts fair and had a ton of fun browsing and meeting people! It was like going to a convention merch hall except it's all Malaysians. I bought a card game called Politiko, which is a satire on Malaysian politics. I also bought some really pretty art and some TAPIR-THEMED stuff!! I have a traveling tag with a tapir on it! Heehee.
May and I volunteered to read aloud some stuff for a booth on sexual harassment. I also met the director for Pusat KOMAS! They produce some really terrific films, lots of great documentaries on marginalized folks in Malaysia. And then I met a young fashion design whose final project for art school was a COOL steampunk mask/shrug laser-cut PVC piece! I stopped at his booth, asked him, "so tell me about this" and he was like "so... I like steampunk" and it was like "YES I KNOW STEAMPUNK I STUDY IT" and we were psyched about it for a few minutes and it was great.
Then we wandered looking at books for a while but nothing really grabbed us. I did stop at SIRD's table, and got a catalog! They're a book distributor, not just a publisher... I already feel great about this. I really want to go visit their bookstore, buy a ton of things. They published MULTIETHNIC MALAYSIA which I really enjoyed, and it seems they also publish a ton of other really neat things.
After that, we went to get some snackies, and ended up in a cafe that sold a soda called The Tapping Tapir. It was a very tapir-y day!
Then we wandered, and ended up having dinner in a little Japanese place. Wasn't the greatest, but it was nice just being able to hang out more.
Anyways, I have a ton of business cards and really regretted not having mine on me! Looking forward to emailing a bunch of people.