I like it when it rains

I like rain

When i'm inside

Between this and that side

Inside it's pain

Outside it rained

I like rain when i'm inside

It makes me feel like the sky is praying

Warm and quiet

To look outside

I like rain when i'm outside

It makes me small and human

And in pain

Rain - it washes the pain

Away again

I like rain when in pain

When will it rain again

I like it when it rains.

20 August 2013

How to Create Fun-To-Read Children Picture Books

Creating Children Picture Books Workshop, Universiti Putra Malaysia. July 2015. Photo courtesy Dr Noris Norowi. Have Fun Creating Your Own Picture Books Workshop, Bedok Library, Singapore - for the Asian Festival of Children's Content ( www.afcc.com.sg ). 31 May 2015. Photo courtesy of En Zamri Mohamad. For the past one year, I’ve had the privilege of sharing/giving talks to primary school students, university students, parents, fellow writers and librarians. Subject: How to create your own picture books for children With these sharing sessions, came great feedbacks. I think it would be useful to share some of what I shared during the sessions with you today. Hopefully we both can learn a thing or two, and can put them into good use :) What I would normally do is present slides on the ingredients of a children picture book (story, characters, settings, backgrounds, story arches, conflicts, scenes setups, motifs, and if the audiences are up to it - layers). I w...

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Ketupat

My sister asked if i could draw her some ketupats for her school's Raya invitation card.

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