I'm local of Kota Bharu. If you come to Kota Bharu don't hesitate to visit my small gallery 'Galeri Kampung Kraftangan' at the center of the town. I am a government servant reside at Sg. Petani, a regional town on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. I will retire from government service on July this year. After retire I will back home to Kota Bharu and do painting as my full time carrier. For the time being my gallery is managed by my partner, Mr. Ayub. See you there!
Thanks for viewing my page. Kota Bharu (means new castle) is a regional town on the north-east of Malaysia Peninsula, Malaysia. Ia you come to Malaysia via Thailand you will enter Kota Bharu (on the north-east) or Padang Besar on the north. By plane you can enter via Kuala Lumpur (capital city of Malaysia).
oh my dear... The web site for the conference in Sydney is www.usyd.edu.au and it is under INTERNATIONAL... I will send you the info and have attached a description of my presentation. Call Nora soon.. she is free now... and loving her time off...Ethnic Stereotypes, SYDNEY
hi JOHN. Sending much love to you and Amy and tangentially to LInda and Jeremy. I wanted to let you know that I am doing a presentation at a conference in Sydney. It is called The International Conference on Cultural Diversity in Music Education. Can I send you info on it ? It will be in Australia starting Jan 11-13. Also, there will be a conference called PERSPECTIVES ON CREATIVITY at Holy Cross University here in Phila on March 20.. for educators, clinicians and anyone who combines creativity and mental health. How would I post these? Also, Nora is off until Jan 16.. so THIS is the time for you guys to get together.
all love and good things for 2010. annie
hey! my main instrument is guitar but i play other things, mbira even, which i'm freaking out about at the moment because somehow i've misplaced mine (or someone else has misplaced it - long story involving a car accident, two moves, and a good friend's divorce, of course!)
i worked with natural resources in a small village in the mopti region. organized some trainings, mostly talked about changing small habits for greater effect down the line. infrastructure is pretty bleak there, but their culture is so complex and fascinating. far more advanced than western cultures in dealing with conflict, abstract problems, the nebulous nature of available resources, etc. was it a success? hard to qualify it in such terms. i would do it all over again, if that's what you're asking. and i'm sure my village didn't move backwards as a result of my being there. change is a funny thing though. it's hard to gain momentum in a place that's been so f-ed over by foreign influence and it takes a lot of time to rebuild, which i think the western world doesn't understand; it's not a money problem, it's a way of life problem, a psychology problem, a superficial statehood problem. peace corps' efforts to teach cultural sensitivity certainly creates more effective development from the P.O.V. of host-country nationals, though probably not by the measuring stick of western int'l development ideals. i came away from it wanting to dissolve national identities and slaughter greed.
Please give my best to your folks! April will mark the 9th national Jazz Appreciation Month. Lots of ideas on how to celebrate JAM are at www.smithsonianjazz.org. JAM is now being run by Joann Stevens, whom you can contact at: firstname.lastname@example.org. Everbest, John