D7 The Refinery is an awesome place to be at during the weekends- you can paint, you can buy books and you can meet new friends. Thanks to artists like Ben Toh, Yenny Ng and Maxinne Xie for organizing these fun-filled gatherings.
It was here too, that I got to tell people, “Hey, I wrote a book about growing up in the 1960s and 1970s in a tin-mining town called Ipoh. Get a copy and read how life used to be for some ordinary folks struggling to have a meaningful existence.”
I am glad I took my book straight to the readers. I was able to meet them face to face, tell them about my book, autographed it and even took photos with them for remembrance. All these gave me a great sense of pleasure and satisfaction as a writer because it gave me a chance to interact with them.
It was at D7 too that some of my readers became my good friends. They read my book and gave me feed-backs and after sometime, we became friends! And some even told me they are waiting for my second book which will be out soon.
Today, a very good friend who started off as my reader even gave me a surprise – a birthday cake. How many writers are so blessed?
Well, I am one of them. Thank you, everyone, for being there for me as I embark on a long and tough journey as a writer.
Well, a Very Happy Belated Birthday To You IpohGal. Coincidentally, it’s also my youngest son birthday. FYI, April 13, 14 are very auspicious days which are celebrated by the Sikhs and the Thais. Vaisakhi is a Sikh holy day & New Year day and it usually falls on April 13 or 14. This year is on the April 14. For the Thais, it’s the Songkran Water Festival on April 13-15.
Anyway, may the year and years ahead brings you and your family improving health, plenty of wealth and lots of happiness.
Happy Birthday !
Cheers !
A Michaelian till 1975
Thank you John, for your belated birthday wishes. Happy Birthday to your son too! Here is a toast to all those born in the month of April! 🙂