Wong Ah Fook Mansion - 23/6/2013

 Drawing by Buz Walker

The name of the street that cuts through downtown Johor Bahru is Wong Ah Fook. This man must be very important to have the main street named after him.

 Wong Ah Fook (1837–1918) was a Chinese immigrant, and building contractor who built numerous grand buildings for the state government of Johor. Among others, he built the royal palace and the state penitentiary.

Buz and Taib found out that Wong Ah Fook used to live in a mansion at Jalan Lumba Kuda, Johor Bahru. We visited the mansion. It's now a dilapidated old two storey building. A Chinese couple live on the upper floor and some immigrants live on the floor below. Part of the mansion is used as an automobile workshop. It's unclear who owns the building now.

The mansion has stories to be told. On Sunday morning, June 23, 2013, Taib, Buzz, Hafizal and Tok sketched the building.

Johor Sketchers Logo

This logo is designed by Jaie Ramlee.

Kg Danga - Bakar Batu via Perling 25/1/14

1. We went to Kg Danga - Bakar Batu via Perling.

2. A community of Seletar, the native of the place, stay here. 

3. They are mostly fishermen.

Kong kong Laut 14/2/14

1. Valentine Day. yeay. But I am too old for this. Amyide and I went sketching instead.

2. We wanted to go to Pasir Putih, Pasir Gudang but we got lost. Amyide asked whether we should turn back. I said no. Continue on, let's get lost. See where the road leads us to.

3. We found ourselves at Kong kong Laut. Lot's of boats. This is where weekend anglers port their boats.

Mencakar di Bkt Layang2 Pasir Gudang 22/2/14

1. Kawan2 dari Politeknik Pasir Gudang turun.

2. Roland of England joined us for the first time. 

3. Meriah.

4. Pasir Gudang Kite fest: 

Festival Layang-layang Sedunia (World Kite Festival)

19 Feb 2014 – 23 Feb 2014

This annual World Kite Festival is held in Pasir Gudang allowing kite makes from over 30 countries to showcase their colourful and creative kite designs as well as their incredible flying skills. 

Venue

Bukit Layang-Layang, Taman Bandar Pasir Gudang, Johor

Broadway Cinema dan Jalan Thye Heng

Hari ini cuma kami bertiga sahaja. Fizal, Taib dan Tok. Kami lukis little india JB. Kami lukis broadway cinema yg popular dikalangan orang india kerana tayangan filem2 Tamil. Kemudian kami ke Jln Thye Heng. Ini jalan belakang kepada restoran India dan Cina. Dan ada gudang pemborong barang runcit di sini.

Siapa Thye Heng ni? Dia salah seorang Kapitan Cina yg dilantik sultan Abu Bakar dalam lembaga negeri. Jalan Thye Heng ini sempena nama  Kapitan Cina Seah Thye Heng.

Fri. 28/2/14 

I was in KL on Saturday, 17 Aug 2013 and I took a train from Bangi, Selangor to KL Central and changed to LRT towards Masjid Jamek station, strategically located near Jameq Mosque. An oldest mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is located at the confluence of the Klang and Gombak River. Because of that, I had decided to sketch the mosque and showing the connecting of the two rivers. 

Below is the place where I used to hang out when I was a teenager 20 years back. Now it transformed into a more tourists attractions, inside and outside. Its a place where you can find mostly about souvenirs, clothes and arts & crafts. You can find Kasturi Walk which runs alongside Central Market, before this it was a normal Lorong Kasturi where buskers and townees hang out and now it is famous among locals and tourists for it casual, al fresco ambiance.