My sole mission in going to JOHOR was to meet up with 60s and 70s pop star Zaleha Hamid again. However, as a huge bonus, I also met up with a young lawyer in JB name Yi who bought my Pop Yeh Yeh comp and contacted me via Instagram. He offered to show me around JB and also took me to the location for the interview with Zaleha.
The interview was AMAZING. I will post some more anecdotes from this talk with Malay pop and "Dangdut Queen of Malaysia" very soon.
It also turned out that a really cool artists collective called JOHO (named for the local pronunciation of JOHOR) was right next to the shop where I did the interview with Zaleha Hamid.
Me and Yi
One of the artists for GOOGLE DOODLE visited JOHO's new location recently and decorated one of the walls. It's really impressive close up but I couldnt manage to get a very good shot.
After the interview with Zaleha, Yi gave me his "Ten Cent Tour" of all the hip cool spots in JB (will post photos and links soon!), and then, offered me a spare bed to crash on at his family home. SO GRATEFUL TO THIS GUY!!
No comments:
Post a Comment