Salon culture in KL

 the art gallery

 Kimball before a painting at the dining area

 part of the gorgeous garden

 mangkok nasi mcm mak's

 the airy dining overlooking the stage and pond

 Ramli suka sangat daun layu ni (for its colour)

 I was mesmerised by these payung raja lama

two artists in conversation at lunch

Was all afternoon with guest pianist Kimball Gallagher.Nik was kind enough to pick him up from LCCT ngok.Amin could not find anyone as everyone's busy preparing the location at ISTAC.

From there we dropped him off at Ramli's plc.Ramli, being the gracious person he was, invited us over for a simple lunch.Except it was not simple at all.Rumah Ramli ni mcm Sutra juga but Ramli said you are like any other mat salleh...everything looks the same for you.Kamaria is not, he insisted.Ahaks.I guess not as I did the home tour.It's like a boutique hotel.In Bali.He did his own landscape.Rumah mak dia which he renovated after she passed away.I'll post some pics after the wedding mlm ni or bsk if I get too lazy to do it.

Ramli ni lawak gila.I love his story about him keeping safe his mom's jewelleries.Then his two sisters went to him after some years ke hapa and said, OK now Ramli...where is it? We have looked everywhere...(I just had to laugh out loud as he told us the story).Pinggan mangkok makan dia (inherited from the mom) reminded me of mak's old as well.So exotic.So precious.

Lepas tu kita cerita pasal pythons..Rosli found a baby python on Anna's bed at Rumah University a day before she arrived and checked in.Rosli punya bagus told her about it that Anna would check the room inside out every time she retired to her room.But she said she was more afraid of the monkeys than the python.

Then Ramli cerita pasal python in his oven when he was living in Sg. Pencala.A 12 feet one.I just went yikes! Lepas tu drove over to ISTAC.Kimball spoke on his music and the salon culture he often promoted.That's how it began, anyway.I'll write more later. Gotta be ready for the wedding.