An interview with the Author of Arts of life....

It was a lovely blue morning, shower of rain on the street, in a coffee shop, Earlgrey Tea with two drops of sugar, the conversation recorded with the Sony Mini Recorder, interviewer (marked as "&") and myself (Marked as "@")......

&: Hi! Arts of life! Thanks for taking your time out to meet up with me. (Shaking hands) My name is Felix Chai, and I'm the reporter from Blog Freaks Magazine. (Will be on the market soon...if you believe so)
@: You're welcome! I'm not that busy, I could use the opportunity to stretch my body, after spenting so much hours in front of a computer.
&: Here is my first question, how much time do you spent usually in blogging and surfing the net?
@: Ummm.....let me count! (Ticking his finger & murmur some numbers) I normally spent eight hours a day writing blogs, making interesting search on the net, edit my own design.
&: Wow! You could really use some fresh air today huh!
@: Yupe! I need to go out more!
&: What did you do for living?
@: I worked in a church as Worship Director, full time serving the Lord.
&: How about your previous work? I heard you've been trying out lots of other job.
@: You're right! When I left the school, I went to a Christian Mission Ship called "MV Doulos", serving there for two years visitng more than 12 countries. Then I returned to Sabah and worked in my home church for half a year as Youth Co-ordinator. Get bored, and move out to Kota Kinabalu to played piano in a Hotel Lounge for three month. And then move to another job selling books in a Christian Bookstore, I only manage to stay there for one year, and now landed in my church office. That's about it!
&: That's lot of shifting and changing of jobs huh...
@: Thats' what youngster normally do! Never stay put!
&: Let's talk about your blog. What's the main theme for your blog?
@: My theme for this blog is about arts, and how I relate arts in my life.
&: What's the main reason naming it "Arts of life"?
@:The reason I name it "Arts of life", because I believe Arts is life, of life, the life. My love, my passion, my whole life circled around the arts I see everywhere I go. I guess I just wanted to share my thoughts, my joy with the world.
&: What kind of materials did you use to build your blog?
@: Let me see......I got crafts, some creative idea, poems, short stories, some thoughts about life and my childhood, recipes, funny discovery on the net & etc.
&: That sound like a lot of stuff there! How do you relate all these in "Arts of life"?
@: Everything to me is arts. I often think of life in 4 words, L-eisure & pleasure, I-nner child, F-reedom in choices, of course E-at all you can! Ha......Arts play a big part in my life, being artistic is not only in paintings or dance, but in all the ways of life. It's a lifestyle to me!
&: Some of your written poems tends to express the darker side of life, why is that?
@: Often a time, I love to express how I really felt from the bad experience in life, and only in those moments, my inspiration seems to be overflowing. It's funny, but I tend to think negatively when something strike me. That's why I often remind myself to "Look at the bright side!", a lovely quotation shouted by one of my old friend Melanie Reed.
&: What's your favorite movies?
@: "Dancer in the dark" movie directed by Lars Von Trier and performed by Bjork. "Closer",
"Monalisa Smile", "Erin Brockovich" performed by Julia Roberts. "Shawshank's Redemption" performed by Tim Robbins. "Dead Man Walking" directed by Tim Robbins, performed by Susan Saradon & Sean Pean. "Bowling for colombine" directed by Michael Moore. These are a few of my all time favorites.
&: Oh my! Most of them are award-winner, I can see your preferences. So what's your favorite books then?
@: Some of the author I adore deeply. Amy Tan, Mo Yan, Anne Tyler, Gerald Stern, Sue Townsend, Adrian Plass, Jennifer Rees Larcombe, Chai Lan & etc. I could spent whole day reading and do nothing.
&: Some of them are my favorite author too! How about music preference?
@: Ummm... I love jazz, Grover Washinton Jr., Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Diana Krall, Norah Jones, Joe Sample & etc. I also love weird music like Bjork & Roberts Miles. It's a long list! I better stop!
&: Time sure run fast! Thanks for the interview, it will be running on the next issue of Blog Freaks Magazine. Nice talking to you! Have a great day!
@: You more than welcome! (Shaking hands and leave the coffee shop)