Base Camp

Farewell

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Locals

The peak

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Yaks

Lyna

Her

Yak’s meat

Everest peak

Som the Nepali guide

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The kids

Teal garden

Porter & guide

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Red Fort

Qutb Minar

Bahai Temple

Chill Dog

The great Taj Mahal

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‘Kiko’, Digital sketch. 2013, ‘Noa’ Anwar Suhaimi

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‘By The Window’ from Windowsills, Digital sketch, 2013, ‘Noa’ Anwar Suhaimi

‘Wall’ from Windowsills, Digital sketch, 2013, ‘Noa’ Anwar Suhaimi

‘Downsight’ from Windowsills, Digital sketch, 2013, ‘Noa’ Anwar Suhaimi

‘Signifiant’ from Windowsills, Digital sketch, 2013, ‘Noa’ Anwar Suhaimi

‘Insignificant’ from Windowsills, Digital sketch, 2013, ‘Noa’ Anwar Suhaimi

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Maybe it’s alright not to get too excited with art materials and just make do with whatever I found along a journey. I’ve experimented with the idea for awhile now and found a useful example on Austin Kleon blog, he packs a neat sketching kit whenever he’s on book tour.

With a little bit of trial and error, I finally end up with this:

Sketching Survival Kit by ‘Noa’ Anwar Suhaimi

• A sandwich bag to keep all the instruments dry.
• Sketchbook. I told myself that it doesn’t have to be a Moleskin notebook though they can be pretty awesome.
• A ball pen. Bic Round Stic ball pens are my favorite. Simple and cost next to nothing.
• A black Sharpie. For broad strokes and other uses.
• Glue sticks. Airport security friendly. Not necessary if you have a roll of sticky tape.
• Sticky tape and a dispenser to go with the writable transparent tape. Can’t say I’m not falling for the bluish doughnuts dispenser.
• Various paper clips. Clips receipts, ticket stubs and papers. I use them for everything.
• A scissor was in the list but then I thought I could just tear stuffs instead of cutting.

I realized that all I need for sketching is a marking object and a surface. Else don’t matter. I only bring a sketchbook and a pen with me and I kept most of the stationary in the backpack for later use. Traveling can be very fast and sketching will be the last thing I could indulge in. For the same reason, I would leave the experimentation within 20% of my time. It’s faster to sketch the way I already used to.

Few notes on the matter
Sketch and collect material with strategy. Bring what’s needed only.
Most lodging and eatery will have papers and pens lying around.
Rocks leave marks, earth give colors, and food stains.
Maybe just sketch on coffee tables, take a photo and move on.

A sketch, Oldtown White Coffee table.

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Reset to Zilch is an instrumental post rock band from Kuala Lumpur. A four piece music act formed in the early 2011, they’re made of members from various Malaysian independent bands (Virginia On Duty, Sforzando! and Dramacoma). Their music can be categorized in the list of instrumental rock with a touch of post-rock elements. In July 2012, Reset to Zilch played in MULL; Debauch to Kuala Lumpur show alongside the headliners of Malaysian/Singapore independent music act such as Muck, Akta Angkasa, Damn Dirty Apes and This is Atlantis. The show was held in Actors Studio @ Lot 10, Kuala Lumpur, a venue known to be among the best place to hold theatrical show in Malaysian theater community.

Reset to Zilch – Shtriga. Live at Actors Studio Bangsar @ Lot 10, Kuala Lumpur. Rear visual by FINDARS. Video by Shazmir Shah.

Visit Reset to Zilch facebook page here.

I’m bringing their EP to my Everest Base Camp trip. I’m looking for visual connections between their music and the Everest landscape.

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My travel gear enables me trekking on budget. Here’s what I packed in my backpack:

That’ll be enough for now. I need thermal inner wear and I’ll get them in Nepal. I heard they’re pretty cheap over there.

On enabling adventure,
If something is missing on your gear list, don’t go and buy them straight away. Ask around and you’ll be surprised to have people keeping stuff collecting dusts. Your friends will be glad to help you on your adventure.
Travel light. I know the sums of my gear looks extensive but they fit in a 28 liter backpack (I’d wear heavier items on the plane), weighing less than 7 kg and they are still accountable for hand luggage on flights.
Succumb to adventure. Experience life.

I thank all my friends who helped me on my adventure especially Furqaan and Hariz for keeping me warm, as well as Adam who gave us each a PeaceBeUponYou t-shirts to wear over India and Nepal

By now, I should be in New Delhi on a plane heading to Kathmandu.

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