Unexpected Visit

At about 5pm a guy came which we presume to be a customer. He talked to Hc about his purpose of visit. From far, I didn't quite understand his English because of his accent. I glanced at him and later to Hc and back to him. I then realise that he was not here for data recovery.

Hc asked me over to her desk. She was holding a piece of artwork. Now I get a clearer picture. This guy is selling his artwork. He even had a whole stack of it for us to choose. He told us that he was studying in Nangyang Poly. An Italian who studied college in UK previously. He said he was selling his pieces to cover his daily expenses. Hc asked him about the process of making the artwork. He said he drew it in paper first, scanned it and painted it digitally. The paper which he said was aluminium foil was printed using a special printer.

Hc said that she was not interested to buy but after that he persuaded her by saying 'please' in Chinese. He pointed one of his artwork saying 'fengshui'. lol. He said his Chinese friends taught him some Chinese words. (Presumbly to help him sell his artwork lol)

In the end Hc fork out $10 and Moi $5 to buy the artpiece. I was in charge of picking out an artpiece that I find beautiful. lol

I've picked a fantasy theme of a couple in a background of castle and fairies. Beautiful purple background. He said the couple was romeo and juliet.

Before he left, he even chatted with Hc saying that Singapore living standard is very high. For $400 he could only rent a one-room flat but in Italy, he could rent a cottage. lol. He even said that Singaporeans are very hard-working people that they even work on weekends whereas in Italy he could spend his whole day with his family.

When he was out of sight, we started thinking that are we cheated by him after listening to his stories. The auntie who cleans our office every week said: "you all been cheated by him, $15 for an artpiece so expensive." I don't know why I even came across the thought that he will cheat us but after contemplating for quite a while, I felt that the artpiece was not a bad work and someone who has a passion in art shouldn't have any doubts of his ability. Yes. Everyone who is an art lover shouldn't judge art as doing something for money but appreciating it and compliment that the person has done a good job. To show that we like their artwork, we buy it and it's that simple. I think this man has really taught me a valuable lesson.

P.S: Remember to watch Zheng Banqiao on Channel 8 every sat and sun! lol.