Where Ayer Matahari ?

Entrance ..

Finally, it was decided that we are to move our office.

For more than 15 years our office address at Taman Sri Serdang was a puzzled to many. Frequently asked by visitors, “Mana?” or where! No punch line or heavy weights in our address but a humble location at Seri Kembangan, once a notorious china town.

In the early 80s, Taman Sri Serdang was not even in the map. For those from Universiti Pertanian (UPM), their regular ‘hang-out’ place could only be at Seri Kembangan or it was known then as Serdang Lama (Old Serdang). The only shattered looking cinema was inviting those days but need to be cautious when trying to get a ticket. You have to fight your way through for a movie ticket. No one knows then what queing is all about.

Taman Sri Serdang only existed in the mid-80s. We moved in to our Lot no:1999 unit in the mid-90s. A bare simple house with 3 rooms and an extra land space with a triangular shape. Over the years, I renovated and created an ‘open shower room’, added 2 more rooms with one spiral stair to the top. One fish pond with a stone carved bird sculpture with a tea room adjacent to it. Laterite bricks cladded wall and a main wooden gate. Truly, it makes a good surrounding and we ran our errants in that little ‘office’ until we decided recently to move on.

The retired landscape architect walked into my office, scanning all he could from the floor to the roof of Lot no 1999. Climbing up the spiral staircase, opening and closing the hand made wooden doors and windows, touching all that he likes in the open shower room and finally gave me an offer to take over the house. His calm wife looked around and uttered the magic words, “The pond, I like the pond.”  SOLD.

Balinese, Indian and Thai mixed outlook.

Goan laterite brick wall of Lot 1999

So.. where ? Where should we sit in our next office meeting? The design for our new office outlook still reflects the epitome of Ayer Matahari (See top image).  I decided on earth brown coloured face with greens within still in our language of artistry. The ponds with birds and pots are a natural attraction as meant to be.. but believe me there are more surprises ahead. So watch out for our new office launching. At the meantime, the clock is ticking to launch our website at ‘www.ayermatahari.com’ .. get ready.