“As far as ASEAN is concerned, our role here is humanitarian. We have made an impact and we must continue to be effective within that space and use that later on to push beyond,”

“We only see the singers on VCD and TV. At times, there are some small karaoke concerts by local people in Pagoda festivals or other traditional events but it’s rare to see a famous singer off the TV. So whenever there is a concert almost all the people from Pathein go and enjoy it,”

“At the event, it was like being a minder to a rock star,” Ms Pattison says, laughing. “Everyone was coming up wanting to congratulate her, shake her hand, tell her how much they love the painting. It was fantastic.”

Yeah, I mean it’s more difficult to get to the higher level. But I found that the basic works are easy when you can control your hand move- ments well. The movements of the hand holding the chisel are very important in this kind of job.