FRIENDS ACROSS NATIONS

"Who are you?" Andrew asked.

"We are the paint brush fairies...When you are afraid..we will help you"

The Paint Brush fairy replied.

These brushes have travelled round the world...and kept steady in stormy seas in this bag...



Babara Moore showed Tan Wei Keng a collection of her brushes.

Paint Brush fairies and Andrew..look at these brushes!!!


Today Tan Wei Keng , our world famouse artist and a friend of our Metamorfosis Team, visited Babara and Mike Moore on board "Lev" which means "Live"

"We got Lev because it gives us freedom" explained Mike Moore.

In this picture you see Tan Wei Keng wearing the rotan bracelets that are made by Penans. Tan Wei Keng is a friend of the Penans. You can view his blog at tanweikeng.blogspot.com

If you want to see the paintings he has made of the Penans, there is an E Book available from Pustaka Miri: "DISCOVER SARAWAK" through the eyes of a great artist.

LEARNING TO WRITE X

The paint brush faries teach Andrew to write X , thus heloing him to see the difference between X and +

BRACELET OF LOVE

The simple friendship bracelet that Angelina gave Anderson said what she could not express.

When she was roughly pulled away...the bracelet was all he had and he cherished it..

MORE FRENCH FRIES

Seeing double...

THIS IS AKADEMI ANAK SARAWAK

"Where is this Academy for the Child of Sarawak?" asked Jacky.

"Are you brave Jacky?" asked Anderson

" I am brave! I am brave!" Jacky cried..

Then he saw the Raja Brooke Birdwing come...and he received the force he had been longing for...

the dance...

WHEN YOU ARE BROKEN

Being separated from the only one who undertsood him almost broke Anderson..

But his inner voice beckoned to him to remember the Garden Of Hope.

PAIN

When Anderson heard Angelina being hit by her father, he could feel every blow..

METAMORFOSIS TEAM

Releasing The Butterfly.....









These are the seeds of hope.

Each has contributed in a different way.

Brought together by a belief that no one is a hopeless case.

Our creative designer Tie Hieng Tze made the gift that means
"Butterflies Must Be Free"

VIOLENT REJECTION

Anderson had a crisis when he was 16.

"You are such a hopeless case!"

THE INNER STRUGGLE

Andrew has an inner struggle with fear for maths and the paint brush fairies help him.

THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP

For Andrew, only Alina , his friend understood him.

MATHS PHOBIA

Andrew is fearful of the and + sign...

ANDREW TRIES TO EXPLAIN TO JACKY

When Andrew tries to explain about dyslexia, all Jacky can think about is the butterfky he lost .

"What's wrong with you? Always interfering.." He shouts at Andrew.

Anderson tries to restrain him.

JACKY IS BENT ON DESTRUCTION

Jacky wants to take his revenge on Andrew for saving the butterfly he wanted to kill.

BEES ATTACK

When the bullies beat up Andrew because he saved a butterfly, the bees attacked them.

ANDERSON TELLS HIS STORY

GETTING ZERO FOR MATHS

When the maths teacher told Anderson that his son was lazy, not doing his homework and getting zero for tests, Anderson said he was like his son.

"You mean you were lazy, never did your homework..and got zero?"

Anderson: Yes, that's what the teachers said...

RAJA BROOKE BIRDWING

When the story begins ... a melody that beckons the morning and new beginnings brings a special visitor to the Garden of Hope.

The Raja Brooke Birdwing.

Normally found in the quiet of the Rainforest, what brings him here today?

BELIEVING IN LOVE

Andreson was condemned by all around him.

He was lonely.

Only Angelina accepted him as he was.

She read for him.

She never forgot him when he was lost and weary.

So how would he survive now that her father took her away?

THE FRIENDSHIP BRACELET

"I won't let him break me"




Angelina had given Anderson a freindship bracelet.

When she was gone and he was left with no one who undertsood him

he drew strength from this simple gift

ANDERSONS INNER SELF

When Anderson wants to escape from this world, his inner self comes...

UNBEARABLE PAIN

Angelina"s cries pierced his heart.

How could he protect her from her violent father?

CARING FOR OTHERS

If a new butterfly has just come out of a cocoon

we can help it to learn to fly





In the Garden of Hope

beauty is caring

TRANSFORMATION

When Jacky takes a risk and believes that he can be a great dancer

he no longer wants to destroy...

he starts to discover the beauty in himself and in the world

HEALING THE ANGER

Eventhough Jacky had tried to kill a butterfly

Anderson was still hopeful that Jacky would discover that butterflies must be free

GARDEN OF HOPE

In The Garden Of Hope

There is a force for good symbolised by the bees

PAINT BRUSH FAIRY

When Andrew is attacked by zombies symbolising his phobia for mathematics, the paint brush fairy fights them.

HELPING HANDS

A Japenese wood shaver. Metamorphosis will never be the same again.
For we have friends from across the ocean helping us.




"They said I was backward, so I used a backward saw"

This Japanese saw is the only one in the word that cuts on the backward stroke.





Mike said : "Even women can do it.."









In the World of Metamorphosis we have the Paint Brush fairies who helped Andrew to learn to write X and +.

Well , today Tool Box Fairies offered helping hands.

Thank you Babara and Mike Moore for working so hard behind the scenes.

The screws were too short and longer ones were used to keep the handles firm. The wood had to be a good fit. The hook kept the screens steady.

BELIEVING IN YOUR TALENT

Anderson watches Jacky show off his dance skills.

Later he challenges Jacky to join his Academy: "Akademi Anak Sarawak"

The Academy For Teh Child Of Sarawak.

Ronny does not believe Anderson.

He does not see dancing as a talent.

Furthermore, Anderson is the father of Andrew whom they had beaten up.
So should he want to help them?

Jacky is torn between wanting to believe that he really does have talent and his friends doubts abotu Anderson.

Finally, he takes the risk and asks Anderson where the Academy is...

Anderson: It is here..Use your imagination...This is Akedemi Anak Sarawak.

Then the Raja Brooke Birdwing returns and gives Jacky the power to believe in himself.

And Jacky is transformed.

ANDERSON AND HIS SON ANDREW

Anderson holds his son Andrew who has been hit by Ronny.

Earlier Andrew had fought with the three bullies to free a butterfly.

Alina, Andrew's buddy tries to tell the bullies that Andrew wanted to help them...

A BOY WITH A DREAM

METAMORPHOSIS

This is the story of Anderson, a boy who had a dream …
He wanted to dance on the stage of the world.

When he was 16 he was hurt because he had dyslexia.
Yet, the love of someone who understood him helped him to regain his strength.
He became a great dancer and he came back to his school in the Garden of Hope in search of Talent.

What did he find there?

His son, Andrew is waiting for him. While Andrew waits for his father,
Mr Anderson, he sees a Male Raja Brooke Birdwing. This is the symbol of the Potential of Sarawak. A group of bullies caught a butterfly, thus trapping potential . Andrew fights to free the butterfly, thus releasing potential.

But he is attacked by the bullies. The bees save him. They are the force of good.
Andrew has a phobia for mathematics because he is confused about the symbols X and +. They haunt him in a nightmare.

The paint brush fairies chase away the phobia.
They teach Andrew to write X and + thus overcoming his phobia.

Then Andrew paints a picture of the Raja Brooke Birdwing. He write the words “Happy Birthday Father” but Alina, his friend notices
that the alphabets are reversed.

Mr Anderson arrives and sees the painting…and the message…
and realizes that Andrew also has dyslexia.

The maths teacher tells Mr Anderson that Andrew is lazy … getting zero for tests.
Yet, he can answer questions orally. Mr Anderson says that he was like his son.

“Were you lazy? Getting zero for tests?” asked the teacher.
“That was what my teachers said” answered Mr Anderson.

He tells his story…in the flashback we learn that Anderson , at 16, helped a girl named Angelina when she was a victim of a perfectionist teacher who wanted her to lose weight to win a dance contest. However, he is rejected by her father who condemns him as a hopeless case. His spirit is almost broken. But his inner self sang a song called “The Garden Of Hope” and he began to have hope again.

The Garden Of Hope.

Who read for me?
Who never forgets me when I am lost and weary?
Each time I dance, who sees my talent?
My hope is in the sky
I am a dancer in the Heart of Angelina
I am a dancer on the stage of the world
I will not forget the Garden of Hope

So the teacher decides to change himself to help Andrew. He wants to have a reader and a writer for tests for Andrew. Mr Anderson says that he can read if the paper is blue. If the paper is white, words will dance. Andrew tells his father he also has that problem. Anderson tells his son about his own problem with dyslexia. Andrew asks: “Does that mean I can succeed?” “Of course you can succeed.” Anderson tells him.

Aina thinks that the bullies may also have the same problem. Andrew asks his father to help the bullies because he does not want them to spend their time catching butterflies.

But the bullies attack Andrew again and Anderson is furious. He tells then that he had come looking for talent but……Jacky shows off his dancing skills. Reluctantly Anderson admits that Jacky is talented. He challenges Jacky to believe in himself and to pursue his destiny in the Academy For The Child Of Sarawak. The Raja Brooke Birdwing returns, symbolizing the hope for the Potential of Sarawak. The power to believe is given to Jacky and he is transformed.

Child Of Sarawak

Child Of Sarawak,
Noble and Blessed,
A Prince of Service
Building the talents of all
Fly Oh Child Of Sarawak!



This story is dedicated to Metamorphosis Team 2011 and 2012
and all who helped to share this message

PERFECTIONISM

Angela was told that she needed to slim down to win the dance contest. So when the COW came to her with some delicious "TEH TARIK", a milky tea that you "pull" or "tarik" to create a creamy bubbly consistency,...she was tempted but....

ANDERSON'S INNER SELF

When he is hurt , Anderson's inner self sing a song that gives him hope.

The song is called Garden of Hope.

He says that in Angelina's heart he is a great dancer.

THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP

When Angelina was rejected by her dance teacher, it was Anderson who cheered her up. Ironically, Angelina's father later condemns him as a "hopeless case" . That is when Anderson refuses to be put down and states firmly : "I AM NOT A HOPELESS CASE". Mr Lee reacts by slapping him, shouting: "You dare to answer me?" Thus, in the relationship between teenagers and older people, it is not acceptable for teenagers to "answer back" even if they in fact justified in doing so.

Nevertheless, Anderson, even though he is hit and falls...he rises again because he believes in his talent.

His inner self comes and picks him up.

He dances from despair to determination and finally declares :

" I AM NOT A HOPELESS CASE "

A STORY ABOUT TALENT

Anderson was a young man with a dream. He wanted to be a great dancer. Angela knew about his problem with reading and helped him. He had dyslexia. He could not see words but he found another way to cope. He had three secretaries to manage the paper work for his Dance Studio: Angelina Dance Studio.

When he discovered that his son Andrew had dyslexia too, he shared his own story with the Mathematics teacher. Finally he also helped another student, Jacky, to develop his talent in dancing.

The story begins when Anderson's son is a secondary school boy. He cannot differentiate the symbols X and +. The paint brush fairies help him to draw these symbols slowly with a big brush. He then learns to write these symbols.

This is one way to help students with dyslexia to tell teh difference between X and +.

Use an art activity. Draw large symbols. Make it fun. The size of teh symbol is important in perception. Dyslexic students find it hard to read small letters.