hi, this can be a weird place until you get to know some people.
As an artist you would probably like some art communities, so i would probably recommend
https://peakd.com/c/hive-156509/trending
https://peakd.com/c/hive-158694/trending
as a start.
This may sound so ignorant, but when i think of Malaysia or Singapore for some reason i don't think of snow and ice. had no idea that they would even have an Olympic ice teams :D