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‘Why do you want to be a teacher?’ ‘Because I want to be smart!’ _________________________________________ – Humans of Kuala Lumpur went with the United Nations [...]

‘I want to be a policeman! A policeman in Peninsular Malaysia’. “Why do you want to be a policeman?” ‘So I can catch the bad guys!’ [...]

“I’ve been living here for 30 years. Before that I was in Brunei and was born in Sibu. I worked as a labourer – lifting cement and bricks. There’s a lot of health problems [...]

“A few days later, I am back again at the hospital for another 1-2 weeks. One day the District Administration office sent a letter for me to go to a heart institute in Kota Samarahan. They [...]

“In our traditions and belief, if for example, someone impregnated the girl and ran off, the growing child in the mother’s womb is a pig”. We need to touch on topics that are [...]

“My mother had cancer of the uterus, my sister had cervical cancer. So there is a possibility for me and my daughters to have cancer but to many people here, that is a lie. That it [...]

“A long long time ago, if an Iban person had a tattoo of a bunga terung, humans and other drawings, it signified that this person is a very strong person. Like a warrior. In the olden days [...]

“Our generation and our mother’s generation are very different. They had 5 kids. I don’t know how many kids I’ll have. They had more ‘sehaluan’, more, balance. [...]

“For me, I got married at the age of 15. My husband was 30. I wasn’t afraid of marrying an older man at that time [laughs]. I am 40 years old now. I had my first child at 17 years old. We [...]

“I feel sad because my husband is not with me anymore and life is hard. I am unable to get money. It’s been a long time since he passed away. He died of TB. He loved to smoke despite [...]