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“I got this ring when I was 20. It’s a family tradition – when one of us turns 21, my mom would give us a piece of jewellery to mark adulthood. Both my brothers received theirs when they [...]

“After 7 years working in IT, like what seemed an eternity, I had no passion for it and didn’t motivate me. I wasn’t excited to wake up in the morning to go to work and I had no [...]

“Even though I was a ‘third culture kid’ – raised everywhere except Malaysia, I’d call myself a Malaysian first. I was also the black sheep of the family, so of course, my family were [...]

My journey in music started with my mother and my church. My mother taught my first few guitar chords and my church gave me the exposure to try my hand at different instruments and to see how a [...]

“Batches after batches, more and more people left the company. I was in one of the later batches to get the letter and was told to pack up and leave on the very same day. I was an engineer in the [...]

“I knew a 19-year-old girl who was picked by the police for possession of cocaine. There was 1kg of it. She was pregnant at that time. She was supposed to receive a package from a friend [...]

“I don’t want to be like everybody else. Everyone wears the same thing, listens to the same thing, and does the same things. I want to be different, I want to stand out, I want to be [...]

‘My life really started during high school, when I got emotionally bullied. It changed my life because I realize I have this patience and confidence in me – and that I can be strong, [...]

“I describe myself as an introvert, and I think people should be by their own selves sometimes and not around people all the time. I’m comfortable being alone and I enjoy it because [...]