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“My cucu is 1 year and 7 months old. Ayah ada lari. Tidak tau mana lah. (Her dad ran away. We don’t know where).The mom works at the kilang (factory). The salt factory, wheat flour factory, [...]

“When I see young couples start a family and the man is being responsible for taking care of his wife and kid, it makes me both happy and sad. I feel sad because my husband is not with me [...]

“I have 5 kids (2 boys and 3 girls) and I am a grandmother of 4. Normally males marry at the age of 30 or so. For me, I got married at the age of 15. My husband was 30. I wasn’t afraid of [...]

What is your advice to women who marry late in the Peninsular?  Perhaps they married late because they haven’t found the one. So it doesn’t matter if they marry late or early but the most [...]

This boy has ADHD – or something else. He is extremely hyperactive. He is not under any medication. He is 6 years old. He’s schooling here in this preschool behind here. Next year he [...]

“I’m 90 years old. I was there during the Japanese occupation. I remember things here and there. I was in Sibu when they came to Malaya. I’ve been living here for 30 years. [...]

“I can’t drive a car but I can drive a train! My title is called a Transit Officer instead of a Train Engineer like in the United States, as they can fully troubleshoot the trains themselves. My [...]

I am 70 years old. I have 4 children, my eldest child is 50 years old. Back in the days, I would plant rice seeds in the paddy fields and do some farming. I can’t do them nowadays – I’m [...]

I am a Nurse. I’m Ibanese. I’m from Mondamin. I was born in Seri Aman and from then on I moved houses because of my father’s job. I became a nurse through the SPA – Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan [...]

Do the Orang Asli still believe in bomohs’ medicines? There was once way back then, one person from the medical team got shot by the Orang Asli with their traditional gun. Understandably, the [...]