Imagine traveling from England to Australia without a flight or Google Maps to direct your every step. Imagine having no mode of communication with the people you leave back home, except for the occasional letter on those rare days you encounter the British Embassy. Imagine having only £950 for a 4 month journey between two …
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Imbak Canyon Conservation Area (ICAA) in Borneo, Malaysia is a 30,000 hectare virgin rainforest reserve teeming with biodiversity unparalleled to anywhere else in the world. Located in the heart of Borneo, the third largest island in the world, ICAA is one of the five conservation areas managed by Yayasan Sabah, in addition to Danum Valley, …
“When I was a little girl, me and my siblings would stage a little theater at home during school holidays and charge our parents for it. We would play the piano, do a dance routine, perform a comedy act and even culminate a stage play. I would then gather all the money in an envelope, …
“Humans baffle me. We are the only species that goes to war and kill each other. It goes against the survival of a species. Animals almost never kill their own species. Humans however, are so caught up with their social, geographical and political differences, that they fail to unite under a single species cause. I …
“ “I always had a dream to go overseas, but my dad told me that he had no funds to send me. I felt like it was not fair that my friends who were genuinely richer were able to go overseas. The other friends got scholarships. I got 8 A1s and 1 C5 (for Bahasa …
“I come from an upper middle class family. My father is the Chairman of a manufacturing company and has factories in Malaysia, China, and all around the world. I grew up being surrounded by expensive things, so I don’t feel anything different or special about it. Most people in the affluent society tend to live …
“I started working since I was 1 years old. My first job was with Nespray in the baby milk advertisement. My mom used to look at me as an ‘income generating asset’ and had high expectations of me. I was the ‘pelajar cemerlang’ at 12, completed my Grade 8 piano and violin at 15, …
“I started off as an engineer, and have worked in corporate finance, IPOs, and even the sales line – so what was next? I wanted to do something that could change the world. At that time I naively thought, of joining a Silicon Valley startup – go to the US – and join Google or …
“22 years ago, I delivered my first child. I went back to my hometown and asked my mom to find a ‘tukang urut’ for my ‘pantang’ (confinement). Everyday, I had to wait for my mom to come back from her office, then my dad will send me to the masseuse’s house, while my mom will …
“There’s a reason why God created special children, whether its autistic, Down Syndrome or dyslexia. Its to teach us to understand the world from their eyes and look at the world differently. My son was two years old when the doctors diagnosed him as autistic. I had a feeling that something was not right when …