Month: April 2019

I’m comfortable being alone and I enjoy it because I’m doing something that I love, like reading, and people should do the things they love on their own time too. Their own me time. You can do a lot of things on your own time, like learning new things, calming down and think to oneself without having others interrupting your thoughts, and reflect and enjoy one’s hobbies. But yes, there should be a time for being with friends, and a time to be on your own – a balance. Also when you’re around people you tend to rely on them all the time, so when you’re alone, it forces you to rely on yourself.”

– Humans of Kuala Lumpur

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(This post was first published on September 10th 2014)

“We both study in an all-girl’s school, hang out in the surau during recess, and more or less are the class clowns. We also speak fluent Kelantanese to each other, even though we have moved to KL to work.

Difference is, she is a Muslim while I’m a Chinese. I have bright red hair and tattoos while she is a conservative girl who dons the hijab. Whenever we walk together in shopping malls or have dinner after work, we received curious stares from passers-by.

She’s never judgmental and accept me for who I am, and I do the same for her. I’d like to think that’s how 1Malaysia should be. We’re not just tolerant of each other, but we embrace and celebrate our differences.”

– Humans of Kuala Lumpur

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(This post was first published on September 8th 2014)

Made some few male friends and after a few drinks, they asked me “Rezal, this is a personal question, but…are you gay?”

“I was surprised, and I asked them back “Why do you ask”? They replied, “Did you know that this is actually a gay bar? In fact, the whole district here caters to LGBTs”. No wonder I didn’t see any girls that night!”

I told him that maybe his true colours has been finally revealed. 

– Humans of Kuala Lumpur

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(This post was first published on September 8th 2014)

“Is that a bit like graphic design?”
“Mmmm no. Ok, you know stage production in concerts? It’s a little bit like that.”
“Did you always want to study that?”
“I actually wanted to study music but my parents didn’t let me. They wanted me to be financially secure.”
“So who’s your role model?”
“My mother. She went through a lot to take good care of my sister and I. Some day I hope to be as strong as her.” – Humans of Kuala Lumpur

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(This post was first published on August 3rd 2014)

“I want him to take up sports, swimming specifically to get the six pack ahahaha. He has to be smart.”
“How does your life change when you become a mom?”

“Freedom. My friends call me up for a cup of coffee and I can’t go out because there’s no one to take care of him. I’ve also had this dream of…travelling. With a son, it’s difficult because you can’t go out during the night. He struggles to stay awake and walk with us.”
– Humans of Kuala Lumpur

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(This post was first published on August 2nd 2014)

“In the club. I work as a DJ, and actually for a female, it’s a really difficult to get into this industry. Some girls don’t really have the skill, they just sell their front. But that’s also because some of them haven’t actually learned how to DJ – people don’t think of it as a profession, so they also don’t think it’s worth paying for.”
“The way that it works is that DJs will be put under an events company, but the boss is normally male. So you know what that’s like…they’ll send their sexy DJs first but they’ll send me if they need someone whose skill they can trust. I mean, I got bored taking songs from other artists, so I started to get into instrumental and production courses, and now I make my own productions.”
“So how did you get into DJing?”
“Actually I was a dancer and one day we had an international competition with judges – and my bone came out. After that I couldn’t walk for a year you know, I was walking like this. I thought if it came to the point where I could never dance again, I might as well find something else. I would play music for the dancers and I realised I really loved it. Then when I saw people dancing to my own music…It made me happy.” – Humans of Kuala Lumpur

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(This post was first published on July 30th 2014)

“And unfortunately no, I do not own an iPhone. I have a Nokia Lumia instead with Windows. And I love it. I think that youths nowadays, whose first phones given to them by parents are iPhones, gets spoiled, because they will never know and appreciate how beautiful the iOS design is. I mean what was your first phone? I used to have a Sony Xperia phone with Android before switching to the Nokia Lumia …and only from there can I appreciate how good the software design of iPhones or the new Android is. If you ask me, I think young kids nowadays, or anyone, their first phone shouldn’t be as high end as the iPhone – a mid-range phone will do. I am now saving up for the next iPhone, but I highly recommend the Lumia too!”

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(This post was first published on July 27th 2014)