“Your parents will pass away one day and you will be left with only your siblings to share your life, and all the memories of the past”.
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“My strongest Pokemon thus far is Scyther. I’m on the way to work now and whenever we stop at a train station, it’s a Pokestop so all us Pokemon players are catching many Pokemons. So far I’ve gotten three today. Funny story, last weekend I was supposed to meet up with my friends at the bar, so my friend and me parked really far away. We then walked the long way to the bar – so that we can catch Pokemons along the way. Everybody is capturing Pokemons when standing in the bus, driving in the car, and in the middle of the road. I just want to advise other Pokemon players to be aware of your surroundings – don’t put yourself in danger in the middle of the (traffic) jam! I’ve met many friends through playing Pokemon and that’s the best part about playing Pokemon – having interaction with other Pokemon players. This surrounding area has a lot of Pokemon and I’ve been talking to a lot of people!”
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(This post was first published on August 24th 2016)
“What are you asking for? Didn’t you hear how a five year old got butchered last week? There’s no future here. Everyone’s trying to run away, I have dreams that my children will become something in their life, and then they’ll get away from here. Not end up a wazaa (wedding chef) like me.”
The Kashmiri Conflict
Humans of Kuala Lumpur
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(This post was first published on August 15th 2016)
“I have my matrix (Indian Matriculation) coming up, and the tuition centers are all closed, so I’m studying by myself with the textbook. I can’t go to school because some days there is ‘hartal’ (stone pelting protests), some days there are curfews, some days there are a walking protests. My dream is to get 480 out of 500 marks. That’s hard to do without school.”
“What do you want to be when you grow up?”
“I just want to work for apple. That way I’ll get all of their products for free.”
(Kashmir, India-Pakistan border)
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“In my marriage, we had planned for a big tent, at least 500 guests, and typical ‘wazwan’ food. The situation turned sour, and we had to call it off, and invite the most immediate family members only. I remember the militants came in to check how much meat we had. They told the butcher “use only 25kg of meat”. Yes weddings still happen despite the situation here, but it takes something away from the atmosphere of celebration.”
(Kashmir, India-Pakistan border)
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“He thought he was going to work as a tailor, that was his trade. Instead he was forced into some labour camp, and called us after six months. He said he was trapped, and just managed to escape. I think he’s working a job he’s happier with now.”
“That’s human trafficking.”
“Yeah…but would you be able to help me get a real job in Malaysia?”
(Kashmir, India-Pakistan border)
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(This post was first published on August 10th 2016)
“Very good. Purely good. People could go out, they could walk around freely, they could be out late at night. There was no tension, no fear of what you were speaking about and who you were telling it to. There was no curfew. Now everyday somebody dies, somebody is blinded. You hear about it, and you pray that everyone you know is fine. Just yesterday the military broke the glass, the windows, ran after the small kids who pelted them with stones. They take them, they torture them. I worry for my son when he goes out late for his duties, I worry if they’ve taken him. I have four daughters at home, and all I can do is lock my windows to protect them. Poor people like us don’t have anyone we can go to for help. We can’t go to the police. We can’t leave the country.”
(Kashmir, India-Pakistan border)
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(This post was first published on August 8th 2016)
(Teddy Bear Doctor speaking) “We also realize that tuberculosis patients mingle around with the others and it’s easily spread. The homeless already have low immunity.
‘We need more jobs for the homeless people too, and have employers accept them. it’s impossible to eradicate homeless people. The more who go out, the more who come here.”
(Part 3/3)
– Humans of Kuala Lumpur
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(This post was first published on August 9th 2016)
(Teddy Bear Doctor speaking) “Then 2.5 years ago I joined Kechara Soup Kitchen as a doctor as I volunteered every Saturday night, and realized that we can do more to take care of poor families that need medical care and cannot afford treatment by going to their houses.
They are selected after we interview them, to see if they are really in need of medical help.
Cases are evaluated individually where for example, the father is an OKU, or he cannot work – but if the father is just lazy and seems fit, we take it on a case basis.
These homeless people are from this area and for families that need help we’ll go to their house, wherever they are we’ll try to find time to visit them, … even if that means going all the way to Seremban or Penang.
One of the families we are visiting is in Sentul, whose father is paralysed from the waist below, and the wife is semi paralyzed, where she can walk, but with ‘help’. So we’ve been helping them monthly since last year, providing medication, groceries, and also a caterer to give them food on a daily basis. He had to go to the hospital thrice a week and there are costs involved. These people have no pensions as they are in their early 40’s, except for the little monthly welfare aid from the government”.
(Part 2/3)
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(This post was first published on July 28th 2016)
