This is the Captain of the massive, 18 stories tall, 340 metres long cruise ship known as the ‘Ovation Of The Seas’ that was in Port Klang last week

It is also known as the world’s smartest cruise ship for its advanced entertainment technologies.

‘Taking the ‘Ovation of the Seas’ is one of the highlights of my career. I started my life at sea as a Cadet in 1983 when I was 19 years old, with theDenmark Navy. I got my education there, then went into cargo ships, with the Maersk line. In the year 2000 I switched ships and joined cruise ships and so far I have been sailing for 33 years. I am now the Captain of the ‘Ovation Of The Seas’ cruise ship and many people have told me how beautiful and big it is. 

‘So far we’ve cruised from Southampton to Barcelona, Barcelona to Dubai, and then Dubai to Singapore. Now we have a three day trip from Singapore to Malaysia, before heading to Tianjin (China) and that’s where the ship will be christened and named. 

‘There’s no need to be worried about icebergs as the ship is a two compartment ship and we don’t really expect any icebergs but all ships try to avoid icebergs. We have radars that can detect them. 

‘Navigating the Straits of Malacca is manageable, there’s many other ships out there, but there’s also traffic separation schemes which makes it like a highway so it’s quite safe, and fast to travel by sea. Also you have lots of lightning storms but this ship can handle that. We’ve seen dolphins all over the ocean, and if you’re in for activities, entertainment, dining, and good service then going on a cruise ship is a good place to spend your holidays’. 

– Humans of Kuala Lumpur

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(This post was first published on June 13th 2016)

“I’m an introvert by nature so this job on the radio forces me to be an extrovert…”

There was a life changing event that happened to me, and I went from being a no-man to a yes-man, so that helped. Someone would message me at 2 am and say ‘let’s play futsal!’ and I’d say “f*ck yeah! Let’s do it! Let’s play futsal!”

*Interviewing the interviewer, BFM Radio – The Business Station’s very own Daryl Ong. Shout out toMac DeMarco whom we both deeply love!

– Humans of Kuala Lumpur

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(This post was first published on June 12th 2016)

“It’s okay if you can’t find meaning in a painting…”

“A lot of people look for meaning, maybe because they don’t understand it and they want to try and answer it in words; but art is like music. If it strikes you, it strikes you. If it doesn’t, it doesn’t have to. You don’t hear a song and say ‘I can’t understand the beat, I must just not get it.’ You just know that you either feel it or you don’t.

Visuals don’t always grip us the way music does, and I think that’s to do with how photoreceptors were quite late in the evolutionary development of life forms. Before we could really sense light, we had to depend on vibrations to understand our environment. So that’s how you know what you’re feeling can be felt by another without the need for words.”

– at Wei-Ling Contemporary with Humans of Kuala Lumpur

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(This post was first published on June 14th 2016)

 

(2/2) “I would say I’m hard to please. We get into fights because I want him to follow my way, and when we fight I’ll ignore his messages…”

(2/2) “But one day he drove all the way to my house, came to my door to speak to me. He’ll put the people he loves before himself. He’s never forced me to follow his way, even though my parents say I should follow him because he could be my husband.”

– Humans of Kuala Lumpur

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(This post was first published on June 10th 2016)

(1/2) “I skipped class to see him graduate, and we had strict lecturers…”

(1/2) “He wasn’t expecting to see me there, and I wasn’t going to go. But then my friend said “what if you regret it later? What if he gets upset that you weren’t there at his convocation?” So I did it. I skipped class and saw him graduate.”

– Humans of Kuala Lumpur

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(This post was first published on June 9th 2016)

(Part 2/2) ‘I realized that through quitting my job and now freelancing I don’t really need a lot of money as long as I am still living with my parents…’

(Part 2/2) ‘I just need RM500 – RM600 a month, despite earning ten times that and spending it all without saving anything previously at a full time job. And now, getting just RM700 a month, I manage to actually save!

‘And thank god I don’t have much financial commitments, besides the RM400 monthly payment for my Perodua Axia. 

‘I have just been getting so much freelance writing jobs from from different companies and am still freelancing with my previous employer!

‘With one freelance story, it really helps cover my phone bill, my car and with the RM700 token sum that’s all I really need, I don’t need anything else. I also get a lot of invitations to write food reviews and if not that, I just eat simply at home. 

‘Can you imagine what kind of lifestyle I was living before and how much quitting my job really changed me?

‘I would say go for it… quit. If you’re not happy, there’s no point staying (at your job) and ask yourself what life lessons are you learning?

‘It came to a point where I couldn’t take it anymore and I just have to quit. I don’t care if there’s no money tomorrow I just need to get out today!

‘Some people might think I am selfish, I might agree with them, but life has their own way of working things out.

‘I do get some token sum, but the token sum is something that I was just given. Not something I asked for.

‘Somehow, I feel like this is the right way for me to serve and I am really using my expertise (media contacts, writing, marketing skill) to help BLESS.

‘When you are serving God, you will be blessed. You will be richly rewarded for your service and it’s just something that I have wanted to do too since young − to serve.’ 

– Humans of Kuala Lumpur

(Do like the Bless Shop page athttp://www.facebook.com/blessshopsibkl ) — withSarah Voon.

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(This post was first published on June 6th 2016)