Category: Humans of KL

“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)

“The project is about colorectal cancer by providing awareness, and then screenings and treatments and this project is funded by Empowered. I am doing this part-time as I wait to go and fly to the UK to complete the remainder of my degree in Medicine. Why am I doing this? Well at the end of the day, it feels good to know that they appreciate what you are doing for them. I’ve formed an attachment with them, especially those I’ve been with since the beginning. They are like my parents now, and it amazes me on how they can cope with all the news calmly. When they go for surgery, it feels like my parents are going for one. And I really pray that all will go well for them.”

– Humans of Kuala Lumpur

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

“Health is the most important thing in your life. Without health, you have nothing. When I was 5 years old, my father left my mother and me. Because of that, my mom left as well, leaving me to live with my relatives. I was raised an orphan but look at me now! I am married and have several grandsons and granddaughters – things turned out well in the end. Because of my health I have lived long enough to see these wonderful things in life. No medicine is a good as exercise – exercise is the best medicine!”

– Humans of Kuala Lumpur

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(This post was first published on June 26th 2014)

“Social workers actually do get paid, most people think we do it for free. And we do have to study for it. I took a Masters in Social Work in the United States, before working in a hospital in Singapore dealing with patients that had neurological problems – and finally back in Malaysia. We don’t have a medical background, but we do have a big heart. Social workers might seem like a nurse…but not really, as we can work in prisons, welfare homes, and NGOs as well. And its not as recognized here as it is abroad. There should be more opportunities for Malaysians to be as such.”

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(This post was first published on June 25th 2014)

“In Pudu jail. About 40 years ago. It was 1973, when I was 19 years old. I was doing drugs back then and I regretted it – I was young and didn’t know any better. I was there for two years and life after has been difficult. I don’t miss Pudu at all, and I heard that it has been torn down. After I got out I had a job as a painter but that did not last. You see this (medicine) pills here? I have been taking them for 40 years already, to keep my health stable. And they’re very expensive! Until now I am unmarried, without a job, and these police here are charging me RM 100 to get a new IC over my broken one, can you believe that? In any case, I tell you, do not do drugs. That one mistake has affected my entire life. Don’t make the same mistake I did. Once you try….. you’re gone.”

– Humans of Kuala Lumpur

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(This post was first published on June 24th 2014)