“What do you wish for your birthday today?”

“That the Netherlands win this year’s FIFA World Cup! We were so close last time and I am so glad that Spain is out already! Besides that I hope that I get to do my internship in Dubai, at the tallest hotel in the world actually, as I’m in the hospitality field. I want to show that if you work hard enough, control your emotions, and put in your sweat and tears, you can achieve anything that you want, birthday or no birthday. If not, France would be my second choice.”

– Humans of Kuala Lumpur

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

“What’s the hardest part of being a promotions girl?”

“Standing long hours is the hardest part – and when we have icky clients. There’s actually a lot of politics, a lot of gossip that goes on between us. Actually, that’s in every place.”
“What do the icky clients do?”
“It’s especially when clients want to take photos with you, sometimes they hug you. And you don’t want to say no because it’s rude. And you can’t be rude because you’re representing the company. But then, I think this happens anywhere as well.” – Humans of Kuala Lumpur

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(This post was first published on June 23rd 2014)

“I’m actually a full time model – I’m the face model of KL Fashion Week and I’m working for almost all the designers.”

“What’s the hardest part about being a model?”
“The hardest part is…nothing is hard actually. Just to always be prepared, to always look good – because I work with all the collections. It’s just that…it’s me and myself. Hahaha, ‘hashtag deep’.”

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(This post was first published on June 22nd 2014)

“I am actually Thai Muslim, originally from Kelantan…”

“My ancestors have lived in Southern Thailand for so long that we are now Thai people and I consider myself as such. Every month I would take the train and bus all the way to KL to sell these. Some of us can still speak a little bit of Malay and life as a Muslim in Thailand is really tough. We are struggling with money. But whatever happens, even if Malaysia seems like a better place, I still will choose to live there.”

– Humans of Kuala Lumpur

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(This post was first published on June 19th 2014)

“You use the word ‘lah’ in your conversations?”

“Well yeah, it gets rubbed on you when you live in Malaysia for too long. My boss is Malaysian Chinese so I always thought it was a Chinese thing. But I know that all Malaysians use the word lah. But when I go back to Boracay I will speak without it. Using the word lah makes you a Malaysian-lah!”

– Humans of Kuala Lumpur

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(This post was first published on June 17th 2014)

“What advice can you give to young people?”

“You’re young, you’re a good person and if you find a good woman, go and marry. If you don’t have money, that’s fine – the both of you can work together and help chip in to the costs for the marriage, for example. If the girl wants to marry you for your money, then that’s not love. Its love when the two of you get together because you love each other, and will work together to build a better future for the both of you. You should never fall in love because of money”.

– Humans of Kuala Lumpur

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(This post was first published on June 16th 2014)

“What’s with the cowboy hat?”

Before either of them can reply, the mother (out of the photo) interjects: “Like father like son!”

“It ain’t for style. It’s actually pretty hot and I love Brazilian culture. They’re an open people with an open culture and as an environmental sculptor I like bringing ‘organic’ more into the urban lifestyle. We need more ‘green’ in this city life of ours.” 

“And do you think Malaysians should wear this?”

“All Malaysians should wear a cowboy hat because its hot! Also because there’s lots of crow birds….”

– Humans of Kuala Lumpur

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(This post was first published on June 12th 2014)