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Have you ever stopped to wonder what exactly success means to you? Is it money, fame, power? All of the above or none at all? On Redefining Success, we speak to passionate people from various fields about their lives, what makes them tick and what the word ‘success’ means to them.
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Jonathan Toyad is a video games journalist and the content director of Kakuchopurei, one of the most prominent video games news sites in this region. He joins us to share how he made a career in video games content creation in Malaysia.Image Credit: KakuchopureiSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
William Tiong, a Malaysian music business creative currently residing in Boston. He’s currently completing his final year in Berklee College of Music. In this episode, he joins us to talk about his passion for music, which only bloomed when he was pursuing A-Levels, his idea of success and whether pursuing music for your tertiary education is a good move.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Professor Dr Azhar Ismail, the Vice Chancellor of Nilai University is an entomologist who was recently awarded the US Alumni Impact Award at MACEE’s Homecoming Gala 2023. He joins us on this episode to discuss why he’s so passionate about insects and how he defines success.Image Credit: Nilai UniversitySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Richard Wee grew up wanting to be a lawyer. He says it's the concept of fairness and later justice, that drove him to pursue this career. What's interesting is, he also found a way to incorporate his love for sports into his legal career. He joins us on this episode to talk about his journey.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Eunice Martin Lim is a food stylist and professional food photographer. She’s the founder of Through My Lens, a production house which has served over 100 brands since 2014. She joins us on this episode to share her journey and how her idea of success has changed over time. Image Credit: Eunice Martin LimSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Liew Xian Jiong is the Co-founder of Biang Biang Noodle Bar, where they serve a type of ‘hand-smacked’ noodle that originates from the Shaanxi region in China. In this episode, he joins us to share his journey. We chat about why he decided to leave the advertising field despite pursuing so passionately in university, working for his dad’s construction company and finally opening his own noodle bar.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dr Chua Sook Ning, is a clinical psychologist, researcher and founder of Relate Malaysia, an NGO that raises awareness on mental health, provides mental health services and does advocacy too. She joins us on the show to share why she’s so passionate about psychology and how she defines success.Image Credit: RELATE MalaysiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Samson Thomas (who goes by Saint TFC) is an emcee and rapper for close to two decades now. On today’s show, he talks about what it means to be a Tamil rapper in Malaysia, the challenges he has faced and what it meant to him and his family when he was called to rap in an Indian Malayalam language film. Image Credit: Saint-TFCSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Carmen Lim is a para swimmer. In 2015, when she was merely 15 years old, she broke the 50m record in the ASEAN para games and this year, she won three gold medals at the event. On top of being a brilliant athlete, Carmen is also a law graduate from Cambridge University.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Yang Fairuz is the Chief Commercial Officer at Iraya Energies, an organisation that gathers and transforms unstructured data of the subsurface of the earth and surface facilities to find and produce the best sources of energy, using AI-enabled and cloud-native software. She joins us on the show to discuss what the jargons in the previous sentence mean, why she decided to become a geophysicist and how her career evolved since then.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Kannan Murugasan has been a freelance personal trainer, who specialises in cycling, for more than 20 years. He joins us to discuss the challenges and joys of being a personal trainer, his passion for cycling and how his idea of success has evolved over the years. Image Credit: Kannan MurugasanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Story Book is an event space for storybook-themed activities and events. It was launched in 2018 by Jeanisha Wan whose teenage dream was to create a space where pages of storybooks could come alive and the limits of your imagination could be challenged. Jeanisha joins us on this episode to talk about her journey and how she plans on cultivating a generation of storytellers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chew Kok Lynn a Coral Ecologist and Senior Scientist at Coralku, a research-driven coral restoration and conservation non-profit enterprise. With a deep love for the ocean Chew Kok Lynn has dedicated the past few years of her life to understanding and restoring coral reefs. She joins us on the show today to talk about her passion and the most fulfilling aspect of working with nature.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ts Uma Shangery Aruldass is an Aerospace Engineer and a Professional Technologist (Ts) in Aerospace and Aviation technology. She’s now the technical services and planning manager at Berjaya Air. She joins me to share how her curiosity as a child led her to become an Aerospace Engineer. This episode is part of our Women in STEM series, where we’re highlighting brilliant women in the field of Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ts. Sharifah Zaida Nurlisha is the CEO of MMC Oil & Gas Engineering, an engineering company providing comprehensive technical services for various industries such as oil & gas and petrochemical in Malaysia. She joins me to discuss her journey from instrumentation engineer to CEO of an oil & gas company, and how she did it while taking care of five children. This episode is part of our Women in STEM series, where we’re highlighting brilliant women in the field of Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dr Oon Chern Ein is an Associate Professor at INFORMM – the Institute For Research in Molecular Medicine, Universiti Sains Malaysia. In 2019, she received The Most Promising Academician Award from the Ministry of Education. She joins us to talk about her passion for science, which only started to bloom as she was doing her PHD, and why she thinks it’s important to strive for excellence, not perfection.This episode is part of our Women in STEM series, where we’re highlighting brilliant women in the field of Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.Image Credit: InformmSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Prof Dr Jane Labadin is a computational mathematician. She’s a Professor at the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. She joins us on the show today to share how her curiosity about how the world works led her to pursue Science and Mathematics, how her family has been her biggest support, and more.Image Credit: UnimasSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dr. Mahaletchumy Arujanan is a biotechnologist. She’s the executive director of Malaysian Biotechnology Information Center (MABIC), and is listed as 100 most influential people in the field of biotechnology by the 7th edition of The Scientific American Worldwide View: A Global Biotechnology Perspective Journal. Her list of accolades and accomplishments is endless. But what drives her to keep doing what she’s doing, at the highest level?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Cynthia Gabriel is a human rights activist and one of the founding directors of C4, which is the Centre to Combat Corruption and Cronyism. Over the past 20 years, she has dedicated her life to fighting corruption and promoting accountability and transparency in Malaysia. Cynthia Gabriel played a significant role in exposing and fighting against the corruption scandal involving former Prime Minister Najib Razak. She has also received numerous awards including the prestigious democracy award from the National Endowment for Democracy at the United States Congress. This episode is brought to you by BMW. Drive home the fully-electric BMW iX from only RM3,999/month. Visit a BMW showroom or make a booking now at shop.bmw.com.my.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dr Norilmi Amilia Ismail is an Aerospace Engineer. She’s an academic at the School of Aerospace Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and also the founder of SpaceIn, a company that focuses on Small Satellite System, High Altitude Platform System and Space Education. Last year, she was selected as the sole Malaysian to participate as a mentor in the United Nation’s Space4Women programme. She joins us on the show today to share her story.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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