Adrian Teh and Zahir Omar tell stories that are close to their hearts, delivering messages that hold personal truths and resonate with the rest of their fellow countrymen. The Malaysian local movie scene has been greeted with its fair share of…
Jul 01, 2019
Darren Teoh wants to drive the dialogue on Malaysian food with Dewakan
Darren Teoh is proud to lead the Best Restaurant in Malaysia, but he won’t let that distract him from his vision: bringing local produce and cultivators to the forefront of public discussion. It is a widely held notion that Malaysians…
Jun 01, 2019
How fatherhood has made Bryan Loo a better businessman
Bryan Loo is a better businessman because he’s a father, a role that has taught him about love, loyalty, perseverance and a little thing called legacy. Is he a genius whiz entrepreneur who created gold from the ordinary, or a…
May 02, 2019
Cheryl Yeoh is prepared to take on her most challenging role of all: Motherhood
Cheryl Yeoh is embarking on what will be her greatest journey of all – motherhood – and she’s thankfully prepared for it with lessons from her own mother. Cheryl Yeoh has birthed and mothered a long, impressive list of companies…
Apr 01, 2019
How Vinesh Sinha is fuelling the road to ‘Economy 2.0’ through the waste oil industry
Vinesh Sinha has been championing the waste oil industry for nearly a decade with FatHopes Energy, but there’s a bigger vision he wants to bring to fruition now: Economy 2.0. The day before our interview, Vinesh Sinha had met with…
Mar 01, 2019
Standing by each other, women for women, through time
Some watches tell time. Some tell a story. Ung Yiu Lin, Alia Bastamam, Kim Raymond, Tunku Nadia Naquiyuddin and Zaireen Iskandar are brought together by fashion, but being themselves and having simple, uncomplicated fun together over the years are what…
Feb 01, 2019
Sheena Liam has more than just one true love
She has many loves, but the most important one is that of oneself, shares the newly-wedded model, artist and lover of life. Sheena is in earrings, dress, belt and boots by Dior. Sheena Liam is in a really good place…
Jan 01, 2019
How to live your best life, according to Dr Rajiv Bhanot
Dr Rajiv Bhanot is driven by the “why not?”, setting things into motion in the direction deliberately pre-meditated by himself, inside and out. Most people live their lives governed by the avoidance of the “what if?”, which is fine and…
Dec 30, 2018
#Throwback: A look back at our Inspire features of 2018
#ICYMI, we’ve rounded up all 12 of our year’s Inspire feature interviews for you. You’re welcome. It felt just like yesterday that we were archiving our 2017 list and here we are again, housekeeping another year of feature interviews and…
Dec 03, 2018
Iqbal Ameer is captain of his own ship, but it wasn’t always smooth sailing
Fresh off its fifth year, It’s The Ship! has confirmed expansions to Japan and China – and Livescape Asia CEO Iqbal Ameer isn’t docking soon. Iqbal Ameer is riding a massive, metaphorical wave. He arrives to our shoot fresh off…