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Producer: June Ramli Editor: Fazleena Aziz Ditching The Great Australian Dream Welcome to another episode of 30 mins with DailyStraits.com. Today, we are joined by a 25-year-old entrepreneur who founded a multimillion dollar company in Australia four years ago. Melbourne-based Lachlan Matheson’s is the owner and operator of BOXXD, a global brand which services over 21 countries with wholesale and...

Producer: June Ramli Editor: Fazleena Aziz Publicist In Your Pocket Welcome to another episode of 30 minutes with DailyStraits.com. Today, we would like to introduce you to Candice Meisels, a publicist and the author of ‘Power of PR and Back Yourself.’ Born in South Africa, she moved to London in 2007 and worked with Walt Disney before moving to Sydney in 2011.  Since then, Candice has worked...

Producer: June Ramli Editor: Fazleena Aziz Radiant Skin For The World Welcome to another episode of 30 minutes with dailystraits.com. We recently spoke to a Sydney-based skincare brand founder Shoshana Eisner. A pharmacist by training, Shoshana has put her pharmaceutical skills to great use by creating a skincare brand for women with sensitive skin. Her line has received a phenomenal response sinc...

Producer: June Ramli In Pursuit Of Happiness Welcome to another episode of 30 mins with DailyStraits.com. Today, we would like to introduce you to Dr Rajiv Bhanot, a former medical practitioner based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His story is about taking bold actions in pursuit of happiness. After spending six years to obtain a medical degree in Russia, and subsequently following it up with a t...

By June Ramli It has been a month since we started dailystraits.com . A name which I have etched in my mind since 2014. The name “Daily Straits” was derived from a short story that I was planning to do about the innings of working in a newspaper while I was doing a post-graduate course in creative writing at the University of Technology Sydney. In other words, it was supposed to be a fictiona...

By June Ramli Faiza Khan remembers the day when she became interested in interior design (ID) way back when she was in high school. “I’ve always loved flipping through international ID magazines. My school friends would come into my room and be in awe as I would decorate it differently,” she told the dailystraits.com in a recent interview. But when it was time for her to apply for university, she...

Producer : June Ramli Editor : Fazleena Aziz Swimming The Distance Welcome to another 30 minutes with the DailyStraits.com podcast series, today we would like to feature a story on the tenacity of Ridzwan Rahim who fought against the odds to realise his dream of swimming through the Perhentian Island channel during the height of the coronavirus pandemic. After completing the swim last month,...

By June Ramli After Saxon Cheng’s editorial department was replaced by automation, he immediately started looking for a job on social media instead of the conventional method via job recruitment sites. The search paid off as the former journalist cum personal trainer landed a job in none other than South Korea. Read the full story at dailystraits.com

By June Ramli Former television news anchor Muhammed Ahmad Hamdan remembers the day too well when he decided to quit his anchoring gig at NTV7 to work on his dream of opening a small eatery. As an avid business journalist, Muhammed decided to take the plunge after his sister had found a shop lot in which they could both run their respective businesses.  Read the full story at dailystraits.com

Producer: June Ramli  Edited: Fazleena Aziz Advice For Young Entrepreneurs  Welcome to another 30 minutes with the DailyStraits.com podcast series, where we feature a range of entrepreneurs from all over the world talking about everything about their business venture. Today, we like to introduce you to Michael Pillon, the founder of Famous Soda Co, a healthier alternative to soda drinks...

By June Ramli When someone talks about working for a news organisation, they immediately think of journalists. But there is another unsung role called the sub-editors, who work hand in hand with the newsroom team. Read the full story at dailystraits.com

By June Ramli Back in the day, Nantha Balan dreamt of starting his own business with his friends but all those ideas for their start-ups remained idle as their lives got busy. Then something changed and they suddenly sprung into action to bring their idea to life. “We would meet up, talk about it (the idea) and then forget about it the following day." Read the full story at dailystraits.com 

By June Ramli Personality Datuk Nurulhidayah Ahmad Zahid was never really obese throughout her life but like many women, things soon changed when she gave birth to her third child, daughter Sofeea in 2009. Two years later, Nurul realised that her weight had spiralled out of control and she did everything under the sun to curb it. “My problem was that I had a sweet tooth. I loved desserts, ice-crea...

Starting A Marketplace For Sustainable Products Thanks for reading us thus far.  The DailyStraits.com is happy to announce that we have started our 30-minute podcast which features a range of diverse entrepreneurs from all over the world talking everything about their business venture. To kickstart the series, we would like to introduce you to a Klang-based entrepreneur Ila Mathi who has...

By June Ramli Borhan Erwan Adaham was never a fan of his school days and he never took his studies seriously. Life was all just fun and games back in the day. Recalling an incident from the era where he was caught smoking. Read the full story at dailystraits.com

By June Ramli It was an unexpected decision for Priya Shanmuganathan to stay back in Melbourne, Australia after completing her Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) at Deakin University. But the desire to make it Down Under and to prove to oneself got the best of her. The native KL-lite has been in the country since 2009 but she recalled the first time she was trying to look for a job before l...

By Karina Foo Being a journalist for eight years has taught me a thing or a two about press releases. They are a pain to read – usually cold, impersonal and uninteresting, except for a few very creative exceptions. I have worked with the creme de creme of Malaysian publications such as The Malaysian Reserve, The Malay Mail, The New Straits Times and The Star . But it was VERY different then, as I...

For entrepreneur Tom Goh the COVID-19 pandemic has been nothing but a blessing in disguise. This was because, after two years of conceptualizing his business plan, Goh finally managed to put together an app specializing in everything aesthetics off to a rousing start. Read the full story at dailystraits.com

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Freelancing is a tough act but as days go by and with more job cuts taking place in the newsrooms, plenty of journalists have pivoted their skills into this foray. But how do they make it work? The dailystraits.com finds out first-hand from a successful freelancer. Read the full story at dailystraits.com

By Hani Zul Fossum To begin with, I’ve never dreamt to be someone else’s wife let alone a mother.  But everything changed when I met my husband who encouraged me to start a family with him.  We were blessed with our first daughter when I was 37. The pregnancy and delivery went on without much drama.  Read the full story at dailystraits.com

A new concept in property sales has emerged as the largest value-based real estate agency in Queensland. Despite only being a year old, the brainchild of three former Purple Bricks’ principals has teamed up and formed One Percent Property Sales which has twice the number of agents and more than five times the listings of its nearest competitor. Read the full story at dailystraits.com

By June Ramli Irwan Ismail never thought that he would be living on an island and scuba diving all day long. The former graphic designer for renowned publications such as the New Straits Times , Malaysian Insider and the Malay Mail took the plunge in 2018 after deciding to pursue a life as a full-time scuba diver. The decision to leave the city centre came to Irwan after moonlighting in the profes...

By June Ramli Retired airforce technician Safwan Saleh never thought that he would be designing his own label after leaving the job five years ago. Despite having zero knowledge in designing, it never stopped the 34-year-old father with an engineering degree to give it a go. Recalling his early days, Safwan said he just finished up a 10-year-contract with the Royal Malaysian Airforce when he decid...

Nippon Paint has once again been crowned the top paint brand amongst Malaysians at a recently concluded Putra Brand 2020 Awards which was held virtually this year. The brand came in first in the home improvement products and stores category which evidently cemented its position as a market leader and total solutions coating provider in the country. Read the full story at dailystraits.com