Focusing on the positives can do wonders

By STARTING OUT JEANISHA WAN

By choosing to ignore what he doesn’t have, one man is inspiring others.

RECENTLY, a foreigner came to Malaysia. He was not from another planet, but he looked different from all of us.

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