What happens when you trade a stable corporate job in Singapore for a gap year for a tropical island?

That’s what Shi Han Pang did at 25.

Since then, she’s best known for being the co-founder of Human Edition, a storytelling platform that has captured the hearts of over 138k followers by documenting the hidden, un-Googleable stories of Malaysia and beyond.

Shi Han takes us through her journey - from growing up in the quiet "tuition culture" of Alor Setar to working as an architectural designer in Shanghai, KL & Singapore.

Disillusioned by the industry, she decided to f*ck it and quit her job at 25 to pursue her masters as a way of buying more time to ‘figure life out.’

That eventually led to a permanent move to Langkawi island to document extraordinary local stories that can’t be found in any tour guide book or Google search with her partner, Jie Xin.

To learn more about how Shi Han followed her passion and made it work:

04:12: Growing up in Alor Setar
09:45: The Architecture Trap
14:20: Feeling "successful" but unhappy
19:10: The "F*ck It" leap & m to an island.
25:35: The Bon Ton Residency: How six weeks in Langkawi changed everything
31:05: "Un-Googleable" Malaysia: Why Human Edition focuses on the stories you can't find online
36:50" The ‘magic’ of the island
42:15: RM1500/month.
48:40: The Transformation: From corporate attire to finding a "glow" through boho freedom.

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