Against All Odds... | Tan Cheng Voon | TEDxUniversiti Brunei Darussalam

[applause] [applause] Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Let me take you on a journey. The labor pens came painful and strong and I was born born to a home that is steep in tradition. My mom was a pranakan. I hope you know what's a piranakan. My grandma was a woman brought out of China in order to wet my grandfather in Malaysia. Grandma took a look at this wee baby with eyes too large for her elflike face and with an air of dismissal she proclaimed, "Such an ugly baby. Throw her away. It is almost like Alic ...