We’re back with a new season and with our first collaboration of the year. Fairuz Yahaya boasts a 19-year track record in the oil, gas, and energy industry. As co-founder of EXS Synergy since 2014, Fairuz has led the company's evolution from Explosion Protection (Ex) services to a dynamic force in Green Energy Solution across South East Asia. With over 65% female board representation, EXS Synergy operates in diverse industries. Holding a Mechanical Engineering degree from Universiti...

Born and raised in a Kampung in Kedah. Dropped out school after UPSR to chase his entrepreneur dreams without any certified education qualifications and fight against all odds to later received a Master of business at MIT (Michigan Institute of Technology), collaborating with Tun Mahathir and even pitching business ideas to Tan Sri Vincent Tan! This is the story of Eizaz Azhar, current business strategist of Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute and founder of Guitar Empire. A compelling...

Dalam episod ini kami akan cerita tentang kisah komedi Ayim bermula membuat stand up, membincangkan dunia komedi dan soal bagaimana komedi boleh mencetus perubahan atau mengubah naratif isu semasa --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hazikal/message

🎙️ "Ever wondered what it takes to ignite belief in the power of a student union? Join us on this captivating episode as we unravel the secrets with our 8th guest, the dynamic Ilya Sulaiman, former student union leader of Heriot Watt University Malaysia! 🌟 Leaders are the beacons we admire, their qualities shining so bright that we aspire to be like them. But how does one instill that belief in the heart of a student union? 🤔 Ilya takes us on a journey through his impactful legacy, sharing...

As we move on to our 6th episode of the season, we invite 2 brave young women who wishes to make impactful change for the future of Malaysia. We bring you guys Ain Husniza and Nurul Rifayah! These two women are known for their respective advocacy as one campaigned for lowering down the voting age (#Undi18) and the other in making school a safer place (#MakeSchoolASaferPlace). This episode was recorded back in July and for the entirety of this episode we spoke English and Bahasa Malaysia in...

Continuing our episode streak, we invite Charissa Ong Ty, author of My Medicine and founder of Penwings Publishing Company. This recording was recorded on the 24th of June 2023 and the entirety of the episode was spoken in English. Charissa is a jack of all trade and a master of some. Working a 9-5 job in tech while balancing her time with her publishing company, we had an incredible time lepaking with her how she manages her work-life balance and the beginning of how she found her...

Dalam episod terbaharu ini, kami menjemput encik Hilal Asyraf, pengasas Hilal Asyraf Resource dan pengarang buku #Nirnama. Rakaman ini dirakam pada 2 Jun 2023 semasa penganjuran Pesta Buku Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur 2023 di PWTC. Bahasa yang digunakan dalam sesi kali ini adalah Bahasa Melayu. Kami akan berborak tentang kisah sensasi Nirnama dalam menjual sebuah kisah fiksyen kreatif yang mempunyai banyak elemen era seperti Kesultanan Melaka, lagenda dan fantasi Melayu Nusantara. Bukan itu...

After a long hiatus and months of recording, we are back with all new episodes with many new guests! To kick things off, we invited an amazing friend of ours who is an Alumni of Fellow Perdana and the co-founder and deputy director of NYAWA (Mental Health Aid Association), Khair Hisham! The time of recording for this episode was on the 27/9/2023. In our recent catch up with Khair, we talked about NYAWA's initiative in creating an impact to the mental health scene in Malaysia, especially...

Sejarah has always been a dull subject for many but would it succeed to get many views on TikTok? Our next guest thinks otherwise. Meet our second guest of the series, Anis Adiba, a tiktoker and a history enthusiast! In our episode with her, we take a deep dive into her journey in creating historical content online and explore her love for history. So what now? Jom ah dengar episod ni! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hazikal/message

After a long quiet year in 2022...Haziq and Haikal are back with a new lepak season! Our first episode in this 2023 season features a Fellow Perdana Alumni and his wildest internship experience ever. Meet Muzammil as he shares his story on shadowing one of the ministers under Ismail Sabri's administration, navigating the ever-chaotic parlimentary sessions, and understanding the meaning of leadership. So what now? Jom ah dengar episod ni! --- Send in a voice message:...

We are back with season 3 and we are starting off with an interesting guest! (and yes.. we did post this a bit late) The name of our first guest for this season is the one and only Syed Azmi. Quite vocal in being a child activist we here take a step back to know who he is as a person and understand his work as an activist. #JomAhLepak --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hazikal/message

We've finally reached the final episode of our 2nd mini series, what a ride! In our last segment we talk to Jeremiah Loo on his unexpected call to the Olympic Games at the very last minute. In contrast with that, we got to understand a bit more of artistic gymnastic and explore more of Jeremiah's love for sports.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hazikal/message

For the majority of this episode we spoke in English. As we move in to our second episode, we invite Phee Jinq En to explore her insights on how competing in the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) in the United States improved her performance in competitive swimming. We also delve in her experience at the past 2 Olympics (Rio & Tokyo) which was remarkable shocking and interesting. Listen to the end to hear some encouraging advice in pursuing the athletic career! --- Send...

For the majority of this episode we spoke in Bahasa Melayu. We finally start of our second mini series with uprising talent in Malaysian Cycling, Fadhil Zonis! in this episode we uncover his origin in competing in competitive track cycling and what it feels like to be a part of the Malaysian national Cycling Team. In contrast with, we later talked about how competitive keirin is played and his hopes in part-taking the Paris Olympic in 2024. Definitely a inspiring episode coming from the man...

We are ending off our last theme of the year with the creative Jiven Sekar from The Salad Show. Currently, Jiven is a content creator on YouTube and has created outstanding short films, music videos and funny skits we all can enjoy on his channel called The Salad Show. In our last episode today we invite him to explore his motivation on creating content online and also dive through his thoughts on making effective storytelling to his audience. Tune in till the end to know what he plans on...

In this episode we lepaked with the band members of Son Of A Policeman! It was a fascinating insight as we got to delve into their humble beginnings of starting the band till becoming one of Malaysia's Rising Indie Pop Band. We also got to know how the music industry works in Malaysia from an indie band perspective. In contrast with that, we got to understand how they write their songs as well as the messages they want to bring in their music. To all SOAP fans, you can get a little sneak peak...

One of the most lepaked episode with our guest, we collaborated with Roeshan from The Rumah Roy Podcast. In this episode we touched on a lot of topic regarding how the pandemic has changed us culturally in Malaysia. The three of us shared our thoughts and stories of our time during this time of crises. Among the things we emphasized on were our work routine, university life, how we socialize and create memories with people online, the difficulties of getting/renewing a drivers licenses (yes...

We are ending our last episode of our debate mini series with one of the pioneers in Malaysian debating. An IIUM (International Islamic University Malaysia) Legend, we invite Muhammad Abdul Latif to share some insights on his prosperous and inspiring journey during his time when debating was fairly new in Malaysia. We also explored some of Latif's useful and detailed tactics to win debates (which is still used till this day) and the key to construct and deconstruct arguments. Lastly, we end...

Being a debater isn't just a hobby to some, its their lifestyle. We brought in one of IIUM's (International Islamic University Malaysia) best debater Danial Rahman to tell his experiences how debating has helped him create connection and enhance his working capability in the workforce. Fun fact, he even met his wife through debating! So what happen when you have a debating couple in the house? find out in our episode with Danial as we delve in his odyssey journey.  --- Send in a voice...

Debating is not an easy road, it takes time for a team and an individual to shine in the lime light. It requires a strong mental capacity to battle the hardship that debating gives. In this episode we lepaked with the boys from STAR (Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman), Emil and Iyad, to tell their breakthrough and struggles while in debating.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hazikal/message

We're kicking of our first episode of our Debate mini series with the women from TKC (Tunku Kurshiah College)! It has been quite a journey for all three member. In this episode we will get some insight of how their live may be if they weren't in debating and also the impact it has to them as a team and towards themselves. Despite how bumpy the road lies within debating, in the end it truly creates a impactful journey and many sweet memories together.  --- Send in a voice message:...

Ever wondered if being a doctor is still practical in Malaysia? or want to know why our Healthcare system is bad? We got you covered 😉. In our last episode for this month's theme we invite another great senior of ours, Al-Qays (4th Year Degree Medical Student) to talk about his experience studying medicine as well as uncovering the problem with Malaysia's healthcare system. Not only that we will also discuss whether you (the audience) should consider taking medicine in the near future....

Memes have always been a part of our daily lives ever since the emergence of the internet. However have you ever wondered how it culturally shape the way we live and how we understand things? In this episode we lepaked with Farhan Shahmi, meme research lead for leveraging media for advocacy objectives (Lmao), as we talked about the cultural significance and importance of memes. Not only that, why you should also research them lol --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hazikal/message

Often Times we usually hear that in order to become a professional athlete we have to start early at a young age... but is that really the case? In this episode we Lepaked with Ann Osman, Malaysia's first female MMA fighter as we delve into the conversation of being a late bloomer in sport and her experience being with the elite fighters in MMA --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hazikal/message