These Malaysians Prove There Are No Limits In Life

Mohamad Ridzuan was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at the age of 1, a disorder that affects muscle tone, movement, and motor skills. Caused by brain damage before or during birth, Ridzuan never let the disorder slow him down. He excelled at athletics in school and was spotted in 2006 by voluntary coach, Affizam Amdan.

Earlier this month he did the nation proud by winning the country's first gold medal at the Rio Paralympics when he won the 100m T36 Sprint in 12.07 seconds.

Tarihing Masanim, the illiterate grandmother of nine from Kampung Sonsogon Magandai in Sabah, has never owned a pair of shoes.Together with her husband, they make around RM100-RM200 a month tapping rubber, RM60 of which goes to diesel and battery supplies.

Their village is cut off from basic necessities like electricity, water, health care and education.

Last year, 40-year-old Tarihing left her village for the first time in her life and traveled to India to take a six-month course in Solar Engineering. She now powers all 100 households in her community through solar energy.

Hailing from Penang, Kugan aspired to become a pilot from the age of 8. As the courses proved too expensive for his family to afford, he ended up studying hospitality management instead.

In 2006, he took a job with AirAsia as an office boy, viewing the position as a stepping stone to his childhood dream.

For the next seven years, he would sit for the cadet pilot exam four times, and finally became an AirAsia pilot in 2013.

A final-year journalism student at KDU College, Chris has already reported from conflict zones and been to Syria three times, Afghanistan twice, and once to Lebanon, as a freelance journalist.

Reporting from the frontlines of the conflict zones, the Sarawakian has faced mortar bombs and snipers and during one of his stints, also embedded himself with the Free Syrian Army as they marched to the Aleppo frontline.

Penang-born scientist, Professor Dr Muzlifah Haniffa, was awarded the prestigious Lister Institute Research Prize Fellowship in May for her research on the immune system.

As part of the fellowship, she receives £200,000 (RM1.09mil), which will go into her research with the aim of finding new treatments for cancer as well as improving existing vaccination strategies.

Muhammad Ziyad worked as a kuey teow seller in Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman. Born with an intellectual disability, Ziyad learned to read when he was in Year 5. He ventured into sports in 2008 because it was a compulsory school activity.

Ziyad won a bronze medal at the London Paralympics in 2012 and this year, took home Malaysia's second gold medal at the Rio Paralympics when he broke the world record in the Shot Put F20 (Intellectual Disability).

Mohd Zaki was diagnosed with Stage 3 Hodgkin Lymphoma in 2014. Hodgkin lymphoma is a rare type of cancer that develops in the lymphatic system, which is basically the network of vessels and glands spread throughout your body.

Now 27-years-old and continuing his 2-year battle with cancer, Mohd Zaki hitchhiked around Peninsular Malaysia with only RM13 to create awareness, encourage other cancer patients to continue fighting and not give up, and show people the joy of living.

In September last year, married couple Jamalulail Ismail and Sofinee Harun left for Calais from the UK to help refugees in the Calais Jungle.

Together they set up the "Kitchen in Calais" where they work 14 hours a day to feed 1,500 refugees for free. Daily expenses come to a total of RM16,000 – all of which was garnered and generated from supporters and donors.

Mohammad Aizad Ariffin is the first deaf Starbucks shift manager at the franchise's Bangsar Village II outlet, dedicated to hiring deaf baristas. Aizad has worked with the company for three years and dreams of being the first deaf store manager.

Halijah Idris, also fondly known as Mak Intan, houses around 700 stray dogs and 200 stray cats. She shelters, feeds, and cares for them, despite receiving harassment from certain individuals for her good deeds.

Abdul Latif is a former Mat Rempit and the youngest of seven. He struggles with focus and began reading and writing at the age of 15.

Now 19-years-old, Abdul Latif, has not only won the gold medal at the Men's Long Jump T20 (Intellectual Disability) in the Paralympics, but also broke the world record THREE times during his five attempts. He finished on top with 7.60m in his final attempt.

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