What Will I Be When I Grow Up?

For as long as we can remember, we have been told that it is better to be a doctor, engineer or lawyer when we grow up. We want to inspire students and parents to think holistically, beyond the social constructs instilled in their minds. Join us as we explore ideas with people who are at the top of their game, pursuing their dreams and making a difference in the world.

What Will I Be When I Grow Up? is a education podcast hosted by MABECS Malaysia, with 55 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

MABECS Malaysia hosts What Will I Be When I Grow Up?, a education show with 55 episodes published.

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  Failing Her Way to a Scholarship, Then to Dementia Care

  Sep 20, 202646 min

  A missed scholarship. A second attempt. That same "fail, fail again, fail better" grit carried Chia Yi from rural Pahang to speech-language therapy, and now shapes how she helps families with dementia find comfort, dignity, and care partnership. More resources about dementia and Alzheimer’s: Alzheimer’s Disease Foundation Malaysia: https://www.adfm.org.my/ Alzheimer’s Disease International: https://www.alzint.org/ Malaysian Association of Speech-Language and Hearing: https://mash.org.my/ Teepa Snow’s Positive Approach to Care: https://teepasnow.com/

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  The Banker Who Bet on Curiosity Instead of Certainty

  Aug 21, 202645 min

  Trusting the unknown takes courage. A secure job, a growing sense of unease, a decision to start over – that’s Maha Subramaniam’s journey from central banking to building Schola, now reaching 750,000 students across Malaysia! Sometimes, the leap IS the plan.

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  Measured in Grams, Built by Grit: A Clinical Dietitian's Journey

  Jul 28, 202649 min

  Ballet discipline, a crashed laptop days before her thesis defense, homesickness abroad. Clinical dietitian and baker Loo Yee Wong shares how she turned every setback into fuel, and why she believes resilience, like dough, just needs time and pressure to rise.

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  The Sheffield Reset: Finding Your Purpose in the Steel City

  Jun 8, 202634 min

  Life transitions can feel like setbacks, but they are often just opportunities to redefine your path. Thanaselan Rajendran opens up about navigating his lowest professional points and how a "last-minute" decision to study abroad in Sheffield became the critical reset that bridged his past in the civil service to his future in social innovation.

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  The Art of Vulnerability: Why We Must Risk Getting Hurt to Connect

  May 5, 202632 min

  We are all craving connection, and trainee counsellor Alina Nazri knows how deeply that shapes our lives. She sits down with us to unpack the role of community in wellbeing, and why moving past surface-level small talk to real vulnerability is the most courageous (and rewarding) thing we can do.

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