Viral 16 year old boy sells nasi lemak & pulut panggang since 10 to help support family

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16yo M’sian boy sells homemade nasi lemak & pulut panggang since he was 10 to help support his family​

BYCHEE WONG
AUGUST 9, 2022
3 MINUTE READ

Image credit: FS Channel

In an ideal world, children would be spared from the burdens that come with adulthood, and are allowed to enjoy their childhood and young adolescence without a care in the world. Unfortunately in the case of families who have to scrimp and save to survive, some of these young boys and girls may be left with no choice but to help out their parents wherever they can to support their families.

A 16-year-old boy has recently caught the attention of local social media users after his story of grit and determination was brought to the fore by local YouTube content creator FS Channel. At 16-years-old, Ilham cuts a familiar figure standing outside the steps leading towards the Setiawangsa LRT station, where he operates a small stall selling packets of nasi lemak and banana-leaf wrapped pulut panggang for only RM1 a piece.

16-year-old M’sian boy sells nasi lemak and pulut panggang to help support his family​

16-year-old Ilham has been selling nasi lemak and pulut panggang to help alleviate his family’s financial burden since he was 10-years-old. Image credit: FS Channel
In speaking with Ilham, the team behind FS Channel learned that he has been manning this humble business since he was only 10-years-old, and began selling his mother’s cooking as a means to help with rent while alleviating their family’s financial burden. According to the teenager, he would use to bring with him 50 to 60 packets of nasi lemak to be sold, but had to gradually reduce the amount to 25 or 30, due to a lack of sales.

16-year-old Ilham has been selling nasi lemak and pulut panggang to help alleviate his family’s financial burden since he was 10-years-old. Image credit: FS Channel
As for the pulut panggang, which consists of a dried shrimp filling and glutinous rice packed in banana leaf, his mother could only make them in limited quantities owing to how difficult they are to make. In fact, Ilham said that preparing the filling alone could take upwards of four hours.

Aspires to work with PETRONAS when he grows up​

However, the host of the channel remarks that the flavours of the pulut panggang are perfectly balanced, and the amount of filling in them is especially generous given the fact that they only cost RM1 a piece.

16-year-old Ilham has been selling nasi lemak and pulut panggang to help alleviate his family’s financial burden since he was 10-years-old. Image credit: FS Channel
And despite standing for hours on end to man the stall, Ilham said that he has never once asked for any cut of the profits from his mother, and said that he was happy to help take some of the weight of keeping their family abreast off from her shoulders.

16-year-old Ilham has been selling nasi lemak and pulut panggang to help alleviate his family’s financial burden since he was 10-years-old. Image credit: FS Channel
Thankfully, the young boy says that his teachers have been especially generous and have supported their small enterprise by helping them spread the word among his school’s faculty, which has brought in some business. As for his aspirations in the future, Ilham told the crew that he was keen on becoming an officer with national gas and petroleum company PETRONAS.

Moved by the teenaged boy’s plight and circumstances, members of the YouTube channel proceeded to buy the remainder of Ilham’s food, which amounted to RM97, before gifting him with RM600 in cash as a means of financial aid for his family.
Those keen to pay his stall a visit can find Ilham outside the Setiawangsa LRT station from 4.30pm onwards, every Monday to Friday.
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berita pada 23 Jun 2022

M’sian shares how a Johor boy skips school to support his family by selling mushrooms, leaves netizens heartbroken​

JUNE 23, 2022

Image credit: Rosmaliana Roslan


Local netizen Rosmaliana Roslan recently took to her Facebook to share her encounter with a young boy whom she had met outside of her home last Sunday (19th June 2022). According to Roslan, she said that the young child had stopped at the front of her home in Kota Masai, Johor, hoping to sell her packaged oyster mushrooms. However, she initially had no intentions of buying from him and did not open her gates.

M’sian woman encounters young boy selling mushrooms​

But the boy remained persistent, waiting outside Roslan’s home and greeting her every time he could see her from the gates. Eventually Roslan relented and opened her gates, only to be shocked to realise how young the boy actually was. Taking pity on him, she immediately invited him into her home and asked if he had eaten, to which he said he hasn’t.

“I then asked if he would like to eat, and he told me ‘yes’. So I served him a plate of fried kuey teow that I had prepared for my family’s breakfast earlier during the day. Alhamdulillah, he finished all of it.”

A Malaysian woman shares how she had encountered a young boy selling mushrooms in her Johor neighborhood. Image credit: Rosmaliana Roslan

As he was having his meal, Roslan took the opportunity to ask the young boy about his family life at home in hopes of better understanding the circumstances he was facing. In that time, he told her that his family lives in Cahaya Baru. His father works with the Malaysia Volunteers Corps Department (RELA), while his mother works in the state of Pahang and would only come home once a week.

A Malaysian woman shares how she had encountered a young boy selling mushrooms in her Johor neighborhood. Image credit: Rosmaliana Roslan

Was told by his father to skip school & help support the family​

She came to learn that the boy, who is in Standard 6 this year, was told by his father to skip school and help sell mushrooms. He has a younger sibling currently in Standard 5 who is also selling mushrooms, but working a different area.

A Malaysian woman shares how she had encountered a young boy selling mushrooms in her Johor neighborhood. Image credit: Rosmaliana Roslan

Roslan said that the boy’s situation tugged at her heartstrings as he was almost the same age as her own son, but had to make sacrifices to help out his own family. In speaking with Free Malaysia Today, she adds that the boy would usually sell mushrooms from Wednesday to Saturday, but as they have more supply, his father told him to sell on Sunday as well, which is a school day in the state of Johor.

She has urged netizens who encounter the young boy to buy his mushrooms and help support him. Each packet of mushrooms are sold at RM5.

Her post, which has gone viral, has attracted much sympathy from netizens, many of whom were similarly heartbroken to learn of his situation at home.

Image credit: Facebook

Image credit: Facebook
However, some have questioned the boy’s father for keeping him out of school for the sake of selling mushrooms, when he should be doing it himself instead.

Image credit: Facebook
Roslan has also called upon the authorities to look into the boy’s situation and hopefully render the family much-needed aid.

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