AT the age of 14, weaver, textile and surface designer Shan Shan Lim had the acuity to know things in school were not going in a direction that would be beneficial for her, particularly down the line.
âFrom standard one to standard six, I was doing really well. When I went into secondary school, I realised that my performance wasnât the best and that my heart wasnât into studying anymore,â Lim told theSun.
âI remember sitting down with my mom and telling her, âIf I donât make this change, the future of my life would look very differentâ.â
There is no way to affirm whether her intuition was true, but what is certain is that leaving Malaysia gave her the room to pursue her personal spiritual growth, which was the driving goal that led her from Petaling Jaya to a school in the Himalayas for five years.
