Social Business

Happiness is not about making big bucks for the new generation.The generation  Y so to speak are more into fulfilling their dreams even if it means that they cannot afford fancy cars. They lead a healthier lifestyle in smaller towns and are put off by the rat race.

We see most of them completing their professional courses in engineering, accountancy and law but most of them prefers to indulge in the arts scene.They are so much into poetry and literature as a way of expressing themselves and they are happy just making end meets.

These youth are those who earn their living through 'social business .'Unlike traditional business, a social business operates for the benefit of addressing social needs that enable societies to function more efficiently. Social business provides a necessary framework for tackling social issues by combining business know-how with the desire to improve quality of life.

Two young men from Ipoh seems to strive on social business and the duo have successfully made their presence felt in Malaysia 's arts and music arena.

"I found Projek Rabak with Seyn Jukey  and  and we love Ipoh so much that we want to promote Ipoh as a new hub for arts be it poetry,spoken words or music."said Mohd Jayzuan who has his own style of reaching out to the youth.

Projek Rabak, incidentally, is an art collective formed in Ipoh in January 2011. The organisation consists of musicians, writers, poets, painters, filmmakers, theatre activists, mime artistes and others.

According to Seyn Jukey of Projek Rabak, Ipoh needs an art platform where talented individuals can show the world what they are capable of.​ “We want to promote Ipoh’s art scene as a tourist attraction,” he added.

Jayzuan and his team owns a social place called Rumah Khizanat which is under Projek Rabak at Canning Garden. This house is a cafe,bookstore and an art space where they serves cheap and tasty food plus they often hold events of all kinds at this place

"We bring in poets to showcase their talents to those who are into arts for free.Not all youth can afford to go to kl and watch performances so we bring the performers to Ipoh.We do not charge for our events but we expect them to buy our food and drinks and the books if they can afford it. Sometimes I allow those who have hidden talent to perform in front of the crowd and this helps the youth to be exposed to the public."said Jayzuan

A popular poet from Indonesia, Aan Mansyur came to Rumah Khizanat recently and did a recital and talks for free.Aan is popular because of the movie "Ada apa dengan Cinta." since the main character uses puisi written by Aan.

"Saya jatuh cinta dengan Ipoh. (I fell in love with Ipoh)" Aan confessed adding that he do not like Kuala Lumpur because everyone is too busy with themselves.

"Ipoh is more intimate to us and we can just walk around the town if we do not have any transportation.I can easily write poems in Ipoh " said Aan with a promise to come back to Ipoh.