K-Man's Insights on Life and Career

Mar 22, 2025

K-Man Q&A Session

Introduction

  • Host: MICHIE
  • Guest: Malaysian internet celebrity K (K-Lao, real name Lai Jiaxing, English name KLAY)
  • Age: 28, from Ipoh, Perak
  • Discusses personal life, career, and relationship.

Personal Background

  • 28 years old, perceived as older due to long online presence.
  • Mixed heritage: 25% Pakistani from grandfather, rest Malaysian Chinese.

Career Journey

  • Left previous company, Dissy, for personal growth and independence.
  • Worked with Dissy for 7 years; started as a photographer.
  • Currently collaborating with ALLEN, who acts more as a partner rather than a boss.

Career Reflections

  • Regrets over uncompleted projects at Dissy.
  • Importance of learning and taking on new challenges.
  • Decision to leave and establish personal ventures.

Relationship with Dissy Colleagues

  • Maintains a cordial relationship with former colleagues.
  • Recognizes the inevitability of drifting apart due to busy personal and professional lives.

Current Collaborations

  • Clarified relationship with ALLEN: a cooperative partnership, not a hierarchical one.
  • ALLEN assists in securing business opportunities as a broker.

Future Plans

  • Not a long-term planner; focuses on short-term goals.
  • Interested in travel and tourism content.
  • Contemplates potential business opportunities but recognizes limitations in management skills.

Personal Philosophy

  • Encourages focusing on the present rather than stressing about the future.
  • Believes in living life fully as you only live once.

Travel Experiences

  • Engages in both sponsored and personal travel.
  • Emphasizes creating content for those unable to travel.
  • Plans to make more local travel videos when not traveling abroad.

Relationship with MICHIE

  • In a relationship with MICHIE, who is three years older.
  • Values MICHIE’s happiness and simplicity.
  • Discusses future plans casually, without immediate commitments.
  • Plans to invite fans to a potential future wedding.

Personal Insights

  • Prefers focusing on the present rather than setting distant goals.
  • Learns from experiences and adapts content to match audience maturity.

Video Production and Equipment

  • Uses several cameras and equipment for diverse content quality.
  • Faces challenges in maintaining personal style while working with editors.

Community and Audience Engagement

  • Engages with audience feedback, values travel video comments.
  • Seeks inspiration and motivation from audience interactions.

Closing Thoughts

  • Gratitude towards self and family for support and progress.
  • Encourages viewers to focus on self-improvement rather than comparisons with others.

Miscellaneous

  • Discusses personal habits, preferences, and humorous anecdotes throughout the session.
  • Ends with a light-hearted note, emphasizing a fun, spontaneous Q&A session.