User:Shamilazhan

Mohd Shamil Azhan bin Inche Ibrahim was born in a resettlement village in the state of Kedah, Malaysia on 19th December, 1971. He is the middle child from three siblings; Mohd Saiful Hazmy is the eldest and Mohd Zuwairi the youngest. His father, Inche Ibrahim bin Yaacob, was a government school teacher and his mother, Rohani bt Ahmad, was a kindergarten teacher in a village called Kampong Bukit Tembaga. He received his early education in Tadika Felda Bukit Tembaga, then Bukit Tembaga Primary School before moving on to Syed Putra Science School, Perlis in 1984. In 1989 he entered KPP/ITM in Shah Alam until 1992. He moved to get his TESL degree from the National University of Malaysia. On 24th June 1995, he married Arfizah bt Arshad. Together, they have four children; Nur Adibah, Luqman Hakim, Amir Hakim and Danish Hakim. His family first home was in Taman Sungai Jelok, Kajang, second in Jalan Pantai Port Dickson, third in Kampung Gerik Perak, fourth in Kampung Air Panas Gerik, fifth in Taman Ria Sungai Petani, sixth in Kolej Matrikulasi Kedah, seventh also in KMK and last in Taman Seri Changloon 2 Kedah. His first job was at KL Securities, KL Plaza back in 1993. Then, he worked as a despatch at Healthy Image, a body slimming company at Wisma Stephens in KL. When he graduated from UKM in 1995, he was posted to SMK Gerik, Perak. After serving in the school for 6 years, he was transferred to another school, SMK Batu 4 Gerik. There, he was promoted to the position of the Senior Assistant for Co-curriculum. At Batu 4, he also spearheaded the E-Learning Initiative sponsored by the UNDP and The Coca-Cola Company. In 2003, he opted out of the school system and entered the Matriculation system in Kedah Matriculation College in Changloon. There, he started the Documentation Unit, which later developed into the Centre of Excellence for Archive and Documentation. His passion for everything photos and videos had sparked the idea of a creation of his daughter's studio by the name of SG Studio. This studio came into existence in 2008. Among its first jobs are The Bank Rakyat Annual Dinner and A Documentary on The Emergence of Alor Setar for Alor Setar City Councill. In 2006, he was chosen as by the US  State Department to be the representative for Malaysia to the Asia-Pacific International Visitor Program alongside 10 other reps from 10 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. He was designated to travel and meet with various US Government Departments, NGOs including Unions and Civil Liberty Groups, Academicians and School Heads across 8 States in the US. It was in this period that he was able to have a re-look at the idea of civil society and formulated a standpoint from the perspective of an Asian in a Western construct. Another turning point in his life was when he witnessed the death of his beloved father on 12th March 2012. It was 2.13 am in the morning of 12th, location at Ward 3C Kenanga in Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Alor Setar; that he was forced to make the decision to pull the plug off hid dad's life support unit. Considering the facts that his Dad's brain was severely damaged and the heart had stopped beating, he decided to let him go peacefully. It was his father who had moulded him into an independent and