Up Close & Personal with Douglas Lim

BORN: Oct 11, 1977 in Kuala Lumpur PERSONAL: Married HIGHEST QUALIFICATION: B.Ed. TESL from Canterbury Christ Church Unive rsity, UK CAREER: Entertainer NOTEWORTHY: Malaysian Video Awards best music video for Kopitiam; Asian TV Awards runner-up for best comedian FAVOURITE FOOD: Korean BBQ HOBBY: Playing computer games VALUES: If you want to get paid, do the work. INSPIRATION: Nope, nothing at all.

COMIC book character Edward Blake from Watchmen sums up the essence of a comedian succinctly: “Once you realise what a joke everything is, being the comedian is the only thing that makes sense.”