Family learns life lessons from the orang asli community

Lionel Yew (centre) and his family and friends visit the orang asli settlement in Ulu Slim in Tanjung Malim, Perak every month. Photo: Lionel Yew

One of the fundamental values Lionel Yew and his family have learnt from the Semai orang asli in Perak is to embrace life’s many blessings.

“The Semai community lead such simple lives despite their lack of modern amenities. They have taught my family and I how to count our blessings and appreciate life’s simple pleasures,” says Yew, 47, during an interview in Kuala Lumpur recently.