Born without arms, Zhariff Afandi is still living life and writing about it

In his new book, Zhariff hopes to impart some hard-earned life lessons based on all his experiences, the good and the bad. Photo: The Star/ART CHEN

Life has a way of throwing curve balls at us. When all seems to be going fine and dandy, we suddenly find ourselves in the middle of a mighty ocean, sinking under waves of despair. Zhariff Afandi is no stranger to this. All his life, he has had setbacks and disappointments. People doubting him, people leaving him, projects that didn’t pan out ... the list is long.

“My marriage has failed, I had to give up a job I liked. My heart is broken. I call the state I am in as I start this book, SOS, a state of loss,” he writes in his debut book, S.O.S.: Surfing Out Stuff – A Book Of Growth & Guidance.