KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 — After going viral on social media for feeding strays, Muhamad Faiz Basirun caught the eye of several brands that appointed him as their ambassador.
Thanks to that income, the 21-year-old managed to buy his mother Syarrina Mohd Hamzah a new car, Toyota Yaris.
Faiz, who stays at Kampung Kumpulan A in Langkawi, Kedah, said he did not expect his sharing of rezeki (sustenance) with stray dogs helped to open up more opportunities for him.
“I am just sharing with the dogs as they are also creatures of Allah. I did not expect it to open up opportunities for me and now I am sharing it with my family,” Harian Metro quoted him as saying.
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Faiz told the portal that he now represents five products.
The youth added that he decided to give his mother a car as a token of appreciation for her sacrifices.
“To me, the gift is not much as compared to what my mother did for us,” he said.
Faiz added when growing up the family was poor and had to travel using a motorcycle.
“It was normal for us to get drenched in the rain until my parents managed to buy a Perodua Kancil.”
Faiz said the family still kept the Kancil that is used to send his younger sibling to school and for his older sister to go to work.
