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handset, I too, have handset. Some have car, I have my own car too.Previously I don’t have. I hang around at Lorong Haji Taib. Life was atmess. Slept on the box. From then onwards I … if I don’t recover andmove on, I don’t think I’m alive now. Maybe I’m dead long time ago.Relax for…forever. From then on, I realized, realized, realized,realized…till today. I feel happy also”)(Male, 50yrs, Upper secondary education, DU)“Sekarang ni, saya tak ada putus asa. Biasa lah. Biar lah orang nak kataapa-apa, saya biasa. Tak ada masalah. Macam masa saya sakit, orangtak pergi melawat saya di rumah. Saya deman baru-baru ni pun, sayaterima. Saya tak kisah, cuma keluarga saya datang melawat di hospitalsini. Sekarang ni, masyarakat apa-apa masalah jumpa saya. Saya fakirbiasa saja. Macam mana orang hina saya, biasa, tak ada perasaannak…biar sajalah”(“Now, I don’t give up. Let it be. Let what other people have to say, I’mused to it. No problem. When I’m sick, no one come and visit me at home.Recently I have fever, I endure it. I don’t care, only my family came tohospital and visited me. Now, if anyone comes to me with any problem, Ifeel it [problem] is normal. Regardless of how people criticize me, normal,I don’t have feelings anymore. Let it be”)(Female, 39yrs, Lower secondary education, Infected Partner)“Saya sihat saya hidup dan saya tak perlu tengok ke belakang. Saya teruske pergi ke depan…ah…tengok ke depan…ah…itulah saya”(“I’m healthy, alive and I don’t look back. I look forward…ah…lookforward…ah…that’s me”)(Transgender, 40yrs, Lower secondary education, SW)Some of the participants still have a problem coping with their illness, and this lack ofcoping strategies and the lack of support system could render them a poorer mental healthor psychological state.“I feel now, I rasa macam hidup I sekarang macam tak berharga. Takberfungsi because everywhere I….since after that, after I knew that I hadHIV/AIDS positive, I run away from facts. It’s about 2 years now, duatahun lepas, I actually cannot accept”(“I feel now, I feel like living. Now I’m feeling worthless. Not functioningbecause everywhere I…since after that I knew that I had HIV/AIDSpositive, I run away from facts. It’s about 2 years now, 2 years ago. Iactually cannot accept”)(Transgender, 53yrs, Upper secondary education, SW)60