Nina Zazali in front of her stall for her clothing brand Love, Nina Zazali at the Geylang Ramadan bazaar.Meeting this lively and friendly entrepreneur at the Geylang Ramadan bazaar, one would never have guessed her difficult past involving homelessness, unemployment and a stint at the Singapore Girls' Home when she was only 14.
Her Facebook page has so far garnered 32,000 followers and 23,000 likes, and her business account on Instagram has around 14,700 followers. "So I believe that the people who have supported me from day one and my new followers that come down here to support me, we're connected."Nina has been through her share of ups and downs in setting up shop at the bazaar, most recently in 2022 when the popular night market came back, though at a smaller scale with Covid-19 safe management measures in place.
Fast forward to 2023, with Singapore moving beyond the pandemic, and Nina can breathe a sigh of relief. "I would do livestreams there for about two hours. My staff will open the stall here [at Geylang Serai] and I'll come down to check that everything's ready.