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Thursday, November 05, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
English camp in South Korea

Facilitating an English camp is a learning experience

 

Students giving back

 

Students from two schools took the initiative to help make this world a better place.

 

Thursday, June 11, 2009
Good to pass English

In Malaysia, students who sit for the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) exam, only have to pass Bahasa Malaysia in order to obtain the certificate. This doesn't apply to English. What's your take on this?

 

Tuesday, June 09, 2009
BRATs go green

Join us at The Star's Environment Day Celebration 2009!

 

Question time

The BRATs find out just how well-informed their peers are with general knowledge.

 

Chasing idols

A die-hard American Idol fan lived out her dream of getting up, close and personal with last year’s finalists

 

Not even a puff

These days, more and more teenagers are tempted to smoke.

 

Reaching the peak

Students from St John's Institution had a fun time at the Outward Bound School in Lumut, Perak.

 

Celebrating differences

Interact members of SMK Seri Bintang Utara in Kuala Lumpur glammed up for their International Understanding Day.

 

Small steps

Yap Soo Huey is on a quest to get people to use fewer plastic bags.

 

Not plastic people

The environment doesn’t need our attention for just an hour over 365 days a year, but every minute, every day.

 

Starting them young

The Reef To Rainforest (R2R) programme is teaching children in Marine Parks island the importance of protecting the coral reefs and marine lives in their backyards.

 

BRATs storm Malacca

The BRATs paid a visit to the historical state of Malacca.

 

When Baba marries Nyonya

There is more to a Baba and Nyonya wedding than meets the eye.

 

Auspicious day at the temple

The day that the BRATs were at the Cheng Hoon Teng Temple in Malacca, the Kuan Yin festival was being celebrated.

 

Passion for heritage

The BRATs find out that Malacca is one very interesting city.

 

Remnants of the past

The BRATs find out all they need to know about a certain historical shophouse in Malacca from Colin Goh.

 

Blinded by smoke

In an effort to show how easy it is for teenagers to fall into the habit of smoking, the BRATs go “undercover” in the Klang Valley.

 

Thursday, June 04, 2009
60 secs to save the world

Twenty teenagers from around the country were given the opportunity to participate in TheOneMinutesJr workshop held recently in Malacca.

 

Blinded by smoke

In an effort to show how easy it is for teenagers to fall into the habit of smoking, the BRATs go “undercover” in the Klang Valley.

 

Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Bananas and traditions

For Alyna Low Su Lyn, there's more to being Chinese than knowing how to speak the language.

 

Look out!

Look Out Point Western Food Restaurant is one of the hottest spots that youths hang out at in Kuala Lumpur.

 

It's a coconut life

For some Indians, being a "coconut" can be quite taxing.

 

Promising response to Games

The Cempaka Group of Schools is the first to introduce designer games into classrooms in Malaysia.

 

Sunday, March 29, 2009
BRATs storm Malacca

TO MANY people, Malacca is about great food and historical buildings. However, it only took four days for participants of The Star BRATs Malacca 2009 workshop to realise that there was more to the historical city than meets the eye.