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By CHRISTINE CHEAH alltherage@thestar.com.my Cleaning window panes and glass panels, replacing lamps and light bulbs might sound a mundane task to you, but for Mohd Adam Tun Tuah, this is his bread and butter. He gets out of bed every morning hoping to bring these tasks to new heights. “I have been doing freelance rope [...]

By KEVIN TAN alltherage@thestar.com.my A lot of people only find out what they want to do in life after secondary school or graduating from college. Well, the lucky ones at least. But not Elaine Ng, 24, who knew she was born to dance at the age of four. “My parents told me when I was [...]

By MELLY LING alltherage@thestar.com.my EVERYTHING seems to be going in favour of young filmmaker Bradley Liew, whose short film Sunrise will be screened at the upcoming Cannes International Film Festival in France. Despite a late submission, as he was busy shooting in Philippines last month, Liew was ecstatic to receive the email from the Cannes [...]

By MELLY LING alltherage@thestar.com.my WHEN fashion blogger Amanda Liu first started blogging in 2007, it was mainly to rant about her daily life. But things started to change when she entered college. Since everyone at her campus always seemed so well-dressed, Liu started to pay more attention to her personal style. She posted pictures of [...]

By KEVIN TAN alltherage@thestar.com.my PEOPLE call him “Botak Kuantan”, because, well, he’s bald (at least he used to be) and he comes from Kuantan. But Taslim Raziff, 23, is known by his peers for more than that – he’s one of the best BMX riders in the country. Taslim has been into extreme sports since [...]

Adrien Ritzal

Posted: 12th April 2013 by R.AGE in Get Personal
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By MELLY LING alltherage@thestar.com.my Whenever interior designer Adrien Ritzal talks about art, he starts sounding like a hopeless romantic. “I like beautiful things, and I enjoy being surrounded by any kind of beautiful environment. That is how interior design fuels my life,” said Adrien, whose fresh, modern-romantic and minimalistic ideas have helped him find quite [...]

Get Personal: Jared Lee

Posted: 5th April 2013 by R.AGE in Get Personal
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by MELLY LING alltherage@thestar.com.my BEING a huge fan of Japanese animation since he was young, Jared Lee, 28, always thought of being an artist. He just never knew he would end up being a full-time filmmaker. Not just any filmmaker, mind you. Lee is certainly no stranger in the local film industry, especially with his [...]

By KEVIN TAN alltherage@thestar.com.my WHEN Hafizh Syahrin Abdullah was only nine, he already knew that he was destined to ride the motorbike. Back then, he even nicked money from his father (a mechanic), just to rent a motorbike to ride on. The Cheras, Selangor-raised lad only had his burning passion to blame. “My father worked [...]

Get Personal: May Nakabayashi

Posted: 22nd March 2013 by R.AGE in Get Personal
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By KEVIN TAN alltherage@thestar.com.my IF you are an anime enthusiast and have watched shows like Macross Frontier, Shangri La, or Accel World you would definitely recognise May Nakabayashi – or her voice at least. The 24-year-old singer, better known as May’n, had sung the theme songs for those shows and is most popular for her [...]

By AMANDA SOO alltherage@thestar.com.my TODAY is International Women’s Day, and we are introducing a young man who is championing women. Women’s issues concern not only women, but also men. But women are almost always the ones actively championing women’s causes. It is thus heartening to have advocacy officer Yu Ren Chung at the forefront of [...]