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AHEAD of Mother’s Day last week, we interviewed women who had children before they were 25 for a story on young mothers. They talked about the challenges they faced in the early stages of motherhood as well as the ones they are still dealing with now. They discussed feeling disconnected from their peers, being left [...]

SINCE we were talking about overseas Malaysian student network Malaysia Forum on last week’s #RAGEchat, we decided to do a little census of our Tweeples to see where they were from.  Our cover story was on how student networks like Malaysia Forum (@MsiaForum) were engaging Malaysians around the world in discussions that could benefit the [...]

HOUSE Officers, or doctors-in-training in Malaysia have been all over the news in the past few weeks. In response to the stories, our cover story last week touched on the challenges young doctors face. We spoke to doctors currently going through their housemanship period in Government hospitals, medical students and doctors who have gone through [...]

#RAGEchat: #MyGenerasi

Posted: 12th April 2012 by R.AGE in #RAGEchat, Stories

Last week’s tag: #MyGenerasi Our cover story last Friday was all about My Generasi – the hit YouTube video that got a million views in just four days – and YouTubers, the hobbyists who produce videos like My Generasi for the Internet. So for #RAGEchat that day, we had some of Malaysia’s most popular YouTubers [...]

They say the best way to learn about a city is through its people. So in our last #RAGEchat, we asked our followers what is special about their hometowns, and to share their town’s best kept secrets. Here are some of the responses: @trishates: Teluk Intan, Perak! It houses the replica of Italy’s Leaning Tower [...]

#RAGEchat: #RAGEgames

Posted: 22nd March 2012 by R.AGE in #RAGEchat, Stories

LAST Friday’s #RAGEchat session garnered quite a lot of response from our dear followers, thanks to ONE “controversial” question: What do you have to say about the comparisons made between The Hunger Games and Twilight? As soon as we tweeted that out, we got a barrage of replies from followers, many of whom are The [...]

MARCH 8 is International Women’s Day, and to celebrate, we dedicated our #RAGEchat session last week to all the women out there. We asked our readers why they thought celebrating #IWD was important, what the challenges were for young women in this day and age, and also, how they thought women have progressed and if [...]

This week’s tag: #LocalGrads

Posted: 9th March 2012 by R.AGE in #RAGEchat

THE Star Online (@staronline), tweeted a news story with the headline “Local grads not up to mark” earlier this week. The news article quoted a bunch of experts who gave their thoughts on the quality of #LocalGrads. Here are the key points of the story: l Six out of 10 graduates from Malaysian universities take [...]

Last week’s tag: #DIYhealth

Posted: 1st March 2012 by R.AGE in #RAGEchat, Stories
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LAST week’s cover story was on young people who take their health and fitness into their own hands through research over the Internet, and a lot of trial-and-error experiments. These youths set out to plan their own meals and come up with exercise regimes that they tailor to their own needs. We brought up the [...]

This week’s tag: #NandosVsKFC

Posted: 21st February 2012 by R.AGE in #RAGEchat, Stories

Fast-food restaurant Nando’s came up with a “punchy” advertisement poster last week that was on high circulation on social media. The poster, which came with the headline “We’re good at punchlines, not punches”, was obviously referring to the recent KFC punch-up. If there was any doubt that the advertisement was directed at their rival chicken-serving [...]