By NASA MARIA ENTABAN alltherage@thestar.com.my WHILE most of their peers were taking a break from university during the month-long semester holidays, 550 Aiesec members used this time to get together and learn the inner workings of the business world. The “Youth to Business” forum was part of Aiesec’s week-long annual national conference, held this year [...]
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Business sense
Posted: 21st February 2012 by R.AGE in Stories, UncategorizedTags: Accenture consulting, aiesec, bangi, ING insurance, Naga DDB PR, Nippon Paint, UKM, universiti kebangsaan malaysia, youth to business
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Young people have the innate ability to look at the world in different views. This is why Sunway University College wants young people to allow others a sneak peek into how their minds work and how they perceive the things around them. The university’s department of performance and media is currently organising a Not Quite [...]
Doing it yourself
Posted: 21st February 2012 by R.AGE in StoriesTags: diet, exercise, fitness, gym, health, healthy living, kellysiewcooks
By NASA MARIA ENTABAN alltherage@thestar.com.my SIVARAJAN Gunarajan used to be obese. When he was 19, he weighed 101kg, ate whatever he wanted and never exercised. Over the past three years, however, he shed all his excess weight, won the title of Mr Malaysia Top Model 2010 and adopted healthy eating habits. Here’s the clincher: Siva, [...]
By SHARMILA NAIR alltherage@thestar.com.my CHILDREN’S rights is not a topic that most young people talk about. They find it boring as it can get very technical and involves terms and jargons they are unfamiliar with. However, children’s rights is one topic that everyone, especially young people, has to keep on talking about no matter how [...]
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 [...]
No pants, just sarong
Posted: 21st February 2012 by R.AGE in StoriesTags: keretapi sarong, RA, RandomAlphabets, Zain HD
THERE was a time when “sarong” was the go-to outfit for many folks before it was ditched for pants, skirts and worse, the uncomfortably tight skinny jeans. Now, the time has come for everyone to make a statement. A fashion statement. RandomAlphabets (RA) is inviting you to drop your pants and pull up a sarong [...]
The Future Problem Solving Program Malaysia (FPSPM) is organising several exciting programmes that would give you excellent tips on problem solving. Educational institutions worldwide are faced with the dilemma of either producing merely academically excellent students or creating students who can think effectively or independently. Given this scenario, students should be provided with a variety [...]
Driving safe
Posted: 15th February 2012 by R.AGE in StoriesTags: Car safety, Car seating position, Defensive Driving, Drifting, Oversteering, Shell, Steering, Techniques, Understeering
How many times have you seen a tiny compact car barreling down the road past you at full speed, with some young punk behind the wheel who’s most likely blasting Pumped Up Kicks on the stereo? Probably one too many. Compact cars are all the rage among young people these days, and while they can [...]
By SHARMILA NAIR alltherage@thestar.com.my FOUR years ago, Chan Jin Feng did not know if he would live to see his 22nd birthday. A game of futsal or a movie were the furthest things from his mind. It had seemed like he was at death’s door. He had been diagnosed with End Stage Renal Failure which [...]
By SHARMILA NAIR alltherage@thestar.com.my LET it be known that Jessie J has a really thick British accent and it took a lot of concentration to understand what the songstress was saying during a recent telephone interview. Other than that, though, she was definitely enthusiastic to answer some questions about her music, memorable moments in her [...]