Get Personal: Ryan Yee Zhi Jwen
Ryan Yee Zhi Jwen may seem like your typical 17-year-old teenager, but there’s nothing ordinary about this top Malaysian ice skater.
Last week’s tag: #WhatMerdekaMeans
Whether you are a student or a businessman, Merdeka unites people from all walks of life because it is when we celebrate the independence of this nation. But as we never fail to celebrate Merdeka in one way or another, do we stop and ask ourselves, what does Merdeka really mean to us? This year […]
Simply the best
By IAN YEE alltherage@thestar.com.my WE’VE had plenty of celebrities and famous personalities walk through the doors of our office at Menara Star, but none have caused quite the same buzz as Olympic heroes Datuk Lee Chong Wei and Pandelela Rinong. They were at our office to receive a cash reward of RM100,000 each from […]
Life of an exchange student
By ROXANNE LOW PAU-LING alltherage@thestar.com.my EXCHANGE student programmes have become quite popular for young Malaysians looking for life challenges and inter-cultural experiences. This year, American Field Service Malaysia (AFS MAS) sent 34 students (including me) on such exchange programmes in various countries. In the last five months I’ve been on this programme in Germany, […]
Grabbing hold of #Merdeka
By DAVID LIAN alltherage@thestar.com.my When I was about nine, a trip to the “Pusat Sumber” (resource centre) in school was a real treat not to be missed. So whenever the teacher asked us to “go outside and line up”, we would hurriedly do so, eagerly awaiting whatever video was about to be shown to […]
Last week’s tag: #Fandom
FANS of some of today’s biggest music acts aren’t just your average screaming teenagers anymore. Thanks to the power of social media, pretty much every major artiste now has their own #fandom – a veritable tribe of devoted fans who won’t take kindly to anybody who’d be hatin’. We’ve got some pretty hardcore fandoms (supposedly […]
Idol Worshippers
By SHARMILA NAIR IF you ever meet Ines Alanah – at a concert, by the roadside, at a mall, where ever – do not make the mistake of telling her that you’re the biggest Lana Del Rey fan in the world. Why? Because she is. The 15-year-old student is an ardent fan (that’s an understatement […]
Last week’s tag: #Tweetjack
IN today’s social media savvy world, it’s easy to become a victim of “social media hijacking”– a popular prank among the youth nowadays. Social media hijacking happens when someone uses an individual’s Twitter or Facebook (or any other social media, for that matter) account and posts updates without prior consent While the prank is mostly […]
Celebrating creativity
By PHYLLIS HO alltherage@thestar.com.my The British Council’s Young Creative Entrepreneur (YCE) programme is the perfect platform to connect young and emerging entrepreneurs in creative industries around the world. Since its inception in 2005, the programme has seen 400 participants from 53 countries so far. The YCE Awards started out with different categories, which included […]