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By NIKI CHEONG alltherage@thestar.com.my THERE is this tendency in Malaysia to celebrate our countrymen and women – among them actor-producer Datuk Michelle Yeoh and designer Datuk Jimmy Choo – who have achieved tremendous success overseas. Heck, we also love to claim successful Malaysian-linked personalities as our own such as Malaysian-born Guy Sebastian, the first Australian […]
Peter Ng is not your average jock. The 23-year-old lad is currently juggling life as a national basketball player and coach, and an undergraduate student at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in Bangi, Selangor.
THE Hari Raya Aidilfitri festivities are less than a month away, and there’s no time like the present to get started on all that baju raya shopping. With all the family and friends get-togethers and events that come along with the festivities, you’ll want to show up in style, and we’ve got a few pointers […]
IN a move to encourage healthy living and fitness, the Health Ministry recently announced that they will be introducing a ‘no lift day’ in the ministry’s complexes, hospitals and health departments after the fasting month. On that particular day, which will be held on a weekly basis, everyone will have to take the stairs – […]
By NIKI CHEONG alltherage@thestar.com.my TODAY marks the first day of the most anticipated sporting event of the year – the London 2012 Olympics. All the athletes and officials would have already been in London for the days leading up to the event – with their smartphones, tablet devices and laptops in tow. Yup, London 2012 […]
One of the BRATs writes about her experience at Hamburg’s famous Schlagermove parade. By ROXANNE LOW PAU-LING alltherage@thestar.com.my EVERY July, people from all over the world look forward to the famous Schlagermove parade in Hamburg, Germany. The celebration started with 50,000 visitors during its first year in 1997, but that number is dwarfed by the […]
By KEVIN TAN alltherage@thestar.com.my WE’VE all heard of our top Olympians like Datuk Lee Chong Wei and Pandelela Rinong, but there are also another 28 Malaysian athletes there in London who’re all just as eager to do us proud. Many of them are young athletes who will be at the games for the very first […]
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By TRECIA TAN alltherage@thestar.com.my IN 2009, South Korean girl group Kara inadvertently created a huge craze over what came to be known as the “butt dance”, an over-the-top dance move choreographed for their most popular single to date, Mister. For many K-pop fans, it was the dance move that made the song a hit, as […]
By KEVIN TAN alltherage@thestar.com.my ELECTRO-POP artiste Darren Ashley started composing music at the age of 12. He completed his primary and secondary education in Thailand, and he believes those years have helped develop his unique taste in music. Ashley was exposed to different kinds of music at his schools where he befriended people from all […]