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By NASA MARIA ENTABAN and AMANDA NG YANN CHWEN alltherage@thestar.com.my THEY may fiddle with their smartphones and gadgets throughout meals, spend hours online every day and adopt Western slang into their speech, but when Chinese New Year comes around, most young people adhere to traditional practices that date back centuries. This festive season is a […]
By NASA MARIA ENTABAN alltherage@thestar.com.my THERE never is a better time to be fashion-inspired than now. It’s already mid-January and stores are full of bright colours and spring/summer trends. Chinese New Year is next week, and we’re pretty sure you can’t wait to hit the shops for some last-minute buys. Malls may be overcrowded and […]
It is not easy to get a hold of Astra-Imelda Elizabeth Yapp for she is one heck of a busy woman. As a media and entertainment producer for a local production house, Astra is always on the move – and that’s how she likes it.
By NIEZAM ABDULLAH alltherage@thestar.com.my Pining for Juliana Evans It wasn’t easy for actress Juliana Evans to decide to leave the country, especially since it’s for a long time. The 23-year-old actress left for the United States early this year to pursue her communications degree in the University of Michigan for two years. Juliana says she […]
By SHARMILA NAIR alltherage@thestar.com.my SOFIA Ong doesn’t believe in keeping quiet, especially when she has something important to say. The A-Levels student has always been a firm believer in speaking up and encouraging others to voice out their opinions as well. Right now, Sofia is lending her voice to empower not only herself, but other […]
TO HELP the fight against corruption, there are two things you need to do: 1) Stop paying bribes. 2) Report anyone who solicits a bribe from you. The Performance Management & Delivery Unit (Pemandu) has set up an anti-corruption hotline – 1800-88-6000 – for people to report cases, and Ravindran Devagunam, the anti-corruption National Key […]
I was one of the thousands of candidates who sat for the PMR examinations and expected to score straight As, but I didn’t. My circle of friends (who are considered nerds/hope of the school) performed as expected of them. I was the only one who failed to meet the expectations. I bawled my eyes out […]
Last week’s tag : #stpm The Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia (STPM) examination is notorious for being tough to ace, and with so many other pre-university options available to today’s school leaver, few choose to take on Form Six. Last week’s cover story was all about the STPM – we spoke to several youths who have […]
By SHARMILA NAIR alltherage@thestar.com.my LAST week we asked you to tell us the things you have on your bucket list … which hopefully you’d complete by the end of this year – you know, just in case the world ends. And guess what? You guys sure do have a lot of things you want to […]
BRATs the good people Sunway Pyramid in sprucing up a charitable home. Chinese New Year is always a joyous occasion, there is no doubt about that. However, it’s not solely about showing off our new clothes or comparing how much ang pow money we receive. While most of us have a family that we can […]