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By NATASHA IMAN alltherage@thestar.com.my Recently, in a bid to improve my Japanese language skills, I turned to watching Japanese dramas. In my onerous search to find Japanese dramas with appropriate English subtitles, I came across a drama with an interesting title, “14 Sai No Haha”, which is loosely translated as “Fourteen-Year-Old Mother”. Initially, I was […]
WHEN the sweet-talking boyfriend turns aggressive, a girl is often thrown off balance, especially if she is young and in her first relationship. Women’s Aid Organisation social worker Puveshini Rao says that it is important for the girl to remain calm when her boyfriend loses his temper. “If your boyfriend is acting aggressively, it is […]
By KAELAN ONG WEI ERN alltherage@thestar.com.my LIVING up to the Interact Club motto, “Service Above Self”, a group of Interactors from SMK Seafield in Petaling Jaya, Selangor put down our school books and set aside our usual Saturday outings to interact with children at the Paediatric Ward of the Sungai Buloh Hospital, Selangor, recently. The […]
When Ahmed Bashir Mohamed first came to Malaysia from war-torn Somalia four years ago, he couldn’t speak a word of English.
By NASA MARIA ENTABAN alltherage@thestar.com.my FROM alien visitors to animated girls to estate thieves, the 2011 Palm Oil shorties (PO11) had a good variety of short films which were both informative and entertaining. The project, an effort by Fried Chillies Media to spread awareness of issues surrounding the subject of palm oil, aimed at not […]
My bestfriend, B, just broke up with her boyfriend, A. After their breakup I started exchanging text messages with A frequently because he always had things to complain about my bestfriend. One day, A confessed his love to me. I accepted it at the time without knowing that he had already reconciled with B and […]
IT’s a new week and you know what that means – brand new celebrity photos to comment on 😛 Here are this week’s picks, go crazy guys 😀
Our friends over at StarMetro have been doing a great job pushing for the preservation of the century-old buildings in the Jalan Sultan area, Kuala Lumpur. Not only has their Preserve Our Heritage campaign played its part in reversing the government’s decision to demolish the Jalan Sultan shophouses for the MRT public transport system, it […]
Hi everyone, first of all thanks heaps for your patience ! So here they are, the results : First prize: M Illal Second prize: Tiffany Third prize: Lemuel Ong Chin Shan Consolation prizes: Robin, Yap Kah Lian, Celine, Nur Adilah Zaidi, Elavarasi A/P Kannadasan, Charles. Winners and consolation prize winners, send an email with the […]