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Tricks of the trade

By JAYDEE LOK alltherage@thestar.com.my AS the EDM (electronic dance music) scene in Malaysia grows, so too, do the BATE boys. Yeoh Wai Hong and Ethan Curzon, both 24, have spent the last three years building a name for themselves domestically and internationally. The DJ duo has gone from fanboy club-goers to residents at KL clubs […]

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Jazzing up Malaysia

By LIM MAY LEE alltherage@thestar.com.my WHEN we met World Youth Jazz Festival (WYJF) chairman and founder Datuk Nik Azmi during the event, he was collapsed in a chair outside the hall radiating equal parts exhaustion, and equal parts satisfaction. “The turnout has been fantabulous!” he said with a relieved laugh. Held at the Putrajaya International […]

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Mind over matter

By LIM MAY LEE alltherage@thestar.com.my ANTI-bullying activist, Actionwork Worldwide director Dr Andy Hickson has probably seen more of Malaysia than most Malaysians. “I lived in the jungles of Kelantan for two years in the 1970s,” he recalled fondly, calling it “one of the most amazing experiences of my life.” His mother, a social anthropologist, dancer […]

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The way of the world

By DENIELLE LEONG brats@thestar.com.my JUST hours after President Barack Obama’s session at the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) town hall concluded, an online news portal reported that NGOs were rather disappointed by the “weak questions” from student leaders. They claimed that these “future leaders” should have taken the golden opportunity to ask more critical […]

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Time to sign up

By JC Lam alltherage@thestar.com.my ARE you interested in the performing arts? Do you have a flair for bringing words to life? If so, we have just the right platform for you to explore that budding passion. Islands and Cities, a project led by renowned Singaporean actress and director Tan Kheng Hua, will see six young […]

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Blasting away

By CASSANDRA YEOH and SAMUEL LEE alltherage@thestar.com.my IT’S been almost 10 years since How I Met Your Mother first started preaching to everyone about how awesome laser tag is. On the hit sitcom, the game is portrayed as the coolest, most fun thing you can do – so long as you can ignore the fact that […]

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Bridging the gap

By LIM MAY LEE alltherage@thestar.com.my IT’S been a struggle for our young musicians – particularly those classically inclined – to develop their craft here, let alone find platforms to showcase their talent. Those with the funds have the luxury of seeking better fortunes for education in Europe or the United States. Unfortunately, for the ones […]

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Learning languages

By CHIA CHIEN TENG brats@thestar.com.my COMING from an English-speaking school, when I had the choice to either sit for PMR Chinese or take the simplified intermediate course, I chose the latter. Back then, my naive self believed that as long as I could order my food at my favourite kopitiams, I was good. Boy was […]

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ZE! body electric

By JAYDEE LOK alltherage@thestar.com.my HIGH flyer ZE!, dubbed the “super-glam electro pop diva from Kuala Lumpur” by MTV Iggy, has done the nation proud by firmly etching her name in the global music scene. The 31-year-old has just been nominated for the prestigious Berlin Music Video Awards (BMVA) 2014, alongside famous A-listers like Katy Perry, […]

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Coding for the people

By SARENRAJ RAJENDRAN Photos by JESSLYN TAN brats@thestar.com.my SO many of us learn new languages like Mandarin, Spanish or German to get that extra edge in our careers, but these days, learning a new programming language could prove just as useful. And the thing is, computer programming really isn’t that hard to learn these days. […]

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