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By SAMUEL LEE alltherage@thestar.com.my FOR most people, standing on stage in front of a crowd can be very stressful, but that’s not the case for Ho Lee Ching, a local performer at the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre. In fact, she finds performing relieving. The 23-year-old suffers from Tourette’s syndrome, a condition that causes a […]
By AILEEN LOO brats@thestar.com.my MANY concert-goers were left disappointed when news broke that day three of Future Music Festival Asia (FMFA) 2014 was to be cancelled due to the untimely deaths of six youths from drug overdose. Frustrated and exasperated tweets, status updates and posts flooded social media sites when ticket-holders found out mere hours […]
By LIM MAY LEE alltherage@thestar.com.my NEED some extra help in keeping your relationship alive and thriving? There’s an app for that. Make that MANY apps. R.AGE has a comprehensive list that should help you navigate the tricky minefield of romantic relationships. And if these apps can’t help you keep the romance alive, you can probably […]
IF you haven’t already heard, the new R.AGE Podcast is now available for download! Every Wednesday night at 8pm, we release a new episode where our hosts – R.AGE journalist JayDee Lok and Red FM announcer Jeremy Teo – discuss current affairs and youth trends in their own crazy way. This week, we have Sydney-based […]
Meet local freelance music photographer, Bob Vizard.
By LIM MAY LEE alltherage@thestar.com.my AFTER the cancellation of day three of Future Music Festival Asia 2014 due to several drug-related deaths, many questions are being asked about the rave culture in Malaysia. How common are drugs at raves? Are drugs essential to the rave experience? Will banning future raves reduce drug use among young […]
By VIVIENNE WONG alltherage@thestar.com.my LIKE most of the people at the last rave party he went to, Piaget Wong, 24, was there to listen to some good music and have a good time with his friends. But in the middle of the party, a guy approached him out of nowhere, brazenly asking him to sell […]
By CHRISTINE CHEAH alltherage@thestar.com.my SHE has been the subject of a story by Time magazine, and touted by the New York Times as one of the pioneers of Asian women in the brutal, male-dominated world of mixed martial arts (MMA). And yet, Ann Osman’s professional MMA career is only just getting started. The 27-year-old Kota […]
By ANN-MARIE KHOR brats@thestar.com.my IN an era where our most mundane thoughts can be tweeted or turned into Facebook statuses, you’ve probably come across a bunch of thinkpieces written about our modern dependency on social media. Being a social media addict myself, I’m not one to judge. Yes, I, too, am guilty of posting the […]
By CASSANDRA YEOH and HEMALA KANAGARETHINAM brats@thestar.com.my IT’S always nice when we meet someone at one of our assignments and find out that he or she is also a member of the BRATs family. But when that person happens to be doing something good for the community, and goes by the name of Altimet, it […]