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By CHRISTINE CHEAH alltherage@thestar.com.my JOANNE Yew is a lovely girl, that’s what you’d have felt after watching Malaysia’s highest grossing movie of all time, The Journey. In person, she is no different; the same sweet and sentimental lass, with less of a British accent, of course. “You might see me all pretty and prim, with […]
By JAYDEE LOK alltherage@thestar.com.my TELL me if you love someone,” sang British singer-songwriter Lucy Rose Parton (best known as Lucy Rose) when she kicked off her gig at The Bee, Publika in Kuala Lumpur last Thursday with her song Lines. Love is a recurring theme when it comes to the 24-year-old’s music, which is ironic […]
The haze is pretty much an annual problem here in Malaysia, due mostly to forest fires in Indonesia during the dry season (May-September). That’s when the air pollutant index (or API, rather ironically) readings become important for people to understand what precautions need to be taken. How is API measured? Since 1989, Malaysia’s API has […]
By CHRISTINE CHEAH alltherage@thestar.com.my IF you have watched The Journey, you’d remember the old tree at the Chinese primary school or the scenic vegetable terraces of Cameron Highlands. They were quaint, picture-perfect scenes, but securing these locations for shooting was an arduous task. Besides the pretty Joanne Yew, we also spoke to two members of […]
Planning to do something fun/crazy/silly with your friends? Here are a few recommendations from us. Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta WE don’t know about you folks, but after watching Disney’s Up in 2009, all we’ve wanted to do is attach a thousand balloons to our houses and fly away to Paradise Falls. Clearly that’s […]
By CARLOS RUBEN DOURADO brats@thestar.com.my RY-ANN Lim, 20, first pitched her idea of building homes for orang asli communities during a SEALNet (Southeast Asian Leaders Network) conference held in Singapore last June. Her idea caught the attention of the organisers who then flew her to Boston, the United States, for another conference where she further […]
By LIM MAY LEE alltherage@thestar.com.my Here are a few other top female MMA fighters you should know. Ronda Jean Rousey a.k.a. “Rowdy” She has won all nine matches in her professional MMA career so far, and is ranked as the top female bantamweight fighter, so yeah, Rousey definitely deserves a spot on this list. Before […]
LOVE reading R.AGE? Now you get to listen to it too! We’ve got a brand spankin’ new podcast hosted by our very own JayDee Lok and Jeremy Teo, who also hosts the Red Rave on Red FM (104.9FM in the Klang Valley) every weekday from 10am-2pm. Join them every week as they talk about anything […]
By CHRISTINE CHEAH alltherage@thestar.com.my JOHAN Mahmood Merican, the CEO of TalentCorp Malaysia, is a geek. While he was giving R.AGE a tour of his office last week, he just couldn’t resist showing off all the Star Wars, Star Trek and Lord Of The Rings posters hung around the place – many of which he bought […]