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By JAYDEE LOK alltherage@thestar.com.my WHEN I think of happiness, it’s a vision of me on my couch, my kid running around and I’m eating pizza. That makes me happy. That’s my favourite thing to do. The thing is, it’s so uncool that I haven’t said it until right now,” said drummer Mark O’Connell of Taking […]
By DENIELLE LEONG brats@thestar.com.my OVER the years at BRATs, we’ve received loads of opportunities for once-in-a-lifetime experiences. We’ve had backstage access to musical events, exclusive interviews with celebrities, a tour of a British warship and even the chance to operate a flight simulator – all in the name of journalism. But nothing tops winning an […]
By NURFAATIHAH NORHAZI brats@thestar.com.my Photos by KELVIN YEE FORGET Twitter rants, Facebook posts the length of an essay and Instagram pictures captioned with entire songs. A group of five students from the International School of Kuala Lumpur has come up with a much better way for young people to speak out and express themselves. On […]
Some are calling it the dawn of the second Cold War – and they just might be right. Russia is in a tense stand-off with pretty much every major Western power now over its attempt to increase its geo-political might by unifying former Soviet states, starting with Ukraine. Here are some things you need to […]
By MISTIKA IDRIS brats@thestar.com.my IN this day and age, everything happens so quickly. It is a time when we are all consumed by the myriad of technology and information available at our fingertips. Communication is faster and easier than ever, especially with smart phones that are smarter than ourselves. It is not abnormal to see […]
By RON J. BACKUS alltherage@thestar.com.my IGNACIO Dean Mouliaá currently owns two pairs of trousers – and he’s walked 14,000km in them. Now, those are what you call travelling pants. Mouliaá, known as Nacho to his friends, is a Spanish national who began his walk on March 21, 2013, from the Sun Square in Madrid, Spain. […]
By DANIEL SUBRAMANIAM brats@thestar.com.my THERE are a lot of things for young couples to worry about: planning romantic dates on a student’s budget, balancing study time and couple time, and the endless nightmares that come with trying to coordinate the perfect matching outfits. Jokes aside, for mixed race couples, there can be larger issues to […]
By IAN YEE alltherage@thestar.com.my IN a few years, Putrajaya will be the youth jazz capital of the world. Well, at least that’s the plan of Datuk Nik A. Azmi, founder of the World Youth Jazz Fest (WYJF). “It’s an ambitious plan, we know, but we will keep working at it whether it happens or not,” […]
By CHRISTINE CHEAH and RON J. BACKUS alltherage@thestar.com.my FORGET roses. Forget pick-up lines. Forget strategically hanging around a club hoping for a pull. There’s a far quicker way for young people to hook up these days, and it might just spell the death of traditional romance – or worse, create a new, unhealthy relationship paradigm […]
SOME are calling it the most dramatic page in Ukraine’s history. The capital, Kiev, has been the scene of some of the most dramatic protests in recent history, leading to over 100 deaths before the masses were finally able to oust controversial president Victor Yanukovych. Where did this come from? In Nov 2013, the […]