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THE final BRATs workshop of the year will be held on August 14-17, and you can still be a part of it! This time, we’ll be taking the 40 successful applicants (aged 16-19) for awesome field assignments all around Penang. And with the help of editors, journalists, photographers and videographers from The Star, you will […]
By TAKAMASA SAKURAI TSUBASA Maeda, 25, and her younger sister Mamu, 20, yearned to be involved in the fashion industry from a young age. Now, the sisters are pioneers in importing Japanese trends overseas. Together, they operate Chu Chu, a boutique selling Lolita-style clothing they design at a shopping mall in Bangkok. Mamu has lived […]
We know balloons are decorative items used to colour up occasions. To many people, they represent happiness.
By LARA FARRAR FOR two days, Rocky had been playing video games in the tiny apartment he shares with three other men in Shanghai, a city of 23 million. He left only once, to buy food. The games “help me relax”, he said. “It helps me escape. I feel so tired.” In June, the 32-year-old […]
By SHARMILA NAIR alltherage@thestar.com.my YES, the #royalbaby is here and the whole world is going crazy over the latest addition to the British royal family. Anyway, royal baby or not, nothing is going to stop the celebrities from clamouring for their spot in the limelight and here’s what some of the famous ladies have been […]
By IAN YEE alltherage@thestar.com.my DURING my first few months as a journalist, I wrote probably the dumbest article of my life. Coming from me, I suppose that’s saying quite a lot about that piece. It was about the Here In My Home music video, which local singer-songwriter Pete Teo had put together with some well-known […]
By KEVIN TAN, CHRISTINE CHEAH and DENIELLE LEONG alltherage@thestar.com.my FOR some young Malaysians, Ramadan isn’t just a time for spiritual reflection – it’s also a time to share their food with others. More and more young people are setting up stalls at Ramadan bazaars to share their culinary creations – which range from traditional fare […]
By EDRIE AZRIFF CHEERLEADING is all about never giving up, and giving your best in everything you do. Some people think it’s just an activity for “popular” girls and effeminate boys, but no. It’s about passion, putting your heart and soul into training and pushing your limits for almost an entire year, all to perform […]
Story and photos by JASON LIOH alltherage@thestar.com.my IT’S not just the Singaporeans who are going crazy over collectible toys. Some Malaysians have been pretty gung-ho over the Despicable Me “minions” you get with your Happy Meal. But instead of just buying it, playing with it and then dumping it once the craze is over, why […]
Story, photos and video by ANDRIAN TAM brats@thestar.com.my Not many people know this, but Malaysia is home to a pretty active beatboxing scene. The problem, though, is that most of the beatboxers are scattered all over the country, something which BeatNation hopes to fix. “The idea of BeatNation was to create a community of beatboxers […]