Super Juniors
WATCH out for the junior teams at this year’s all new Cheer 2013 Junior Division!
East coast adventure
WE’RE back from yet another awesome BRATs workshop! Most of the R.AGE team was in Kuala Terengganu for four days last week facilitating the BRATs Kuala Terengganu 2013 workshop, and we had a great time working with the 40 participants. In case you don’t know, BRATs, The Star’s long-running young journalist programme, is run by […]
Young and free
By CHRISTINE CHEAH alltherage@thestar.com.my BEFORE Abudi Alsagoff, 22 knew what parkour was, he was a nerd who spent most of his time indoors. All his free time was spent reading manga, watching anime, playing online games and hanging out with friends. But all that changed when his friend showed him a parkour video on YouTube […]
Security risks
By CHRISTINE CHEAH alltherage@thestar.com.my WHILE Abudi and his friends were showing some stunt during the photoshoot, they (as well as the photographer and I) were scolded by the security guards for climbing the walls at a park in Setiawangsa, Kuala Lumpur. Abudi, with poise, just calmly said: “Bang, sekejap saje. Shoot last ni.” (Brother, it’s […]
The starting point
By CHRISTINE CHEAH alltherage@thestar.com.my DAVID Belle was one of the restless teenagers who used to run around parks in the suburban neighbourhood in Lisses, France, in the early 1990s. His father Raymond, however, was a rigid soldier, who was well-trained in navigating obstacle courses. If there was anything that David learned from his father back […]
Running free
By CHRISTINE CHEAH alltherage@thestar.com.my A FEW years ago, parkour was nothing but a serious hobby for buddies Abudi Alsagoff, Mohd Amirul Asyraf Zulkifli and Mudabbir Ahmad Ilyas. They hopped over railings like Donkey Kong, jumped over concrete walls like the Mario Brothers and flipped across the playground like carefree teenagers. But when the parkour (also […]
Talking over teh tarik
By KEVIN TAN alltherage@thestar.com.my JUST last Friday, a group of youths gathered together at Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus in Subang Jaya, Selangor, for an open forum for a discussion over a cup of teh tarik. The Teh Tarik Sessions – which are organised by R.AGE and the Government Transformation Programme (GTP) – are a laid-back, […]
Virtual bystanders
By IAN YEE alltherage@thestar.com.my THE reaction on Twitter to Amanda Bynes’ all-too-familiar child star meltdown was as expected – lots of clever remarks, insults and, from her few remaining fans, counter-insults. Having just gone through a whole lot of research on the diffusion of responsibility theory (aka the “bystander effect”) for our cover story last […]
Big debuts
By NATASHA IMAN alltherage@thestar.com.my THE K-pop scene is constantly full of “debuts”. A debut in K-pop marks an act’s first introduction to the public, but it’s not necessarily with a new song or album. It could be a debut at an event, like a public appearance. Sometimes, even the announcement of a new act coming […]
Cheerleader of the week: Danial Syafiq
Muhammad Danial Syafiq Azman, 17 Team Vulcanz Co-Ed, SMK Seafield, Selangor LAST year was a big one for Danial Syafiq. On his first day in SMK Seafield, he decided to sign up for cheerleading, an entirely new sport for him. Later on, he was elected as captain of the school’s new team, Vulcanz Co-Ed, who […]