Get Personal: Nadhira Nishaa
Before Nadhira Nishaa got her break as a pop/R&B artiste, she was just another person working up the corporate ladder.
Last week’s tag: #Vegetarianism
Vegetarianism might seem like just another one of those diet fads to most of us, but in Malaysia, some young people are really getting into it – and very much for the right reasons. It’s not because they want to lose weight, and it’s not because PETA’s (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) tactics […]
Dodge this!
By PHYLLIS HO alltherage@thestar.com.my THE atmosphere was electric at the concourse area of The Summit Subang, Selangor last weekend, as students from different universities and colleges battled it out for the coveted title of Campus Dodgeball League (CDL) champions. The dodgeball competition – exclusively for institutions of higher learning – saw nine top university […]
Young vegans
By KEVIN TAN and PHYLLIS HO These days, going vegetarian or vegan isn’t just a health consideration or religious practice. It is a lifestyle statement, a philosophy, a way of life. Thanks to the countless pop culture references to veganism, like Brandon Routh’s vegan supervillain in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and the eye-catching viral […]
Last week’s tag: #Depression
ONE mother’s quest to help depressed teenagers find hope before they resort to suicide inspired our cover story last week on #depression. Dr. Florance Sinniah’s “Know the SIGN” campaign has been providing talks, depression screenings and volunteer counsellors to schools in Penang and Kedah; helping students realise they are not alone in feeling depressed or […]
Get personal: Quek Shio Chuan
Did you know that some people have the ability to instantly identify or sing any given musical note without any point of reference? That ability is called “perfect pitch”, and it’s something that film director Quek Shio Chuan does not possess.
For the youth, by the youth
For the youth, by the youth By SARENRAJ RAJENDRAN, MARCUS HENG and LIM JIE SHENG alltherage@thestar.com.my On a Sunday morning when most of us would have just remained under the sheets for a few extra hours, thousands of energetic young people flooded the Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall, Petaling Jaya on Malaysia Day to […]
Get Personal: Ze!
When Sarah Zainal was a teenager, she never really bothered with fashion. Now that she’s 29 and a successful electro-pop singer-songwriter who goes by the name Ze!, well, the picture here pretty much speaks for itself.
Writers’ Block: The silent killer
By CARMEN KHOR Sunway University Degree in Mass Communication STRESS is not an alien term to anyone. As teenagers, we often put up with stress on a daily basis. I remembered how my mom used to tell me without hesitating to repeat it over and over again: “Those days, we could not even afford […]
Signs of suicide
By CHRISTINA CHIN sgchris@thestar.com.my Two months ago, it was reported that suicide rates were on the rise in Malaysia. Now that statistic might not seem particularly relevant or alarming to most young people, maybe this one will – according to Dr Florance Sinniah, suicide is the second leading cause of death among Malaysians aged 12 […]