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Niki Cheong – Digital culture commentator CHEONG joined BRATs in 1995 and returned in subsequent years to help out with the programme. He participated in the first year-end expedition trip which took him and 30 fellow BRATs rafting down Sungai Perak in Perak. Since then, Cheong has become a prominent digital media personality and journalist […]
By MELLY LING alltherage@thestar.com.my IN 2010, Paramore fans all around the world were devastated to hear that two of the American rock band’s founding members, Josh and Zac Farro, were leaving the group. That decision simply spelt death to one of the coolest rock bands to grace the music world. Lead singer, Hayley Williams, […]
By ESTHER WONG alltherage@thestar.com.my EVER wondered what teenagers talk about behind closed doors? Well online show You Don’t Say…, produced by SwitchUp.TV, hopes to give you a bit of an idea. Hosted by radio personality Xandria Ooi, the monthly talk show discusses generation gap issues that young people face with adults today. And the panelists […]
By CHRISTINE CHEAH alltherage@thestar.com.my IT is the modern-day Hollywood love story. Boy meets a girl, they fall in love and three months later the girl finds herself pregnant. Undeterred, they decide to tie the knot, and they live happily ever after. Alas, in the real world, shotgun weddings – where a couple gets married because […]
By MELLY LING alltherage@thestar.com.my In 2010, Paramore fans all around the world were devastated to hear that two of the American rock band’s founding members, Josh and Zac Farro, were leaving the group. That decision simply spelt the death of one of the coolest rock bands out there. Lead singer, Hayley Williams, however promised that […]
When it comes to Christmas or birthdays, most of us would rather just splurge some cash on presents. Kricia Bong, 24, however, has been hand-making notebooks for her friends ever since she was in secondary school.
By MELLY LING alltherage@thestar.com.my DENESH Ratnam has been part of the Thaipusam celebration at the Waterfall Road in Penang since he was a young boy. His father used to take him to the Lord Murugan temple atop the hill during Thaipusam. Denesh remembers the yearly pilgrimage as an event that he and his siblings would […]
Mohd Jayzuan said despite Projek Rabak being based in Ipoh, he’d love to see more faces from around the country. “We’ve had people coming in from Kuala Lumpur, Johor Baru and even Penang to be part of Projek Rabak’s events,” he said. If you would like to be a part of Projek Rabak and the […]
By CHRISTINE CHEAH alltherage@thestar.com.my IF you think learning to dance through YouTube won’t get you anywhere, think again because Penangite Teh Pitt Den, 24, did just that and won the Gatsby Dance Competition Malaysia Finals last Saturday. Teh was one of ten finalists competing at the fifth edition of the annual event, held this year […]
By ANGELIN YEOH alltherage@thestar.com.my AT an unassuming shop lot in Ipoh, Perak, one floor above a Hainan chicken rice shop, an artistic movement is taking place. Just recently, some 60 youngsters were gathered there for a learning session with renowned filmmaker Dain Said, director of the critically acclaimed Bunohan. “Dain told me he didn’t expect […]