Get Personal: CheeChingy
When blogger/illustrator Chong Chee Ching wanted to take up a design course in university, her father was pretty much against it.
Writers’ Block: Changing the mindset
By TRECIA TAN SHU HUI Taylor’s University Bachelor of Mass Communication PEOPLE are always complaining about how the education system is a failure and it needs to be reformed. There is no doubt that it has its flaws, like everything else that exists in this world, but is it really just the fault of […]
Wait for it
According to International Medical University (IMU) associate dean and consultant psychiatrist Professor Dr. Philip George, age clubbing and drinking age restrictions are in place to protect youths from becoming dependent on alcohol later in life. “Teenagers need to learn to deal with stress and life situations without depending on substances like alcohol. If they are […]
Dress Code: The biting myth
By VIVY YUSOF alltherage@thestar.com.my THE last person you’d expect lie to you is your mother. “Of course you will grow taller, sweetheart,” my mom would say, with sympathetic eyes followed by some loving hair-stroking. It’s been years since, and I am still seeing the world at the same level I did. So I found […]
Get Personal: Jean Chua
25-year old professional golfer, Jean Chua has been a professional golfer since 2009, and in May this year, she was Malaysia’s top-ranked woman golfer.
Korean invasion
By NATASHA IMAN alltherage@thestar.com.my AS a die-hard Hallyu wave fan (loving anything and everything Korean), I had spent many nights pondering about how I would be able to “manage” myself once I move to Tokyo, Japan to further my studies. I was worried about many things – my fluency (or lack thereof) in Japanese; living […]
Last week’s tag: #sexEd
YOUNG people are learning about sex – but where are they getting proper information when it comes to the birds and the bees? Are they getting the oh-so-important “talk” from adults such as their parents and teachers or are they turning to other source of information? The Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) […]
Battle of the beats
By SERENE LING alltherage@thestar.com.my Anyone who’s ever watched some of the young beatboxers from BeatNation perform cannot possibly deny their skills and passion for what they do. Founded in August 2011, BeatNation is the brainchild of two budding entrepreneurs, Cody Foo, 20, and Lau Soong Huey, 21. Better known as DJ Coex and ABeatC […]