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When Lee Ee Vee and Tee May Yee started their home ice-cream business, it was just the two of them, a small ice-cream machine and a whole lot of manual labour. Now, three years later and with their brand The Last Polka a favourite in the independent food business community, things are still very much […]
By NASA MARIA ENTABAN alltherage@thestar.com.my WHILE most of their peers were taking a break from university during the month-long semester holidays, 550 Aiesec members used this time to get together and learn the inner workings of the business world. The “Youth to Business” forum was part of Aiesec’s week-long annual national conference, held this year […]
Young people have the innate ability to look at the world in different views. This is why Sunway University College wants young people to allow others a sneak peek into how their minds work and how they perceive the things around them. The university’s department of performance and media is currently organising a Not Quite […]
By NASA MARIA ENTABAN alltherage@thestar.com.my SIVARAJAN Gunarajan used to be obese. When he was 19, he weighed 101kg, ate whatever he wanted and never exercised. Over the past three years, however, he shed all his excess weight, won the title of Mr Malaysia Top Model 2010 and adopted healthy eating habits. Here’s the clincher: Siva, […]
By SHARMILA NAIR alltherage@thestar.com.my CHILDREN’S rights is not a topic that most young people talk about. They find it boring as it can get very technical and involves terms and jargons they are unfamiliar with. However, children’s rights is one topic that everyone, especially young people, has to keep on talking about no matter how […]
How many teenage tennis players can say that they will be playing in the same tournament with the likes of Venus Williams, Jelena Dokic, Marion Bartoli, and many other international tennis stars? Well, 16-year-old Choo Lyn Yuen can.
Fast-food restaurant Nando’s came up with a “punchy” advertisement poster last week that was on high circulation on social media. The poster, which came with the headline “We’re good at punchlines, not punches”, was obviously referring to the recent KFC punch-up. If there was any doubt that the advertisement was directed at their rival chicken-serving […]
THERE was a time when “sarong” was the go-to outfit for many folks before it was ditched for pants, skirts and worse, the uncomfortably tight skinny jeans. Now, the time has come for everyone to make a statement. A fashion statement. RandomAlphabets (RA) is inviting you to drop your pants and pull up a sarong […]
By DAVID LIAN alltherage@thestar.com.my I AM a sucker for shiny new social networks that require a special invitation to get in. So, when news of something called Pinterest started going around, I knew that I had to get on it. Now, you’re probably thinking: “Ugh, not another social network!”. Well, you do have a point, […]
The Future Problem Solving Program Malaysia (FPSPM) is organising several exciting programmes that would give you excellent tips on problem solving. Educational institutions worldwide are faced with the dilemma of either producing merely academically excellent students or creating students who can think effectively or independently. Given this scenario, students should be provided with a variety […]