All our stories, in chronological order
It is not easy to get a hold of Astra-Imelda Elizabeth Yapp for she is one heck of a busy woman. As a media and entertainment producer for a local production house, Astra is always on the move – and that’s how she likes it.
By SHARMILA NAIR alltherage@thestar.com.my SOFIA Ong doesn’t believe in keeping quiet, especially when she has something important to say. The A-Levels student has always been a firm believer in speaking up and encouraging others to voice out their opinions as well. Right now, Sofia is lending her voice to empower not only herself, but other […]
TO HELP the fight against corruption, there are two things you need to do: 1) Stop paying bribes. 2) Report anyone who solicits a bribe from you. The Performance Management & Delivery Unit (Pemandu) has set up an anti-corruption hotline – 1800-88-6000 – for people to report cases, and Ravindran Devagunam, the anti-corruption National Key […]
Last week’s tag : #stpm The Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia (STPM) examination is notorious for being tough to ace, and with so many other pre-university options available to today’s school leaver, few choose to take on Form Six. Last week’s cover story was all about the STPM – we spoke to several youths who have […]
By SHARMILA NAIR alltherage@thestar.com.my LAST week we asked you to tell us the things you have on your bucket list … which hopefully you’d complete by the end of this year – you know, just in case the world ends. And guess what? You guys sure do have a lot of things you want to […]
BRATs the good people Sunway Pyramid in sprucing up a charitable home. Chinese New Year is always a joyous occasion, there is no doubt about that. However, it’s not solely about showing off our new clothes or comparing how much ang pow money we receive. While most of us have a family that we can […]
By IAN YEE alltherage@thestar.com.my THE first thing that happened when Felix went for his driving lessons was not what he expected. Before he got any driving tips, any reassurances that he’d be fine or even any lecture on the importance of being responsible on the road, he was asked if he wanted to pay extra […]
Let’s face it – traditional music isn’t the most popular genre with young Malaysians. There are a million other genres they’d listen to these days before they go for traditional stuff. A group of five young university students, however, are hoping to change that mindset, and help a few tribal villages along the way. SonarTribal […]
Our cover story last week was on – surprise, surprise – New Year resolutions. Well, actually, it was mostly on the problem with New Year resolutions, and why they never ever seem to work. The professional life coach we interviewed gave us a few good reasons why, but the main one was that young people […]
By NASA MARIA ENTABAN alltherage@thestar.com.my MOST people don’t realise that a good sound system and high quality equipment play a big part in making a band’s stage performance top notch. The quality of acoustics at a venue has a huge bearing on whether a band comes off sounding terrible or not, even if they are […]
By NASA MARIA ENTABAN alltherage@thestar.com.my THERE were only 10 people in Jasmine Abdullah’s sixth form class at SMK Taman SEA in Petaling Jaya, Selangor – everyone else had left to pursue their studies elsewhere. There was a time when taking the Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran Malaysia (STPM) examinations was the only way to get into local […]
There are a few things that truly bring the year to a spectacular close on the K-pop scene. Apart from anticipating the arrival of more rookie groups and album releases, the year-end brings with it special music programmes such as the KBS and SBS Gayo Daejeon shows. These programmes often feature a string of performances […]
JUST last week, Vinton Cerf got the interwebs abuzz with his article in the New York Times titled “The Internet is not a human right”. Besides the sensational headline, the article was also fascinating because Cerf is one of the original architects of the Internet, back when it was used by only the military. I’m […]
Most people would know him as the guy who played the lead character in …Dalam Botol, but who is Arja Lee, really?
By NASA MARIA ENTABAN alltherage@thestar.com.my Over the past few years, social networking has become a huge part of just about everyone’s lives. You can put your whole life on Facebook – from your daily activities to your work, and even what, or who, you love. It was this element of social media that 31-year-old filmmaker […]