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FOR most of us girls in Malaysia, bras are a necessity. But in places like Laos, Nepal and Cambodia, they’re a luxury. Those were the words of Nicole Lee, 18, the official coordinator of Uplift Malaysia. The Uplift Project was originally founded by Australian Liz Baker in 2005 and since then, they have distributed over […]
SEVEN-year-old Ciaran Wong donned a pair of Harry Potter glasses, sleek body armour and uniform, anticipating an intense battle ahead. Except, it wasn’t a wand he was going to be picking up – but an ice hockey stick. Ice hockey was once a sport Malaysians mainly saw on-screen. After all, there’s no snow in this […]
Inspired by the #YesAllWomen campaign, we asked Malaysians to share how #AllMalaysianWomen have endured sexism.
SPEAKING to Malaysian Dogs Deserve Better (MDDB) founder Wani Muthiah and Malaysia Independent Animal Rescue (MIAR) president T. Puspa Rani, you get the sense that they’re battle-weary, yet hopeful. Wani said: “Things have been improving from generation to generation. My generation, people in their 50s, many still think dogs should just be tied up outside […]
IF you’re tired of just sharing photos of animal abuse and wanna do something more, animal rescuer Darshana Chellaiah says it’s really not that hard to start your own independent animal rescue group. “It doesn’t have to be (starting) an NGO. You can just start small with your local community. Start a Facebook group and […]
Malaysian youth are helping to turn the tide in the fight against animal abuse in the country, thanks to their savvy use of social media.
PETE McLeod has always been the youngest pilot throughout his flying career. In fact, he was the youngest rookie pilot when he made his debut at the 2009 Red Bull Air Race World Championship. Now, the 30-year-old Canadian is still the youngest to race, though competing in the Master Class category this time around. […]
IT’S never easy articulating personal problems, but the final year students of Diploma in Performing Arts at Sunway University have found a novel and artistic way of doing so. They’ve chosen to address serious issues like sexuality comfort, interracial relationships and the physical abuse of women in their upcoming production, Tic-Tac-Toe. Being in an industry that […]
NEW local reality talent competition, The BAND, has been under considerable scrutiny since it hit the small screen this year. In part, that’s due to its unique format – one that is expected to challenge the more conventional mechanics of its peers. The BAND, in its pilot season, has an incongruous mix of America’s Next […]
The latest voice on Capital FM, Ashley Chan has danced, sung and talked her way through plenty – including a wrecked dream.
LAST weekend’s Putrajaya Youth Festival 2014 was one epic event, occupying almost the entire main city area of the administrative capital. With activities and events at every corner throughout the three-day event (which started on Friday), the festival was divided into four zones for easier navigation. And still we managed to get ourselves lost several […]
By CARLOS RUBEN DOURADO Photos by DAROLD WONG brats@thestar.com.my GROWING up in a family of actresses, it seemed only a matter of time before 20-year-old Sharifah Aleysha got into acting herself. But despite being the younger sister of actresses Sharifah Amani and Sharifah Aleya – and the daughter of veteran actress Fatimah Abu Bakar – […]
By VIVIENNE WONG alltherage@thestar.com.my THOUSANDS of zombie jokes were hurled at him and he suffered the ignominy of being shot down by almost every corporate, fitness and telco company in town. It sure wasn’t an easy start for Charanpirabu Mayachandrapirapu, better known as ChaCha Charan, when he pitched the idea for a zombie run in […]
By LIM MAY LEE alltherage@thestar.com.my WHEN asked about his previous job as a newsreader on Astro Awani, Ahmad Faris said with a laugh: ”I had seven suits, one for each day of the week!” Faris, 28, has since banished the suits from his daily wardrobe, grown a beard (#hipster) and is now the creative […]
By ROXANNE LOW brats@thestar.com.my “WE are a generation of idiots, smart phones, and dumb people, too busy looking down at an invention that we miss out on beautiful things.” That’s a line from a video titled Look Up, which was uploaded (ironically) to YouTube by British writer and director Gary Turk. In the three weeks […]