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By CHRISTINE CHEAH alltherage@thestar.com.my MALAYSIAN mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Ann Osman might be making headlines the world over with her fledgling yet eye-catching career recently, but the truth is, the sport has been growing slowly but surely over the past few years now. In fact, there is an increasing number of young people who […]
Story and photos by DENIELLE LEONG brats@thestar.com.my LOVERS of the arts and budding performers can rejoice at the installation of new endeavour TheatreThreeSixty. Founded by Christopher Ling, Alex Chua, Nandang Abdul Rahman and Nicole Ann Thomas, this spanking new performing arts company promises to ramp up the excitement in the local scene. Ling revealed that […]
From albums to musicals, the singer-songwriter’s life has simply been a musical journey.
Stories by VIVIENNE WONG alltherage@thestar.com.my FOR many, Disney World in Florida, the United States is “the happiest place on earth” – and it’s particularly true for the five cheerleaders of Team Malaysia because it’s the venue for this year’s International Cheer Union (ICU) World Cheerleading Championships. The girls – Theng Kai Yee, 17, Yap Kah […]
By JC LAM alltherage@thestar.com.my THERE is always something new to learn from kids. Last Friday, nine Burmese children and 16 young international students demonstrated that showing their appreciation to Malaysia, their host country, need not be all flashy and fancy. Instead, all it takes is a little community cleaning. The host of the community project, […]
Imagine hunting for sharks. Now thinking bigger – think whales. Whaling is the act of hunting whales (duh!) for their meat and oil. While the practice has been recorded as far back as 5,000 years ago, industrial whaling only began somewhere in the 17th century, leading to competitive national whaling industries in the 18th and […]
IMAGINE getting professional help (not that kind) to write your own theatre play, and then have it performed in a public read – by professional actors – at the 2014 George Town Festival in Penang directed by the award-winning Claire Wong! Well, thanks to the Islands and Cities: A Penang/Singapore Youth Playwriting Immersion Workshop project, […]
By VIVIENNE WONG alltherage@thestar.com.my WHAT started out as a Global Perspectives class project, eventually became Alyssa Choo’s ticket to the 2014 THIMUN Qatar Northwestern University Film Competition after the 15-year-old Malaysian student – studying in Singapore’s United World College Of South East Asia – discovered that her video, The Technological Trail, was nominated alongside four […]
By LIM MAY LEE alltherage@thestar.com.my YOUTH. Jazz. Not two words you would usually find paired together, but the World Youth Jazz Festival (WYJF) – held on May 2-4 every year – is cultivating a beautiful friendship between young people and the sophisticated sounds of jazz. WYJF, founded by Datuk Nik Azmi, started in 2012 under […]
By LIM MAY LEE alltherage@thestar.com.my YOUTHS here struggle to simply be heard which is probably the consequence of being represented by people who are not quite as youthful as one might hope (the official definition of “youth” in Malaysia is people between 15 and 40 years old). Let’s just say, it’s debatable how clued in […]
By JAYDEE LOK alltherage@thestar.com.my EVER dreamt of getting paid to travel the world to make videos of yourself skating with your friends? If so, you’d be envious of Richie Eisler then. Voted the top blader (or in-line skater) of the year (alongside fellow pro-blader Franky Morales), Eisler stopped by Malaysia last week to flaunt some […]
By SAMUEL LEE alltherage@thestar.com.my WITH the 2014 FIFA World Cup just two months away, sportswear giant Nike decided to hype things up for local young footballers by launching a new challenge in Kuala Lumpur called Winner Stays. Teams participating in the challenge will compete in teams of five, and they will be playing in an […]
By JC LAM alltherage@thestar.com.my SURE, they have collectively amassed millions of viewers and subscribers on their YouTube channels, making each and every one of them celebrities in their own right. But a YouTuber’s path to online stardom is not paved in glitter and gold – especially now. International YouTube stars David Choi, Kina Grannis, Madilyn […]