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By SARA KHONG brats@thestar.com.my WHAT happens when you put a tech-savvy Gen-Y girl who cannot cook in the kitchen? She hacks recipes and kitchen tools! In the social media generation, “hack” doesn’t mean to chop something up repeatedly. According to Internet nomenclature, it either means like hacking a computer, or more recently, finding shortcuts to […]
By JAYDEE LOK alltherage@thestar.com.my WITH seven stages, 50 music acts, a silent disco, a cabaret, a film tent, countless pieces of artwork and a whole lot of pizza, it’s hard not have a great time at the recent Clockenflap Festival in Hong Kong. The only question is: how do you experience everything that the festival […]
By SHERRINDER KAUR brats@thestar.com.my TO many people, football is a beautiful game, while to some, it’s just 22 people chasing a ball around. But on the eve of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Annual Awards night, football proved to be so much more than a game. The AFC, in partnership with the Asian Football Development […]
By SHARMILA NAIR alltherage@thestar.com.my WHAT is the craziest thing you would do in the name of charity? Well, TV personality Hansen Lee conducted an auction in a freezing cold venue … with his t-shirt off. Of course, none of the audience member at Twestival KL complained. Have you seen Hansen’s ripped body? It’s amazing. Anyway, […]
By VIVIENNE WONG alltherage@thestar.com.my NILE Rodgers was one of the most sought after producers of the 80s and 90s, having received love calls from iconic artistes such as Madonna, David Bowie, Diana Ross, Duran Duran and Michael Jackson. But this has been a good year for Rodgers, especially after he worked with French electro act […]
By MELISSA ONG brats@thestar.com.my I was shocked to read the news of the three-year incestuous relationship between the father and daughter that made headlines recently. The part that worried me most was when she admitted to being a willing partner and that her father paid her for each intercourse. The first thing that […]
By CARLOS RUBEN DOURADO and TAN JEN LI Photos by MELISSA ONG brats@thestar.com.my ONE passionate Teach For Malaysia (TFM) fellow and a group of IACT College students was all it took to give the students of SMK Tengku Idris Shah, Kapar, Selangor completely refurbished classrooms – and a much more conducive learning environment. TFM fellow […]
They say Twitter is all about meaningless posts about what you had for lunch. Try telling that to the social media influencers behind Twestival KL. Since it was first held in 2009, the annual gathering of Twitterers (which is part of the global Twestival movement) has been raising funds for good causes using the power […]
By SHARMILA NAIR alltherage@thestar.com.my Rizal (not his real name) has been sexually active since he was 19. He has had multiple partners and it was only two years ago that he learned about the condom and its use in preventing sexually transmitted diseases. By then, he had already been diagnosed as HIV positive. “I have […]
By KEVIN TAN alltherage@thestar.com.my JUST because he looked a little different from his classmates, Timothy Tiah, 29, co-founder of social advertising giant Nuffnang, was constantly teased back when he was in secondary school. Tiah was diagnosed with ptosis, a condition that causes a person’s eyelid to droop or fall completely, at an early age. As […]
By AILEEN LOO brats@thestar.com.my IT’S the holiday season again! Whether you’re in secondary school and have just completed your end-of-term exams, or studying for a degree in university, I’m sure you’ve all been looking forward to this for a long time now. You would probably have spent the last few months fantasising about your holiday […]