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By DENIELLE LEONG brats@thestar.com.my LIKE many singer-songwriters, 20-year-old medical student Lynell Roderica Tong shied away from the idea of performing her original songs. That was until the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLpac) introduced the Song category to their annual Short+Sweet Festival to discover talented songwriters out there – an extension of what KLPac has […]
22-year-old German Jason Paul shares his life and experience as a world-class freerunner who has run across the top of buildings in over 30 cities around the world.
By TRISTAN TOH brats@thestar.com.my THERE are 16,000 kilometres between Buenos Aires and Kuala Lumpur, but yet the tremors caused by the 125th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in the Argentinian capital could be felt back home. Squash was once more snubbed a spot in the Summer Olympic Games lineup, coming up short in votes to […]
By SHARIFAH INTAN alltherage@thestar.com.my A group of teen girls in identical purple T-shirts suddenly broke into a choreographed dance to a Justin Bieber song in front of Pavilion KL. Soon, more people joined the group; boys, girls, young and old were dancing in unison to a cheering crowd. But this was no ordinary flashmob. The […]
By CHRISTINE CHEAH alltherage@thestar.com.my WHILE our Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak was visiting Google’s head office in the United States, touted as the “world’s best workplace”, we at R.AGE got our own Google office tour – right here in Kuala Lumpur. Now you’ve all probably heard how ridiculously awesome Google offices around the […]
The second edition of the Youth Revelation Freestyle Festival 2013 started with a bang with the festival’s highly anticipated competitions – BMX RAMPage and Skate It Up. Both competitions were held at Maju Junction Mall in Kuala Lumpur and saw 92 eager participants from Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, Japan, England and France. Malaysian X-Games athlete […]
By JASON LIOH alltherage@thestar.com.my I LOVE it when my photos have vibrant and bright colours. There is something about the colours that “pop” that brings out the happy and cheerful feeling just by looking at the photograph. However, there are times when too many colours spoil the picture. I am not a big fan of […]
By TRISTAN TOH Photos by BEVERLLEY LIM When a motley crew of expatriates introduced ice hockey to local shores some 15 years ago, little did they know their new tropical digs would stamp its mark on the world stage. Fast forward to the present day and the Malaysia Invitational Ice Hockey Tournament has become one […]
By ANDRIAN TAM brats@thestar.com.my Getting bored easily could be something that’s good, and bad. I love doing a lot of things and trying new things. At the same time, when I get through trying something, I get bored and move on to something else. This is basically where I got my interest in so many […]
By SITI DIANA KAMILA brats@thestar.com.my With the theme I Love Malaysia, around 7,000 kindergarten children contributed to an art exhibition with only their crayons, colour pencils, a blank paper and their innocent minds. Doodle For Unity is an art exhibition organised in conjunction with the Independence Month by Selangor FM with the collaboration of Universiti […]
Despite zero experience in the modelling industry, Malaysian Melissa Th’ng still did us proud by finishing in the top seven of Asia’s Next Top Model (ANTM) earlier this year, in its first cycle.
By KEVIN TAN alltherage@thestar.com.my Azlan Mckechnie, 28, watched a YouTube video showing a few individuals feeding the poor and homeless people on the streets that they live in. Little did he know that the video would not just leave a lasting impression on him but also inspire him to go out and do the same. […]
Follow your heart By ROXANNE LOW brats@thestar.com.my As someone who is stepping into tertiary education, I have been thinking a lot about what I can do to lead a fulfilling life. Unlike most of my peers, I chose a path less taken. After graduating from high school, I joined a student exchange programme in […]
Have you been posting palm oil related photographs on Instagram yet? Well, you better start doing that if you want to win these awesome prizes. Two weekly winners will win RM250 cash each and compete for the grand prize of RM2000 cash, an iPad Mini 32GB, a Samsung Galaxy S3 mini and a digital camera. […]