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By JOSHUA RALPH KAMIJAN, CHIN YU ZHENG and CHING KHER YEE Photos by ABRAHAM HL YOKE brats@thestar.com.my Many of you may have heard the word “parkour” thrown around in conversations. But how many of you actually know what parkour is? Some people might say that parkour is something that exists only in thrilling Hollywood action […]
By AZUREEN SOON and LOI BI LIAN brats@thestar.com.my MTV World Stage was held in Malaysia for the fifth year last weekend and EXO was among the performers. BRATs had the chance to attend an exclusive invite-only group interview with members of EXO, the super rookie K-pop idol group which is divided into EXO-M and EXO-K. […]
By KEVIN TAN alltherage@thestar.com.my Kev Nish, J-Splif, , Prohgress and DJ Virman of Far East Movement had many reasons to be excited about peforming at the MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia last Sunday in Sunway Lagoon, Selangor. “We love the crowd. The energy from the Malaysian is audience is off the hook. The last […]
It is not easy being an everyday hero. The next time you complain about your job – while sipping some fancy coffee in an air-conditioned room, think about those who have it hard. Real hard. As part of #IkonEveryday, a series by R.AGE and the Government Transformation Programme (GTP), our writers had the opportunity to […]
It is not easy being an everyday hero. The next time you complain about your job – while sipping some fancy coffee in an air-conditioned room, think about those who have it hard. Real hard. As part of #IkonEveryday, a series by R.AGE and the Government Transformation Programme (GTP), our writers had the opportunity to […]
It is not easy being an everyday hero. The next time you complain about your job – while sipping some fancy coffee in an air-conditioned room, think about those who have it hard. Real hard. As part of #IkonEveryday, a series by R.AGE and the Government Transformation Programme (GTP), our writers had the opportunity to […]
By IAN YEE alltherage@thestar.com.my When this writer was asked at the immigration counter at London Heathrow airport what he was doing in Britain, he boldly said: “I’m here for the Selena Gomez concert” – and the lady behind the counter actually laughed. Clearly being neither a bopping teenager nor an obligated parent, I wasn’t expected […]
By MARCUS HENG brats@thestar.com.my On campus, some know me as the video guy, while others know me as the aspiring YouTuber. For me, I’d rather be known as Marcus Heng from BRATs. If it hadn’t been for BRATs, that passion for video production would never have been sparked in the first place. And that brings […]
Sim Pojoo’s successful career of making props and designing sets for stage plays, was due to the fact that she took art subjects in secret.
By QISHIN TARIQ alltherage@thestar.com.my After a whole season of preparation, this year’s Theater For Young People (T4YP) ensemble is ready for the big one – Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Billed as “Theatre for young people, by young people”, T4YP was founded in 2008 as a platform for youths between 16 and 25 to try their […]
By SARENRAJ RAJENDRAN Photos by ABEL CHI brats@thestar.com.my It’s not every day you get to watch some of Asia’s best drift racers in action performing their inch-perfect swerving manoeuvers. Well for us BRATs, we got to actually be in the car with those drivers. Last Saturday, Malaysia’s “Price of Drift” Tengku Djan Ley and Japanese […]
The low average starting pay of fresh graduates, increasing house prices and rising cost of living are issues we at R.AGE have written about quite a bit over the years. It really is nothing new. So why is it that Gen-Y kids in Malaysia are constantly getting flak for having it too easy? In […]
KEVIN TAN alltherage@thestar.com.my There is always an anticipation when a band, after a long hiatus, re-groups and goes on tour. Would they still sound the same? Is their new music any good? Do the members still share the same chemistry as when they first started? For those who were asking similar questions when news broke […]
By CHRISTINE CHEAH alltherage@thestar.com.my The first thing Nick Vujicic says to most people he meets is “come give me a hug!” And it’s not because he’s a handsy kinda guy. It’s quite the opposite, actually. The motivational speaker, who has given over 2,000 talks in six continents, was born with tetra-amelia syndrome. He was born […]