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By CARMEN KHOR Sunway University Degree in Mass Communication STRESS is not an alien term to anyone. As teenagers, we often put up with stress on a daily basis. I remembered how my mom used to tell me without hesitating to repeat it over and over again: “Those days, we could not even afford […]
By CHRISTINA CHIN sgchris@thestar.com.my Two months ago, it was reported that suicide rates were on the rise in Malaysia. Now that statistic might not seem particularly relevant or alarming to most young people, maybe this one will – according to Dr Florance Sinniah, suicide is the second leading cause of death among Malaysians aged 12 […]
By CHRISTINA CHIN sgchris@thestar.com.my Befrienders Penang chairman Phillip Saw believes that pressure from parents and teachers to excel academically is behind the increase in suicide cases among young people. “One student I spoke to was very upset that he scored eight A1s and one A2,” said Saw. “There was also a boy whose grandfather told […]
By THAM YING HUI, CAROLYN HAI, V. VISHNU and SHAHRIMAN SHAHRUL alltherage@thestar.com.my All those years of playing Call Of Duty, finally paying off. That’s how some of us BRATs felt as we were getting prepped for our very first Nerf Dart Tag tournament. We were huddled in a corner, loading the velcro-tipped Nerf foam […]
By TRISTAN TOH alltherage@thestar.com.my THE Barclays Premier League season may be in full swing, but football was far from the minds of the hundreds of players vying for supremacy at the Malaysia International Ice Hockey Tournament 2012. Over the course of four days, the Sunway Pyramid ice rink was transformed into a battleground as […]
By ANGELIN YEOH and KEVIN TAN alltherage@thestar.com.my MOST of us would find it difficult to get out of bed in the morning. We‘d be tempted to just turn off the alarm and go back to sleep. But then reality kicks it and before you know it, you’re getting ready for work or school. For Jasmine […]
By KEVIN TAN and ANGELIN YEOH alltherage@thestar.com.my What were your ambitions while growing up? Was it to be a fireman, a doctor, a lawyer, or Batman? Whatever they were, you knew you wanted to be someone great. So, now that you are all grown up, what would you say your dream job is today? Are […]
By KELVIN YEE and PHYLLIS HO alltherage@thestar.com.my DIE-hard fans of Ryan Higa, who goes by his YouTube username Nigahiga, took over the Bentley Music Auditorium in Mutiara Damansara, Selangor last Sunday. Fans swarmed the auditorium as early as possible just to grab the limited passes to meet the Internet sensation. It was a little […]
By ANGELIN YEOH alltherage@thestar.com.my How much do you know about Kuala Lumpur? Other than it’s the capital city of Malaysia and home to some 1.6 million people, the city is apparently alive with budding musicians, upcoming fashion designers and some might say, hipster kids. Kuala Lumpur: It’s Alive attempts to visualise what makes the city […]
Ryan Yee Zhi Jwen may seem like your typical 17-year-old teenager, but there’s nothing ordinary about this top Malaysian ice skater.
Whether you are a student or a businessman, Merdeka unites people from all walks of life because it is when we celebrate the independence of this nation. But as we never fail to celebrate Merdeka in one way or another, do we stop and ask ourselves, what does Merdeka really mean to us? This year […]
By IAN YEE alltherage@thestar.com.my WE’VE had plenty of celebrities and famous personalities walk through the doors of our office at Menara Star, but none have caused quite the same buzz as Olympic heroes Datuk Lee Chong Wei and Pandelela Rinong. They were at our office to receive a cash reward of RM100,000 each from […]
By ROXANNE LOW PAU-LING alltherage@thestar.com.my EXCHANGE student programmes have become quite popular for young Malaysians looking for life challenges and inter-cultural experiences. This year, American Field Service Malaysia (AFS MAS) sent 34 students (including me) on such exchange programmes in various countries. In the last five months I’ve been on this programme in Germany, […]
By DAVID LIAN alltherage@thestar.com.my When I was about nine, a trip to the “Pusat Sumber” (resource centre) in school was a real treat not to be missed. So whenever the teacher asked us to “go outside and line up”, we would hurriedly do so, eagerly awaiting whatever video was about to be shown to […]