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By AILEEN LOO brats@thestar.com.my MANY concert-goers were left disappointed when news broke that day three of Future Music Festival Asia (FMFA) 2014 was to be cancelled due to the untimely deaths of six youths from drug overdose. Frustrated and exasperated tweets, status updates and posts flooded social media sites when ticket-holders found out mere hours […]
By ANN-MARIE KHOR brats@thestar.com.my IN an era where our most mundane thoughts can be tweeted or turned into Facebook statuses, you’ve probably come across a bunch of thinkpieces written about our modern dependency on social media. Being a social media addict myself, I’m not one to judge. Yes, I, too, am guilty of posting the […]
By CASSANDRA YEOH and HEMALA KANAGARETHINAM brats@thestar.com.my IT’S always nice when we meet someone at one of our assignments and find out that he or she is also a member of the BRATs family. But when that person happens to be doing something good for the community, and goes by the name of Altimet, it […]
By DENIELLE LEONG brats@thestar.com.my OVER the years at BRATs, we’ve received loads of opportunities for once-in-a-lifetime experiences. We’ve had backstage access to musical events, exclusive interviews with celebrities, a tour of a British warship and even the chance to operate a flight simulator – all in the name of journalism. But nothing tops winning an […]
By NURFAATIHAH NORHAZI brats@thestar.com.my Photos by KELVIN YEE FORGET Twitter rants, Facebook posts the length of an essay and Instagram pictures captioned with entire songs. A group of five students from the International School of Kuala Lumpur has come up with a much better way for young people to speak out and express themselves. On […]
By MISTIKA IDRIS brats@thestar.com.my IN this day and age, everything happens so quickly. It is a time when we are all consumed by the myriad of technology and information available at our fingertips. Communication is faster and easier than ever, especially with smart phones that are smarter than ourselves. It is not abnormal to see […]
By DANIEL SUBRAMANIAM brats@thestar.com.my THERE are a lot of things for young couples to worry about: planning romantic dates on a student’s budget, balancing study time and couple time, and the endless nightmares that come with trying to coordinate the perfect matching outfits. Jokes aside, for mixed race couples, there can be larger issues to […]
By CHOW QIAN YING and TAN JEN LI Photos by TAN JEN LI, CHOW QIAN YING and MELISSA ONG brats@thestar.com.my ONE common piece of advice many successful business people give their younger counterparts is to always think big. And that is exactly the lesson the aspiring young entrepreneurs at the recent National Youth Entrepreneurship Weekend […]
By DENIELLE LEONG brats@thestar.com.my MOST of you are probably wondering: what happens after the four-day, three-night BRATs workshops? You put your newly-acquired journalistic skills to the test, of course! BRATs isn’t just a one-off thing – once you’re a BRAT, you’re a BRAT for life; and it’s not a bad thing, honestly. So you can […]
By CARLOS RUBEN DOURADO brats@thestar.com.my I HAVE been driving for over a year now and to be honest, it has been one heck of a roller coaster ride. I was recently involved in an accident and the experience has, without a doubt, taught me how to be more defensive on the road – especially when […]