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By CASSANDRA YEOH brats@thestar.com.my TURN on the tap and the water flows out. Switch on the electricity and there is light. Often times, we use natural resources to help ease our daily lives but have we ever stopped to think about what is happening behind the scene? With global warming, erratic weather conditions and other […]
THE beauty of the Internet is that it is a medium that’s open to everyone, for them to post everything from text to pictures to video. But it’s also becoming one of the biggest problems with the digital sphere. Can we believe anything we read or see on the Internet at all these days? Can […]
The BRATs 2014 programme is officially open for applications – and you could win a trip to Scotland! IN case you haven’t heard, the BRATs young journalist programme is back for another year of awesome workshops and field assignments, and one lucky BRAT will even get a chance to represent Malaysia at the Aye Write! […]
The BRATs 2014 programme is officially open for applications – and you could win a trip to Scotland! THE country’s premier young journalist programme is back for its 21st year, and we’ve got a special, once-in-a-lifetime treat for one lucky applicant – a chance to represent Malaysia at the Aye Write! Future News International Young […]
By JONATHAN DASON brats@thestar.com.my HAVE you ever had that moment where you were about to do something when all of a sudden, something triggers your memory, causing you to pull back and stop what you were doing? The feeling is similar to the kind of fear that envelops some people just before an exam, but […]
Find out how you can join The Star’s amazing young journalist programme! WE’RE back! The BRATs young journalist programme will be launching for the 21st year running, and we’re calling all aspiring writers, photographers and videographers to join us! After an epic 20th anniversary last year, which saw us bring another new batch of BRATs […]
By TAN EE-LAINE brats@thestar.com.my CHINESE New Year is definitely my favourite time of the year because of the massive gatherings and sumptuous dinners that my family has throughout this period. And the red packets, of course. As we all know, on the evening before the first day of the new year, it is a tradition […]
By KULJEET KAUR SIDHU BRAR and CH’NG KHER YEE brats@thestar.com.my IT’S been a roller-coaster ride for four foreign students who have been staying in Malaysia for six months now through an exchange programme organised by AFS Yayasan Antarabudaya Malaysia. Seventeen-year-old Roberto Colzani, who hails from Italy, revealed that some of his friends teased him about […]