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By DANIEL SUBRAMANIAM brats@thestar.com.my IF 2013 was anything to go by, 2014 will see plenty of issues being discussed in the public sphere, be it face-to-face or, more likely than not, on social media. Last year, we saw our newsfeeds flooded with posts ranging from the 13th General Election to the raunchy antics of Miley […]
By CARMEN HONG and ANN-MARIE KHOR Pictures by DAROLD WONG brats@thestar.com.my THROUGH a self-enrichment programme and a mutual love for the arts, four different individuals – who barely knew each other two months ago – came together to make art and give back to the community. The inaugural exhibition, which was held at Wisma Dicklin […]
By ANN-MARIE KHOR and CARLOS RUBEN DOURADO Photos by MELISSA GAZALI brats@thestar.com.my UKULELES, blogshops and social media might sound like an odd combination, but these were the key ingredients of the very first social media fest here in Malaysia. With a ukulele open mic session and over 47 blogshops – each showcasing and promoting their […]
By ROXANNE LOW brats@thestar.com.my OVER the past few weeks, I have heard many discussions about the price hike of goods and services in Malaysia and how it will affect our lives. Well, I don’t blame people for feeling anxious because I believe that it would be a little difficult to adjust our lifestyles accordingly. In […]
By DENIELLE LEONG brats@thestar.com.my FOR most privileged folks, Payatas is nothing but a dumpsite. However, for the families that stay there, it is home. Located in Quezon City, Manila, the Payatas district once bore a lot of potential. Sadly, rapid industrialisation turned the place from a promising agricultural spot into a 50-acre landfill. Basic necessities […]
By SATHESH RAJ and LYE MING HAN Photos by MUHAMMAD KHALID brats@thestar.com.my IN his opening remarks, Muhd Fikri Bakhri, chairman of the second International Eco-Schools Conference Malaysia, said: “Be naughty, as naughty as you can be.” Now that’s something the BRATs could definitely do. Three of us were there for the five-day conference in Kuala […]
By ROXANNE LOW brats@thestar.com.my THE word “power” in #PowerShiftMsia serves as a double entendre, representing not just our energy sources, but also the power of the people to address and mitigate climate change. The five-day #PowerShiftMsia event was part of the Global Power Shift (GPS) movement. The first phase of the movement started with a […]
By SARA KHONG brats@thestar.com.my WHAT happens when you put a tech-savvy Gen-Y girl who cannot cook in the kitchen? She hacks recipes and kitchen tools! In the social media generation, “hack” doesn’t mean to chop something up repeatedly. According to Internet nomenclature, it either means like hacking a computer, or more recently, finding shortcuts to […]
By AILEEN LOO brats@thestar.com.my IT’S the holiday season again! Whether you’re in secondary school and have just completed your end-of-term exams, or studying for a degree in university, I’m sure you’ve all been looking forward to this for a long time now. You would probably have spent the last few months fantasising about your holiday […]
By LAURA CHIN and MARCUS HENG Photo by MARCUS HENG brats@thestar.com.my AFTER watching her numerous covers on YouTube, Malaysian fans finally got to witness the incredible Megan Nicole Flores perform live at INTI College Subang Jaya earlier this month. Best known as just Megan Nicole, the Texan’s interest in singing started at the age of […]