Frontiers is One!
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As a self-confessed shopaholic, I was once guilty of not using recyclable bags. Whenever I walked into posh departmental stores, hypermarkets or grocery shops, I didn’t think twice about accepting my purchases in a plastic bag. After years of collecting plastic bags with brand names emblazoned across them in a drawer which can’t be closed [...]
Recently some of us celebrated Valentines. I say ‘some’ as it is not one of the main celebrations in the country. Some say, we celebrate because we are hopeless romantics, some rejoice to show their love and others find it just too expensive to indulge as everything is overcharged and thus making Valentine’s rather overrated! [...]
Friday, 22nd January 2010 was a sad day for me. That was the night I got news that my Sultan, the Sultan of Johor, Almutawakkil Al-Allah Sultan Iskandar ibni Al-marhum Sultan Ismail, passed away at 7.15pm. He was 77. Johor Menteri Besar, Datuk Ghani Othman made the announcement on TV3 at 11.20pm later that night. [...]
Kuala Lumpur International Dragon Boat Festival
By Edrea Sun Since its inception many hundred years ago, the dragon boat race had traditionally drawn huge crowds in the thousands comprising rowers, supporters, foreign tourists, curious onlookers and locals alike. This time around the festival has come early and was held at the Kepong Metropolitan Lake Garden, the first ever water activity held
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Nocturne:Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
By Khoo Kok Kian Nocturne is derived from the French word, Noctunal and from Latin, Nocturnus. People usually interpret it as a music piece which is inspired by night. A very famous classical music piece by Frederic Chopin was also named based on this word. Kazuo Ishiguro, a prominent author, who is also penned The
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By Conrad Edmund Bateman Mitch Albom once said that, “The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.” In conjunction with a yearlong celebration of UCSI University’s Silver Jubilee, the
"Light UP Lives Charity"