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Crocs, I know they’re ugly. Now leave me alone!

No matter which way you look at them, they’re not pretty.
By SHANNON TEOH
Crocs have taken the world by storm!
This is no news at all and in fact, you might be sitting there looking absolutely ridiculous in your own pair of Crocs Beach, the first and as yet, most ubiquitous model of the clogs that have […]

Ten ways to make a difference

By OON YEOH

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”
- Mahatma Gandhi
I often hear people, young and old alike, who say that there’s nothing they can do to make a difference. And thus, they have given themselves the license to be apathetic.
That’s the typical Malaysian tidak apa attitude. And it’s something […]

AH-TAP-CHEE, memories from my childhood

Photo by CHUA SUE ANN
Ah tap chee pniahs are little round biscuits, the size of ten cent coins, with pink, green and white icing in the shape of Hershey’s Kisses. They are sold at chai tah mahs, Hokkien term for grocery stores.
“I took the photo after not seeing it for eight or nine years,” said […]

theCICAK on American public radio!

Kathy Corcoran, former San Jose Mercury News staff writer, produced a story about theCICAK for KQED, a San Francisco public radio station. It was aired on World Press Day, May 3 on Pacific Time, a weekly magazine that focuses on Asian issues in the United States and abroad. Corcoran spoke to Poh Si Teng, the […]

Blogging compulsory to pass class at Multimedia University (MMU)

By TIMOTHY TEOH
Want to know more about how to stack Pizza Hut salads, become a cowboy or care for pet hedgehogs?
You can learn all this and more on blogs hosted by Multimedia University (MMU). It’s the university’s twist in its “Engineers and Society” course this year. As an assignment, all students are given MMU-hosted blogs, […]

James Lee’s latest films, long kissing scene snipped by censorship board

By EDMUND YEO
At a recent press screening, Malaysian movie director James Lee told audiences that local independent filmmakers need the support of fellow Malaysians. It’s just as important as receiving standing ovations at foreign film festivals, Lee said.
He also talked about a long kissing scene that was censored from his recent film

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