An aerobics instructor has created a line of exercise clothing which gives comfort and coverage, writes Kasmiah Mustapha
There’s no shame in losing to other great voices but tears are par for the course. Philip Lim visits Hollywood and Las Vegas to hear some desperate voices
A German-Malaysian collaboration introduces a high-flying contraption to boost local film-making, writes Dennis Chua
This season, the shoes are bright and high, writes Syida Lizta Amirul Ihsan
Hard-pressed for cash? Look fresh and cool with these items Tengku Sofiah Aishah has picked from online shops. Each is RM30 or less
From bebop, to indie pop, Subhadra Devan has the goods on the Mosaic Music Festival in Singapore
Max Mara’s latest collection calls for more feminine curves and a toned physique, writes Syida Lizta Amirul Ihsan
Kelantanese cuisine is the hallmark of Belanga but, as Tan Bee Hong finds out, there’s more to savour
BOLLYWOOD actress Preity Zinta, who left the film industry to focus on her Indian Premier League team as well as other business ventures, is back with her debut production venture, reports Bollwyood-stars.net.
Even a lotion with beautiful scent cannot replace the humble oil as a body moisturiser, writes Syida Lizta Amirul Ihsan
The British Invasion promotion offers albums from Britain’s best artistes at unbeatable prices
For mums, spending time with their children is of utmost importance. Kasmiah Mustapha suggests some activities to help them bond
When it comes to health, the age-old advice that prevention is better than cure is a time-tested truth, writes Sushma Veera
Chef Florence Tan lends her expertise to the menu at The Tranquerah, serving a piece of history with heritage dishes, writes Tan Bee Hong
THE cheetah is the “sports car” of the savannah — it excels at one discipline alone. It can hunt down prey faster than any animal on earth, but pure speed comes with a price. It’s not always enough for the slyly built cheetah to hunt effectively and protect its kills from scavengers.
A colorectal surgeon tells Tan Bee Hong that early detection can help increase the survival rate for colorectal cancer patients
It’s remarkable how the architects in Before & After manage to turn cramped quarters into spacious, liveable homes
Former beauty queen Soo Wincci has a new album out, writes Loong Wai Ting
Meera Murugesan finds out ways to cultivate good eating habits in a child
WHILE many sports brands adopt the lifestyle approach in their products incorporating the latest trends and vibrant colours, New Balance has kept to what it does best — performance. Not only does it use cutting-edge technology, it also offers many shoe fit combinations.
Director Afdlin Shauki tells Hizreen Kamal all about Appalam’s Best Film award in Chennai, India
It’s the last week of training for her marathon and Zalina Mohd Som is thinking carbs and more carbs
Living a healthy lifestyle should start from young. Mohamad Izham Mohlis has some pointers for parents
A TV presenter celebrates turning 40 by getting people to take up running in parks, writes Syida Lizta Amirul Ihsan
THIS year, My Astro Music Awards (MAMA) promises to be bigger with more than 50 awards for top performers from the Chinese music industry.
WHEN parents are struggling to put a child through school — what with the increase in prices of food, books and uniforms — it’s only fair that they can’t be thinking about things like drama and art classes.
JOIN Plop, the baby barn owl as he journeys into the night-time world of campfires, fireworks and moonlit adventures in The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark next month in Penang and Petaling Jaya.
Entrepreneur Khailee Ng tells Izwan Ismail that it is his passion to bring people together online
Getting music is as easy as clicking a few buttons on your smartphone these days. Siti Syameen Md Khalili suggests 10 products to help you get the most out of your audio collection
Private investigator Rebecca C shares with us nine tell-tale signs that one should look out for.
SNOW Lizard Products has looked to crowd-funding site Kickstarter as a base to launch its AQUA TEK S rugged iPhone 4/4S case should they manage to achieve their financial goals.
IT’S a month of romance and drama as 8TV brings you the Taiwanese drama series Sunny Girl.
It’s a childhood dream come true for filmmaker Michael Chuah, writes Ricky Yap
Izwan Ismail learns that gadgets have helped two cycling enthusiasts get more mileage from their hobby
Jennifer Thomas takes a walk down memory lane with MPO’s Romantic Hollywood
K-DRAMA actor Kim Sang Bum, better known as Kim Bum, has joined the cast of director Kwon Ho-young‘s new movie The Miracle, reports hancinema.com.
WHILE Hong Kong director Johnnie To Kei-fung is known for his slow-moving cinematic style, his fans may find it out of place in his latest work, Romancing In Thin Air, which deals with the story of a wife waiting for her long missing husband.
Sushma Veera talks to a lady lawyer turned private eye who is very much in love with her job
Is this broadband network as fast as it claims to be? Redza Imran goes on a high speed chase to find out
RETIRED school-teacher Tang Mei Kiew was the grand prize winner of the inaugural Canon Count & Win contest announced last week. For her feat, she drove home a brand new Perodua Myvi 1.3L EZ.
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is a beautifully designed fantasy game, with brilliant, fast-paced and engaging combat, writes Seth Schiesel
BE part of an exciting musical extravaganza when American jazz diva Laura Fygi performs at Dewan Filharmonik Petronas, KLCC, Kuala Lumpur at 8.30pm tomorrow and on Wednesday.
It was her solo debut but Haridivya Muralidharan danced like a mature performer, writes R. Sittamparam
Sailing, Sushma Veera discovers, is an activity that promotes family bonding
An online support group is empowering people who are in troubled relationships. Aneeta Sundararaj finds out more
THE first batch of US Peace Corps volunteers arrived in Kuala Lumpur on Jan 13, 1962. The Peace Corps programme was the idea of John F. Kennedy when he visited University of Michigan while he was campaigning for the presidency in 1960. He had challenged the students to serve their country through volunteer work.
“I decided long ago, never to walk in anyone’s shadow. If I fail, if I succeed, at least I’ll live as I believe. No matter what they take from me, they can’t take away my dignity. Because the greatest love of all is happening to me. I found the greatest love of all — inside of me.” — Whitney Houston
CAREGIVING is not just about caring for a person. It’s also about sharing what you know as a way of helping.
THE NIGHT THE SUN CAME UP
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From chew sticks to toothbrushes with nylon bristles, this humble hygiene tool has come a long way, writes Zuhaila Sedek
IT’S amazing how quickly we get used to something that we had previously thought would be the best thing we’d ever get.
A seven-course menu that includes fugu and crab keeps C.K. Lam happy
THE toothbrush is a common breeding ground for bacteria and fungi. This is because it’s often wet and it can be contaminated by bathroom bacteria from toilet flushes, moist surfaces and contact with other toothbrushes.
Chef Tommes and TV personality Jojo Struys team up in Chalk & Cheese to cook Western dishes using local ingredients, writes Bibi Nurshuhada Ramli
FOR confirmation that the art world is looking East as much as the business world is, examine Art Dubai. It returns next month, more global than ever, with the emphasis less on the West and more on Asia. In the past, East was the direction that the Gulf looked for domestic help. Now it’s the place for precious objects that need dusting rather than the dusters themselves.
Taiwanese actor Kai Ko Chen-tung tells Loong Wai Ting about his new album, as well as his next film project
A photographer tells Aneeta Sundararaj why he wants to create pictures that educate and inspire
With natural shade, insulation and a lot of ingenuity, an architect’s award-winning home helps reduce stress on the environment, writes Kasmiah Mustapha
Along the narrow Irrawaddy Road in Penang is a fine delicatessen where almost everything is made on the premises, as Kitty Kaye discovers
From the boardroom to the open seas, a ruddy, tanned gentleman chats about his life as an ex-CEO of a trusted supplements company to a sunburnt Su Aziz
Popular for their beauty and considered auspicious, gladiolus flowers are perfect for romantic occasions, writes Elaine Yim
THE Well Lit. Sessions are part of our sustained effort to get people reading. It is our attempt at creating a shared social space where people can come together and talk about all things literary. It will take the form a monthly reading club that is open to one and all.
1. The Grace Darling
Grace Horsley Darling was the daughter of a lighthouse keeper in the Farne Islands. In the autumn of 1838, 22-year-old Grace became a national hero after she and her father went to the rescue of the steamship Forfarshire, which foundered in heavy seas. She died in 1842 at the age of 26.
Though hefty in weight and heavy in tread, a couple of Sumatran rhinos mesmerise Meena Sreenivasan with their grace and habits
I GREW up, the very definition of a romantic, eternally homesick for somewhere else. I grew up feeling an irrational sense of solitude each time I gazed up into the night sky, feeling that same sort of mystery and isolation the Greeks must have every time they considered the vast stretches of sea that lay between them and those far-flung islands that Homer’s wonderful characters would one day visit.
The life of the writer will be chronicled in a musical, writes Farhana Ab Rahman
Wu Bai And China Blue
One Way Ticket
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Christopher Boucher’s debut novel, a surrealist roller-coaster of love and loss, a vivid and limber linguistic play, has Umapagan Ampikaipakan both incredibly impressed and more than just a little jealous
Catch music legends of yesteryear at the Timbre Rock & Roots weekend in Singapore, writes Subhadra Devan
ESCAPE FROM HONG KONG ISLAND
Directed by Simon Lui
Starring Jordan Chan
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Get situated with a good book. Every month, in this column, Umapagan Ampikaipakan and Su Aziz take a look at books that unveil their unpredictable side, throwing them into capricious state of minds, both real and imaginary
Rookie CIA agent Annie Walker takes on more deadly missions in season 2 of Covert Affairs
Suave actor Josh Lucas tells Aref Omar about his exciting role in the latest incarnation of The Firm, premiering this Sunday on AXN
She was one of the world’s best-selling artistes, emerging in the 1980s as one of the generation’s greatest voices and quickly took the music industry by storm. Whitney Houston’s sudden passing last Saturday rocked the showbiz world. Here, we re-listen to some of her hits that showcased that unmistakable voice.
She has done dance, socio-political pieces and is known for brilliantly different choreography. Marion D’Cruz talks to Subhadra Devan about taking Gostan Forward to another stage
Whitney Houston is once again at the top of the charts.
The annual French Language Week is back and if you have a talent in photography, here’s your chance to win an all-expense trip to Switzerland and Mauritius where you can practise your French with the locals and go trigger-happy capturing scenes of nature and people.
For a spicy treat, get a taste of blue flower crabs cooked Thai style, writes Tan Bee Hong
AN interesting line-up of TV programmes awaits viewers on the terrestrial channels this weekend. For starters, those who love drama can catch TV3’s telemovie Jujur Aku Dayus at 10pm tomorrow. Edree receives an offer to work abroad. He doesn’t want to leave his wife Lisa behind but eventually accepts the offer. After eight months apart, he returns but meets with an accident. When he comes out of a coma, he seems “different”. The telemovie stars Beto Kusyairy, Nora Danish, Irma Hasmie and Rozie Rashid.
CELEBRITIES turned out in their best for the recent premiere of Fist of Dragon at the GSC Gold Class hall of Pavilion Kuala Lumpur.
Paul Murphy arrived in Malaysia more than four decades ago as a Peace Corps Volunteer. He tells Syida Lizta Amirul Ihsan of his fondness for his adopted country
IN continuing its celebration of organ music, the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra will present The Cuckoo And The Nightingale, the most popular organ concerto composed by German classical music maestro George Handel, at 8.30pm tomorrow and 3pm on Sunday at Dewan Filharmonik Petronas, KLCC.
From despair to hope, Aref Omar is held hostage by a moving play
Alvin Chong tells Loong Wai Ting that it was the best birthday present ever when he was offered a singing contract recently
The list of early winners for this year’s VIMA Music Awards is out. The rest will be announced on Sunday
(iTunes, Week ending Feb 12)
Peggy Loh is enthralled by the Chingay festival in Johor Baru with its exciting and colourful procession
Apart from the magnificent views, Mt. Rokko Artificial Ski Resort offers a host of activities, writes Suryani Dalip
Director M. Subash talks to Farhana Ab Rahman about his latest effort, a Chinese horror movie
There’s much to see and do in Denpasar, capital city of Bali, writes Ewe Paik Leong
HOW much is 17 times 8? Why do you need to memorise that to pass exams when you have calculators to help with the math?
