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Mask 101 or how to buy and wear them correctly
JULY 28 — After watching highlights and following Parliament proceedings on social media, alas, dear reader, I had to scrap the column I wrote on the weekend. It seems many of...
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Does Malaysia have a trolley problem?
JULY 26 — No, I don’t mean an issue with the supply of trolleys at the supermarket. The trolley problem is a popular scenario involving ethics. Imagine you see a runaway...
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Is it time for Singapore to tax property gains?
JULY 25 — Singapore is a very unequal place. By which I mean wealth in our society is not distributed very equally. Of course every society/nation on Earth...
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Netflix’s ‘Fear Street’ trilogy — A horror event well worth catching
JULY 24 — Horror began life as (and probably still is) a less than respectable genre, associated too much with mindless scares, gore and violence that even normally perceptive...
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The lighter side of Hideki Matsuyama
July 23 — Behind the trademark wraparound shades, Hideki Matsuyama portrays himself as a man of mystery and of few words. When the Japanese star is inside the ropes...
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How to stop millennials from beating up Malaysian politicians
July 22 — They are relentless, they truly are. The subject being millennials and their objections to all things politically incorrect. It fascinates to know that millennials...
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Only vaccines will save us
JULY 21 — I thought things were bad enough when Malaysia Chinese were spurning other vaccines for Sinovac, believing it was their only guarantee they could gain hassle-free...
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Singapore gets a new rap
JULY 18 — I like rap. I always have. Perhaps it’s because when I was a young child, my super hip uncle whom I adored introduced me to N.W.A. and I find the rat-a-tat sound of...
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Take a trip into some rural horror comedies with 'Werewolves Within' and 'Boys From County Hell'
JULY 17 ― Out of the many comedy subgenres available out there, there are two that I always find irresistible, especially when it comes to taking a chance on new and relatively...
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Wake us up before August ends
JULY 15 — We, as in Malaysians, are in the great unknown. The decisions today, their value can only fairly be assessed much later, probably in 2022. But it’s the present we...
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Are you OK, Malaysians?
JULY 14 — I tell people that I will survive this pandemic through sheer spite. Many assume I’m joking, but really, I’m not. Speaking as someone who is always some degree of...
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Social media’s negativity bias #MentalHealthAwareness
JULY 12 — No matter how many studies we read on the damaging effects of social media on one’s mental health (and it could be somewhat ironic that this article appears online),...
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Have you been vaccinated?
JULY 11 — The other day, a young man who was about to sit down next to me on the train asked, “Do you mind if I check if you have been vaccinated?” My husband, who can at...
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'Till Death', 'The Vigil' and 'The Night': Three single location genre wonders that will leave you very impressed
JULY 10 — One of the things that never fails to impress me when it comes to genre films is how resourceful the filmmakers had to be in order to execute their vision, often...
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Umno leaves PN: Winners and losers
JULY 8 — The die is cast. Match point to Umno, Zahid Hamidi steadies to serve as a bunch of Umno MPs try to make up their minds which side of the net to stand, while the match...