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Two unsung genre gems worth your time in Malaysian cinemas now
APRIL 3 — More new movies are slowly trickling into Malaysian cinemas, as our march towards normality in all facets of our everyday lives continues. There’s still a long...
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Focusing less on the results, more on the process
APRIL 2 — It’s really cool to finally be a World Golf Championship winner. It's been a lot of hard work put into the game from my entire team and the results have taken a...
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Asia pin hopes on Im and Pan to see green in spring
APRIL 1 — With spring in the air and the azaleas primed for a glorious bloom at Augusta National, the Masters Tournament returns to its familiar April slot next week and Asia...
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Umno’s single-minded charge to the endzone
APRIL 1 — Fool’s errand to try and veer Umno away from its inevitable battle with Bersatu. The world’s most irritable party held its general assembly last weekend. As custom...
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We should all be honoured guests at the Malaysian table
MARCH 31 — A friend tweeted how it annoyed her to read writing about Asian food that was obviously written for the “white gaze.” Yet the thing is while food is very much...
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What is ‘natural’ sex anyway?
MARCH 29 — There is ongoing controversy over the Federal Court’s ruling which rendered unconstitutional a provision in the Selangor Shariah law criminalising unnatural...
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A more Singaporean Singapore
MARCH 28 — Something has changed in the bars that dot the trendy enclaves of Singapore. Of course Covid-19 has changed a lot of things and it’s great that our trendy...
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A dose of movie magic from Godzilla, Kong and Zack Snyder’s Justice League
MARCH 27 ― Finally, it’s starting to feel like a dose of normality is coming back to our collective movie diets, first with the highly anticipated arrival of Zack Snyder’s...
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Assess and fix Covid-19 induced education gaps or lose a generation
MARCH 25 — The wrong decision probably impairs the long-term future of millions of Malaysians. Primary schools are open, but secondary schools are slated for an April start....
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When was it DBP’s job to make excuses for racism?
MARCH 24 — I have realised something about Malaysians: we make excuses for racism every day. We casually use Orang Asli tribe names as slurs and now the Dewan Bahasa and Pustaka...
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20+ reasons why I don’t turn on my video in Zoom
MARCH 22 — Because I just don’t feel like it. Because most people don’t. Because turning on the video feels like an obligation or a requirement; and that’s just no fun....
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We need more female billionaires
MARCH 21 — I am a woman. Stating the obvious but this is important because to this day, this biological fact determines a great deal of what is expected of...
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Two new movies now playing in Malaysian cinemas
MARCH 20 — The big news this week in terms of new movies is, of course, the release of Zack Snyder’s Justice League, a triumph of fan demand long in the making ever...
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Flawed people require force to pretend to be respectable politicians
MARCH 18 — They say politics is just another job and every four years the politicians may lose theirs at the ballot box. Fascinatingly, the phrase is radically true and false at...
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10,000 ringgit sticks but no carrot
MARCH 17 — It was bad enough when senior citizens couldn’t read alone in a park without being fined RM1,000 but the new menace of an RM10,000 fine is simply cruel. Police...