FOR many 17-year-olds across the country, this will be a day to remember. For some, it would be the best day of their lives – finally seeing the fruits of their sleepless nights, tuition marathons and ...
A FEW years ago, I attended a reunion with some old friends from primary school. As we caught up, I noticed something interesting: almost every conversation began with the same question – “So, buat apa ...
IMAGINE a child sitting at a table, staring at a single marshmallow. A researcher explains the rules: “You can eat this now or if you wait 15 minutes, you will get two marshmallows instead.”
A RECENT critique of Malaysian universities’ obsession with rankings headlined “Malaysian universities’ futile chase for ranking” in theSun, raises important points, especially regarding how the pursuit ...
THE recent debate over Chinese flags being waved at the Guan Gong Cultural Festival in Teluk Intan, Perak, has reignited the age-old question of how symbols can be easily twisted into points of division. ...
EVERY morning without fail, there is a group of policemen manning the traffic flow in and out of Jalan Prof DiRaja Ungku Aziz (formerly Jalan Universiti) and the Federal Highway.
I BECAME a father exactly 20 years ago. The journey of fatherhood has been a profound and humbling experience, marked by a mix of trials and errors, moments of joy and total confusion.
IF you had told me 20 years ago that I would be earning a living and raising my family in Kuala Lumpur (KL), I would not have believed you. As a boy from Johor, KL seemed too noisy, crowded and fast-paced ...
I CAME to know about Elvis Presley through someone else’s rendition of his song – a cover version as they are known today. It was UB40’s reggae version of Presley’s 1961 hit Can’t Help Falling In Love, ...
