The U.S. and China race to perfect and control 5G technology, which would affect everything from video download speeds to national security, and Donald Trump mounts a defense against Chinese tech giant Huawei. Source : The Daily Show with Trevor Noah … Continue reading If You Don’t Know, Now You Know: 5G | The Daily Show
Getting affordable education as a Malay is like shooting fish in a barrel. Getting affordable education as a non-Malay is like shooting at that same barrel but with a bulletproof glass lid. While Malaysia is still a long way from … Continue reading Race quota in matriculation programme affects everyone
The education ministry’s launch of the English Language Education Reform in Malaysia: The Roadmap 2015-2025 is an indication of the nation’s determination to bring about substantial improvement in our students’ proficiency in the English language. Although the roadmap has been … Continue reading The reform of English language education in Malaysia
Over lunch with a Pakatan Harapan leader from Sarawak last Tuesday, our conversation drifted to the performance of cabinet ministers over the past year. We noted what Dr Mahathir Mohamad had said – the prime minister agrees that some of … Continue reading Maszlee keeps on goofing – big time
A storm is raging and dividing our supporters in Pakatan Harapan. In fact, as far as I know, the petition started by Stephen Ng was only hitting 600 petitions in the first two weeks over issues in the Chinese schools, … Continue reading A storm is raging and dividing Harapan supporters
Is dropshipping dead?! One of the biggest ecommerce business models that made people millions by just sitting in their homes and arbitraging products can’t die so soon… Is it the case? Let’s find out, is dropshipping still profitable! Table of Content Is … Continue reading Is Dropshipping Dead? Can You Still Earn Through It in 2019?
PETALING JAYA: Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik (pic) has come under growing criticism for linking the matriculation quota system with the unequal job opportunities for bumiputras in the private sector. MCA vice-president Datuk Seri Ti Lian Ker said companies in … Continue reading Maszlee comes under more fire
SUBANG JAYA: The boys and girls were as noisy as any group of unsupervised teenagers, but a hush fell over the small room the moment Saramah Varughese walked in. All bantering and rowdiness came to a halt and the prefects … Continue reading Strict but with a heart of gold: A teacher who moulds leaders
SUBANG JAYA: Having taught in public schools for more than 30 years now, English teacher Chan believes she can speak competently of the challenges she and her colleagues face. She blames the public education programme for the failure of schools … Continue reading New English syllabus brings some hope to a public school
Akhbar & Associates is a Kuala Lumpur based private investigation agency that has conducted many background checks on potential hires for companies and found 5 per cent to 7 per cent of shortlisted candidates had fake degrees, while 10 per … Continue reading Incompetent recruiters overvalue academic qualifications
Our multi-stream educational system is found only in Malaysia. Most other countries, developed or developing have a one stream educational system. Even Singapore, I believe adopts a single stream system. Our present system of education – multi stream, Bahasa Melayu, … Continue reading Retain multi-stream schooling
Neuron Mobility is an e-scooter sharing startup from Singapore that has recently launched in Malaysia with Cyberjaya being the first area of their expansion plans in the country. The company has already expanded across four major Southeast Asian cities including … Continue reading Bike-Sharing Came And Went. But Will The New E-Scooters Suffer The Same Fate In M’sia?
Naiise is an online store that helps local designers reach a wider clientele for their designs. After its success in Singapore, Naiise is now launching the retail arm of its online business in Malaysia, aimed to help more local designers, … Continue reading They Brought Your Fav Hipster Bazaars Online, Now They’ve Built A Unique Creative Hub In KL
Entrepreneurs tend to be fiercely independent people who have a dream and are willing to do whatever it takes to achieve it. What is often the entrepreneur’s strongest asset sometimes turns out to be his or her greatest weakness as … Continue reading Don’t Go At It Alone – Entrepreneurial Success Requires Help
Some startup ideas are sparked because of problems the founders themselves faced. For Isaac, his startup journey began with a batch of pink e-cigarettes that he received for selling online. That wouldn’t normally be an issue, except that he had … Continue reading How A Batch Of Bright Pink E-Cigarettes Led This M’sian To Solve A Big Ecommerce Problem
Being born into a prominent family doesn’t only bless you with a silver spoon in your mouth from day one, it’s also most often than not an instant pass to success. But the comfort that comes from wealth and prestige … Continue reading 3 Pinoy Heirs Who Broke Away From Family Tradition To Create Their Own Legacy
The tech industry is known to be a male-dominated one, but that’s not to say that there aren’t many remarkable women making their mark there. We’ve all heard of Sheryl Sandberg, the COO of Facebook, and CEO of Yahoo! Marissa … Continue reading 8 Singaporean Women Who’ve Made Waves In The Tech Industry
I’ve always been into simple jewellery and while browsing through Instagram one day, I chanced upon @themindfulcompany. Their feed is so beautifully curated, peppered with pictures of their minimalist jewellery and constant reminders to be grateful. As I scroll through its feed, the more intrigued I got. Image Credit: @themindfulcompany on Instagram The Instagram page strongly exudes positive vibes, and I love their aesthetic so much that I had to find out who the people behind this graceful brand was. As it turns out, The Mindful Company is the brainchild of Ciara Yeo (31) and Wen Ling Lim (33), who are close friends … Continue reading They Quit Their High-Flying Jobs To Create Minimalist Jewellery – Broke Even In Just 6 Months
Typically, when we want to have our burger fix, hawker centres don’t really rank as our first choice. To satisfy our bun and patty cravings, we usually turn to Ramli burgers at pasar malams (night markets), or the no-brainer fast food joints … Continue reading These 3 S’poreans Quit Being Restaurant Chefs To Bring Affordable Gourmet Burgers To Hawker Centres
Back in 2015, Jeremy Ong was a 24-year-old who had already spent 3 years of his life working in a desk job for FMCG (Fast-Moving Consumer Goods) companies in Kuala Lumpur. While working in large corporations, he realised that he … Continue reading After Making RM4.15 Mil In Revenue, He Now Teaches M’sians To Level Up Their Ecommerce Game
Love eating crabs but don’t wanna to spend a bomb on it? Now you can with our black pepper crab recipe! This is just one of those things which can be bad for you if overdosed with (sore throat), BUT … Continue reading Black Pepper Crab
It’s really hard to think bitter and salty combination can make this savoury recipe. Ingredients (For 2~3) 200g bitter gourd, thinly sliced 2 salted egg yolk 2 tbsp butter Batter 100ml ice water 50g all purpose flour 1/2 tsp baking … Continue reading Bitter Gourd with Salted Egg
Beef Rendang is probably one of the most iconic Asian meat dishes, and worthy of that claim. Our mix of freshly made rempah and toasted coconut adds a load of flavour to the beef. What this dish needs is TIME. … Continue reading Beef Rendang
SUBANG JAYA: A private education provider has chided the education ministry for some of the announcements and policies it made in the past year, saying they were not as well thought out as they could have been. Sri Kuala Lumpur … Continue reading Education ministry still trying to find its feet, says educationist
In order to preserve her family’s Bak Kwa business, Kim Tan gave up her full – time job to open a hawker stall so that she could sell salt baked chicken during Bak Kwa’s off season months. Even after learning … Continue reading Buzzing Hawkers – YANKEE CHICKEN
“Friday I’m in Love” is a song by British rock band The Cure. It is the second single taken from the album Wish (1992), and was a worldwide hit. It won the award for European Viewer’s Choice for Best Music Video at the 1992 MTV Video … Continue reading The Cure – Friday I’m In Love (Acoustic Version)
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