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"Why do you want to be a journalist?" I didn't have the answer back then and I still don't have the answer now. Instead I find myself questioning the all-too familiar soliloquy of "When I grow up I want to be"? When we were kids, we were forced to come up with lucrative ambitions such as doctor,...
To be a voice of social change that rearranges the world's perspective. If you folks recall, that was the ambitious answer I provided when the question, "Why did you decide to take up journalism?" was posed during a tutorial class. Granted, it wasn't the most original thing I had ever said. It's actually...
By CALYN ONG, CHESTER CHIN, CHONG KAH YUAN, SONG SOOK KIN and TING ZHAO SONG Smashed beer bottles, cigarette butts and torn junk food packets. Walk through the lakeside promenade and Beijing precinct at Westlake in Kampar on a Saturday morning and chances are you will be greeted by these items strewn...
A mythical god of thunder goes head on with a bunch bloodthirsty priests who hunt down vampires in a prelude to the release of other popcorn flicks in the summer of 2011 . CHESTER CHIN and SONG SOOK KIN provide their two cents on two of this year's blockbuster movies Twitter style! Follow our resident...
For many years now, the UTAR official website has been notorious for being annoyingly bland and sufficiently unattractive. The predominantly simple background and monotonous texts not only reflect poorly on the university's savvy (or lack of it) when it comes to webpage designing but also denigrates the...
By CHESTER CHIN People are getting more bold. Or at least their online persona is. Check out any videos on YouTube and chances are the top rated comments would be ones that have a smart ass criticism about how God-awful the song/ artist/ video direction/ video production/ video lighting/ *insert your choice...
Almost Journalist wish to express our heartiest congratulations to Oh Chin Eng, a final year journalism student from UTAR who clinched the third prize in the Portrait Individual Category at the KL International Photoawards 2011. Below is his winning photo essay entry: Photo © Oh Chin Eng HOME What do...
By CHONG KAH YUAN What is the first thing that pops into your mind the moment Japan is mentioned? This is the era whereby all Japanese fashion books such as Kawaii! are always sold out the moment they are released on shelf. The first in chronology is probably fashion, followed by sushi? As for an...
By SONG SOOK KIN The Hallyu Wave, or better known as the Korean Wave has hit the shores of Malaysia since the breakthrough of K-drama pioneers like Autumn in My Heart and Winter Sonata (Bae Yong Joon, anyone?). Suddenly, dying of cancer was the next big romantic thing. Afterwards comes the existence of...
By MA FOONG MEI Like what I've mentioned above, I'm having difficulty accepting the fact that I've finally written a post. Well, it shouldn't come as a surprise considering the fact that I've got the habit of disclosing my feeling, thoughts and whereabouts. My reason of writing this though is as simple...
Reviewer: CHESTER CHIN Femme Fatale - Britney Spears There is something deliciously decadent about Britney Spears' seventh studio album. From the shameless Euro pop beats of the opening track to playing Fergie on the will.i.am produced Big Fat Bass, Femme Fatale plays out like the aftermath of a...
By CHESTER CHIN Blogs are a dying media. Well it is only a matter of time, isn't it? In this day and age where everyone is a writer and the survival of newspapers is a topic of much debate, more and more people are taking to minute writing in the form of Tumblrs and Twitter. Micro-blogging they call it. ...