Here's something uber-cool to occupy one of your empty cool-stuff-to-do-this-weekend slots. After KLue debuted the adventures of DBKL-Man and Hipster-Boy, reader Ryan Dodge-Wan was taken enough to design his own Foldie - of one of KL's iconic style tribes: the taxicab driver! Read more
Good, traditional Malay food is hard to come by these days, so if you're a fan of Belanga, you'll be glad to know that Belanga at The Gardens Mid Valley offers lip-smacking Malay cuisine at an affordable price. Read more
The Kugiran Negara ke UK Enterprise (or KNUKE as they're called), the same people who brought local acts Hujan, Estrella and 7 Collar T-Shirt to the UK last year, have put local power-pop frontrunners Couple next in line for a UK tour this Easter. Read more
It's confirmed: After performing to sold-out audiences and full houses around the world, the award-winning Video Games Live (VGL) show is scheduled to land on our shores in April!
UPDATED: tickets for the event are currently on sale now, via Ticketpro! Get them before they sell out! Details after the cut! Read more
It's the weekend!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, keep your cool for just another couple of hours and check out what's keeping us talking over the water-cooler:
- Just five days after news first broke of Jack Neo's love affair with an actress-model, the director and his wife held a drama-filled press conference yesterday. It ended in tears, his wife fainting and a scuffle with the media. Watch the video here! [Straits Times]
- Remember Manohara Odelia Pinot? The Malaysian High Court has ordered the Indonesian model and her mother to pay The Tengku Temenggong of Kelantan Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Sultan Ismail Petra RM6 million after alleging he had raped and abused his teenage bride. [Times Online]
- Telekom Malaysia has signed a five-year multi-pound sterling deal to sponsor the Red Devils. [The Malaysian Insider]
- F1 is next month and so is STYLO 2010. The eight-day fashion extravaganza will feature up to 70 designers, including Serbian Marko Mitanovski and some of her costumes she has made for Lady Gaga! [The Star]
- Girls are smarter than boys! 58.63% of those who aced the SPM results were girls. Girl power! [NST Online]
- Scientists think they've found a new taste sense: fat. If it's true, fat would be the sixth known taste that can be picked up by the human tongue, after sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami (a taste for identifying protein rich foods). [Live Science]
- Madonna and her 13-year-old budding fashionista daughter Lourdes are launching a new fashion line for teen girls. The "Material Girl" collection will include clothing, footwear, handbags and jewelry. Plans already in place to introduce perfume and other beauty products beginning in 2011. [NY DailyNews]
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It's a rhyme-off! Show your support as 16 Malaysian rapping hopefuls and eight B-boys battle it out at KL Slam Jam 2010! Read more
If you're a fan of the golden oldies, specifically those of the P. Ramlee era, then here is a brand new music store for you. Erama is the music store to visit if you're looking for local music and your moral conscience tells you not to download illegal MP3 files off the Internet. Plus, there's a store where you can engrave your beloved Apple gadget! Read more
Welcome to the second instalment to our incredigood How To Main series: made up of step-by-step and stick-figure-assisted guides to games we used to play as kids! Created by artist and Main Dengan Rakyat proponent chi too. This time around: how to main kejar-kejar!
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Just one more day to the weekend, but let's not forget about the world around us. Here's today's serving of news-ish stories from around the wide web:
- SPM results are out today! 7,987 students obtained all As in the subjects they took. Congrats! [The Star]
- A man barged into a kindergarten and bludgeoned three 6-year-olds with a hammer. Police are now searching villages and residential areas in and around Muar to hunt down the kindergarten attacker. [Yahoo! News]
- Move over Bill Gates, Carlos Slim Helu is now the world's richest man. Forbes says the telecom tycoon is worth US $53.5 billion dollars! [The Globe and Mail]
- Get married and have babies! The National Population and Family Development Board says the fertility rate of the country is declining. [NST Online]
- Britain's Royal Opera House will stage the premiere of an opera about Anna Nicole Smith, who died in 2007. Set for a debut on 17 February 2011, Anna Nicole will focus on her life and end with her death in 2007. [ABC News]
- Another one bites the dust: Actor Corey Haim died in an LA hospital yesterday, likely the result of an overdose. Haim rose to fame in the 1980s for movies like Lucas, The Lost Boys and License to Drive. [LA Times]
- A South Korean man married a pillow. Yes, a pillow. His "wife" bears an illustration of Fate Testarossa, an anime character. [Newser]
- Expect to see Mad Men Barbie dolls soon! Mattel plans to roll out versions of Barbie and Ken that are styled after Don Draper, the show's leading man; his wife, Betty; his colleague, Roger Sterling; and Joan Holloway, the agency's office manager. [NY Times]
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This fortnight in Word Up: linguistic shenanigans of a political bent! We meditate on 8 March 2008 - which, 2 years on, we are taking to mean:
8 March
noun
1. an event in which a decisive change in a situation occurs, especially one with beneficial results. Usage example: "Our win over Vietnam was Malaysian football's 8 March."
2. an event, assumed to be a turning point, but that later fails to live up to its promise. Usage example: "Our win over Vietnam was Malaysian football's 8 March." Read more
TV advertisements from days of yore can be silly, funny, and downright amusing! From junk food to dish washing liquid and milk powder, some of these advertisements had very catchy jinggles and slogans. Now, if you remember these beloved ads as much as we did, try and see if you can fill in the gaps. You might just win yourself a Lacoste bag worth RM700! Update: We have a winner! Read more
Next Wednesday on the 17th of March, GUINNESS® lovers will have something to cheer for! St. Patrick's Day will be back, to bring on the good drink, good company and whole-hearted laughter. Here are some recommendations as to what to pair with your perfect pint! Read more
Wednesday's most interesting news, as of lunch time!
- OMG: The Department of Islamic Development (JAKIM) conducted a poll on the caning controversy and then they cheated the results!! [tim thinks that]
- Alexander McQueen's final collection was shown in an 18th-century mansion in Paris, week after his suicide. [guardian.co.uk]
- Biggest Loser Asia finally weighed in its loser last night and David Gurnani of Jakarta, Indonesia tipped the scale to become the first Biggest Loser of Asia! But not everyone agrees with the results... check out our blog post and see what readers had to say about it. [KLue]
- Mephedrone or meow meow is the latest 'legal high' to hit the UK club scene. Easily and legally bought over the internet, users have described the effects of Mephedrone as similar to those of Ecstasy. [Times Online]
- Robert Halderman, the man accused of trying to extort US $2 million from David Letterman over his sexual affairs, pleaded guilty yesterday. He will serve six months in jail. [BBC News]
- Super cool: Belgian daily newspaper La Derniere Heure offered its readers a new perspective on the world Tuesday with a 3D edition complete with special glasses. [AFP]
- Rapper Lil Wayne has just started serving his one-year jail sentence. He was arrested in 2007 when a loaded .40-calibre semi-automatic gun was found on his tour bus. [GoErie.com]
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Biggest Loser Asia finally weighed in its loser last night and David Gurnani of Jakarta, Indonesia tipped the scale to become the first Biggest Loser of Asia! The 25-year-old shed a total of 83kg, beating three other finalists to the grand prize of US$100,000 and a brand new Renault car.
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Last July, 15 teams from eight local universities stepped up to the challenge of creating innovative energy solutions with DiGi Telecommunications, or rather, DiGi. For six months, these teams worked hard and were dedicated to making the world a greener place, in DiGi's Challenge for Change, a competition organised by the company to encourage the youth of Malaysia to discover and create innovative renewable energy solutions. Read more
Good morning, dear readers! Here's today's serving of Daily Digest for you to munch on:
- Time to bid adieu to abruptly cut scenes? Now, local film-makers can worry no more about their perfectly choreographed takes being censored as there will be new guidelines that will allow for more flexibility in film-making. [The Star]
- The Islamic Development Department (Jakim) has come out to defend the caning of three Muslim women last month, claiming that the punishment does not violate their rights. [Malaysian Insider]
- AussieBum, the Australian brand of underwear, has unleashed a new line of briefs made from real banana fibres. This eco-friendly underwear consists of 27% banana fibre, and it is lightweight and absorbent, making it ultra-comfortable! [Daily Chilli]
- Speaking of bananas, Britain will be sending over 42 million condoms to South Africa before the World Cup, to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. About one in five adults suffer from the disease in that nation, with nearly 1,000 AIDS-related deaths everyday. [Guardian]
- If you and your partner are trying to conceive a baby boy, then try this out: have a proper, full breakfast every morning especially during early pregnancy, and maintain a high fat diet. AAccording to a new research conducted by University of Missouri, high calorie diets favour the birth of males over females, and vice versa. [Telegraph]
- The glitz and glamour of the Academy Awards are over, and for the first time ever, a woman took home the Oscar for Best Director. Kathryn Bigelow, who directed "The Hurt Locker", beat James Cameron to the title. Here's the full list of winners. [CNN]
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You have to give kudos to the Japanese for designing all the useful everyday items that we find indispensable, and what better way to 'give our thanks' than to visit an exhibition with nothing but these good ol' Japanese items to admire? Read more
Women of the world unite! Songs do wonders for the soul, so here are 5 to sing along to (Three of which are chosen by the manly man in our Freeform office, just for fun!) Read more
8 March shou
ld be a familiar date to anyone living in the Klang Valley. But, before it became a byword for socio-political change (promise delivered, or not) it was known, internationally, as International Women's Day. Amnesty International (AI) Malaysia is approaching the occasion from a novel angle: an after-sundown march, on 9 March 2010, through the streets of KL! Read more
Monday, 8 March! It's International Women’s Day; the Oscars, and the second anniversary the March 8 general election. Here's also today's serving of Daily Digest to keep the blues away:
- Pakatan Rakyat was celebrating its second anniversary of its March 8 success when dozens of police bursts onto the scene to disrupt the event. Although several PR helpers got hurt, the stayed on. [The Malaysian Insider]
- Singapore director Jack Neo has admitted to a two-year affair with a 22-year-old freelance model after she showed up at his home. She told Shin Min Daily News: "We had sex in the car." [Straits Times]
- Royal blues: Che Puan Elia Suhana Ahmad, Sultan of Kelantan's second wife, claimed the Raja Perempuan of Kelantan prevented from her two days' visiting rights to the Sultan. Tension was in the air when the Raja Perempuan of Kelantan failed to show up at the Kelantan Syariah High Court for the hearing. [The Star]
- In an effort to combat HIV, Washington D.C. will become the first city in the U.S. to distribute female condoms free. They'll be available in beauty salons, convenience stores and high schools. [The Washington Post]
- Could snake oil be good for you? Apparently so. [Information is Beautiful]
- Women earn less money than men, study shows. Employers often break laws by paying women less than men and by not giving them enough maternity leave, the report said. [The Hindu Times]
- Mental Floss has put together a list of 7 black widows and 16 dead husbands. [Mental Floss]
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