“Where’s Your Brain?!”: Jimmy Couture Slams Miss Grand 2021 For Rejecting His Designs

If you are involved in the design and arts industry, you would know how important it is for your works and pieces to get noticed by the eye of the public. Exposure is one of the most important things in the industry for you to gain a name and move up to the next level....

Entrepreneurs seek a plant-based slice of Southeast Asia’s $811 billion pie

The Covid-19 pandemic and heightened climate concerns have accelerated demand for environmentally-friendly alternative protein, and mission-driven Southeast Asian impact entrepreneurs are increasingly eager to tap into the market, and take a slice of the region's US$600 billion (S$811 billion) food spending. Indonesia's Helga Angelina Tjahjadi is one of them. She was 15 years old when she...

Woman Left Speechless When Siti Nurhaliza Offered To Pay For Her Shopping Expanses

Dato Siti Nurhaliza, or even better known by her nickname given by the netizens, TokTi, is not only known for her amazing vocals but also her constant compassion and generosity towards the community around her. TokTi, who was married to Datuk K in 2006, has been blessed with two beautiful children, Aafiyah and Afwa. In her...

9 New Shopping Malls Are Opening Around Klang Valley

After being cooped up at home for so long, shopping malls are now the go-to place as it offers not just visual pleasure, but also provides entertainment, space to kill time, and air-con shelter. As we enter the new normal, things are starting to speed up, following countless delays over the past 2 years. If you’re...

Malaysia to reopen to international visitors by Jan 1: Government council

Malaysia will reopen its borders to international visitors by Jan 1 at the latest, a government advisory council said on Thursday (Nov 11), as the country seeks to revive its ailing tourism sector. The Southeast Asian country has gradually reopened its economy in recent weeks as coronavirus infection rates have slowed amid a ramped-up vaccination programme. More...

Trim your rambutan, smooth as lychee: Suggestive ad has Malaysian netizens quizzing why fruits and not flowers for privates

Screengrab from Facebook/Panasonic Beauty Malaysia, Twitter/@nhdyhzz Coming up with fresh advertising ideas isn't easy, especially if you're looking to create risque content. A viral tweet on Wednesday (Nov 10) — with over 8,100 retweets and 13,200 likes — has put a spotlight on an old Panasonic ad in Malaysia. For a men's body hair trimmer, it had local fruit imagery seemingly resemble parts...

“It’s Been 5 Years & The Escalator At This LRT Hasn’t Been Fixed,” Netizen Reminds Rapid KL

Malaysia is a rapidly developing country and we love how we are given access to various privileges — cheap healthcare, free education, easy access to public transport, etc. But, there’s always a catch to it; long queues at the hospital, normalised rape jokes in schools, and what we’re going to look into today – non-functioning...

The Time When Lee Chong Wei Thought Wong Mew Choo Rejected His Proposal

Malaysians were overjoyed when Dato’ Lee Chong Wei (李宗伟) married fellow badminton player Wong Mew Choo (黄妙珠) in 2012. It was a happy occasion for the country, but most of all, for the badminton couple. Nine years have passed since then. The two have gone through ups and downs but have come out stronger through everything....

Uncle Kentang & Joey Mattress Donate Mattresses To 26 Families In Need

Uncle Kentang (Mr Kuan Chee Heng, 马铃薯叔叔日志) and Joey Mattress teamed up to donate RM52,220 worth of mattresses and pillows to underprivileged families from Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Perak, Johor, and Pahang. Many Malaysian families were affected by this pandemic, and in an effort to save money, many cannot afford to spend on non-essential goods anymore. Such...

Malaysian Oscar hope Prebet Sapu explores race relations and shattered dreams in Kuala Lumpur’s dark underbelly

The National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (Finas) has chosen a monochromatic coming-of-age journey set in the lower echelons of capital Kuala Lumpur to represent the Southeast Asian nation at the 94th Academy Awards next year. Known internationally as Hail, Driver! , Muzzamer Rahman’s low-budget debut film Prebet Sapu (2020) will compete in the Best International Film...