Education
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5.0K3 Iban folk stories kept alive thanks to Benedict Sandin, Sarawak’s greatest historian
Ok, quick question for all the non-East Malaysians: off the top of your head, how many traditional Iban folk tales can you...
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10.8KMalaya’s D-Day: The massive WW2 invasion of Malaya that almost happened
Anyone who’s studied WWII history or watched Saving Private Ryan will no doubt be familiar with Operation Overlord, where Allied soldiers stormed...
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2.7KAward-winning startup recruited 2200 Malaysian teachers to help tackle… fake news?
Everyone has that one watapps aunty group – usually with people from the older generation (sorry to all non-offending aunties) forwarding videos,...
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11.6KDo you change jobs more often than the average Malaysian? Take our survey to find out
Click here to take the Silap Cita-Cita Survey! If you clicked on this article, chances are that you probably could relate to...
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2.1K1214 awesome newspaper headlines from August 1957 (that you never saw in your Sejarah books)
[Ed’s note: This article was originally published in August 2014 and updated in August 2021 ] When we made a trip...
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1.3KThis 19 year-old student made RM400 computers to help B40 kids study online
With schools only reopening in October, it seems that we’ll continue holding the paling sedih record for longest school closure in the...
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3.2KCan a minority government solve Malaysia’s problems?
Sooo, looks like it’s happening. Prime Minister Mahiaddin Yasin, after apparently losing his majority in government, has revealed that he is submitting...
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4.2KThis S’wakian teacher led his students to the state dance competition. Then MCO happened.
When we think of dance movies, it usually involves a group of teenage student misfits in an inner-city school, defying odds to...
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1.8KStereotypes about studying in the US that Malaysians get wrong (until they go)
Quick, close your eyes and picture what it’s like to be a university student in England. Actually wait, no, read this first...