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Revisiting the WFH debate

Kuala Lampur, March 17 -- Almost the only positive thing about the Covid-19 pandemic is that it pushed the idea of work-from-home (WFH) away from abstract theory and into hard reality. WFH simply bec... Read More


Is AI taking over music?

Kuala Lampur, March 1 -- It's all Spotify's fault. Each time you create or listen to a playlist there's this option of allowing the app to play hits from outside the list. Before I knew it, AI-genera... Read More


CNY's famous '20 Questions'

Kuala Lampur, Feb. 19 -- Very few Chinese folks will say this out loud but during Chinese New Year, there's one thing which will scare the living horse lights out of us i.e. the 20 questions relatives... Read More


Are tuition centres still relevant in an age of AI?

Kuala Lampur, Feb. 3 -- All over Malaysia, tuition centres remain busy. After-school classes have been the favourite approach for parents to help their children excel in their studies for many decade... Read More


Jackie Chan's cinematic way of reaching out to his kids

Kuala Lampur, Jan. 22 -- My Shakespeare's a little rusty, but if I recall correctly in Hamlet the prince staged a play to "catch the conscience of the King." The protagonist used art to draw out some... Read More


How much does your performance in school 'predict' your future?

Kuala Lampur, Jan. 16 -- One of my cousins was pretty bad at school. Teachers used to make him stay back all the time. Today? He runs about three businesses dealing with car repairs and owns half a d... Read More


How to fight digital distractions

Kuala Lampur, Jan. 7 -- "The culture of distraction isn't even experienced as distraction because it's just how we live." - Sherry Turkle There is no question that online distraction is a new sort of... Read More


Why must exiting a cinema hall be such a lousy experience?

Kuala Lampur, Jan. 2 -- Every Malaysian cinema-goer is familiar with what I am about to complain about: exits out of the individual halls. You've just spent two or more hours enjoying Vin Diesel blaz... Read More