The Mid-Autumn Festival is widely celebrated around Asia. (Image Credit: CNN) On the 15th night of the eighth lunar month, a young Chinese girl walks through the streets of Kuala Lumpur, carrying a glowing lantern. At the same time, a family in Beijing gathers on their balcony, setting out tea, snacks, and mooncakes, patiently waiting for the moon to rise. Though separated by thousands of miles, both of them gaze upon the same moon.   For Chinese communities around the world,

Cosplayers together at AniManGaki 2025. (Source: AniManGaki) Big Screen, Big Fandom Malaysia's cinemas have recently been taken over by a wave of anime excitement, with three major movies, "Demon Slayer : Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle ", "Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory / Premature Death ", "Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc" released in quick succession. Inside the cinema, you could see audiences dressed up as their favorite characters everywhere. The whole scene is full of energy,

Every October, Taylors University bursts into a week of colour, compassion and connection through its Annual Mental Wellness Campaign; Sense Space. This year’s theme invited students and staff alike to pause, breathe, and simply be present. Taylor’s University Sense Space Poster. (Source: Jason Desmond) From gentle morning meditations to thoughtful journaling workshops, Sense Space created moments that reminded Taylorians to check in with themselves amid the fast pace of univ

My brother and I shared a room and a boombox that played the eclectic rotation of albums we'd alternate like rituals. In 2007, I walked out of a Speedy Home Entertainment store clutching two CD's: Akon's Konvicted, and Taylor Swift's self-titled debut album. I admired each for a different reason, the energy of dance beats, and the sincerity of a girl singing about looking in from the outside. These days, it feels like there's little room left to analyse or critique Taylor Swi

KUALA LUMPUR – Few works in classical ballet command the reverence of Swan Lake.  Nearly 150 years after its 1877 premiere at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre Tchaikovsky's masterpiece has endured, reimagined countless times across the world. A debut once deemed a failure for its noise and clumsy choreography, in 2025 is not just a ballet but a return to grace and timeless tragedy. Swan Lake Act III pas de deux featuring Oksana Bondareva and Ivan Sitnikov-Koginov. (Source: Cheah Che