By June Ramli

Australian trained accountant Intan Juliana has her work cut out in the next few months. This serial entrepreneur wants nothing more than for her newfound venture Fitflo Activewear to be one of the top fitness brands in Indonesia for modern and active Muslim women. And she is going all out to make that happen.

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By Sulastri Aziz

One of the most rewarding and noble careers in the world is being a teacher. To me, that is because one is tasked with moulding the next generation of thinkers, leaders and so on. As a person, I have always known that teaching was the profession for me.

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By June Ramli

Ahmad Fuad Osman is no stranger in the artistic world. As even a simple Google search on the man will tell and show you his body of impressive work. A down to earth artist who is known to produce a lot of statement pieces, Ahmad conceded that being a full-time artist was no walk in the park. But nonetheless, he said a career in the art scene can be rewarding if one was willing to put in the work.

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By Diana Talit

As we all know, the unexpected event that was the pandemic had devastating consequences in New York. I felt really scared and frustrated at the height of the pandemic around April till June of last year. I was worried because many opportunities such as travelling, meeting new people for work and even my social life took a back seat. Manhattan, where I live, was literally a dead city compared to its former bustling glory.

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Devanandan Batumalai was on his usual route home from work when he received word that he was being headhunted for a senior position in Myanmar. He remembers the day clearly as he got the call. “I was stuck in a traffic jam in the Smart Tunnel in KL when the call came from a recruitment agency in Singapore,” he said.

Opinion By Siti Syameen

The year opened with the news of Naver’s acquisition on Wattpad for over AUD$773 million in January. For those who are unfamiliar,  Wattpad is a website for writers to publish new user-generated stories. The app founded by University of Toronto alumni Allen Lau and Ivan Yuen in 2006 is about to write a new chapter in its own story. While most people might wonder about these two names and what warrants the sizable amount of money involved, tech pundits are getting all excited.

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By June Ramli

A professional boxer based in Brisbane was shocked one day when his three-year-old daughter wanted to learn how to punch someone. At first, Kato Akeripa Falefehi just laughed it off but soon realised that his daughter Lesli Valu wasn’t mucking around. Not wanting to disappoint her, Falefehi decided to give in and teach Lesli a thing or two about boxing. He was soon blown away by what he saw next.

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By June Ramli

Two Sundays ago, on Valentine’s Day to be exact, I decided to volunteer my time to help manage a rowing competition that was held by the Balmain Rowing Club in Sydney, Australia. It was an interesting experience that I thought I’d share with everyone here. First of all, I’d like to say I’ve never been an athletic person, but since moving to Australia and to a suburb in the Inner West some years back, I decided to give rowing a go in 2017 as the club was situated just down the road where I was living then.

By June Ramli

YTL Corp Bhd revenue increased by 10 per cent to RM4.59 billion for the quarter ended 31 December 2020 compared to RM4.18 billion for the previous quarter ended 30 September 2020. The company’s profit before tax grew 44 per cent to RM196.9 million for the three months ending 31 December 2020 compared to RM136.8 million recorded in the previous quarter, while profit after tax grew by 75 per cent to RM85.4 million in this quarter over RM48.7 million in the previous quarter. YTL Corp Executive Chairman, Tan Sri Francis Yeoh said: “The Group’s improved profit was primarily due to the better performance in our merchant multi-utilities business segment in Singapore which has seen a solid turnaround, in addition to improved performance in our construction and cement segments, which continued to navigate the ongoing movement control conditions to turn in strong performances for the quarter under review.

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By Fazleena Aziz

KUALA LUMPUR: Unless you have been living under a rock, baking is the new thing. It would seem like everyone is a baker these days to earn an extra income or to make a living. Just a quick browse through Instagram, one can see the list of new bakers mushrooming around the corner offering a range of sweet and savoury delicacies that feed the needs of the masses. dailystraits.com spoke to several new emerging bakers who stumbled their way into the sweetness of the baking world.

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