Evening Edition

Our dependency on energy, especially among urbanites, are usually of epic proportions as reflected in our monthly electricity bills. Are we a nation of energy-wasters? Alex Laskey, a behavioural science expert, helps us answer that.

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Tonight we had young aspiring singer songwriter Bil Musa. Her singing was heard from an unlikely place, got quickly signed by Yuna’s own record label and now she’s the protege of Yuna herself.

Bil’s passion for music started off playing the piano at the age of 7. It went on to Bil starting to write her own songs at the age of 16. Currently in her line of studying, Bil is now focused with a degree major in broadcasting at Taylor’s University College.

The managing director for Yuna’s record label, Wawa heard Bil singing at a friend’s wedding in 2014. Earlier this year, Bil released her self-titled EP on iTunes.

For the record, Bil scored 22!

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UCSI University recently launched a year-long campaign titled ‘Right to Read: The Writer’s Public Readings’—a collaboration with several renowned Malaysian writers and literary critics with the aim of encouraging the passion for reading and participation in creative production amongst the general public. We speak to them to find out more about the campaign.

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Tonight we had a man who’s an actor, director and producer, Megat Sharizal. With about a decade’s worth of experience, Megat Sharizal is a real workhorse of Malaysian talent on whatever platform he wishes to be.

Megat started off trying acting in his college days, citing the stage was his first love. Over the years as a director, Megat has created a portfolio lined with six directing roles in theatre, another six for telemovies and three short films. It all range from the well-loved Projek Disko Baldi skit to the local favourite Aku, Dia & Tong Sampah.

As an actor, his name is on 12 different productions stretching the silver screen to theatre stage. Megat is one of the founders for the local production house Playground Productions. In 2014, Playground released the award winning local hit-movie Terbaik Dari Langit, staging Megat as an actor and producer for the movie.

Megat played as Ali for TDL, a role where he had to gain 15kgs to look the part. He went over to Jakarta earlier last week for the ASEAN Day Movie screening for TDL. The movie scored Best Film and Best Actor awards at the ASEAN International Film Festival and Awards 2015

For the record, Megat scored _!

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The Health Ministry announced yesterday that it is considering either a total ban or strict regulations against vaping. The announcement comes as more studies are carried out on the health risks of vaping and its effects on passive vapers. The announcement didn't sit well with people with many asking the obvious: why ban vaping but not cigarettes? On Talkback Thursday today, we're asking: Do you think vaping should be banned in Malaysia? 

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Tonight we had a man who’s been accredited as one of the major pioneers of the Malaysian digital film movement. He has over 25 years of experience and directed a total of 43 films. He is none other than James Lee!

Born and raised in Ipoh, Perak; originally James was trained as a graphic designer. He began acting and directing theatre plays before venturing into video filmmaking, relying solely on self-taught skills. It all started in 1999 when he made four short films to kick start his filming career. His first full feature film was Snipers in 2001.

One of James’ most prominent films were The Beautiful Washing Machine in 2004. It won numerous awards from various international film festivals, garnering glowing reviews from TIME Magazine and others. A lot more awards came by till 2007 James created Doghouse 73 Pictures, a Youtube channel which pushes for quality indie content. It all came together in 2014 as under his guidance, Doghouse won Digi’s WWWOW Award for the Content Category.

James even had a whole French film festival focusing on his work in 2007, he has a plaque with his name engraved to mark the moment. His first Malay horror movie was a surprise hit as well in 2008. Earlier this year, he also did a TED talk on the public needs to be more active when taking medium in. Whether it be a Youtube video or a full scale movie.

For the record, James scored 21!

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An hour of LIVE music from the most successful musical acts of the 1970s - Eagles.

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This month on Cerita-cerita Rock N' Roll we feature the Eagles. Formed in Los Angeles in 1971 by Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner with five number-one singles, six Grammy Awards, five American Music Awards, and six number one albums, the Eagles were one of the most successful musical acts of the 1970s.

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Tonight we had a man who was raised in Sarawak, came over here to study engineering, only to return back to the land of cats to create the popular Miao & WafuPafu series of comics! His name is Jian Goh and we talk about orange tabbies, blogs and childhood stories.

Jian Goh was born in Kuching, Sarawak. When he was young, Jian had a strong passion for design and drawing. Up until the age of 17, Jian moved to Malacca to pursue an engineering degree due to his father’s wish. During his degree years, Jian was doing freelance design work in between his assignments then one day he was introduced to the world of blogging and never left since.

After his studies, Jian became an R&D opto-electronic engineer by trade for four years before packing his bags back for his hometown to create the Miao & WafuPafu series of webcomics. Jian’s idea for Miao all started one day due to a life changing experience. He couldn’t fully convey the experience into words and decided to draw a four-panel comic on his blog for it.

The characters in his webcomic are alter-egos of the people in his life. Miao being Jian himself with a slew of animal caricatures for his family members. His new book, Once Upon A Miao is a compilation of Jian Goh’s childhood stories growing up in Kuching, Sarawak. It can be obtained through every major Malaysian bookstore and he’ll be flying off to South Korea to continue on his book tour soon!

For the record, Jian scored 14!

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Over the next few weeks of this special series on migrant labour, we will be exploring the topic from the perspective of policy and economics; taking you through the forgotten history of a landmark court case, and delving into the specific challenges faced by domestic workers. This week we talk to the Malaysian Maid Employers Association about the the dynamics of how economics and perception impact how we live, interact and rely on domestic workers.

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