Editors Note: This entire article is based on interviews with Janesh Nathan, Shaun Prakesh Stanley, and Terence Kong. As mentioned earlier in the article here, a heated debate had occur during the 3rd Monash Student Council meeting between the President, Janesh Nathan and an Editorial subcommittee member, Terence. This article is written mainly to…
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A Werewolf’s Lament
The sound of dead leaves crunching underfoot pierced the quietness as the tall figure made its way through the thick forest. The light of the crescent moon hanging overhead in the starless sky filtered through the thick canopy of trees, offering only the barest of illumination. In spite of the lack of visibility, the figure…
Dead yet? Check out our tips on how to survive the second half of the semester!
So, I’m supposed to write an article for the Monga blog. And the thing is, I WAS writing it. In fact, I was sitting in the library just a couple days ago, typing it out (and procrastinating a little, don’t tell my editor) when I suddenly realised something. The library. Was. Dead. Silent. I wasn’t…
Natasha Qisty: The 9A+ girl that was bullied.
So this isn’t really hot news. Heck, I don’t even know if it’s good enough news to talk about, since I’m sure Monashians will stand on the same side of this divide, but all the same, this is for those of you who didn’t know this went down. This is Natasha Qisty Mohd Ridzuan. She’s…
Childlike Hope
After a sleepless night cramming statistics and staring at the candles giving me some aroma therapy, I got ready to head over to church on a rainy Sunday morning. Taking the LRT, I reached Kingdomcity KL, the church that I came to love. Walking in I saw stands set up in the foyer, with beautiful…
This guy just won RM100! Find out how!
The winner for March’s thematic competition is Bryan Tan with his poem titled Rise of an ImagiNation! Honorable mention goes to Yau Jun Min’s “A Werewolf’s Lament”. Congratulations and watch out for our next competition coming soon! Check out the winning entry below! Isn’t it truly a wonder, For our careless minds to wander, To…
The Art of Pixar Movies: A Paragon of Storytelling
“To Infinity and beyond!” were the words that rang throughout the cinema as children cheered on their favourite character rushing to the rescue. They whooped and they cheered, their elation clear as they excitedly re-enacted the scenes they had watched with their own toys back home. A world of possibility had been opened to them,…
STYLE ICON : THE BBC INTERVIEW GIRL
Marion Kelly, or better known as the BBC Interview Girl who shot to fame and made her way onto the haute couture scene after swaggering into dad Robert Kelly’s BBC interview in her hippity-hoppity mood is our inspiration at the moment. She has been the current world obsession for all the right reasons. This four-year-old…
The New Kid on Campus
He’s the new kid on campus- awkward, shy and scared. He’s hiding behind his cell phone, pretending to be busy in some work. But his cell isn’t working. The new sim card hasn’t been activated yet. He’ll have to wait for an hour before he calls back home and assures his family that he’s pretty much…
A New Year, A New Us.
“A new year, a new us”. Too mainstream? We know. I know it may seem really flat that we could not come up with a witty tagline to kick off 2017, you know saying things like “Editors Take on 2017!” or “Recreating the Vision of Monga – Editors Take Charge!” (okay fine these sound just…
Mikey’s Original New York Pizza @ Bangsar: Restaurant review
Words by: Sandeep Dhanoa Lift. Fold. Bite. That’s the mantra that is recited here in Mikey’s Original New York Pizza. With an extensive selection of pizzas to be devoured, the ultimate spotlight this time around was on the 9-1-1 pizza. Dubbed as the spiciest pizza in Asia, this is not for the faint hearted. Practise…
Premier League 2016 – 2017 transfers: It’s not just Zlatan
Words by: Sandeep Dhanoa With David Guetta’s miserable attempt to entertain the crowd for the Euro’s, which left many of us banging our heads against the wall, and Iceland’s hair-raising Viking clap now behind us, the focus has now shifted to club football. England’s dreadful showing in the Euro’s will undoubtedly leave them humiliated, so much…
Wanderlust
Words By & Photos by: Katherine Khaw I have many lives. While this statement may alarm many, it is nothing extraordinary. After all, as an avid reader, I see myself in the lives of the characters I meet, and even in the characters that I do not. With every twist and turn, my mind will…
EPIC REVIEW: Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan)
Written by: Sitwat Azhar Hashmi A Muslim superhero? A Pakistani-Muslim superhero? A female Pakistani-Muslim superhero?! You can only imagine the frequency of my screams and the height of my excitement when Marvel announced their plans of a new superhero that embodied everything that I was. Female – check. Pakistani – check. Muslim – check. Immigrant/Third-culture…
Fat Basterd: It’s more than just a burger
Written by: Sandeep Dhanoa Over the past few years, KL has undoubtedly been bitten by the burger bug. The city’s food scene has witnessed assorted burger joints, such as the ever-improving myBurgerLab and the underrated Killer Gourmet Burgers (KGB), joining in to revolutionise KL’s burger scene. However, this post is not about the best burger…
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