Looking at the past eight years of my life, I could not say whether I was ready or totally clueless when I first embarked into motherhood. The days of my pregnancy were filled with me wondering on how should I raise my...
Malaysia
Ayuni Ayatillah
Malay drama ‘Nur’ shines the light on faith and hypocrisy
Malay dramas are often the bane of my life. During my adolescence (which happened to be the rocking late 80s) I watched my share of awful melodramatic Malay series which, over time, sounded like broken records. Sub-par...
Eliza Ali
How a Vietnamese chef keeps her love of home food alive in a Malaysian kitchen
I stumbled upon Mai Lap Lanh’s Instagram page some time ago and her food postings caught my foodie-eyes. I have always wanted to try authentic Vietnamese cooking, so a few months later I found myself in Mai’s kitchen...
Nadia Bakly of Bebebundo: Sewing for the Love of Little Soles from Malaysia
In person, Farhan Nadia Bakly exudes an ethereal beauty with a pleasant and reserved persona, but inside, this mother of two is built with determination and discipline—the most important traits a businesswoman needs...
The Joy And Agony of Searching For A Job in My Forties
12 years after leaving my last paying job, I find myself wading gingerly back into the job-hunting pool. This drastic move is not something I would be doing voluntarily, were it not for the life-changing event that...
Guest Writer
A Head and A Tail in Malaysia: My Cousins’ Red String Weddings
Chinese mythology teaches that a couple is a match made in heaven. As the Gods watch over our world, small terracotta figures of each human are created. When the Gods decide the time is right they bind two figures...
Mon Liew
Rose Chan: Charity Queen of Striptease
April Magazine presents a series that highlights the badass Asian women of history. If you have a heroine in mind, tell us in the comments. One does not simply tick the checkboxes and walk into the land of Badassery...
April Editors
What I learned as a volunteer at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games
[agg-ad id=”14519″ align=”left”][agg-ad id=”15486″ align=”center”] Ever since I was a child, I have always had a sense of curiosity about the world. I had a feeling that...
Farah Lee: fighting for your worth through marriage and public eyes
[agg-ad id=”14519″ align=”left”][agg-ad id=”15486″ align=”center”] We know the fairy-tale: A handsome prince and a humble princess, one true love and a life happily-ever...
Yuna: How to remain intact while breaking barriers
Malaysian-born singer-songwriter, Yunalis Zarai a.k.a. Yuna, 29, has come a long way from her early singing days on MySpace. What began as an innocent means of soul-searching quickly transformed into a burning passion...