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WHAT IS WAKALAB

"WAKALAB is an innovation platform which fosters ideas and innovations targeted at the youth"

WAKALAB LAUNCH

WAKALAB ROAD SHOW

THANK YOU WE HAD SO MUCH FUN!

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CLINIQUE BEAUTY WORKSHOP

  • The WakaBird

  • Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

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NSTP staff jumped for joy when they heard Clinique was coming to NSTP e-Media’s
office to conduct a beauty workshop. WakaLab organized the workshop, held on 22nd
November.

When they arrived at NSTP e-Media’s office, not only did they give us tricks and tips
shared by their beauticians, but they also sold their products to us at special prices.

At the workshop, we learnt some basic tricks about skincare and how to ‘paint’ our face
accordingly. Though it was basic, most people actually didn’t really know the basic steps.

Clinique outreach and college event manager, Ng Huay Tjin said, Ng said it is important
for youths to be presentable.

She also said people should know the basic 3-steps in skincare which are cleanse,
exfoliate and moisturize because those steps are important to prepare the face for the next
step – makeup. Surprisingly, most people at the workshop did not know these steps.

Then, beautician David Ooi took over and demonstrated how to apply make-up. During
his entertaining session, everyone was glued to their chairs, watching and listening how
to blend makeup and shape eyebrows without ending up looking angry, and much more.

About 100 women and a handful of men attended the workshop. The workshop was
aimed to gather NSTP staff and to educate them on being beauty conscious succeeded!

So what’s next for WakaLab? Come on everyone; approach us with your big ideas so we
can have a more fun in the next year.

Weekend of Conceptualising Ideas

  • The WakaBird

  • Monday, October 31st, 2011

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MakeWeekend, 22nd – 23rd October 2011
Weekend of Conceptualising Ideas

There is always this saying: walk the talk. Lots of people may have a lot of great things inside them, but not enough cajones to follow through.

If you have dreams, or ideas you have always been talking about but always whining that you don’t have the resources, time, abilities, blablabla, MakeWeekend is here to fill that missing… erm… spark!
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WakaLab’s Launch Was A Blast!

  • The WakaBird

  • Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

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As promised, it was fun, games and laughter at the launch of WakaLab, a fun platform for ideas and youth engagement, held at the e-Media office.

In a symbolic launch gimmick, New Straits Times Press CEO Datuk Anthony Bujang and Group Managing Editor Datuk Zainul Arifin, cracked open a giant egg to release the WakaLab mascot, now named WakaMon.
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100 Thousand Poets for change

  • The WakaBird

  • Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

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Event : 100 Thousand Poets for Change
Venue : e-Media office, Balai Berita, 31, Jalan Riong, 59100 KL
Date : 24th September 2011, Saturday
Time : 4:00pm – 6:30pm
FB : http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=156127084474968
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Wakalab Roadshow

  • The WakaBird

  • Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

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The New Straits Times Press (NSTP) staff were ‘attacked’ by a wacky-hat-wearing group of youths recently. They didn’t seem to mind and in fact, participated in some games to win an iPad2, iPod Shuffles as well as a bunch of freebies and premium giveaways.
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Beyond The Box

  • The WakaBird

  • Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

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We’re officially launching WakaLab, NSTP’s youth and innovation movement very soon. WakaLab exists for many reasons. One of which is to harness ideas from NSTP’s youth and the young-at-heart and turn them into reality. To coincide with the launch, we want to hear what you think.

In fact, we’re so keen to listen to your ideas that we’re willing to give out an iPad 2 and many cool prizes to those with the coolest ideas.
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Launch of WakaLab – 27th September 2011

  • The WakaBird

  • Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

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Now that you (roughly) know what WakaLab is, join us for our launch on the 27th of September!
The first 150 youth and the young at heart to RSVP gets a free goodie bag!

Date: 27th September 2011
Venue: e-Media Office
Time: 4pm-7pm

Spaces are limited. RSVP by 23rd Sept (Fri).

LAUNCH HAS ENDED…READ ABOUT IT HERE

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Otak2 2011 Internship final meeting and discussion

  • The WakaBird

  • Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

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The Otak2 interns get cosy on Doof bags

The first batch of Otak2 interns had their final meeting at WakaLab last Friday, having spent two months attached with various companies in Malaysia.The group met at the Lab to discuss and exhange their experiences while participating in the programme.Otak2 co-founder Joyce Tagal said the batch of 41 students had been placed in 20 local companies, and had received higher than usual’ salaries during their internship term. read full post

HackWeekend was AWESOME!

  • The WakaBird

  • Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

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A bird's eye view of HackWeekend participants lounging on Doof bags as Hakim Albraswary gives the keynote

Date: 30 – 31st July 2011
Place: WakaLab, NSTP e-Media, Balai Berita @ Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur
Time: 9am (9th July) – 3pm (10th July)
Details: http://hack.weekend.my

What is Hackathon?

Hackweekends are a series of regular hackathons that put together top programming talent and designers to bring ideas to life. Hackweekends are intensive, high-energy programmes lasting between 10 and 54 hours where multidisciplinary teams put their heads together to address real world challenges by building software and hardware solutions. read full post