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nikicheong
Real Name: Niki Cheong
Member Since: 23rd March 2009
Niki Cheong is a full-time journalist, part-time performer and social media fan. He is also known as The Bangsar Boy, a reference to his fortnightly column in The Star.
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Turning point – Paying it forward
My mother sent me an email a couple of weeks ago. She wrote nothing in the email, but attached a link to a YouTube video titled Turning Point, a story about a lighthouse watcher who willed some of his most prized possessions to people who didn’t even know who he was. I only watched the video today...
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1 month ago.
Looking back – My 2011
At the end of 2010, I was interviewed by a magazine for its Leading Men of 2010 editorial and was asked what 2011 held for me. My reply was that it would be a year of learning. By then, I had known that I would be heading for Singapore where I would spend three months [...]
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1 month ago.
My first Christmas away from home
Merry Christmas! It’s odd to be spending my Christmas eve in bed writing this post when it’s usually filled with noise and presents. We grew up having dinner on the eve and waiting till midnight for Christmas to arrive so that we could unwrap presents. Over the past few years, we’ve been...
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1 month and a week ago.
My iPhone 4S unboxing video
I recorded this video over a month back on the day I got my new phone, but didn’t have the time to edit it. But since everyone on my Twitter feed from back in Malaysia have been talking about it for the past few days (I believe the 4S will be released this week in [...]
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1 month and 3 weeks ago.
My World AIDS Day 2011
Truth be told, I almost forgot that it was World AIDS Day today. Not that I actually forgot the date (it’s Dec 1 each year) but I didn’t realise December had arrived, and so soon as well. I’m not sure if it’s because I’ve lost track of days or that my life currently lacks the...
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2 months ago.
Chelsea vs Liverpool: My return to Stamford Bridge
If you have been following this blog for a while, you would remember a visit I made to London back in February 2010 together with the Project Alpha crew to film my holiday trip with XiaXue and Jojo Struys. One of our stops, as you can see in the video below, was Stamford Bridge. Then, [...]
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2 months ago.
The right to protest
A few weeks ago, I was invited to write an article for a student publication. The theme for the issue I would be writing for is “student activism”. I found it a bit odd that I was asked to write a piece on this but the editor, in the invitation email, reminded me of my [...]
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2 months and a week ago.
Autumn in London
I was walking through Russell Square this morning, on the way to uni from Senate House Library when I saw this sight and told myself: Autumn may well be my favourite season of the year. 1.05pm Greenwich Meridian Time
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2 months and a week ago.
Ethnicity and nationality – The Bangsar Boy in London
I originally wrote this article for my first column of Tale of Two Cities for StarMetro which was scheduled for October. I was meant to write monthly starting then after my The Bangsar Boy column was put on hold while I am here in London. However, due to scheduling issues, my first article will only [...]
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2 months and 2 weeks ago.
#Nov9 Student Protest in London
Last year, as I started making plans to come over to study in London, I heard about the British Government’s plans to cut spending on further education as well as increase the cap for tuition fees of local students. As someone who had spent a couple of years in Australia as an international student, I...
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2 months and 3 weeks ago.
Breast cancer – Have you gotten checked?
It’s technically the last day of Breast Cancer month, but better late than never to blog about it, I suppose. If you’ve been following me on here and on Twitter, among other places, you’ll know that in the past couple of years that cancer has been an issue rather close to my heart. Besides...
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3 months ago.
Laughing till you cry
A couple of months ago, I shared a YouTube video of Anderson Cooper on Twitter. I loved the video because it showed a real human side to Anderson, who is one of my favourite TV personalities of all time. Taken from vasofoto.com on Flickr under the Creative Common License. What I really like about him [...]
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3 months and a week ago.
Bomb scare near Fleet Street and Strand in London
I guess it took something like this to kick my butt and get me updating my blog again. Not that it ended up being much but at the time it happened, I got terribly excited. Just over a year ago, when I was in Paris visiting the Eiffel Tower, I got caught amid a bomb [...]
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3 months and 2 weeks ago.
Behind the lens of a photojournalist in a conflict zone
I came across this video just a few minutes ago, thanks to @GuyKawasaki. I found it most interesting because I, like many people, often fall in love with what we sometimes consider beautiful shots (ironically, very often shots of disaster). This intrigued me as well as a journalist because I think we seldom...
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4 months ago.
Flathunting should be a sport – The Bangsar Boy in London
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article in my The Bangsar Boy column in Star Metro about taking a break from the column. I had just moved over to London, and “The London Boy” just doesn’t have the same ring to it. That, plus the fact that I wouldn’t dare to stake claim [...]
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4 months ago.
London thus far, my Project 365
A couple of posts ago, I wrote about embarking on a new Project 365 (yes, I’ve been here before but never completed it) to kind of chronicle my trip in London. It’s not all about sites and events, I wanted to have little bits of memories from the year. I had a couple of ideas [...]
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4 months ago.
London Boy, Birthday Boy, Bangsar Boy
Last year, I rushed over from my trip to France on Sept 22 for the dinner below at Belgo’s in London to celebrate my birthday. Tonight, these same bunch of people plus a few others, will come together again to celebrate with me as I turn 32. It was during this dinner that the seed [...]
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4 months and 2 weeks ago.
The Bangsar Boy bids farewell … for now
It seemed so long ago that the image above first appeared in StarMetro. In actual, fact, it’s only been five years. Well, today, that chapter comes to an end. My article for today’s The Bangsar Boy will be the last time I write under that monicker. In my article, I wrote: In The Bangsar Boy, [...]
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4 months and 2 weeks ago.
Arriving at King’s College, London
One of the first sights I saw in London yesterday after arriving was this crest at the Strand entrance to King’s College London. I went to the uni just hours after landing in Heathrow yesterday because my enrollment slot was at 12pm. But it was a good way to keep me awake as well and helped me [...]
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4 months and 2 weeks ago.