Covid-19: Virus Variants and Vaccines Explained
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Covid-19: Virus Variants and Vaccines Explained

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People often say that most of the time, the world works like clockwork: things always happen the way they were meant to. However, if any one person were asked over a year ago what they had imagined their next decade would look like, no one would have an accurate answer on depicting the following months, days or even years. No one would have foreseen the world at a complete standstill, at its wits’ end. No one would call this clockwork. It has been 523 days since COVID-19 was first reported in Wuhan, China. 447 days (as of 8th June 2021) since the very genesis of Malaysia’s MCOs and yet here we are, almost 500 days later, back at square one. 

MINDFULGym: Mindfulness Rest-Shop for Stress Reduction & Wellness
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MINDFULGym: Mindfulness Rest-Shop for Stress Reduction & Wellness

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Amidst grappling with day-to-day tasks and pushing through deadlines, it’s easy to forget how important it is to slow down, take a break, and just breathe. As a student, one can become all-too-familiar with feeling fretty, anxious, disconnected, or burnt out. How can these troubles be managed? The answer, in fact, already lies within oneself. Sunway Peer Counselling Volunteers hosted the “MINDFULGym Workshop” on Friday, 28 May 2021, through Zoom, with guest speaker Dr. Phang Cheng Kar to address how to access power within oneself and demonstrate various mindfulness techniques. Check them out below!

Autism: A Spectrum Of Colour
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Autism: A Spectrum Of Colour

Source: autism Different strokes, of varying degrees on a spectrum of colour. The biggest mistake people make is likening themselves to pantone canvases: made to fit into aesthetics, corners, places.…
Breast Cancer: Early Detection is Vital
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Breast Cancer: Early Detection is Vital

Cancer, a disease that no one wishes to hear that they’re diagnosed with. Unfortunately, the cold hard truth is, cancer doesn’t discriminate and anyone can ultimately be a victim of it. And yes, I’m well aware that it’s a hard pill for everyone to swallow. I’m pretty sure most of us are familiar with it as well. It may be because you know someone who is a cancer patient, or you know someone who is a survivor or you’ve lost someone you loved dearly to the deadly disease.

Real Talk: Sexual Health Awareness
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Real Talk: Sexual Health Awareness

Welcome to Echo’s very first chapter of Real Talk. In this series, we’re going to uncover, and tap into topics that are (you guessed it!), hard to talk about. With research, diverse perspectives and an open mind, we hope to equip you with a better understanding of certain 'taboo' topics and provide you with proper representation through this series. Today's topic is very relevant this month just as it is every month. Sexual Health Awareness!
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Cultivating Spirituality: A Kung Fu Panda Guide

What is Spirituality? To each and every person, spirituality is a word that could carry many different meanings. Although closely associated and often intertwined, religious belief can be completely separate from spirituality. I believe that at its core, spirituality is centered around an innate peace that stems from yourself - it’s about discovering meaning, finding purpose, and embracing growth. 
Faith in the Time of COVID-19
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Faith in the Time of COVID-19

“Yet it would be your duty to bear it, if you could not avoid it: it is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear.” -  Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre For 7 weeks now, we have been under the Movement Control Order. Some of us are stuck in residences crowded with housemates whom we barely know and managed to avoid for years before this. Some of us are stuck alone without a single soul to judge us as we waltz around the communal area in only a towel. Some of us are at home, either cooking and baking - having the time of our lives; or hiding away from toxic interactions, praying for escape. Some of us are taking the time to learn new things, while some of us are having trouble finding any meaning to waking up in the morning. The situation for every person is unique in its challenges and pleasures. There is one thing we all have in common, though. We’re all thinking about how things could’ve been. Whether it’s, “this time last year I was...” or “right now I’m supposed to be at...” or “now I will never get to...”,  the grief of our individual lost plans weighs upon us, on top of the concern we have for the COVID-19 victims and frontliners. After all, we’re only human, and it’s not something to be ashamed of.
Racism: In Light of COVID-19
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Racism: In Light of COVID-19

In less than 3 months, the threat of COVID-19 has led to national lockdowns all over the globe. Being of an extremely viral pneumonic nature coupled with a long asymptomatic incubation period, its exponential spread has had scientists scrambling for a cure. Declared a pandemic by WHO in early March, COVID-19 has become the main topic for economic and political forces to tackle.