What Happened on 1st February 2021 in Myanmar and its Current Situation
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What Happened on 1st February 2021 in Myanmar and its Current Situation

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  • Myanmar, also known as Burma, is in Southeast Asia. It neighbours Thailand, Laos, Bangladesh, China and India.
  • It has a population of about 54 million, most of whom are Burmese speakers, although other languages are also spoken, such as Shan, Karen languages, Kachin, Mon, and English taught as a secondary language. The biggest city is Yangon (Rangoon), but the capital is Nay Pyi Taw.
  • The main ethnic groups living in the seven ethnic minority states of Burma are the Karen, Shan, Mon, Chin, Kachin, Rakhine and Karenni. Other main groups include the Nagas, who live in north Burma and are estimated to number more than 100,000, constituting another complex family of Tibetan-Burmese language subgroups.
The SunVoice 5 | Semi-final 第五届双威好声音《熠·光》| 半决赛
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The SunVoice 5 | Semi-final 第五届双威好声音《熠·光》| 半决赛

“DingDong! You have received an invitation for watching the Semi-Final of The SunVoice 5 from Sunway University Chinese Cultural Society (SUCCS).” 

On the 24th March (Wednesday) at 6 pm, SUCCS had their SunVoice 5 semi-finals live on Facebook. To make things more entertaining, this round of semi-finals had a twist. 16 contestants were required to sing a song based on the genre they had drawn beforehand. There are a total of 4 genres which are pop, rock, Chinese classical and folk songs. 

Beer & Skittles: Snowpiercer
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Beer & Skittles: Snowpiercer

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Snowpiercer is an American, post-apocalyptic, sci-fi series about a perpetual-engine-train on which humanity must survive after the world has frozen to death. Its story is based on a 2013 film by the same name directed by Oscar winning ‘Parasite’ director Bong Joon-Ho. The film was originally based on an 1892 French graphic novel called Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob. The show went through a turbulent development phase to then be released to an onslaught of criticism for deviating from the original film’s plot. Despite this, it managed to garner decent popularity among its audience.

Colourism: Modern Society’s Plague
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Colourism: Modern Society’s Plague

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Described by Lupita Nyong’o as the “daughter of racism”, colourism has been plaguing societies for decades with its jarring prominence and its blatant inclination towards belittling darker skin to glorify whiter skin. The seemingly positive effects from the influx of recent self-acceptance and self-love related media is ruled out by colourism, which consistently undermines these self-acceptance messages by alluding that only certain types of skin tones are worthy of being accepted. This can’t help but make us wonder: why is darker skin still seen as an unprepossessing physical trait?

March 2021 Video
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March 2021 Video

The month of March means commemorating International women’s day, The Sunway Echo Media’s guys are tasked to guess the feminine products and prices. How confident are the guys and do they know their stuff well? Will the guys be able to prove themselves? Tune in to see the dudes comical and humorous reactions. 

Real Talk: The Caste System
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Real Talk: The Caste System

What Is A Caste System?

Illustrations of different caste members

The term caste is described as a hereditary and endogamous community restricted to people of the same economic or occupational, spiritual, and social class. The concept stemmed from the Spanish, Italian and Portuguese words casta and casto, which hold the meaning of “race and lineage” and “pure or chaste”, respectively. In Latin, casto also holds the meaning “chaste”, which originated from the term castus, suggesting “clean, pure and separated”. 

Time is Timeless | A Concept
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Time is Timeless | A Concept

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For centuries, the basic concepts of time have been determined by numbers – as we all know it, we live and breathe through 365 days in a year. This can be broken down into a universal calendar of 12 months, 52 weeks, 8,760 hours, 525,600 minutes and 31,536,000 seconds. While the Earth rotates on its axis, the days and nights take turns with their shifts. 

Sunway Analytics Society (SAS) Virtual Bonding – Game Slam Night
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Sunway Analytics Society (SAS) Virtual Bonding – Game Slam Night

Sunway Analytics Society (SAS) held a virtual bonding session for their members titled ‘Game Slam Night’ on 5 February, 8.00 pm-9:30 pm on Microsoft Teams. A video introducing Sunway Analytics Society which contained short clips of previous workshops and events was played at the start of the event, followed by a short speech by the Sunway Analytics Society president, Ting Wei Jian.