Category: Hiburan

Irfan Fandi Featured On Cover Of Latest Issue Of Manja Magazine

Footballer Irfan Fandi, the 17-year-old son of football legend Fandi Ahmad and model Wendy Jacobs, got a taste of his mother’s profession when he posed for the cover of entertainment and lifestyle magazine Manja. Its 15^th anniversary issue will be out on Friday (Jan 23) with two variant covers.

“This is Irfan’s first ever magazine cover shoot. He is the youngest person ever featured on our cover. We chose him because he embodies our vision for Manja. He is young, very talented and faces up to new challenges. He is set to become an icon ten years down the road.

“Our vision for Manja is similar – to face up to new challenges and remain an iconic magazine in the next decade,” said Manja editor Ruslina Affandi.

She added that the first-time cover boy is “very good-looking”. “Irfan is hot both on and off the field!”

Manja senior writer Aizam Omar revealed that Irfan had been looking forward to being featured in Manja. However, it took some time for her to make the footballer, who recently made it to a list of top 40 best young talents in world football, open up to her.

“He isn’t quite like your average 17-year-old. He is very reserved and shy, different from the image he has on social media. It took a while for him to warm up,” said Aizam. But once he did, they spoke about everything from what food he can’t live without to the qualities he is looking for in a girlfriend, as well as his desire to play for a European football club.

Manja’s associate art director Muhamad Azlin, who oversaw the photo shoot, shared Aizam’s sentiments.

“Initially, Irfan was totally uncomfortable. He was very stiff. We couldn’t get him to smile naturally. I was like ‘Oh man, how is this going to turn out’. But after about half an hour, he warmed to us and became more relaxed,” he said. “The result was good. He has the potential to be a great model. He has the height and he is very good-looking.”

The February issue of Manja goes on sale on Friday (Jan 23).

Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

January 22, 2015
Zamani Slam Disuruh Menyanyikan Lagu Gerimis Mengundang Oleh Polis Malaysia Sedangkan Masih Digari Kerna Disyaki Meggunakan Dadah

Bekas vokalis sebuah kumpulan popular era 90-an, Zamani Slam, ditahan polis tengah malam tadi kerana disyaki memiliki dadah jenis heroin seberat 1.2 gram.

Penyanyi itu yang berusia 43 tahun ditahan bersama seorang wanita berusia 32 tahun di Taman Keramat, Ampang kira-kira jam 12.30 tengah malam tadi setelah pihak polis bertindak hasil maklumat dadah yang diperoleh.

Pemeriksaan di bilik penyanyi berkenaan kemudiannya, polis menemui satu paket plastik disyaki dadah jenis heroin seberat 1.2 gram yang terletak di atas tilam di bilik berkenaan.

Hasil ujian air kencing, vokalis itu juga didapati positif dadah jenis morfin.

Zamani juga mengaku terbabit dalam aktiviti penagihan dadah jenis syabu dan heroin selama 10 tahun yang diperoleh daripada seorang pengedar di sekitar Hulu Kelang.

Beliau akan disiasat mengikut Seksyen 39A(2) Akta Dadah Berbahaya 1952.

Berikutan penangkapannya, satu video yang menunjukkan diri Zamani dalam keadaan bergari menyanyikan lagu hits Slam iaitu Gerimis Mengundang telah menjadi viral di media sosial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc06jkQhFcI

Bagaimanapun, rakaman video itu yang didakwa dibuat oleh seorang anggota polis mendapat bantahan orang ramai.

Bantahan itu menggunakan hashtag #BantahTindakanPolisKpdZamani mendapat sokongan orang ramai yang beranggapan ia satu tindakan melampau. Mereka menyarankan agar pegawai polis yang merakam dan menyebarkan rakaman itu dikenakan tindakan kerana mengaibkan Zamani.

Setakat ini, siapa pegawai polis yang terbabit masih belum diketahui namun mungkin juga beliau tidak menjangka reaksi sebegini dari orang ramai. Diharap pihak berkenaan lebih peka terhadap sensitiviti orang ramai terhadap Zamani yang masih punya ramai peminat sehingga ke hari ini. Di zaman kemasyhurannya, populariti kumpulan Slam sampai ke negara Indonesia dan menyamai populariti kumpulan Search. Apa pendapat anda?

Source: http://beautifulnara.com

January 22, 2015
8 Questions Singaporeans Secretly Want To Ask Lee Hsien Loong

Who says constructive politics can’t be light-hearted?

So PM Lee just announced on Instagram (Wow, so hipster) that he will be hosting a live Question and Answer (Q&A) session on Facebook (Wow, hipster count number two).

The highly anticipated session will be held this Saturday on 24 January, from 11.45am to 12.30pm. (Working on a Saturday? It’s either PM Lee doesn’t observe work-life balance very much or elections are coming.)

We bring you the top eight questions you know you want to ask PM Lee, but won’t get answered.

1. On Taylor Swift

Source

He probably receives a lot of flak as PM because there’s always going to be that faceless keyboard warrior waiting to gun him down each time. Maybe his personal music choice will tell us how he deals with such people.

If he says Taylor Swift…

…we know he doesn’t care about his haters.

If he votes Meghan Trainor…

Then you’ll know for sure it’s election year. (cause everything’s perfect.)

2. On the potential alcohol ban

The latest to come out from Parliament is that a potential Bill will ban public consumption of alcohol from 10.30pm to 7am. Zouk clubbers are up in arms, while residents of problematic places couldn’t welcome this Bill any better.

There was already uproar when the Ministry of Health (MOH) announced the ban on shisha in November last year. Now, the limit on alcohol? What’s next, ban on smoking? Oh wait, plans are already in place.

3. On public transport fares

“Why are fares so quick to increase yet so slow to respond to falling oil prices?”

4. On clubbing with the PAP

“Did you enjoy clubbing with Lim Swee Say and Indranee Rajah?”

PM Lee went to Zouk (yes, the club Zouk) to celebrate PAP’s 50th anniversary in 2004. Look, we even have photographic evidence!

5. On his salary

“Will you take further pay cuts?”

Even after PM Lee took a 36% pay cut after the 2011 General Elections, he still remains the world’s best paid politician. Obama earns only $400,000 a year, a paltry amount when compared to PM Lee’s $2.2 million.

6. On how he views himself

Watch your back, Ho Ching.

7. On life

If the last question had been asked a few months ago, back when HDB was still trying to rush out its BTO flats, PM Lee might actually have seriously considered it.

Instead of merging schools or by *cough* burning, PM Lee should turn schools into “purpose-built dormitories” for our foreign workers.

8. On delicious chicken wings

“Were the chicken wings at Redhill good?”

If this question gets answered, we can expect a Xin Jinping to happen. The Chinese president visited a steamed bun restaurant and paid his own way, to the shock of many patrons. After this unexpected publicity stunt, crowds in excess of 400 visited the same bun stall.

We love PM Lee

Some haters argue that he could have and should have done more, whilst others are just madly in love with him and his dapper suits.

Source: http://mustsharenews.com

January 21, 2015
Calls To #BanAmericanSniper For Promoting Islamophobia

‘American Sniper’ will be released in Singapore cinemas on 22nd Jan 2015.

Directed by Clint Eastwood. The story of the late Chris Kyle a former Navy SEAL and the most successful sniper in US military history with 160 confirmed kills. The movie was released on 16th Jan in USA.

The movie has radicalized men and women and make them hate a particular race and religion.

Censorship board of Singapore, via the Ministry of Communications and Information and the Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs, must re-look at the repercussions in view of the current attack against ISLAM.

It will not be a surprise if more self-radicalised Singapore non-muslims born and bred here to terrorize Muslims.

Retaliation in defence is a calling.

‪#‎BanAmericanSniper‬

#Rilek1Corner Contributor

January 20, 2015
Ex-Malaysian Footballer Pleads Guilty On Charges Of Conspiracy To Fix An MSL Match Involving Lions XII

A former Malaysian national footballer who absconded about three years ago after being charged with conspiracy to fix a Malaysia Super League (MSL) soccer game pleaded guilty on Monday.

Thanasegar S. Sinnaiah, 40, was nabbed again last August. The businessman, who faced eight charges, admitted to four in a district court.

He schemed with Singaporean Selvarajan Letchuman to give a bribe of not more than RM15,000 (S$5,590) to Football Association of Malaysia part-time referee Shokri Nor, 50, to ensure that the Lions XII beat Sarawak FA in a match to be played in Singapore on May 22, 2012.

That day, Selvarajan, 52, placed six bets with Singapore Pools with part of the earnings to be used as a bribe to be paid to Shokri, but the offence was not committed.

Thanasegar also conspired with Selvarajan and Shokri to conceal that arrangements had been made to “fix” the outcome of the match, in a bid to induce Singapore Pools to hand over payouts of $10,500 and $5,000 to Selvarajan. These were for bets he placed with an outlet near Rangoon Road and at Rowell Road respectively.

A district court heard that Thanasegar received a phone call in Kedah from Selvarajan on May 18 in 2012.

Selvarajan asked if he had any tips for the football match between Lions XII and Sarawak FA in the MSL to be played in Singapore on May 22. Thanasegar informed Selvarajan that Shokri, then a policeman, was the referee for the match.

Selvarajan travelled to Penang and met the pair in a hotel where the alleged conspiracy to fix the match was hatched.

But all three were arrested before the football match kicked off.

While Thanasegar was out on $50,000 bail, he left Singapore illegally by hiding in the boot of a car. He thus committed an offence of failing to present his passport to an immigration officer for examination sometime in July that year.

Thanasegar’s case has been adjourned to Feb 17.

Selvarajan’s case is pending while police are still looking for Shokri, who had also absconded.

Source: www.straitstimes.com

January 20, 2015