Author - jessie tan

Chef Wan Claps Back At Netizens For Telling Him To Cover Up

Chef Wan gave a priceless reaction after his recent post was met with tons of backlash from local netizens on Instagram. The cooking icon uploaded an amusing clip of him swimming gracefully in a pool with just his trunks on, lip-syncing to a classic song. https://www.instagram.com/p/CChwl1YA53u/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet After he had enough with the all the malicious comments left by...

World Most Expensive Hotel : RM400k per night?! What’s so special about the Palms Casino Resort, LA?

Just when you think a small hotel room in Malaysia, that costs around RM100+ is expensive, this resort is charging $100k (approx. RM400k) per night!!! Introducing the Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas - the world most expensive hotel in history! The resort just completed their renovations for two years long and spent, according to rumours, 1 billion dollars. It...

US coronavirus cases surpass 59,000 in a single day, setting record

The United States reported more than 59,000 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, the biggest increase ever reported by a country in a single day, according to a Reuters tally. The United States faces a bleak summer as infections surge and many states are forced to close bars and popular beaches to try to curb the rise. In...

Statue of US first lady Melania Trump set on fire in Slovenia

A wooden sculpture of US first lady Melania Trump was torched near her hometown of Sevnica, Slovenia, on the night of July Fourth, as Americans celebrated US Independence Day, said the artist who commissioned the sculpture. Brad Downey, a Berlin-based American artist, told Reuters he had the life-sized blackened, disfigured sculpture removed as soon as police...

Toll rises from rain storms in China as student bus plunges into reservoir

A bus carrying high school students plunged into a reservoir in southwest China on Tuesday, as days of torrential rain triggered flood warnings across large parts of the country and disrupted the first day of national college exams. In the central city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus epidemic first erupted in December, a record-breaking 426 millimetres...

Opinion: Decades-old dream of poverty-free China about to come true

If China, as it has pledged, eliminates absolute poverty by the end of this year, it will be an unprecedented achievement in the world. There could be many reasons behind its imminent success, but the top reason, according to me, is strong and consistent leadership. Addressing a Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee panel discussion...

Singapore clinches 3 of top 5 South-east Asia deals despite Covid-19 slowdown

Singapore clinched three of the top five private equity and venture capital deals struck in the region in the first quarter amid markedly slower economic activity across South-east Asia due to the pandemic. There were 141 such deals worth US$1.4 billion (S$1.95 billion) in the region in the three months to March 31, Ernst & Young...

Lin Chi-ling Shocks Netizens with Change in Appearance, Plastic Surgery Speculations Arise

Let's be honest. No matter how modern our world is now, society seems to be harsher for women in the entertainment industry. They get more flak especially when it has something to do with physical appearance. Even for a top model celebrity like Lin Chi-ling (The Monkey King 3) who has been in the show business for...

Ady An Scalded by Hot Tea on Pregnant Belly Due to Fast Food Mishap, McDonald’s Responds

In a bit of worrying news today, expectant mum Ady An wrote about her recent scare getting scalded by hot drinks which broke out from the bottom of the thin takeaway bag as she was trying to lift them out. "On that day, I was quite hungry so I asked my family to get some Mcdonald’s for me....

Sammi Cheng and Charlene Choi Visit Niki Chow’s Baby

Currently taking care of her nearly two-month-old son, Niki Chow (周勵淇) rarely steps outside her home but she is happy when friends drop by to visit. Yesterday, Sammi Cheng (鄭秀文) and Charlene Choi (‎蔡卓妍) shared photos on social media of their visit to Niki’s home. Sammi held Niki’s baby in her arms, but a flower emoji was placed over his face to...