Zizie and Bung Moktar's wedding buzz

Actress Zizie Ezette has married controversial Kinabatangan MP Datuk Bung Moktar Radin, several web portals, including mStar, have reported.

However, Bung Moktar has denied it and laughed off the hot news.

mStar reported that the akad nikah ceremony was held last week in a closed-door event and the
reception will be held in a leading hotel in Kuala Lumpur.

Several MPs from Barisan Nasional have received invitation cards for the event.

When reporter telephoned him to confirm whether he had married Zizie, he denied the reports with a chuckle and said, ""I am not handsome enough for her."

Later, when the reporter SMSed him to confirm whether the wedding had taken place, he replied: "No kahwin (marriage), hahaha."

When asked if he had proposed to her, he did not reply.

Meanwhile, the actress’s mother, Khaty Fauziah denied that her daughter had married the Sabah politician.

“They’re just starting to get to know each other better and Zizie is now currently busy on set, shooting for dramas,” she said.

Fifty-year-old Bung Mokhtar is a three-term Kinabatangan MP who is married to Datin Nor Asidah Alimuddin and they have dour children - Mohd Khairulnizam, 17, Mohd Kurniawan Naim, 15, Nor Khairunisah, 10, and Nur Safurah, two.

The Kinabatangan Umno division chairman was elected a Supreme Council member at the party election this year. Bung Mokhtar is well-known for his blunt and “bocor mulut” style at the parliament.

In 2001, he shouted a four-letter word twice at Chong Eng (DAP) during verbal clashes.

He also caused an outcry for uttering a sexiest remark against Fong Po Kuan (DAP) when he said “Where is the leak? The member for Batu Gajah also leaks once a month.”

Meanwhile Zizie, 31, was the TV Best Actress for the RTM Seri Angkasa Award 1999.

She started acting since she was in her teens. Her first movie was Kekasih Awal Dan Akhir in 1993 when she played a young Sofea Jane. She also acted in Sama Tak Serupa and Black Maria.

Her other awards include Best Actress in Anugerah Skrin 2003 for her performance in Aduhai Esah and Best Aspiring Actress at the 11th Malaysian Film Festival the same year.


Published Dec 16 2009

MD claiming RM1mil from ex-fiancee

Daliya in court on Thursday


A managing director is claiming RM1 million from his ex-fiancee who he says had deceived him and was immoral, resulting in their engagement being called off.

Plaintiff Mohamad Fahizul Khairi, 53, got engaged with Nor Daliya Mohd Daud, 34, on Dec 6, 2007 in Pekan, Pahang.

The mother of two was divorced from Herman Syah Abdul Rahim in January that year (She is at present married to another person).

Fahizul claims that he spent a lot of money on the engagement and on Daliya.

After they planned to get engaged, Daliya asked him to buy her a house for them to live in when they eventually got married.

On April 3 2007, Fahizul bought a two-and-half-storey house in Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya in her name.

He claims that she deceived him and had been doing immoral things, causing them to quarrel constantly after their engagement.



Fahizul (left) was accompanied by Herman Syah


On April 21 last year, less than five months after they got engaged, Daliya agreed to call the whole thing off after discussing the matter with Fahizul and both their family members. They also agreed to return whatever gifts that were exchanged during the engagement.

The case, which Fahizul filed on May 8 this year, was mentioned in the court Thursday, with Judge Mohamad Adib Husain fixing Feb 1 for a decision.

But Daliya’s lawyer Mohamad Isa Abd Ralip told mStar that the warring parties would try to negotiate and come to a settlement out of court.

Fahizul is seeking compensation of RM871,186.57 for the failed engagement and RM100,000 in defamatory compensation.

It is understood that the claim involves RM570,000 Fahizul spent for the engagement, RM208,594 for home renovation and household goods, RM15,500 property agent fees, RM20,000 down-payment for the defendant’s new Honda Civic car, and RM57,092.57 remittances into the bank and credit card accounts of the defendant.

The defamatory compensation is for alleged embarrassment Fahizul faced among his family members and friends.

Fahizul claims that as a result of Daliya’s deception, he had experienced problems with many of his family members including his wife Siti Zabiha.

Daliya attended the proceedings with her husband while Fahizul was accompanied by of all people, Daliya’s former husband Herman Syah.

Source: mStar

Published Dec 10, 2009

What killed Ranjan Das and Lessons for Corporate India

A month ago, many of us heard about the sad demise of Ranjan Das from Bandra, Mumbai. Ranjan, just 42 years of age, was the CEO of SAP-Indian Subcontinent, the youngest CEO of an MNC in India . He was very active in sports, was a fitness freak and a marathon runner. It was common to see him run on Bandra's Carter Road . Just after Diwali, on 21st Oct, he returned home from his gym after a workout, collapsed with a massive heart attack and died. He is survived by his wife and two very young kids.

It was certainly a wake-up call for corporate India . However, it was even more disastrous for runners amongst us. Since Ranjan was an avid marathoner ( in Feb 09, he ran Chennai Marathon at the same time some of us were running Pondicherry Marathon 180 km away ), the question came as to why an exceptionally active, athletic person succumb to heart attack at 42 years of age.

Was it the stress?

A couple of you called me asking about the reasons. While Ranjan had mentioned that he faced a lot of stress, that is a common element in most of our lives. We used to think that by being fit, one can conquer the bad effects of stress. So I doubted if the cause was stress.

The Real Reason

However, everyone missed out a small line in the reports that Ranjan used to make do with 4-5 hours of sleep. This is an earlier interview of Ranjan on NDTV in the program 'Boss' Day Out': Boss' Day Out: Ranjan Das of SAP India.

Here he himself admits that he would love to get more sleep ( and that he was not proud of his ability to manage without sleep, contrary to what others extolled ).

The Evidence

Last week, I was working with a well-known cardiologist on the subject of 'Heart Disease caused by Lack of Sleep'. While I cannot share the video nor the slides because of confidentiality reasons, I have distilled the key points below in the hope it will save some of our lives.

Some Excerpts:

· Short sleep duration ( <5 or 5-6 hours ) increased risk for high BP by 350% to 500% compared to those who slept longer than 6 hours per night. Paper published in 2009. As you know, high BP kills.

· Young people ( 25-49 years of age ) are twice as likely to get high BP if they sleep less. Paper published in 2006.

· Individuals who slept less than 5 hours a night had a 3-fold increased risk of heart attacks. Paper published in 1999.

· Complete and partial lack of sleep increased the blood concentrations of High sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (hs-cRP), the strongest predictor of heart attacks. Even after getting adequate sleep later, the levels stayed high!!

· Just one night of sleep loss increases very toxic substances in body such as Interleukin-6 (IL-6), Tumour Necrosis Factor-Alpha (TNF-alpha) and C-reactive protein (cRP). They increase risks of many medical conditions, including cancer, arthritis and heart disease. Paper published in 2004.

· Sleeping for <=5 hours per night leads to 39% increase in heart disease. Sleeping for <=6 hours per night leads to 18% increase in heart disease. Paper published in 2006.

Ideal Sleep

For lack of space, I cannot explain here the ideal sleep architecture. But in brief, sleep is composed of two stages: REM ( Rapid Eye Movement ) and non-REM. The former helps in mental consolidation while the latter helps in physical repair and rebuilding. During the night, you alternate between REM and non-REM stages 4-5 times.

The earlier part of sleep is mostly non-REM. During that period, your pituitary gland releases growth hormones that repair your body. The latter part of sleep is more and more REM type.

For you to be mentally alert during the day, the latter part of sleep is more important. No wonder when you wake up with an alarm clock after 5-6 hours of sleep, you are mentally irritable throughout the day (lack of REM sleep). And if you have slept for less than 5 hours, your body is in a complete physical mess ( lack of non-REM sleep ), you are tired throughout the day, moving like a zombie and your immunity is way down ( I've been there, done that ).

Finally, as long-distance runners, you need an hour of extra sleep to repair the running related damage.

If you want to know if you are getting adequate sleep, take Epworth Sleepiness Test below.

Interpretation: Score of 0-9 is considered normal while 10 and above abnormal. Many a times, I have clocked 21 out the maximum possible 24, the only saving grace being the last situation, since I don't like to drive ( maybe, I should ask my driver to answer that line ).

In conclusion:

Barring stress control, Ranjan Das did everything right: eating proper food, exercising ( marathoning! ), maintaining proper weight. But he missed getting proper and adequate sleep, minimum 7 hours. In my opinion, that killed him.
If you are not getting enough sleep ( 7 hours ), you are playing with fire, even if you have low stress.

I always took pride in my ability to work 50 hours at a stretch whenever the situation warranted. But I was so spooked after seeing the scientific evidence last week that since Saturday night, I ensure I do not even set the alarm clock under 7 hours. Now, that is a nice excuse to get some more sleep.

Unfortunately, Ranjan Das is not alone when it comes to missing sleep. Many of us are doing exactly the same, perhaps out of ignorance. Please forward this mail/article to as many of your colleagues/friends as possible, especially those who might be short-changing their sleep. If we can save even one young life because of this email, I would be the happiest person on earth.

French ban on Red Bull (drink) upheld by European Court

Health concerns over the Red Bull energy drink were fuelled yesterday after Europe's highest court upheld a French ban on the product.

The fizzy drink has been linked to several deaths and some experts have criticised its high levels of caffeine and other stimulants.

Red Bull is Britain's best-selling energy drink, with 213 million cans consumed last year. It has been dubbed the 'clubbers' drink', and is often mixed with vodka. The popular adverts claiming that Red Bull 'gives you wings', have led to the brand being described as 'the Porsche of soft drinks'.


It contains caffeine, vitamins, and sugar which, the company claims, kick-starts the body's metabolism and keeps people alert. But France has refused to authorise its sale, along with other vitamin-fortified foods such as Danone yoghurt and Kellogg's cereals.

The European Commission (EC) challenged France's ban after manufacturers complained it was inhibiting imports.

In a ruling yesterday, the European Court of Justice upheld the main part of the EC challenge, ordering France to lift the ban unless it could prove the health risks. But the court said that the French government did have a right to ban Red Bull.

The judges said that a study by the French Scientific Committee on Human Nutrition found that Red Bull contained excessive caffeine. The committee also raised concerns about the drink's other ingredients - taurine, an amino acid the company claims can 'kick-start' the metabolism - and glucuronolactone, a carbohydrate.

The EC's Scientific Committee on Food conducted a study last year, and found that while caffeine levels in energy drinks were safe, more studies were needed to assess the dangers of taurine and glucuronolactone.

While other toxicology experts had concluded that the caffeine levels in Red Bull are safe, France had a right to ban the drink on the advice of its own experts, the court said.

One can of Red Bull contains 80mg of caffeine - equivalent to one cup of coffee. Three years ago, Ross Cooney, 18, from Ireland, died after he shared four cans of Red Bull and played in a basketball match.


An inquest into his death ruled that he died from Sudden Adult Death Syndrome.

Lyndel Costain, a dietician, said: 'The problem with caffeine is that the effects can vary, so it is difficult to say what is a safe level. High levels of caffeine can be dangerous for people with high blood pressure or anxiety disorders. Not much is known about taurine and glucuronolactone, but high levels of them could affect the body.'

Red Bull - which sells 1.6 billion cans worldwide - said yesterday that its product was safe.

A spokeswoman said: 'Red Bull will continue to be sold in 100 countries worldwide.' She added: 'No authority in the world has ever discovered or proven an unhealthy effect in or from Red Bull.'

Only France, Denmark and Norway have banned the drink. Britain's Committee on Toxicity investigated Red Bull in 2001 and found that it was safe, but warned pregnant women against it because high caffeine intake has been linked to a risk of miscarriage.

An EU ruling which comes into force this year means that Red Bull and other energy drinks will have to carry 'high caffeine content' warnings. An urban myth that taurine was made from bull's semen has only added to its popularity.

Safety fears Ross Cooney, 18, was a healthy basketball player, but died in 2000 just hours after drinking Red Bull.

The student from Limerick, Ireland, died after sharing four cans of the drink with friends before a basketball game.

At his inquest, the coroner called officials from the Austrian-based company to give evidence about their product. They said that no adverse effects had been proven in connection with the drink.

The inquest jury later ruled that the teenager had died as a result of Sudden Adult Death Syndrome, but called for an inquiry into high-caffeine energy drinks.

A Brazilian study found that those who mix Red Bull with alcohol may be drunker than they think they are - the energy drink may mask the alcohol effect.

-- How good are these energy drinks?
-- The Perils Of Mixing Energy Drinks With Alcohol
-- Scientists Close In On Taurine's Activity In The Brain

Written by - Christian Nordqvist

To Soya/Tofu lovers: Females MUST READ...

Dear All,
       All Males     -     PLEASE  pass this info to ALL your  female friends...     It may save their lives!. Something to take note of. This  is my true story, nothing altered.   These are facts, as they relate to my  experience, my opinions based on what I have read and felt.   I am relating  them to warn other young health-conscious women who are unwittingly  harming themselves. 
    One of the changes I wanted to make was to eat healthier. 
  I bought soya muffins, miso soup with tofu,soybeans, soybean, sprouts, etc.     All the literature in all the health and fitness magazines said that soya  protected you against everything from heart disease to breast cancer.   It was the magical isoflavones, the estrogen-like hormones that all worked to help you stay young and healthy.   I looked great - I was working out all the time, but my menstrual cycle was off.   At 20,   I started taking birth control  pills to regulate my menstrual cycle. 
  I began to get puffy, it was as though I was  losing my muscle tone.   I began to suffer from depression and getting hot flashes.    I mistook all this for PMS since my periods were irregular.   By  the time I was 25, my periods were so bad,   I couldn't walk.   The birth control pills never made them regular or less painful so I decided to stop taking them. 
  At 27, my gynecologist found two cysts in my  uterus.   Both were the size of tennis balls.    I went through surgery to have them removed and thank God they were benign.   The gynecologist told me to go back on birth control pills.    I didn't.    In 1998, he discovered a lump in my breast.   Again, I went through surgery and again it was benign. 
    Thinking I had a tooth infection I went to the dentist who told me that teeth were not the problem. 
  At this point I could feel a tiny nodule on the right side of my  neck.    I told my mother I had thyroid trouble.   She thought I was being silly.   No one in the family suffered from thyroid trouble.   Going on a hunch  I saw a specialist who diagnosed me with Papillary Thyroid  Carcinoma.   After a series of tests he told me it was cancer.   My fiance and  I sat stunned.   We were not prepared and I was so scared.   We scheduled surgery right away. 
   They found a tumor at my right lobe composed of irregular cells and another smaller tumor growing on the left, so the entire thyroid was removed.   They told me that after undergoing radioactive iodine I would be safe and assured me that I could live a long life. 
  I never once thought it could be all the soya I had consumed for nearly ten years.     After all, soya is healthy.    I came upon a web page that linked thyroid problems to soya intake and the conspiracy of soya marketed as a by-product of the vegetable oil industry.   This was insane, after all, the health and fitness magazines had said nothing about soya being harmful. 
  She informed me that soya was the culprit.   She had a hysterectomy due to cysts and other uterine problems.   A few months later another acquaintance who had consumed soya came down with thyroid cancer. 
  What was going on? 
    What mimics estrogen in the female body, SOYA!     But I never suspected soya because until now I never once found a single article that stated soya could be dangerous. 
      I think this is the reason that women with thyroid cancer often develop breast cancer later.  My co-worker is big into soya and I see her losing hair and gaining weight despite a walking workout during her break and after work, and apples and oranges for lunch.   She just had cysts removed from her uterus too. I warned her to stay off soya.    I referred her to websites but until it is on the evening news on all four networks, women will suffer.   Since the thyroidectomy, I do not touch soya, haven't for two years.
Dear readers,     
    There are so many young girls who are consuming soya because they think they are taking care of themselves, and women taking soya because they want to be healthy.     It is so unfair that the information about the dangers of soya  isn't more widely circulated.   It is sad.

AVOID KERINCHI LINK on WET DAY!

AVOID KERINCHI LINK ON WET DAY!!!! Im urging u! *Please don’t forward my email with my email, remember to remove my email address 1 st Thanks!* J
I had an accident at Kerinchi link yesterday at 630am, Im fine don’t worry I just want to warn every1 to avoid this highway especially on WET DAY!

Well, I was suppose to meet up some friends for a waterfall trip. So I was coming from RTM building, going towards to Damansara, I know there is a curve so I try to press on the brake to slow down a little. But I still lost control at the dangerous curve, the road was wet and just too slippery. See below photo, when I drove on this curve, my car got skidded and my tyre hit the right divider (bang!) Then I saw this wira which had the same accident before me, so I tried to avoid it and controlled my steering driving to the left, I kept trying to press on my car brake but my car just lost control, my god! After that, my car tyre hit the left divider (another big “bang”!) and it jus stopped and cant move at all, engine was still working.

After I get down from my car and crossed over to the right divider, 1 motorcyclist skidded and fell from his motor bike, everyone screamed at him, asking him to get up quickly before any car come and hit him LLL My heart nearly fell out! Huh………….. Then another car got skidded and hit the dividers, so I know how my car got skidded and hit the divider. In total I saw 3 cars and 2 motorbikes had the same accident with my own eyes, real scary, before me, another 3 cars had experienced the same accident! GOSH!!! 1 kancil lady said she only drive 60 per km!

I scream every time when I see any vehicle skidded and hit the divider, almost every car got skidded! Some so lucky because they were driving very slow or their car has good traction control feature, so jus skidded without hitting the dividers, must be slower than 60 per km I guess! GOSH! The 1 st photo was taken at abt 645am.

Please don’t use that highway ON WET day, 2 of my friends were driving slowly at the same curve but their car got skidded too! But thank god they didn’t hit the divider. I was on average speed as I know this dangerous curve and I use this highway quite often but never on a wet day. L

Another fren told that his fren had the same experience few month ago, same curve on a wet day too!

Well, this is such a bad road condition! And I had to pay RM300 road compound! How can I complain about Kerinchi link??? I will spread this via facebook too! Can I write a letter to the star??? Im doing it for those car who drove slowly but still had the accidents! No motorcyclist was escape!! None of them! I only saw 2 motorbikes and both skidded and motorcyclists fell down in the middle of the road! How dangerous!


I saw this CRV car in the workshop just now, the poor lady owner had the same accident, same spot as me, at 5am ++ yesterday, now she is in the hosp and she hurt her back bone L pray that she will recover very soon! I urge u guys to ban this highway, PLEASE! Kerinchi link is such a irresponsible highway management co.! This must be a known issue long ago right? What are they thinking about?

Luckily I didn’t drive that fast right? I did slow down (u hv to believe me L ) as I know where is the curve!



See my car body stil very pretty!!!! Unbelievable!



The tyre arm broken!



Please urge ur friend and family to avoid this highway, especially on WET DAY!

Alcohol treated like soft drinks

THE report “Truancy a problem among pupils” (The Star, Oct 1) didn’t come as quite a shock to me, as the issue has been a long and hard battle to fight.
What’s shocking was that “consumption of alcoholic drinks” was among the top of the list, and even smoking probably comes after that.
As alcoholic beverages can easily be bought at even the 24-hour convenience stores and supermarkets, it looks like more and more youths would be able to consume them.
I have seen Malay teenagers (in school uniforms) going into the non-halal section in a hypermarket, looking for alcoholic drinks and grabbing some bottles and cans the moment they spotted them.
To make things worse, they just nonchalantly brought the drinks over to the counter, and the cashier didn’t even bat an eyelid when scanning the bottles and cans.
Nobody bothered to check for their identification or stop them while they were in the section.
Alcoholic drinks are now treated like soft drinks by youths, and if one is seen consuming it, then he or she is often labelled as ‘cool’.
I shudder at the thought of a future of alcoholic youths should the situation worsen.
BIBI,
Rembau.
Source: The Star