Woman lifts gas tanks to keep fit

FORGET fancy dumbells or whatnots. A woman in Bachok, Kelantan lifts gas tanks to keep fit.

Berita Harian reported that Nor Syarmimi Sallehudin, 23, is known as Gadis Tong Gas (Gas Tank Girl) after a video of her lifting such “weights” became viral.

“This exercise isn’t hard. Actually, you could save a lot of money,” she said.

Nor Syarmimi, who has spent four years as a trainer in several gymnasiums in Kota Baru, said she had adapted several exercise techniques using the gas tanks.

Apparently, she could do lunges, squats and deadlifts with the gas tank.

Nor Syarmimi, who has a diploma in physiotherapy, would also use lorry tyres that weigh 80kg to exercise.

> A female buffalo ended up as a meal for a kenduri after it gored its owner.

Mat Usop Che Ya, 65, died from severe injuries to his neck and head on Tuesday after the buffalo gored him in a village in Pasir Mas, Kelantan, Kosmo! reported.

The father of five had earlier wanted to sell the animal.

The day after his death, villagers slaughtered the buffalo

“Its meat was used for my father’s tahlil ceremony,” said his son, Mohd Azhar, 32.

> Singaporean actress Elfaeza Ul Haq (pic) will not give up her search for jobs in Malaysia despite a lack of offers for now, reported Berita Harian.

Elfaeza, 31, had been in the limelight of late when she decided to remove her headscarf to finish filming for a role in Tanglin, a Singaporean series.

This led to many negative comments against her.

Elfaeza, however, made it clear that she would not do so for any other acting role.

“I will never ever remove my headscarf again and go back to the way I was before. I don’t see it as a fashion statement. It is my belief,” she said.

> Found in translation is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.