Compiled by GERARD GIMINO, C.ARUNO AND R. ARAVINTHAN
ACTRESS Elisya Sandha (pic) accepts criticism against her but not at her family, Kosmo! reported.
The Malay daily reported that she said her family had no connection whatsoever with a recent drama series she starred in.
“Leave my mother-in-law out of this. The series has nothing to do with her. You can say anything about me or this series but don’t bring my family into this,” she was quoted as saying.
The drama series she starred in had generated negative comments for supposedly displaying negative elements.
> A mother’s playful remark that her daughter would give birth on Aug 31 turned into reality when her granddaughter was safely delivered that very day, Utusan Malaysia reported.
“I did not expect my mother’s joke actually came true. It’s a special memory for our family, and now, we have a Merdeka baby,” said Nor Laila Che Ibrahim.
> A desire to step out of his comfort zone has led a senior bank manager to pursue a side gig of selling items on social media, Harian Metro reported.
Mohamad Shah Hasan, 42, said he first attempted this last year and saw the potential to earn extra income.
“Before this, I used social media platforms to purchase items or just watch content but then I realised it could be used to generate an income and build my personal brand,” he said.
“After a year of just being a user, I felt the need to change passive screen time into something that can generate an income.”
(The above articles are 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.)
