Compiled by JAROD LIM, DIYANA PFORDTEN and R. ARAVINTAN
COMEDIAN Zizan Razak (pic) has revealed that he once struggled with stage fright, leading him to turn down many hosting offers, Harian Metro reported.
The 42-year-old, whose real name is Mohd Razizan Abdul Razak, said he was unsure whether what he experienced was anxiety or extreme worry, but he began feeling uncomfortable in crowded places and at events.
“I don’t know if I was experiencing anxiety, but I was afraid to go on stage and people didn’t know this,” he said.
The Polis Evo actor believed the intense emotions he experienced while acting might have carried over into his personal life.
> Berita Harian reported that Malaysian student Afeef Hamizan Mohd Huzaizi, 20, put his Mandarin skills to the test on the international stage, emerging third in the 25th World Chinese Language Proficiency Competition for University Students in China.
Afeef delivered three speeches, took part in quizzes and performed a Mandarin song while playing the guitar.
He said the achievement was particularly meaningful as Mandarin is not his major, and he spent about a year preparing for the competition.
“I first had to compete at the university level in Malaysia before I was eligible to compete overseas,” he said.
> Kosmo reported that widow Fadzilah Mislam, 38, is now shouldering the responsibility of raising her four children alone after her husband Rahim Jamat, 40, drowned while trying to save their youngest child at Pantai Sedili Kecil, Kota Tinggi, on Aug 31.
Fadzilah said the loss of the family’s breadwinner and her source of support, was deeply felt but she had to remain strong for their children, aged between seven and 15.
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.
