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Brunei Sultan's ex-wife and former newscaster finds new call

A year after the Sultan of Brunei divorced her, former broadcast journalist Azrinaz Mazhar Hakim (pic) got into the telecommunication industry in 2011 - with bigger challenges than she had ever faced before.She became a director of 3G and 4G mobile service provider Clixster Mobile Sdn Bhd which, she said, made her an even courageous businesswoman.The former TV3 journalist became the third wife of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah at a private ceremony at the Istana Brunei in Kuala Lumpur in 2005 and was conferred the title Pengiran Azrina Mazhar. Their marriage was dissolved in June 2010.Prior to the divorce, she gave birth to a boy, now seven, and a girl, five."After what I had gone through, I decided to go into the telco industry," she said in an interview with Utusan Malaysia."I started out having zero knowledge of it. It is indeed challenging but I am learning, all the time, about the business."Furthermore, I am fortunate to have experienced business partners who are ever willing to show me the ropes," added Azrinaz, who was named TV3's "Most Promising Journalist" in 2000 and became a recipient of the Malaysian Institute of Integrative Media Alumni Award in 2002."The most important thing is to stay positive always and not give up easily. I have a dream for this company and for my, life."This business venture is important for me and my family. I do not want to dwell on things that can set me back."

Fancy cosying up to a sexy mermaid at your next pool party?

You don’t have to look that far to hire one, reports The New Paper.

Meet Malaysian model Felixia Yeap (above), 27, whose latest business venture involve the attachment of colourful fins, scales and a long tail to her body to make her look like a mermaid.

She performs mostly at private parties and outdoor fashion shows, charging $1,600 for a “30 to 45-minute” performance.

Ms Yeap is no stranger to attention - in 2011, she made headlines in Asia by becoming Malaysia’s first and only Playboy Bunny.

After finishing her promotions for TVB drama Tiger Cubs last year, Jessica Hsuan rarely appeared in Hong Kong. The 43-year-old has been diligently filming in mainland China.

According to a report on Jayne Stars, her latest Chinese drama The War of Beauties, which completed its 48-episode broadcast on September 1, received successful ratings on Jiangsu Weishi and Anhui Weishi.

According to various tabloids, Jessica entered into a “boring spinster” lifestyle after breaking up with her foreign veterinarian boyfriend, Ruan Bester, two years ago. With an extremely dry love life, Jesscia spent most of her days eating meals with friends and colleagues, and noticeably gained over 20 pounds in the last few months.

Jessica had humorously mentioned her weight gain in passing a few months ago. She joked that even the Chinese director asked her to hold in her stomach during filming.

Even former costars did not recognize Jessica after her weight gain. When showing a recent photo of Jessica to Jazz Lam, he immediately said he did not recognize her.

Recently, Jessica made a rare public appearance to support the Hong Kong showing of French cabaret, Crazy Horse. Posing for press photos with celebrity guests and former costars Mimi Lo and Leila Tong, Jessica looked cheerful and healthy. However, Jessica refused to accept any press interviews.

School isn't what Ah Boys To Men star Joshua Tan needs a break from. It is where he escapes to.

The 23-year-old leading man of Jack Neo's hit local movie says Melbourne, where he is pursuing a degree in journalism and communications at Monash University, is where he gets to "chill out", away from busy acting schedules and being recognised by people.

When he's back in Singapore though, it's a different matter, with casting calls to attend and fans to meet.

"I enjoy my privacy and freedom in Australia, because I'm under the spotlight here," he said.

Tan was on a trip home over the weekend to appear at traditional pastry shop Thye Moh Chan's Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations at ChinaTown Point on Saturday.

For 45 minutes, the local actor - who appears in Thye Moh Chan's new commercial - posed for pictures with fans and played a game where he and his fans tried their hand at reciting traditional Chinese poems.

Ms Law Liang Ting, a reservations and ticketing officer at Resorts World Sentosa, was one of the fans who tailed the heart-throb from start to finish at the event.

A fan of the Ah Boys cast since their first fan meet last October, the 21-year-old has gone for almost all their public appearances, as well as Ah Boys actor Wang Weiliang's getai performances.

She also has more than 500 pictures of her with the boys in her mobile phone.

"Joshua is a very good actor and Weiliang is very caring,' Ms Law said.

Tan said he's touched by the support of the fans since Ah Boys To Men was released last year.

"They're my regular gang," he said, nodding to a group of girls waiting for him to finish our interview.

On Sunday, it was goodbye to all that again for a while as he returned to Melbourne after just four days here so that he won't miss classes on Monday.

Even though Tan missed quite a few lessons last semester for Ah Boys To Men Part 2 promotions , he managed to get three distinctions.

He says he hopes to do well again this semester, despite already having been away from classes for two weeks for the National Day Parade, at which the Ah Boys performed, and the filming of upcoming telemovie Hongbaos and Kisses alongside local actress Felicia Chin.

In it, he plays a gym instructor who gets caught in a messy love triangle between Chin's character and her mum, played by Amy Cheng.

"I was a bit nervous about the shoot because I had never done a kissing scene before," Tan said.

Southeast Asia consists of a large peninsula attached to India and China, together with thousands of islands to the east and south of the peninsula. Like Eastern Asia, Southeast Asia contains several fast-developing countrieds, notable Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia.

The peninsula contains fertile plains, where most of the people live, and some rugged mountains. The area is drained by several major rivers. The longest is the Mekong, which Cambodia before reaching its large delta in Vietnam. Myanmar, which was called Burma until 1989, contains the Ayeyarwady (formerly Irrawaddy) River. Its delta is one of the world's great rice-growing areas.

Malaysia lies partly on the peninsula and partly on the island of Borneo. The small state of Singapore consists of about 50 islands, the Philippines contains about 7100, and Indonesia about 13, 600. The Philippines and Indonesia are largely mountainous. Both countries lie on unstable parts of the Earth and so earhquakes are common. Also, many of the highest peaks are active volcanoes. Some of the biggest volcanic eruptions in modern times have occurred in this region . They include Tambora (1815), Krakatoa (1883), and Mount Merapi (1931), all in Indonesia, and Mount Pinatubo, Philippines (1991).

By area, Eastern Asia is dominated by China, the world's third-largest country after Russia and Canada. China claims the island of Taiwan, although Taiwan is a separate territory with it's own government, and also the tiny territory of Macao, in the southeast, which Portugal has agreed to return to China in December 1999. Eastern Asia also includes North Korea, South Korea and Mongolia. Japan is also part of Easter Asia, but is covered separately.

The western part of Eastern Asia contains high plateaux, mountain rages and deserts. Tibet, in the southwest , contains the region's highest peak, Mount Everest, which stands on the border with Nepal. The inland deserts are hot in summer, but are bitterly cold in winter. The Gobi Desert, which lies partly in northern China and partly in Mongolia, is one of the bleakest deserts on Earth.

Southern Asia lies between Iran to the west and Myanmar to eat. China lies to the north, while Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan border Afghanistan in the far northwest.

the northern part of the region is mountainous. It includes such great ranges as the Hindu Kush in Afghanistan, the Karakoram Range between Pakistan and China, and the mighty Himalayas. Gertile plains extend from eastern Pakistan across northern India into Bangladesh. Some of the world's greatest rivers, including the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra, drain these plains. The lower parts of the Brahmaputra and Ganges in Bangladesh have created the world's largest delta.

Southern India consists mainly of a large plateau called the Deccan, which is bordered y two mountain ranges, the Western and Easter Ghats. Sri Lanka contains a mountain region surrounded by fertile plains. The Maldives consists of a chain of low coral islands tying south of India.

The northwest is mostly dry and includes the Thar Desert on the border between Pakistan and India. The northern mountains have cold winters, but much of Southern Asia is warm and tropical.

Many Asians are poor, and about 60 percent live by farming. But in the last 50 years, some countries have developed quickly and raised their living standards. In parts of Southwest Asia, wealth has come from oil, while countries in Eastern and Southeast Asia have developed industries, Japan is Asia's most industrialized country, but some other countries in Eastern Asia have also developed quickly. Eastern Asia will dominate the world economy in the 21st centuruy.

Asia's southwest coastline is cooled by breeze from the Res Sea and the Mediterranean, but the lands and islands of southern Asia have a tropical climate. There, the winters are hot and dry, while in summer stomy winds called monsoons bring heavy rains.

Asia's many ethnic groups include the Arabs of Southwest Asia, the Hindu people of India, and the Chinese in Eastern Asia. The continent was the home of major early civilizations and the birthplace of all the major world religions.

Asia's northwestern limits are marked by the Ural and Caucasus mountains. Lands in the far north overlap the Arctic Circle and much of the region is tundra, frozen solid for most of the year. Farther south lies a swathe of evergreen forest and, beyond that, the steppes - open, fertile grasslands. Little rain reaches Central Asia, so much of it is desert.

The world's highest mountain ranges, the Himalayas and the Karakorams, form a snowy barrier to the north of the Indian peninsula, and include the world's highest peak, Mount Everest. To the south, the world's greatest rivers, the Ganges and Brahmaputra, run toward the warm Indian Ocean. The often flood ,m depositing rich, alluvial soil over the wide delta.

Asia, the world's largest continent, covers about 30 percent of the world's land area. It is bordered by Europe and Africa in the west and by the Pacific Ocean in the east. There are chains of tiny volcanic islands in the east, an area known as "The Ring of Fire" because it it so prone to earthquakes.

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