Mat Yoyo: Details will be revealed tomorrow!

Who's the host and who're the cats?

What is the show all about?

When will the show be aired?

Want to know?

More will be revealed tomorrow!

By the way, didn't I tell you that Shaura loves cats?

She adores them like they're some huggable teddies ;p

Suria's exclusive 2012 calendars are now on sale!

Look around your work or study area. What did you notice? A calendar to organize your day, weeks and even months. A calendar to scribble your birthday week and loved ones, exams, anniversaries and movie dates. A calendar is the best example that has made a special place in our surrounding. Can you imagine a single day without them? Yes, we can now afford smartphones to organize our meetings, but nothing beats the physical calendar to mark your special day!

Suria is having a special promotion to all Suria viewers! You can now purchase an exclusive calendar with pictures of your favourite artistes. Join our roadshow next week at U-Home Interior Design (Paya Lebar Branch) where you can have your calendar autographed by Erwin Shah Dawson, Fadhlur Rahman, Haizad Imran (okay, I can hear you ladies screaming already), Rahayu Ridwan and Syirah Jusni.

Now, that's what I call, extra special ;)

Mark your calendar and make a date with us next week!

Date: Sunday, 13 November 2011
Time: 2-5pm
Venue: U-Home Interior Design
73, Upper Paya Lebar Road,
#01-01 Centro Bianco Building,
Singapore 534818
Price: $15 per calendar (inclusive of GST)
Online Booking: http://xinmsn.com/suria
Artistes Featured:
• Nurul Aini
• Fauzie Laily
• Huda Ali
• Sarah Aqilah
• Erwin Shah Dawson
• Rahayu Ridwan
• SleeQ
• Haizad Imran
• Fadhlur Rahman

See you there!

Remy & Jin Hee

It's Korean night - Remy & Jin Hee tonight on Suria! ;)

Premiering 31 October 2011, every Monday at 9.30pm

Genre: Local Drama (Singapore)
TX Day/Time: Mondays, 9.30pm
TX Date: 31 October – 19 December 2011
No. of Episode: 8 x 60mins
Produced By: Oak3 Films

Casts
Fauzie Laily as Remy
YeokYeong Yoon (Yunie) as Jin Hee
Azzah Fariha as Nora
Erwin Shah Dawson as Eddy
Shane Mardjuki as Rezal
Mastura Ahmad as Munah
Zaidi Ibrahim as Osman
Jeff Catz as Lee Woon
Jeff Moon SungHo as KC

Synopsis

Episode 1: Escape from Seoul

JIN HEE, who has amassed herself huge credit card debts, decides to take over the place of her best friend KC – a Seoul University student who is going for an exchange programme to National University of Singapore. She steals his identity, then flees to Singapore. In Singapore, she resides with this quirky Malay family and is classmate to REMY. She has to carefully disguise herself and her identity so that no one knows better. KC soon discovers Remy having a crash on varsity belle, NORA. KC then tries to help Remy get a date with Nora by getting to know the university belle herself. The school jock Eddy however, gets wind of it and gets extremely jealous. Meanwhile, whilst the family is excited over the fact that the Korean guy KC is staying with them, the mother Munah feels underappreciated by the family when they complain about her cooking. She goes on strike, and the family realizes how important her contribution to the family is.

Watch trailers:

Catty News!

Coming Soon

Popular children's programme,

MAT YOYO, 

in Jan 2012!

 Yes, you heard it right. Your favourite Yoyo and Yaya cats are back on

4 MediaCorp channels and in 4 different languages.
More will be revealed soon!

That said,

do you remember the two kittens that were found dead on

8 October 2011 at Marsiling Crescent?

I'm not posting the pictures here as it's too gory!

Do you know that animal cruelty is a crime?

In Singapore, under the Animals and Birds Act, anyone who is found guilty of such an offence including abandonment of any animal, can be imprisoned for up to 12 months, fined up to $10,000, or both.

The SPCA is appealing for witnesses and
has increased the reward to

SGD $1,300

Read more here
and remember to do your part and spread the word!

Modelling for an article

  

7 Ogos 2011
EKSTRA!

CILIK CANGGIH

Ada pakar yang berpendapat mendedahkan anak kecil kepada alat-alat berteknologi tinggi boleh membawa kesan sampingan negatif

TERIAKAN anak teman saya yang berusia sekitar setahun semakin kuat.

'Dah lapar budak ni,' ujar ibunya, yang sibuk mengeluarkan makanan untuk anaknya yang sudahpun disiapkan dalam sebuah bekas kecil.

Setelah meletakkan anaknya di atas kerusi bayi, suami teman saya dengan pantas mengeluarkan iPad lalu memainkan kartun Dora The Explorer.

Tangan kiri bapanya memegang iPad untuk anaknya menonton kartun, sementara tangan kanannya pula bermain dengan iPhone.

Pada masa yang sama, teman saya pula sibuk menyuapkan makanan kepada anak perempuannya.

'Wah! Macam raja!' usik saya.

'Memang! Kalau tak ada kartun, anak aku tak nak makan. Nasib baik sekarang ada iPad. Senang!' jelas teman saya.

Memang ini bukan kali pertama saya melihat ibu bapa menggunakan alat canggih seperti iPad, iPhone, komputer riba ataupun alat pemain DVD mudah alih untuk melayan bayi atau anak kecil mereka.

Bukan sahaja lebih banyak ibu bapa muda kini memiliki alat-alat tersebut, malah ia juga cara mudah untuk 'mendiamkan' anak.

Seorang anak yang sedang melalak sekuat hati besar kemungkinan akan senyap apabila menonton gelagat watak-watak lucu dan berwarna-warni pada skrin iPad.

Tetapi, dalam perbualan saya dengan dengan guru sekolah gim anak saya, beliau memesan agar tidak mendedahkan anak saya kepada peralatan elektronik tersebut.

Ini kerana, radiasi daripada alat-alat itu boleh meninggalkan kesan kepada kanak-kanak, apatah lagi bayi.

'Daya visual seorang bayi masih belum matang dan pendengarannya masih belum bersedia untuk menerima keamatan skrin peralatan-peralatan elektronik ini,' jelas guru sekolah gim anak saya itu, Encik Lawrence Lee, yang juga pengarah program bayi Glenn Doman.

Saya agak terperanjat mendengar penjelasan itu.

Saya sendiri suka menunjukkan video YouTube, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, kepada bayi saya sebelum dia tidur.

Lantas, saya buat kajian di Internet dan menemui sebuah artikel di laman web electromagnetichealth.org
Menurut Dr. Thomas Rau, Pengarah Perubatan di Klinik Paracelsus, sebuah klinik termahsyur di Switzerland, mendedahkan kanak-kanak kepada radiasi boleh merosakkan fungsi otak dan secara tidak langsung menghambat proses pembelajarannya.
Dr Rau turut yakin bahawa radiasi daripada gelombang elektromagnetik merupakan antara punca penyakit barah.
Eii! Seramnya dengar!

Walaupun maklum dengan pandangan sesetengah pakar ini, teman saya tetap mendedahkan anaknya kepada alat-alat elektronik.

Baginya, masih belum ada kajian saintifik yang mengaitkan radiasi daripada alat seperti iPhone sebagai penyebab barah dalam kalangan kanak-kanak.

Lantaran itulah, beliau sanggup berbelanja ratusan dolar untuk membeli aplikasi seperti kad tayang (flash cards), buku bacaan elektronik dan lagu-lagu kanak-kanak selain menayangkan DVD lagu Melayu kanak-kanak kepada puterinya itu.

'Bagus menggunakan kaedah ini kerana animasi dan bunyi-bunyiannya dapat menarik perhatian anak aku ni.

'Sekarang pun dia (anaknya) dah boleh sebut beberapa perkataan. Ini semua hasil daripada pendedahan kepada alat elektronik ni,' ujar teman saya.

Untuk mengukuhkan hujahnya, beliau menambah sekiranya kandungan yang ditonton itu bersifat pendidikan, tidak salah untuk ditonton kanak-kanak.

'Zaman dah canggih! Kita mestilah manfaatkan teknologi-teknologi ini,' kata beliau penuh yakin.

Namun, apabila membaca beberapa buku berkaitan pembangunan minda kanak-kanak, saya dapati pendedahan berlebihan kepada televisyen pada usia muda banyak kesan buruknya.

Alat-alat dengan keupayaan audio-visual seperti iPad dan iPhone juga mungkin mempunyai kesan yang sama.

Menurut sebuah buku yang saya baca, pendedahan berlebihan itu boleh menyebabkan kanak-kanak mengalami masalah attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) atau masalah perwatakan berkaitan dengan tingkah laku yang terlalu aktif.

Lantaran itulah, saya tidak lagi menunjukkan klip video Twinkle Twinkle Little Star kepada anak saya.

Sebaliknya saya sendiri akan menyanyikan kepadanya, lengkap dengan aksi tangan. Ternyata, reaksinya berbeza berbanding apabila saya menggunakan iPhone. Beliau lebih mudah menguntum senyuman dan mengikut gerak geri tangan saya berbanding dengan reaksinya yang sekadar terdiam sahaja apabila menonton iPhone.

Tetapi bagi ibu di luar sana, tepuk dada tanyalah selera ya...

Rehab - Amy should have said "yes"

I don't see anything funny about addiction, no matter what you are addicted to. She had everything going for her, anything she wanted she could have, but unfortunately, so many young geniuses of today, have died in the very same way, it doesn't make sense.

"We only said goodbye with words

I died a hundred times..."

A talent lost all too soon.

Welcome to Club 27!

Anugerah 2011: Registration is extended tomorrow (20 Mar, 9am-1pm)!

I came and conquered only Aunty Zurr Zuraidah's attention! They say I'm underage and was immediately disqualified. If you're between 16-30 years old, come down to the extended Anugerah's registration tomorrow - Sunday, 20 March 2011 from 9am to 1pm at Eastpoint Mall. For more details & FAQs, log on to the official website at http://mediacorp.sg/anugerah.

Meet your match in Mr Perfect!

Anda mau rok?

Anugerah is back!

Project Hope 2010

A second MediaCorp effort, Project Hope is a humanitarian special to raise funds for the victims of the Mentawai tsunami and the Mount Merapi volcanic eruption. Hosted by Khairudin Saharom and Otelli Edwards, this year's special features performers from Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Lines are open till Sunday 28 November 2010 midnight for the following donation amounts*:

1900-112 5010 for $10 donation
1900-112 5050 for $50 donation
1900-112 5100 for $100 donation

*Administrative fee of $ 0.21 (inclusive of GST) chargeable for each call. Callers below 18 years old must seek parental consent.

All donations will be channelled to Singapore Red Cross and Mercy Relief.

Performers:

Malaysia
Ayu, winner, ,One In A Million
Tomok, winner, One In A Million

Indonesia
Petra Sihombing
Angel, Idol Cilik
Kerenina Sunny Halim, Miss Indonesia 2009

Singapore
Khairudin Saharom
Otelli Edwards
Taufik Batisah
Sylvia Ratonel
Robert Fernando & Gabrielle Ferdinands

Play the video below to view actual Project Hope show.

Send your best Hari Raya photo and win vouchers from Wanna' B Cafe!

Here's your chance to have your fav Hari Raya photos aired on national TV

and win vouchers from Wanna'B Cafe! Contest ends 29 August 2010.

Here's my fav Raya photo taken last year! 

Overseas Video Greetings

Template change + Cravings #2, #3 and #4 + Fazlan's surprise gift + The Dollah Kassim Cup

My maternity leave has started (effective 17 June), which is a blessing I must say. I don't know how to describe to you the pain that I'm going through - my stomach feels like a washing machine on full blast, twirling and grinding - it feels like passing motion. It can go on and on for hours and I really do not know what to do other than to hope and pray that everything will be all right.

In a way, this blog has managed to distract me away from the pain. If you notice, I keep on changing the layout from yesterday. No more changes, Zalinah, I would say. But the moment I'm off Photoshop, the pain will start again and my fingers will itch to do more tweaking and add-ons to the header design and blog template.

I don't remember having any cravings during my 1st and 2nd trimesters but come 3rd trimester, there are suddenly so many things that the greedy-me would like to devour like #1 Newton's Chilli Crab (which I've successfully cooked myself), #2 imported mangoes from India (best to get it at Mustafa Centre), #3 Badoque Cafe's Aglio Olio (made a substitute), and the #4 famously fattening Famous Amos cookies below.

It must be a trying period for Fazlan for being the middle person to buy all these stuffs. Being a sweet husband he already is, I can't thank him enough for being there, taking care of my needs and unavoidable wants. He definitely deserves this birthday present that he's been eyeing for the longest time, Adi Pure II TRX FG:

Make me and Baby S proud, Fazlan! I know you can do it.

To those who have no plans this Sunday (20 June), head down to Nanyang Polytechnic stadium for The Dollah Kassim Cup 2010 at 5pm! Support Team Suria! Admission is free!

Read more about the match from Cyberita here:
(1) Tekad Julang Piala
(2) Suria Utamakan Disiplin
(3) Dramatis Bagai Keluarga
(4) Merendah Diri

Check out your favourite artistes - Fauzie Laily, Syed Azmir, Rafaat Hamzah, Shahril Wahid and many more in action! 

Just don't expect the players to be this hot! LOL!

Italian Players in D&G's you-know-what

Stop grinning, girls!

Up, up and away...

If you have seen the animated movie, Up, you would probably agree that it’s one of the best animations produced by Pixar Animation Studios besides Finding Nemo (the movie’s distributed by Walt Disney Pictures) – first to be presented in Disney Digital 3-D.

Up won Golden Globe Awards and Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature Film and Best Original Score. The movie received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, making Up only the second animated movie in history to receive such a nomination, following Beauty and the Beast in 1991.

If you haven't catch it, I shall not spill the spoilers but all I can say the movie's really heartwarming - trust me, you would probably want to watch it again even if you have catch it at the cinema. That's what I did. The movie effects and storyline certainly blow me away.

With my condition, guess this will make up our lost late night couplehood outings and be our so-called date each coming night.

Psst...I'm not supposed to promote illegal viewing but if you are interested, you can actually view the movie Up at http://watchxonline.com for free! Legal free viewing for Singapore-made movies (eg. The Maid, 881, Home Run) are also available at http://video.xin.msn.com. Power to the Internet! Have fun!

Anugerah Skrin Trailer + Photoshoot

I had fun assisting Reha for AS photoshoot at The Old School. Everyone looked gorgeous - all thanks to Kak Fatimah Mohsin and team.

The trailer will be out this week.

Here are some sneek peeks from my camera...







More pictures will be uploaded soon on Anugerah Skrin's official website at http://anugerahskrin.mediacorptv.sg! :)

X'pedisi Siswa

Hello friends and bloghoppers,

Suria is having a closed-door audition for NUS, NTU, SMU and UNISIM undergraduates. The audition is for X'pedisi Siswa, an MOU project between Singapore and Brunei.

Audition will be held this Saturday, 10 April from 2-6pm at Caldecott Broadcast Centre.

For more information and download of registration form, log on to http://sinaransuria.mediacorptv.sg/xs.

For enquiries, please email to nettyothman@mediacorp.com.sg and zulina@mediacorp.com.sg or call (65) 6350 3114.

Hits the right target

Missed the show? Catch the encore telecast of anugeraHitz.sg this Friday, 9 April 2010 at 10.30pm on Suria!

It's time to plan for another event!
Want to know? I'm keeping mum...till the media release's out ;)
Time to waddle, people! Toodles!



With Singapore's songstress, Rahimah Rahim who was awarded Anugerah Primera, a Lifetime Achievement Award.



With Promo colleagues, Reha and Zurr.



With Suria & EV colleagues + Singapore Idol Taufik Batisah who won 6 awards.



With crew Isman, Latiff and Ishak.



I'm glad everything went well.
See! Someone's getting bigger :)

Past Week Happenings

Thanks to husband, I’m now wide awake. It’s Arsenal versus Barcelona! He had his iPhone set on alarm mode at 3am. Being a light sleeper, I can easily feel vibrations – even light ones, what more piercing alarm-sounding devices. Unfortunately, husband is not the type who would wake up that easily. Confirm, kalau bom meletup pun dia takkan bangun. Well, being a good wife, I woke him up to remind him of the soccer match, much to his delight.

This entry is not about the soccer match but more on the happenings for the past week which I fail to update due to work commitments, now that I CAN'T SLEEP...hurhur...Thanks hubby!

Let's start with Anugerah Skrin...



Well, I'm impressed with the enthusiasm shown by some contestants. However, there are still some who couldn't be bothered to dress up for the audition. C'mon, you jolly well know it. First impression counts. Wearing slippers is a BIG no-no, even for job interviews. You can't expect people to sympathize with you, just because you came all the way from the East or West side of Singapore. I bet Siti Nurhaliza did dressed up (despite her "obit" moments) for Bintang RTM. It’s not luck, people. It’s plain hard work. If you think you have the talent, work on your other flaws.

To those who came and made it to the second audition, congratulations! To the rest who sent personal messages via my Twitter and Facebook account to enquire about the audition, I regret to inform you that the audition is over. We are in the midst of selecting the Top 24 contestants.

Can't wait to see Singapore's very own up-and-coming stars? Don't forget to catch the debut of Anugerah Skrin on 4 May 2010 at 8.30pm, every Tuesday and Friday on Suria.

MediaCorp's Got Talent

Despite our busy schedules, some of my colleagues were still able to squeeze some time for MediaCorp's Got Talent, a reality competition at work. I have to applaud their effort to come out top in the competition. They did a Lady Gaga's dance act, a brainchild of Johari from Eaglevision. So much effort was put in - make-up, hair-do, costumes and complicated dance steps. It was amazing how they were able to cope with the ever demanding workload and attending rehearsals after work.

I felt like 16 again, screaming on top of my lungs to give my utmost support to the TV team, a combined effort by Suria, Eaglevision, Vasantham, Okto, Channel 5, Channel 8 and Channel U. Both MediaCorp Technologies and Radio clinched 2nd and 3rd positions respectively.

Here's the finale pose by the TV team...



Photo opportunity with the dancers and supporters from Suria...



Haiz, Farah and Wati...if you're reading this, just wanna say I'm proud of you!

Meeting the Juniors

Thanks to partners-in-crime Efin and Mada for the impromptu chalet session for the SSPians, we had fun bonding with each other. Well, it's been a long time since I last unwind.

I'm glad I didn't miss the gathering last Friday. You can see me smiling from ear-to-ear from the pictures. My heartfelt thank you to my juniors who never fail to keep me posted on events like this. I like the fact that I feel 'young' again whenever I'm with them :)









A pleasant birthday surprise from Down Under...



My thanks too to a dear friend from Brisbane who sent me these beautiful sunflowers when I least expect it.

My colleagues went "Awwww..." reading her message :)

Thank you Allah for the SUNSHINES in my life!
I'm loving it! Thank you. Thank you...

Anugerah Skrin Audition

Don't hesitate and go for it if you think you have what it takes! It's your time to shine!

Date
Saturday, 20 March 2010
Registration opens from
9am - 5pm
Age requirement
16-30 yrs old as of 20 March 2010
Venue
MediaCorp Pte Ltd
Caldecott Broadcast Centre
Andrew Road Singapore 299939

To download the form, visit http://anugerahskrin.mediacorptv.sg