Michelle Nicolini is considered by many to be the most decorated female grappler in mixed martial arts history.
On Friday Night, April 21, the eight-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu World Champion continued her MMA success, as she needed just 2:11 to emerge victorious against previously-undefeated Russian strawweight Irina Mazepa at ONE: KINGS OF DESTINY.
After a touch of the gloves, Nicolini was quick to start. She managed to capture the early takedown only seconds into the fight. The Brazilian dominated on the ground, as Mazepa — a five-time wushu world champion — failed to create distance against the BJJ powerhouse.
The St. Petersburg, Russia native had her moment, however, after flipping Nicolini on her back to gain top mount. Mazepa’s strength and power was not enough to control on the ground, as Nicolini quickly transitioned into a tight-locked armbar. The submission ace soon forced the tap out.
After the fight, she stood in the center of the cage and said to Mitch Chilson, in front of a packed Mall Of Asia Arena: “I am just happy now, [and] very happy for this fight. I was nervous, to be honest, but I have been working a lot.”
Moments later, the 35-year-old fighter called for the inauguration of the ONE Women’s Strawweight World Championship.
“ONE Championship, let’s bring the belt to this division,” she pleaded. “Let’s fight for that.”
Whether or not that happens remains to be seen. In the meantime, Nicolini continues-on with her 100 per cent finishing rate inside the cage, and improves to 4-1. Mazepa loses for the first time in the sport, and falls to 2-1.
Hong Kong King of Robbers Yip Kai-foon has died at the age of 55.
He was certified dead at 1.02am on April 19 at Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong.
This was confirmed by a press release from the Hong Kong Correctional Services.
Yip was serving time in Hong Kong’s Stanley Prison after being convicted in 1996 for possession of arms and ammunition without licence and escaping from custody. He was sentenced to 41 years’ imprisonment. The sentence was reduced by five years (to 36 years) after an appeal. He had been wheelchair-bound ever since he was shot in the spine following a gun battle at Kennedytown in May 1996.
The felon grabbed headlines in the 80s after holding off the police at Nathan Road while firing an AK-47 assault rifle as he robbed a string of jewellery stores. At the peak of his notoriety, Yip had a bounty of HK$1mil (RM565,680) on his head.
This iconic shot has been a recurring image in many Cantonese crime thrillers. In fact, he was so legendary that he has been immortalised in Hong Kong cinema. As the most notorious armed robber in Hong Kong, Yip was the inspiration behind countless documentaries and big-screen depictions of robbers.
His most recent depiction on film was the 2016 smash hit Trivisa, which bagged five awards at the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards, including best film. Yip was played in the movie by Taiwanese singer-actor Richie Ren, along with two other infamous Hong Kong robbers – Cheung Tze-Keung (Jordan Chan) and Kwai Ping Hung (Gordon Lam, who nabbed the best actor award for his portrayal).
The first and most famous Yip tribute was the 1996 movie The King Of Robbery that starred Simon Yam as the titular character. In 2010 came The Most Dangerous Man starring Karel Wong. A documentary titled Hong Kong’s King Of Thieves names him Hong Kong’s most infamous jewel thief.
Born in Haifeng County, Guangdong, China, Yip was also known by nicknames such as Goosehead and The Man with The Dog Fangs.
Despite his violent image, Hong Kong legislator Leung Yiu-chung remembers Yip as a loving and optimistic man who cared about his fellow inmates. In prison, Yip turned to activism, fighting for prisoners’ rights for the past 15 years with Leung’s help.
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The Singapore International Indian Expo’s April edition will run for five days from April 27
FOR the past five years, the biggest Indian shopping festival in Singapore was held once – closer to Deepavali.
This year, the shopping extravaganza will feature twice in the annual calendar.
The first one will be on from April 27 and run for five days at the Singapore Expo, Hall 6B. The second edition will be closer to Deepavali later in the year.
Called the Singapore International Indian (SII) Expo, the event has more to it than just shopping.
Visitors can look forward to fashion shows, story-telling treats, mouth-watering food and goods flown in from India by some of the 160-plus exhibitors at the Expo.
Featured below are some of the exhibitors and their wares:
● Aadya’s Boutique
Aadya’s Boutique specialises in ethnic Indian jewellery and designer apparel. It is known for its exclusive wedding jewellery and lehengas.
Photo: De Ideaz
● Paaneri
Paaneri is another well-known name for ethnic ladies’ and gents’ apparel in India.
The brand is bringing exclusive fashionwear, bridal saris, salwar kameez and men’s wear.
Paaneri also offers a wide range of products in fancy hand embroidery including zari, resham and zardozi work with colourful kundan, sequins and Swarovski.
Photo: De Ideaz
● Hues & Patterns
Hues & Patterns will showcase a new collection of cotton and silk items for the home and family. Expect a range of collection of block prints from Jaipur.
Photo: De Ideaz
● Pottu Kara Maami
Singapore-based sisters Sindu and Shruti Suria run Pottu Kara Maami, a home-based boutique.
You can find everything from Mangalagiri cotton saris, Kanchipuram saris, Chettinad cottons, block print saris to terra-cotta/silver jewellery at their booth.
Photo: De Ideaz
● Sia Art Jewellery
Sia has 20 exclusive stores and more than 120 outlets in shop units in department stores in India.
It offers a range of exclusive designs that are affordable.
Sia has designs that range from daily wear to jewellery for special occasions.
Photo: De Ideaz
● Vijay Laxmi Art
Vishal Khandelwal is an enameller and a stone jewellery artist. His work will be exhibited at the Expo.
Vijay Laxmi Art will showcase filigree work, a delicate kind of jewellery metalwork made from twisted threads usually of gold and silver.
Filigree is also combined with semi-precious and precious stones as well as enamelling to create unique pieces of jewellery.
Photo: De Ideaz
● Artisans
Artisans from Chennai will be bringing a good art collection from south India – from marble sculptures to Chola bronze statues, limited-edition Tanjore paintings and handcrafted teak wood furniture.
Photo: De Ideaz
● Sanchay
This company is involved in promoting eco and health-friendly products, such as clay utensils and jute bags.
By selling clay products, it helps in promoting the work of the potter community.
One of the products is the hawan kund to conduct pujas.
Photo: De Ideaz
● Friends Handicrafts
Friends Handicrafts is an exporter from Jaipur that will be bringing in textiles and handicraft items, Jaipuri jutis and jewellery.
● South India Shelters
South India Shelters will be marketing Indian property at the show.
So far the company has successfully handed over 2.51 million sq ft of residential property after construction, with another 1.58 million sq ft being built.
Photo: De Ideaz
● Jesal Sweet House
Regulars at the SII Expo will have noticed long queues at this booth.
The KL-based Jesal Sweet House will be selling its appetising Indian sweets this time too.
Photo: De Ideaz
● Mango Village by Helios Glanz
It is the mango season and this Singapore-based trading company is bringing in more than 20 delectable varieties of Indian mangoes.
They include Alphonso, Kesar, Payari, Lal Bagh, Badami, Totapuri, and Neelam.
A GALA dinner and fashion show was held to raise funds for the Singapore Indian Development Association (Sinda), as well as needy families in the Henderson-Dawson constituency.
Senior Minister of State for Law and Finance Indranee Rajah was the guest of honour for the April 15 event organised by Henderson-Dawson CCC Welfare Fund Committee and Indian Business leaders’ Roundtable.
The evening of glitz and glamour, with the theme of Bollywood Cutting Edge IV, held at Sheraton Towers was chaired by Ms Maniza Jumabhoy and Ms Joy Tan.
It raised over $300,000 and was attended by some 300 guests.
Senior Minister of State for Law and Finance Indranee Rajah (left) belted out Hindi, Tamil, Cantonese and English tunes with veteran local singer Mohamed Raffee at the Bollywood Cutting Edge fashion show and gala dinner on 15 April 2017.Photo: Tamil Murasu
The funds will be channelled towards those in need of assistance at the Henderson-Dawson constituency as well as benefit students in Sinda’s educational programmes by funding e-learning technologies and youth mentorship.
Said Sinda president Indranee: “It is very important to spare a thought for those who are in need and this (the funds raised) goes in to the Sinda general funds for a variety of things such as Step tuition bursaries, Lynn programme for pre-school.
Models strutting the stuff of India’s foremost fashion designers for a common cause – to raise funds for the Singapore Indian Development Association (Sinda), as well as needy families in the Henderson-Dawson constituency on 15 April 2017.Photo: Tamil Murasu
“This year, Sinda wants to make a big push for outreach to the people who actually need Sinda’s services so some of the funds will be channelled towards that as well.”
During the charity event, Ms Indranee sang the popular Bollywood song Tum Hi Ho from the movie Aashiqui 2 and Vaan Megam from the Tamil film Punnagai Mannan.
Gala dinner organised on April 15 organised by Henderson-Dawson CCC Welfare Fund Committee and Indian Business leaders’ Roundtable (IBR)Photo: Tamil Murasu
She also belted out Cantonese and English songs with veteran local singer Mohamed Raffee who played the guitar.
The fashion show held during the gala dinner showcased the collections of some of India’s best designers, such as Rohit Gandhi, Rahul Khanna, Kavita Bhartia, Ujjawal Dubey, Nikasha Jayanthi Reddy and Anushree Reddy, who are best known for their contemporary pieces influenced by the east-west milieu of today’s global citizens.
Gala dinner organised on April 15 organised by Henderson-Dawson CCC Welfare Fund Committee and Indian Business leaders’ Roundtable (IBR).Photo: Tamil Murasu
MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC Joan Pereira, who was the special guest, performed alongside children from the Henderson-Dawson constituency.
She said: “The children were from the We love learning programme and I learnt from them too. They are excellent examples and this kind of event helps build their self-confidence.”
Promotional newcomer Jeremy “The Jaguar” Miado (6-1) entered the cage as an undefeated fighter against Filipino compatriot, Robin “The Ilonggo” Catalan (5-2), at ONE: KINGS OF DESTINY in Manila.
However, after three exceptionally hard-fought rounds, it was Catalan’s high-intensity wrestling and ground control that saw him take the split decision, handing Miado his first career defeat.
The first stanza was an explosive one. Both men are known as formidable strikers, but it was Catalan who opened the books, with a double leg takedown that saw his opponent clocking up some extra air miles. It would set the scene for the rest of the fight.
Not to be outdone, Manila resident Miado responded in kind, and used his attacking leg lock game to set up scrambles and work back to the feet. Each martial artist threw with huge power in the striking exchanges, as the stockier Catalan tried to counter whenever “The Jaguar” entered his range.
With the frantic action from the first round wearing heavily on Catalan, he went to work early on in the second stanza to try and drag things to the mat. A former IFMA World Muay Thai Champion, his wrestling-heavy offensive no doubt took Miado by surprise.
However, it was the Sucuri MMA product who looked to be gaining ground on the feet, landing some punishing knees to the body and sprawling hard. Miado tried to pick up the pace, but Catalan’s intent to get to top position on the ground saw him spend considerable time inside Miado’s guard in top position.
With everything to fight for coming into the final round, it seemed that it was going to be Miado’s striking pitted against Catalan’s wrestling. Trying hard to cling to his unbeaten record, Miado came close with a huge uppercut and a guillotine attempt. However, time after time, “The Ilonggo” somehow found the energy reserves to pick his strawweight foe up over his head, slamming Miado to the mat with intent.
In the end, it was the repeated takedowns that earned him the split decision nod, with one judge siding with Miado’s attempts to finish the fight. Catalan moves to 6-2 with an excellent scalp to his credit, and a much more well-rounded game than previously seen. “The Jaguar,” meanwhile, drops to 6-1.
At this stage, to take a loss could work wonders for the young Filipino. How he adapts and improves from the tough battle could determine his future.
With a title like Patisserie Fighting, one would expect a fair bit of tension and conflict between the web drama’s leads, Kit Chan and Chris Lee. But in real life, that could not be further from the truth.
During a press conference at a commercial cooking studio in Singapore recently, the two stars could not stop gushing about each other. One could even say they looked quite sweet together!
Patisserie Fighting is an eight-episode Mandarin web drama about the joys of pastry-making and how it helps two people discover each other.
The made-in-Singapore show is set to air twice a week and each episode is 15 minutes long. Its first episode premiered on dimsum on April 17 and the second one will be simulcast on April 21.
Chan plays See Yu Tin, a biomedical researcher who quits her job to pursue her dream of being a pastry chef. Taiwanese actor Lee, 35, plays Wu Wen Di or Hsiao D, the gifted yet reclusive pastry chef from Taiwan whom See seeks an apprenticeship with.
It has been 15 years since Chan’s last drama series, the 2002 Hong Kong-Singapore co-production Cash Is King. The Singaporean singer-actress said one of the main reasons she took on the project was her love for baking and savouring desserts.
Singaporean singer Kit Chan stars in web drama series Patisserie Fighting. Photo: Dimsum
“I like to bake. It’s very therapeutic for me. For a few hours, it’s completely my time. I can forget about everything else and focus on baking.
I usually like to make biscuits and cookies, as those are easier to share with others,” said Chan, 44. Chan has been staging concerts and performing in musicals like Snow.Wolf.Lake (1997 in Cantonese and 2005 in Mandarin) and Forbidden City: Portrait Of An Empress (English; 2002, 2003, 2006).
“I was overjoyed to hear that we had to undergo some training before we began.
Coincidentally, the course was conducted where I had always wanted to study baking.
It was very short but I had baking experience so it was easy. But I could tell that Chris was clueless, so I had to help translate and fill him in,” said Chan. She added that she felt like a big sister to Lee.
Unlike Chan, Lee doesn’t bake at all, so he was very appreciative of the crash course in baking.
“At the very least, I learnt how to sprinkle flour convincingly, and learnt how to handle some of the utensils to make my character look like a genuine pastry chef,” he recalled.
“I still don’t have the patience for baking, but at least I now look like I know what I’m doing!”
Lee said Patisserie Fighting was a fun and delightful project to be in.
“I don’t often get to play light-hearted roles like this. Because of the way I look, I usually get cast as rich heirs or cultured professionals in mostly romantic dramas,” said Lee, whose previous Singaporean web drama Trapped Minds is also available on dimsum.
He was also amazed by Chan’s ability to memorise her lines quickly. “It’s easy for me since I’ve been doing it regularly for quite some time. On the other hand, she had been on hiatus for so long and yet she picked it up effortlessly.
“I’m pretty sure it’s because she’s a singer, which requires her to remember lots of lyrics,” he said.
Chef vs chef
In keeping with the title Patisserie Fighting, Lee says his character Hsiao D tries to hide his true feelings when he deals with See. “When she succeeds in baking a nice pastry, he dismisses her efforts and undermines her abilities.
“He also annoys and teases her by making faces or pulling her hair … you know, like how it is in school when a boy likes a girl!” he said.
Chan had an enjoyable time working with her handsome co-star.
“He plays an aloof character, and I really like how he interprets it by disguising his anxiety with a flippant attitude. Even when he is surprised or excited, he will pretend that it does not matter,” she recalled.
She added that she was the one who suggested to the director that her character wore spectacles.
Lee has no experience in baking, even though he plays a master pastry chef. Photo: Dimsum
“He told me that it was initially in the script, but was later omitted as he was worried I might get offended by the idea,” she recalled.
“He was quite surprised that I looked so natural scouring through recipe books while peering over my glasses.”
According to Chan, the idea came to her naturally, as she also wears prescription lenses for presbyopia, or farsightedness.
“I’m lucky, as I only got it after turning 40. Some of my friends had already developed presbyopia much earlier, in their mid-30s,” laughed Chan, who released a new album last year titled The Edge Of Paradise.
The top cake
Since Patisserie Fighting is about desserts, both stars were asked to name the dish that satisfies their sweet tooth.
Chan’s favourite is pound cake, which she likes to bake as well.
“It’s simple and it’s common, but it feels homely and is comfort food for me. If I can only choose one cake, then it will have to be pound cake for me,” mused the singer.
Lee’s favourite dessert is coincidentally one that was recently hailed by CNN as the top cake from Malaysia and Singapore.
“I don’t bake and I don’t have a sweet tooth, so I don’t usually go for desserts.
“But there is one cake I always buy for my mother, when I fly to Singapore. It’s pandan cake, and I really like it, too,” said Lee, who will next be seen in the China-made movie The Post Office Of Love.
A man in his 50s died of toad toxin after eating a bullfrog dish that mistakenly included toads last month, it was revealed Friday.
According to police, the 57-year-old man and two of his colleagues cooked and ate five bullfrogs they caught at a reservoir, at a restaurant in Daejeon, 164 kilometers south of Seoul, on March 9.
After the man had finished eating, he suddenly started to vomit and was taken to a nearby hospital as his condition worsened. He died early the next morning.
The man’s two colleagues showed similar symptoms, but not as severe.
Police found bufotenin, a toxic substance found mostly in toad skin which may cause death when ingested in large amounts, in the food remains.
Investigators believe the man ate toads thinking that they were bullfrogs.
“Toads are similar in shape to bullfrogs, but much care must be taken since it is dangerous to ingest as it is poisonous,” said the police.
Former President Park Geun-hye sold her home in downtown Seoul for 6.7 billion won (S$5.9 million) and purchased a new one in a quitter neighborhood on the southern edge of the capital, local media reported Friday.
“The old house was too shabby and caused inconveniences to neighbours. (The area) was too crowded, so she decided to move to a quieter neighborhood,” Park’s confidant told Yonhap News Agency.
After Park moved in to the old home in Samseong-dong, two days after being ousted from power, neighbours complained about the noise and ruckus created by her loyal supporters staging rallies in the area, calling for her impeachment to be invalidated. Park is now in custody, pending a criminal trial on corruption.
According to the news reports, Hong Seong-yeol, CEO of a local shopping mall Mario Outlet known to be close to Park’s younger brother, is the new owner of the two-story house.
Park’s new home is located in Naegok-dong, where former President Lee Myung-bak also resides. Park’s belongings will likely be moved to the new house late next week.
Park was removed from power on March 10 over a corruption scandal. The prosecution indicted her on a total of 18 charges including bribery and abuse of authority. A preparatory hearing of her trial is set for May 2.
This handout photograph released by The Saifee Hospital on March 9, 2017, shows Egyptian patient Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty as she lies in a hospital bed at The Saifee Hospital in Mumbai on March 8, 2017, after an operation.
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MUMBAI – The “world’s heaviest woman” has shed half her weight – around a quarter of a tonne – in the two months she’s been in India for treatment, doctors said.
Egyptian national Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty weighed 500kg when she arrived in Mumbai in February on a specially modified plane to undergo emergency weight-loss surgery.
In videos provided this week by the Saifee Hospital, where the 37-year-old successfully had bariatric surgery last month, Abd El Aty can be seen sitting up and smiling while listening to music.
“She looks a happier and slimmer version of her past self. She can finally fit into a wheelchair and sit for a longer period of time, something we never dreamt of three months back,” said a statement from doctors, announcing that she had lost 250kg.
Abd El Aty had not left her home in Egypt’s Mediterranean port city of Alexandria for two decades until she arrived in India’s commercial capital on Feb 11.
She was put on a special liquid diet to get her weight down to a low enough level for doctors to perform bariatric surgery, essentially a stomach-shrinking bypass procedure carried out on those wanting to lose excessive weight.
The diet helped Abd El Aty lose around 100kg in a month, allowing doctors to operate on her in early March.
Abd El Aty’s family say that as a child she was diagnosed with elephantiasis, a condition that causes the limbs and other body parts to swell, leaving her almost immobile.
The Egyptian has suffered several strokes and faced a series of other serious ailments owing to her weight including diabetes, high blood pressure, hypertension and sleep deprivation. She is unable to speak properly and is partially paralysed.
“She continues to lose weight rapidly and is awaiting the moment she can fit into a CT scan machine to know the cause of her right-sided paralysis and convulsions,” doctors added in the statement published on the “Save Eman Cause” website.
Muffazal Lakdawala, the doctor leading Abd El Aty’s treatment, added in a separate post that they hoped to put her on a trial obesity drug in six months. Doctors are trying to procure it from the United States, he said.
In July last year, the Guinness Book of World Records recorded American Pauline Potter as the world’s heaviest woman at 293kg, well above Abd El Aty’s current weight.
An international marine conservation group probing the living conditions of seven dolphins once housed at Underwater World Singapore (UWS) is asking for more transparency from marine attractions here.
Sea Shepherd visited Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in Zhuhai, China, three times last month to monitor the five Indo-Pacific humpbacked dolphins (or pink dolphins) that UWS said were sent there.
However, their investigators saw only four on display: females Eaung and Pann, as well as Pann’s two calves, Splish and Splash.
“Further inquiries with Chimelong staff returned different responses,” said Ms Jaki Teo, Singapore representative for Sea Shepherd Asia. One worker claimed the fifth dolphin, a female, was kept in an off-site research facility; but another staff said there were only four dolphins left, said Ms Teo.
UWS did not name the dolphins it sent over, but Sea Shepherd believes the fifth was Jumbo, a male.
UWS told The Straits Times its aquatic animals were all relocated to regional facilities by last October. These included the five pink dolphins, three fur seals and five otters that were sent to Chimelong. But UWS would not name the facilities the other animals, including two remaining dolphins, were moved to.
UWS also declined to respond to Sea Shepherd’s report on the dolphins. Its spokesman would only say: “All the other aquatic animals also found suitable facilities to be rehoused and were safely transferred out of the UWS to various regional facilities by end October 2016.”Sea Shepherd’s Ms Teo called for greater transparency from such parks. They could, for example, publish a list of acquisitions, births, deaths and sales of any animals.
“This will ensure that facilities keep to the highest animal husbandry standards and are accountable for their actions,” said Ms Teo, pointing to past cases where animal deaths were swept under the rug until exposed by the media.
For example, when Gracie the dugong died in 2014, there was no announcement until last June, when The New Paper queried UWS after a reporter noticed the dugong had vanished. Similarly, when two manta rays died at Resorts World Sentosa in 2014 – the same year it started a manta ray conservation project – there were no announcements from the park until later that year, following queries from ST.
And UWS admitted that one of its dolphins, Han, was suffering from a “non-contagious form of skin cancer” only after local wildlife group Wildlife Watcher raised questions about its welfare.
It is not clear where Han and the other remaining dolphin, Speedy, were moved to. “This raises the question of whether they are still alive. This visible absence of culpability in the captive industry is a big problem,” said Ms Teo.
The pink dolphin is on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, which lists species threatened with extinction. Permits are required before animals on this list are traded.
But the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority, which issues them here, declined to specify the number of permits it issued UWS, citing organisational confidentiality. The agency would only say that it worked with UWS to rehome all the aquatic animals to various aquaria overseas.
Sea Shepherd’s call for transparency is echoed by other conservation groups, including the Nature Society (Singapore), or NSS, and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). NSS marine conservation group chairman Stephen Beng said: “As more ocean theme parks are built, it pressures hunters to acquire endangered or threatened species in already overfished oceans. Transparency will show whether an organisation supports marine life research, conservation and education.”
He added that the transfer of UWS’ pink dolphins also fuels the debate on the moral acceptability of keeping animals in captivity, especially those with larger ranges and complex social structures such as cetaceans, which includes whales and dolphins.
Ms Aimee Leslie, global cetaceans and marine turtle manager at WWF-International, said: “There is no justification for a lack of transparency in the trade of protected marine species.”
Chief executive of wildlife rescue group Animal Concerns Research and Education Society Louis Ng, who is also an MP for Nee Soon GRC, said: “India has banned the keeping of dolphins in captivity, Switzerland has banned the import of dolphins. Solomon Islands, where Resorts World Sentosa got their dolphins from, has also banned the export. Singapore should also move in this direction.”
audreyt@sph.com.sg
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