Daphne Iking

news extract from theStar about Daphne Iking remarries with Azmi Abdul Rahman:

Saturday February 26, 2011

Daphne is Dahlia with a new darling

By NOORSILA ABD MAJID
newsdesk@thestar.com.my

KUALA LUMPUR: Celebrity Daphne Iking has made the headlines again, this time for a much happier reason – she has married for a second time. The lucky guy is her one-time business partner Azmi Abdul Rahman.

Daphne, 31, who adopted the Muslim name of Dahlia when she converted in January, said she and her husband, who is also known to their friends as Joe, dated for more than a year before deciding to tie the knot.

They got married on Jan 8 in a simple akad nikah ceremony at her hometown in Penampang, Sabah, witnessed by family members and friends.

A second chance at love: Daphne and Azmi dated for more than a year before tying the knot. Daphne says Azmi has been her ‘rock’.

The couple started off as business partners, working on projects like 2REDchairs (www.2redchairs.tumblr.com), a street discussion on so-called taboo subjects, like religion, transgender and homosexuality.

They broke up before – for a while – as she was not sure if their relationship would work.

“I told him ‘let’s just stick to being business partners’. But he is really myjodoh (perfect match).

“He’s been my rock after the failure of my first marriage became a public issue,” she told the Daily Chilli, the news portal of The Star.

Speaking on her conversion to Islam, the TV personality who was recently seen as one of the show hosts of the Seri Angkasa Awards, said: “Islam is a beautiful religion. I’ve been studying it, especially after all the trials and turbulence in my life.”

Daphne was embroiled in a controversy over a suit brought by her first husband, Ryan Chong, against businessman Darren Choy for seducing her, with the intention of having sexual intercourse between July 2007 and September 2008.

Daphne and Ryan married on Jan 27, 2007 in Bali and she has a daughter, Isobel Daniella Iking-Chong. They divorced in 2009.

Joe, in his 30s, told the portal he is not concerned about his wife’s past.

“In Islam, it’s my duty, as a husband, to guide, protect and take good care of my wife.

“We married to avoid fitnah (slander),” he said.

me and dancing

cha cha Minggu Seni Kreatif 6th col UM (MSK) 2010

Creative dance UM Feseni 2011

Ngajat MSK 2010

White Bamboo Doll MSK 2010 and MPIS 2011

Malam Kebudayaan Borneo 9th col 2010

Malam Kebudayaan IPTA/IPTS 2010

Pesta Budaya 1st col um 2010

Malam Citra Bayu 2010

this has been a part of my life and i become more active since i entered UM...will keep this posted..

Bunga hutan...OST of bawang merah bawang putih 1959

lagu ini memang best!!!try to listen to this song and i'm sure you all will get stuck with it!

Proud To be Sabahan!!

Hello guys!!below are the article from theStar..read it and be proud if you are Sabahan!!

Monday February 21, 2011

Sabah — land of the beautiful

By JO TEH
newsdesk@thestar.com.my

KOTA KINABALU: Popularly known as the Land Below the Wind, Sabah should probably be now known as the land of hidden beauties.

Sabahans swept the Ford Models Supermodel of the World Search Malaysia 2011 by producing eight out of the 24 semi-finalists, the largest number so far from a single state.

Organising chairman Datuk Nancy Yeoh said she was thrilled with the audition which was held on Saturday at the Magellan Sutera Resort.

“We came here hoping to find four or five semi-finalists and it is extremely fulfilling to be able to leave Kota Kinabalu with an unexpected eight which makes up one-third of the semi-finalists,” she said.

Hidden beauties: The eight semi-finalists from Sabah posing after the audition, which was the third nationwide pit-stop of the Ford Models search. The semi-finalists are from the Bajau, Visaya Dusun, Sino Kadazan, Runggus and Banjar ethnic groups.

“On top of that, they comprise a cross-section of ethnic groups, something we have been advocating from the start – that we are looking for a true, all-Malaysian girl.

“It would appear that the east Malaysians (Sarawak produced five semi-finalists) are going to give the girls from the capital city a serious run for their money,” Yeoh said.

The eight semi-finalists from Sabah are from the Bajau, Visaya Dusun, Sino Kadazan, Runggus and Banjar ethnic groups.

They are Nazarah Nicolous, 23, Iyliana John, 20, Atika Karim, 18, Hafizzah Karim, 25, Jassinta Mirasol, 23, Joey Yong, 17, Nur Jawaheer, 23, and Audrey Mu, 24.

Nur Jawaheer, who is a mix of Bajau, Runggus and Banjar, said: “Ford Models can improve my career in modelling. It is a great opportunity and platform for me. I have joined many pageants before but I have always aspired for a career that would take me to the international level.”

Iyliana John, who is of Malay and Scottish descent, said she had always wanted to make a mark in the modelling industry outside of Sabah.

The Sabah audition was the third nationwide pit-stop of the Ford Models search, following Sarawak and Johor which produced one semi-finalist (Phoebe How).

5 Alpha SMK Arshad 2007

our class!!(click the photo to enlarge and you can view us clearly!)

White Bamboo Doll

click on the image if you wish to identify every one of us(i bet you can't)

me, football and manchester united

ok...now is about my football life..i've been in love with soccer since i was in primary school and now i'm really addicted into it..hehe..this great influence come from my father [one of the greatest footballer in my life..:)]..

- the very first football match i watch live in stadium was sabah fc v kedah fc(sabah fc won 2-1)...
- my very 1st team was my primary school football team..SK PIASAU.. position:midfielder
- 1st english premier league match for me was 2001..(primary 5 at that time)..manchester united FC (MUFC finished on 3rd place..1st-arsenal,2nd-liverpool)....at that time, i really fall for MUFC beacuse of david beckham ..with his superb ability for scoring goals from freekick..until now, i'm still with MUFC..haha
- 1st world cup was 2002 korea/japan..my support is for england (beacuse of David Beckham)..but they end up losing to brazil in quarter-final...and Brazil emerged as the world champion...
-in form 4, i played for my hostel team..we only managed to finish in 4th place..we lose in 3rd/4th match...after a tied 1-1...i score the only goal for my team..then in penalty kick,my penalty didn't go in..:(...

ok..this article wouldn't be interesting without pictures..hehe..

my new interest

hahaha...seems like everyone in UM is back to their hometown except for some bunch of students...enjoy your holiday guys and thnx to you all, the internet connection is soooo super duper fuc*ing faster..haha..which inspire my new interest@hobby..that is DOWNLOADING MOVIES!!!!!

in few days, i've downloaded about 40++ movies (O.o)..including the old and new ones..some of it i already watch in cinemas but i still want to download them to be stored in my collections...hehe..collections huh??I'm not a movie freak who spent 24hrs in front of their lappy watching movie....haha..those movie will only be beneficial,useful,life-saver and etc if i'm 1500% bored..
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what??are you asking me the movie i prefer??
ok2..i prefer comedy,action,comedy+unrated (i'm not talking about xxx ok..its ok but not too much..haha.i mean like american pie etc), NO romance2+drama2,thriller,horror,animation 3D and etc......oh ya,i forgot to mention,some of the movie that i downloaded is not yet on-show in cinemas...i don't know where did they get it from(not my fault, im just a downloader)...

ok..enough talking now..here is some the movies i'm into (downloaded+watched+stored..haha)

Malam Citra Bayu 6 2010 USM Penang (5-7 feb 2010)

This time is about Malam Citra Bayu (MCB) 2010...the event were hosted by USM.

MCB is a traditional dance competition for all the universities in Malaysia. They are here to perform (compete actually) the traditional dance for the ethnics in Sabah mainly. This time, there 7 universities take part in this competition i.e USM, UM, UUM, UPM, UPSI, UKM and UiTM shah alam. below are the traditional dances presented by each uni:

um-bajau dance

usm- murut

uum,uitm shah alam,ukm-kadazandusun

upm-bugis

upsi-i'm not sure..hehe..their costume also don't look like one...:)

The VIP guest for this year MCB was YB Datuk Tawfiq Titingan, Member of State legislative Assembly of Apas, Tawau.

it was such a colourful event on that night..maybe its due to the costumes wore by the dancers... each uni take about 10 minutes to impress and attracting the judges with their unique and marvelous dances with some drama...

we are the 3rd to perform. While waiting for our turn, i feel very nervous at first because all our moves are very fast and what if i forgot some moves or too fast@too slow than the others??its all keep running in my mind again and again...this can ruin our performance and look so awkward in front of the audience..haha

we only won the best costume and got 3rd place...our achievement is pretty high as this is our 1st time to take part in this event.....

before going back to UM on Sunday,we manage to go for a tour around some places in Penang, took some pictures and enjoying ourself to the max...the memories are all ours to keep :)