a fleeting stay ...

Those who danced to the hits of Boney M in the mid-70s and mid-80s are now a lot older, visibly rounder and arguably wiser. All that didn't matter when they gathered at Sunway Lagoon Hotel on Saturday night to see the pop and disco group, which was originally based in West Germany, performed for charity at a show organised by Lejadi Group. The moment Liz Mitchell came on stage and showed off her vocals with Amazing Grace, fans poised themselves for a rush that would last for several days. The audience was easily persuaded. Before they knew it, fans of Boney M were clapping their hands and getting off their seats to gyrate to Sunny, Ma Baker, Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday!, Daddy Cool (the group's first number 1 hit), Rasputin, Rivers of Babylon, No Woman No Cry and Bahama Mama, among others. "We want you to get really happy ... we want to encourage you to dance so that your blood gets hot," coaxed Mitchell, the group's original lead si...

The drizzle early this morning did not deter participants of the National Press Club Media Run 2009 from taking part in the event. Everyone wanted to complete the 5km stretch and return to the Press Club at Jalan Tangsi, Kuala Lumpur for the prize-giving ceremony which began around 10am. The prizes were great; cash prizes and hampers for the top five in the different categories and more hampers and electrical items for the lucky draw segment. This picture shows the Mohamed women -- Jehan, Nisa and Adibah -- adjusting the tags on their T-Shirts for the run. Luck was on the side of these vibrant women. Although they didn't grab the top awards, they took home hampers from Giant and Milo. Seasoned runner Adibah, who received two hampers, donated one to a very young boy. The five-year-old youngster took part in the run with his father, who is an exco member of the National Press Club. He looked so sad because he didn't get anything and that moved Adibah to gi...

  Malaysia has some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. It's official .  There will be no snow in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow.  There's not a vestige of truth in the  rumour that has been widely repeated on the internet -- that a snow blizzard would hit Kuala Lumpur at 7pm tomorrow . Meteorological Department director-general Dr Yap Kok Seng said that it was impossible for snow blizzards to occur in tropical countries.  Still, we should be prepared for bad weather until November 24 as predicted by the Meteorological Department. Imagine snow falling all over Kuala Lumpur. Of course it's not true, what an absurd idea! That's what you think. Judging by the phone calls and emails which the Meteorological Department has had to handle over the past few weeks, many Malaysians seemed to have lost their capacity to distinguish between reality and fantasy. I must admit that for several hours I was haunted by the possibility of snow-capped hi...

"I don't trust him," JP said, in a rare moment of candour. I was completely taken aback by JP's revelation that her partner had been cheating on her. They have been together for nearly 19 years and that was the first time she had uttered those words. JP's declaration got me thinking about the concept of trust: the belief that somebody is sincere and honest and will not try to harm or trick you. A recent episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show disclosed that one in three men cheat on their spouses and 93 per cent of men hide their sexual affairs from their wives. If trust is a rare and precious commodity in today's world, is there hope for relationships to thrive? I don't have any answers. Apparently family counsellor, rabbi and best-selling author Gary Neuman does. He carried out a two-year study of 100 unfaithful men and 100 faithful men and the findings were documented in his book entitled The Truth About Cheating: Why Men Stray and What You Can Do To P...