Insta-Buzz: What The Stars Were Up To This Week
Here are some of our favourite snaps from the past week.
Can you believe we’re already halfway through the first month of 2022?
At least we got to see a lot of positivity over the past week, courtesy of celebs who showed generosity to others or were trying to inspire their followers to do their part for our planet.
James Seah is now a married man
Another local artiste is officially off the market. The actor wed his girlfriend of six year, influencer Nicole Chang Min, on Saturday, and judging from the Instagram Stories posts from their guests, it was a pretty grand and fancy affair.
Congrats to the newlyweds!
Photos: Paige Chua/Instagram, Kayly Loh/Instagram
Elvin Ng showed off the new children’s room in the house
The star’s nephew and nieces are three lucky little tykes, aren’t they? With all of them now in school, Elvin decided it was time they got their own space and had a really pretty kids’ room done up just for them in the house.
Elvin told 8days.sg that they gave the area, which used to be a spare guestroom, “a total reconfiguration and facelift, and even tore down the wardrobe and changed the fixtures”, resulting in a really cosy and cute bedroom-slash-playroom-slash-study room. Check out the video tour he posted below:
Photos: Elvin Ng/Instagram
Elvin Ng, Tyler Ten, Zhai Siming, and Herman Keh delivered CNY goodies to the elderly
After showing love to the young ones at home, Elvin went out to show love and deliver tons of Chinese New Year snacks to elderly folks at the Home Nursing Foundation while being accompanied by Star Search 2019 finalists Tyler, Siming, and Herman.
And they all seemed to have a really good time as well: Herman gushed about “putting [his Hokkien] to good use”, Tyler was inspired by the elderly folks’ positive attitudes, and Siming thanked their manager for arranging the trip, which gave him a “meaningful morning”. Plus, you can totally tell how happy everyone is even from behind their masks.
Photos: The Celebrity Agency/Instagram
Li Nanxing and Vivian Lai were DHL delivery workers for a day
Also delivering goodies were Nanxing and Vivian, who teamed up with sponsors DHL to personally send 10 CNY hampers to lucky folks right at their doorsteps.
According to a rep from the Ah Ge’s artiste management agency LNX Global, each hamper is worth S$388 and includes five cans of abalone, 500g of Constance Song’s new Iberico pork bak kwa, tea from Vivian’s beverage brand, dried scallops, dried fish maw, mushrooms, bird’s nest, a restaurant voucher, two jars of Nanxing’s Dried Scallop Hae Bee Hiam, and two red packets.
By the way, we have to say that Ah Ge and Vivian look pretty good in those uniforms.
Photos: LNX Global/Instagram
Mediacorp personalities took part in the CNA Green Plan challenge
The CNA Green Plan, a Mediacorp campaign that was launched in support of the Singapore Green Plan 2030 by drawing attention to sustainability issues in the country, is underway and the current phase consists of online challenges that aim to inspire Singaporeans to go green in their everyday lives.
Mediacorp personalities from Channel NewsAsia, The Celebrity Agency, and Bloomr.SG have also been participating in the challenges via a three-way social media “showdown”, where they represent various towns and face off against each other under different themes, which are centred around the five pillars of the Singapore Green Plan 2030.
For instance, under the “Energy Reset” theme, we have CNA anchor Glenda Chong (repping Pasir Ris), actor Benjamin Tan (repping Ang Mo Kio), and influencer Wirda Elliesa (repping Jurong West) sharing how they lower their carbon footprint and increase energy efficiency: Glenda suggests saving water and energy by taking five-minute showers without the heater on, Benjamin showed off his plant collection that reduces the heat and the need for air-conditioning, while Wirda reminded us that using the fan instead of the aircon can save you about S$340 a year.
P/S: Click here for more info on the CNA Green Plan Challenge, where 45 winners will walk away with a S$500 EZ-link card each (contest ends February 20). Don’t say we never jio.
Photos: Glenda Chong/Instagram, Benjamin Tan/Instagram, Wirda Elliesa/Instagram
Jamie Yeo gifted S$1,000 to one of the victims of the OCBC scam saga
One of the biggest local news stories from the past few weeks was the OCBC scam saga, where hundreds of people lost millions of dollars over Christmas.
Eager to do her part to help, Jamie shared that she will be gifting S$1,000 to one of the victims, the father of a special needs boy who lost his entire savings worth S$250,000, and said that anyone who is keen to lend a hand as well may contact her for his mobile number that’s linked to his PayNow account.
The former radio DJ also urged others who were affected to “fight this” by taking their cases to the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and highlighted a few more victims’ stories on her page.
Photos: Jamie Yeo/Instagram
Kimberly Chia revealed the gender of her baby
The actress, who surprised everyone with her wedding and pregnancy news back in October, held a gender reveal party and shared the results on Wednesday, and she’s having… a boy!
Among all the congratulatory comments was this hilarious gem from one cheeky Edwin Goh, who quipped, “You’re gonna give birth to Rolex (sic)” in response to a watch being used to represent the gender of the child, in addition to the blue confetti. On that note, wonder what was used to represent a girl?
Photos: Kimberly Chia/Instagram
Leon Jay Williams shared about his daughter’s first day of primary school
My, don’t they grow up so fast? The actor’s seven-year-old daughter Harper has officially started primary school and her parents prepared a “first day of school” gift basket for her, along with a sweet and encouraging note.
“The 6am wake up call will take getting [used] to, not just for her but for all of us! I guess this is a rite of passage for every Singaporean child,” Leon mused. “Just want her to know that we are there to support her no matter what!”
Photos: Leon Jay Williams/Instagram
Patricia Mok wore her mask upside down the whole day (and didn’t know)
In a hilarious series of Instagram Stories, Pat recalled how she had worn her mask upside down the entire day and only realised it when she got home.
The actress had even felt the nose wire under her chin, but instead of having an “oops!” moment, she was “amazed” at how there was a wire on both the nose and chin, and carried on with her errands. She had taken the train, gone grocery shopping, and picked up new masks… all while with her mask on the wrong way.
We guess this is the pandemic equivalent of wearing your shirt inside out.
Photos: Patricia Mok/Instagram
Kane Lim hung out with Katy Perry
Katy Perry is currently performing at her own Las Vegas residency, and it looks like Kane shelled out extra dough to be able to rub shoulders with the pop star, as well as teach her how to do very K-pop-esque finger hearts.
According to reports, a meet-and-greet package costs US$2,499 (S$3,360)... and that doesn’t even include a ticket to the concert. Then again, we’re sure the Singaporean Bling Empire star could buy 10 of those without even batting an eye.
Photos: Kane Lim/Instagram
Zhang Zhenhuan celebrated his wife’s birthday
Zhenhuan aka Zhen Xuan’s wife Sally Pan turned 27 earlier this week and she enjoyed being queen for a day, surrounded with huge bouquets, tons of balloons, and of course, all her loved ones.
However, we have to say that it’s the couple’s son Miro who completely steals the show with his cuteness. Just look at that adorable, cake-smeared face!
Photos: Zhang Zhenhuan/Instagram
Vernon A’s sons were diagnosed with HFMD
Throughout the week, the Class 95 DJ’s wife, influencer Jayne Tham, has been documenting their two sons’ battle with hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD)/
Fortunately, Jayne updated that the younger one, Niall, was feeling much better on Saturday, with his blisters all dried up. We wish both boys a speedy recovery!
Photos: Jayne Tham/Instagram
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