Interview with British supermodel
David Gandy
By Kenneth Goh for The Straits Times, Singapore - 16 Nov 2015
British model David Gandy is one sauve and savvy businessman. When the 35-year-old is not strutting down the runway as one of the world's most sought-after male models, he is busy building a fashion and lifestyle empire.
Gandy co-owns British shoe label David Preston and the London Sock Company and he has a stake in the sleepwear and underwear line David Gandy for Autograph, which he collaborated on with retail giant Marks and Spencer.
He dishes out fashion tips and writes on lifestyle topics for publications such as Vogue and The Telegraph, and is a car reviewer for British GQ magazine.
An avid gym-goer, he has also created a fitness and training app.
The 1.91m-tall model, who is single, says of his venture into entrepreneurship: "Models are self-employed, your business is you."
He was in town last month for a whirlwind one-day visit to promote Dolce & Gabbana's Mediterranean-inspired fragrance, Light Blue. Impeccably dressed in a navy blue cashmere V-neck sweater over a crisp white shirt and matching navy blue trousers, he exudes sensuous charm with his azure blue eyes, chiselled cheekbones and English drawl.
Interview with Japanese actor Mokomichi Hayami
By Kenneth Goh for The Straits Times, Singapore - 7 Nov 2016
Japanese actor-host Mokomichi Hayami cannot get enough of Singapore food.
On his maiden trip here last month, the 32-year-old went on a whirlwind tour of eateries and a wet market.
He checked out seafood and vegetables at Tekka Centre in Little India, feasted on dishes such as Hokkien mee and chicken rice at Maxwell Food Centre, and sampled Peranakan food including ayam buah keluak (stewed chicken with black Indonesian nut) at a restaurant in Armenian Street.
He also tried his hand at creating chocolate art with home-grown pastry chef Janice Wong.
Pointing to his stomach, the tanned 1.86m-tall hunk exclaims in Japanese through a translator: "I overate as all the dishes were so good and my digestive system became so tired from eating."
There is no sign of a belly, though, in the suave suit-and-tie outfit he wears for this interview.
The floppy-haired heart-throb was in town to film an episode on Singapore food for his popular cooking show, Moco's Kitchen, which airs tomorrow on GEM (Singtel TV Channel 519), and to meet fans here.