The latest MyEG TV infomercial featuring Sarah Lian as the �Internet Ah Moi� �is creating a quite a buzz locally. Sarah plays the role of a kopitiam owner who also doubles as an �Internet Ah Moi� offering services like road tax processing and bankruptcy claims. The infomercial aims to create awareness on the ease of MyEG that offers online government transaction services.

Sarah took pain to brush up on her “Ah Lian accent” for her role.

“My brief was to play an “Ah Moi from Klang!” I just took that brief and had fun with it!”

The public has responded well to the localized humour in the infomercial that was shot in Petaling Street in Kuala Lumpur.

So who is this Sarah Lian?

Sarah Lian, born May 12, 1983, is a Malaysian Chinese actress and television personality based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She was born in Taiping, Perak Malaysia but mainly grew up in Vancouver, Canada.

A sultry Sarah Lian

Of Chinese heritage; both parents being Malaysian Chinese, Lian is the third of four children in her family. Living in a multilingual country and moving abroad, it is no surprise that she speaks a variety of languages. While proficient in English, Lian also speaks Hokkien, Cantonese, Mandarin, Malay, French and a smattering of Japanese.

Lian is an actor versatile in film, television and theatre. While finishing her degree in Toronto, Lian earned her first credit in the American Pie film franchise, American Pie Presents: Beta House featured as the “Hot Asian Girl”. Her scene did not make the final cut upon the film’s release in December 2007.

The bubbly Sarah

Moving to Hong Kong to pursue acting further, she landed a suporting role in Jasmine, a psychological thriller written and directed by Hollywood screenwriter Dax Phelan.

In 2008, Lian moved to Malaysia and began working closely with Media Prima’s online portal gua.com.my for their event-based show, Randommania.

The program gave Lian the opportunity to interview various personalities from local artiste Maya Karin, Fasha Sandha and Ning Baizura to international musicians such as Shayne Ward, The D.E.Y. and Machi.

Vivacious Sarah Lian� (photo credit to http://www.gua.com.my)

As she became closely associated with GuaTV; this entertainment program escalated Lian as a recognisable face in the media world, also making her known as one of Gua’s Homegrown Hotties!

At the same time, she was also enlisted as the host and writer for NTV7′s informative program NUVO.

Just a few months after coming back to Malaysia, Lian gained fame when she was voted FHM Malaysia’s #1 Most Wanted Woman on their Top 100 list. Since then, she has been visible in a variety of magazines such as Stuff, Clive, Malaysian College, OK!, Hot, Sisters, New Tide and Men’s Health Malaysia.

Sarah has also hosted local reality programs like The Ultimate Prom Nite 2 and Maybelline�s Simply Fabulous.

She is currently co-hosting MyEG Xtra Time on the ESPN channel, with personalities Marion Counter, Lisa Surihani and others. The program talks about entertainment-styled sports gossip.

Lian has managed to leave her imprint on the local celebrity scene. The vivacious and bubbly Lian has established a great reputation as a reliable host for hyping up crowds and commanding their attention with her sultry image and entertaining sense of humour.

So if you think that you’ve seen Sarah Lian, you ain’t seen nothing yet!”

In 2003, police in Warwickshire, England, opened a garden shed and found a whimpering, cowering dog. �The dog had been locked in the shed and abandoned. �It was dirty and malnourished and had quite clearly been abused.

In an act of kindness, the police took the dog, which was a female greyhound, to the Nuneaton Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary, which is run by a man named Geoff Grewcock, and known as a haven for animals abandoned, orphaned, or otherwise in need.

Geoff and the other sanctuary staff went to work with two aims: to restore the dog to full health and to win her trust. �It took several weeks, but eventually both goals were achieved. �They named her Jasmine and they started to think about finding her an adoptive home.

Jasmine, however, had other ideas. �No one quite remembers how it came about, but Jasmine started welcoming all animal arrivals at the sanctuary. �It would not matter if it were a puppy, a fox cub, a rabbit or, any other lost or hurting animal. �Jasmine would just peer into the box or cage and, when and where possible, deliver a welcoming lick.

Geoff relates one of the early incidents. �”We had two puppies that had been abandoned by a nearby railway line. �One was a Lakeland Terrier cross and another was a Jack Russell Doberman cross. �They were tiny when they arrived at the centre, and Jasmine approached them and grabbed one by the scruff of the neck in her mouth and put him on the settee. �Then she fetched the other one and sat down with them, cuddling them.”

“But she is like that with all of our animals, even the rabbits. �She takes all the stress out of them, and it helps them to not only feel close to her, but to settle into their new surroundings. �She has done the same with the fox and badger cubs, she licks the rabbits and guinea pigs, and even lets the birds perch on the bridge of her nose.”

Jasmine, the timid, abused, deserted waif, became the animal sanctuary’s resident surrogate mother, a role for which she might have been born. �The list of orphaned and abandoned youngsters she has cared for comprises five fox cubs, four badger cubs, fifteen chicks, eight guinea pigs, two stray puppies and fifteen rabbits – and one roe deer fawn. �Tiny Bramble, eleven weeks old, was found semi-conscious in a field. �Upon arrival at the sanctuary, Jasmine cuddled up to her to keep her warm, and then went into the full foster-mum role. �Jasmine the greyhound showers Bramble the roe deer with affection, and makes sure nothing is matted.

“They are inseparable,” says Geoff. �”Bramble walks between her legs, and they keep kissing each other. �They walk together round the sanctuary. �It’s a real treat to see them.”

Jasmine will continue to care for Bramble until she is old enough to be returned to woodland life. �When that happens, Jasmine will not be lonely. �She will be too busy showering love and affection on the next orphan or victim of abuse.

Pictured from the left are: “Toby”, a stray Lakeland dog; “Bramble”, orphaned roe deer; “Buster”, a stray Jack Russell; a dumped rabbit; “Sky”, an injured barn owl; and “Jasmine”, with a mother’s heart doing best what a caring mother would do…and such is the order of God’s Creation.