5 questions with … Cynthia Wang Xin Ru

SINGAPORE - After a meaty stint in the MediaCorp TV Channel 8 drama Devotion, Taiwanese singer-actress Cynthia Wang Xin Ru returns to our screens once more to play the belle of Huaxiang Street in the channel's mid-year period blockbuster - Joys Of Life. Sheepishly admitting that she racked up a fair number of shoes during her stay in Singapore ("those with a platform and a high heel are the most comfortable ones"), the 26-year-old counts Aldo and Steve Madden as some of her preferred brands. Here she lets us in on why she might just flee home in the name of fashion - in the middle of the day.