Category: Hiburan

  • Mahershala Ali Becomes First Muslim To Win Acting Oscar, Trump And Streep Centre Stage

    Mahershala Ali Becomes First Muslim To Win Acting Oscar, Trump And Streep Centre Stage

    Mahershala Ali won his first Oscar on Sunday for his supporting role in Moonlight, kicking off what could be a big night for diversity at the Academy Awards.

    Ali, 43, who played the mentor to a young black boy in Moonlight, was one of a record seven actors of colour nominated for Oscars this year, along with films that ranged from overlooked African-American female math geniuses (Hidden Figures) to interracial marriage (Loving) and black incarceration rates in modern United States society (13th).

    A first-time nominee, Ali became the first Muslim film star to pick up a golden statuette for acting, reported AFP. He saw off competition from Britain’s Dev Patel, veteran US actors Jeff Bridges and Michael Shannon and newcomer Lucas Hedges.

    “I want to thank my teachers, my professors,” Ali said. “One thing that they consistently told me… ‘It’s not about you. It’s about these characters. You are a servant. You’re in service to these stories and these characters’.”

    He thanked his fellow cast members – and his wife, who gave birth to their first child, a baby girl, just days earlier.

     

    Source: ST

  • Cef Bob For President!

    Cef Bob For President!

    BREAKING NEWS!!!!

    I, Shahrizal Bin Salleh, will strengthen my campaign to be the next President of the Republic of Singapura! I believe I am the forefront in this race and this position is mine to lose.

    After having the backing of our minister K Shanmugam weeks back, now I have Madame Speaker Halimah Yakob as my sous chef!
    Everything now has fallen into places. This is history in the making! I believe I will be the first Chef to be the President of a developed country.

    This is what will happen when I am president:
    1. There will be no hungry citizen in my country. I will give whatever fundings needed to @free_food_for_all to feed every hungry people in Singapura!
    2. The IRC will not be only for blessing the F1 track.
    3. Have a 3 day food and music festival during National Day at the Istana. @bushmenspore and @wickedaura will headline the music fest. Alcohol Free of course. Wo dè Muslim ma….. Yes I am President but Allah is my Big Lau Pan. Obey Him I must. 😁😝🤣
    4. There will be no wall around Yishun. Infact I love Yishun! Few of my ex-gfs are from there and they were ehem ehem. 😝😝😝😝😝

    Well that’s it for now. More will be reveal after I am sworn into office as the next President of the Republic of Singapura.
    Thank you.
    *taking a bow*

    @ Marsiling Community Club

     

    Source: Shahrizal Salleh

  • Watching America Under Trump Is Like Watching A Real-Life Cartoon

    Watching America Under Trump Is Like Watching A Real-Life Cartoon

    America is now run by Donald, with the help of Mickey (Pence). He’s now becoming Grumpy coz the Justice Department is Goofy-ing around with his executive orders.

    Can’t these guys just behave like the Seven Dwarfs and follow the script? When he gets mad, he Tweets. I’m not sure what Tweety Bird thinks of this coz all this while she’s been terrorized by Sylvester, the All-American cat, not the Persian or Arabia breed.

    He wants to build a wall to keep Speedy Gonzales out. I’m sure those muchachos will make Looney Tunes out of him. After that bad phone call, the Aussies may not want to be his Road Runner anymore.

    And I’m told that his inauguration speech was taken from Dory. Or was it Nemo? That’s a tough one.

    But I’m sure America will be great again!

     

    Source: Effendi Basri

  • The Yishun Dream Or Nightmare?

    The Yishun Dream Or Nightmare?

    I was looking for a project to work on whenever I’m procrastinating, and I eventually settled on doing something about Yishun, following the spate of crazy incidents that have happened there in recent years. So, I designed a website and compiled an interactive map that marked down (almost) every noteworthy incident – murders, suicides, vice, shitty luck, cursed environment and the crazy folks – from as far back as 2008. There are articles and accompanying multimedia about each incident, conveniently color-coded and categorised, so this one-stop resource about the dystopian town is about as exhaustive as it can get.

    I wanted to see if it was pure media hype or something that bears genuine concern, and while I still feel the town’s notorious reputation was a classic case of over-representation in the alternative media, there are some incidents that really made me scratch my head in awe. In particular, there is one very distinctive area where most of the stuff happens – an area enclosed by Yishun Ring Road which I termed “The Devil’s Ring”. Over half of what grabbed the headlines in Yishun happened within that circle. The other notable spot is along Yishun Ave 2. That road is cursed, period.

    There is definitely some merit in claiming that Yishun is a place of loonies and psychopaths. Here are some of my favorite stories – when reading their headlines, you kinda know it happened in Yishun:

    1) Man strips and plays with his genitals once MRT enters Yishun (https://yishun.town/crazy/mrtstrip)

    2) Man loses temper after cashier ran out of spoons for his yogurt (https://yishun.town/crazy/yogurt)

    3) Two accidents at the same exact spot within 15 minutes (https://yishun.town/cursed/15minutes)

    4) Academically-poor students banned from celebrating Racial Harmony Day (https://yishun.town/crazy/rhdban)

    5) Resident didn’t know she was growing watermelons that were hanging outside her house (https://yishun.town/crazy/watermelon)

    6) 1.5m-long monitor lizard appears outside lift (https://yishun.town/nature/monitorlizardhdb)

    7) LTA spent 100 days building bicycle path, but tears it down the day after it was completed (https://yishun.town/cursed/bicyclepath)

    8) Crazy cat lady abandoned 39 cats in her HDB flat (https://yishun.town/crazy/39cats)

    9) Women booked $0.20 Uber ride to Yishun, got dumped at police station in Ubi (https://yishun.town/cursed/ubiluggage)

    10) Bus catches fire but passengers don’t want to alight (https://yishun.town/cursed/busfire)

    There are many more, including six tragic murders, cat killers, and very interesting characters in the area. Hopefully, you guys would enjoy the stories I’ve gathered on the site, and to all my followers living in Singapore’s most dystopian town, may the invisible guy in the sky have mercy on your souls.

    Onwards to the next project!

    http://yishun.town

    p.s. The map is best viewed on a desktop/laptop

    Source: Lhu Wen Kai

  • Kini Lebih Banyak Kafe “Hipster” Halal Di Tampines

    Kini Lebih Banyak Kafe “Hipster” Halal Di Tampines

    Berita baik bagi penduduk Tampines! Anda tidak lagi perlu pergi ‘jauh’ ke Arab Street untuk menjamu selera atau relaks sambil menghirup kopi di kafe-kafe ‘hipster’ ala Eropah yang sedang rancak tumbuh di sana.

    Tampines kini nampaknya kian menjadi besi sembrani, dan mendakapi budaya kafe ‘trendy’ seperti itu, yang popular terutamanya di kalangan anak muda dan pelancong sejak beberapa tahun lalu.

    Tinjauan BERITAMediacorp mendapati, kini terdapat sekurang-kurangnya empat kafe halal sedemikian di Tampines, daerah timur Singapura yang ramai penduduk Melayu/Islam.

    “I AM…” DIBUKA MINGGU KE-3 FEBRUARI

    Selain kafe Alt-Yard yang dibuka pada 2015, Brothers in Fine Food serta Commonground yang menawarkan menu ‘brunch’ (dan sedang dalam proses mendapatkan sijil halal), kafe ‘I am…’ – iaitu sebuah kafe ‘hipster’ terkenal ala Belanda di Haji Lane – akan membuka cawangan keduanya di Our Tampines Hub tidak lama lagi.

    Kafe ‘I am…’ di Our Tampines Hub yang bakal dibuka. (Gambar: Instagram/@iamathajilane)

    Pengarah kafe ‘I am…’, Encik Muhamad Jamuri Busori, memberitahu BERITAMediacorp bahawa cawangan kedua kafe itu akan dibuka pada minggu ketiga bulan ini.

    Kafe-kafe sedemikian kini ternyata semakin popular, bukan sahaja di kalangan pelanggan yang inginkan suasana kafe yang unik yang seolah-olah membawa mereka ke kafe-kafe di negara Barat, tetapi juga dek hiasan dalaman dan menunya yang cukup ‘hip’. Ia ibarat halwa mata untuk para pengguna Instagram yang gemar memetik gambar makanan dan ‘berselfie’ di kafe.

    Pendeknya, ia disebut sebagai begitu ‘Instagrammable’!

    Kafe Brothers in Fine Food. (Gambar: Instagram/@brothersinfinefood)

    Kafe I am… di Haji Lane. (Gambar: Instagram/@iamathajilane)

    Menjelaskan lebih lanjut, Encik Muhamad Jamuri berkata pihaknya memilih untuk membuka cawangan kedua di Tampines bagi memaksimumkan peluang-peluang yang ada di sana, memandangkan lebih banyak pusat beli-belah kini dibuka di kawasan itu.

    Beliau menambah, pihaknya juga menerima maklum balas daripada para pelanggan yang ingin kafe ‘I am…’ membuka lebih banyak cawangan di kawasan lain di Singapura.

    KEISTIMEWAAN TAMPINES SEBAGAI LOKASI?

    Selain dua cawangan ‘I am…’ itu, pihaknya kini mempunyai kafe ‘& Why…’ dan kafe ‘all in…’ di kawasan Arab Street.

    Kafe ‘I am…’ ditubuhkan pada Ogos 2013 bersama dua rakannya, Jaffar Sariban and Salle Ahmad. Malah ia turut disenaraikan di kalangan 17 restoran dan kafe halal terbaik di Singapura dalam majalah Time Out dalam edisinya pada bulan lalu.

    (Gambar: Instagram/@iamathajilane)

    “Kami lihat semakin banyak pusat beli-belah kini dibuka di Tampines, jadi ada peluang yang baik di sana untuk mengembangkan perniagaan kami,” kata Encik Muhamad Jamuri ketika dihubungi BERITAMediacorp.

    “Kami juga mahu menyasarkan pelanggan di kawasan timur Singapura, terutamanya keluarga, memandangkan ramai penduduk Muslim di sana. Tahun ini ialah tahun keempat kami beroperasi, jadi kami mahu kembangkan lagi jenama kami, sebab ada yang tidak tahu pun tentang kafe ‘I am…’ di Haji Lane.

    “Kafe kami juga akan terletak di Home Team NS, jadi di situ juga ada banyak peluang kerana ramainya anggota Home Team NS,” ujarnya lagi.

    Selain itu, Encik Muhamad Jamuri juga akur bahawa kafe-kafe halal yang ‘trendy’ dan ‘hipster’ kian bertambah di kawasan Tampines, dan trend itu adalah sebahagian sebab pihaknya memilih kawasan itu untuk cawangan kedua ‘I am…’.

    PERBEZAAN “I AM…” HAJI LANE DENGAN TAMPINES?

    Beliau berkata ia akan mempunyai konsep yang sama dengan cawangan pertama di Haji Lane, iaitu menu, hiasan dalaman dan suasana keseluruhan yang seolah-olah membawa anda ke Amsterdam, bandar yang terkenal dengan kincir angin dan bangunan-bangunan lama yang indah berlatarbelakangkan terusan air.

    Namun sementara kafe ‘I am’ di Haji Lane lebih menyasarkan pelancong dan golongan muda dengan lokasi ‘hipster’nya serta tempat duduk alfresco sesuai untuk para pengunjung relaks sambil memerhatikan orang yang lalu-lalang, cawangan keduanya di Our Tampines Hub lebih menyasarkan keluarga.

    (Gambar: Instagram/@iamathajilane)

    Bahkan, Encik Muhamad Jamuri menjanjikan rekaan dalaman kafe di Tampines itu akan lebih menarik dan lebih menerapkan keunikan bandar Amsterdam.

    ”Kafe di Our Tampines Hub akan mempunyai ‘industrial feel’ (suasana industri) dan seolah-olah membawa pelanggan ke lorong-lorong di Amsterdam, lengkap dengan papan-papan tanda jalan raya Amsterdam, lukisan-lukisan muralnya, basikal-basikalnya, pinggan mangkuk yang digunakan serta suratkhabar-suratkhabar Belanda di lantai kafe.

    “Ini berbeza daripada kafe di Haji Lane, yang berkonsep terbuka dan mempunyai tempat-tempat duduk di luar dan kawasan Haji Lane itu sendiri mempunyai ‘vibe’ seperti di Amsterdam,” kata Encik Muhamad Jamuri.

    MAKANAN BARU DI “I AM…” TAMPINES?

    Pemilik “I am…” seterusnya mendedahkan kepada BERITAMediacorp bahawa kafe kedua itu juga akan memperkenalkan beberapa hidangan makanan baru yang lebih mesra keluarga dalam menunya.

    Satu lagi perbezaan yang ketara ialah sementara kafe ‘I am…’ di Haji Lane hanya dilengkapi kipas kerana berkonsep terbuka, kafe di Tampines akan berhawa dingin.

    “Hawa dinginnya cukup sejuk, jadi ia akan benar-benar membawa pelanggan ke Amsterdam memandangkan di sana sedang musim bunga,” ujarnya lagi sambil berseloroh.

    (Gambar: Instagram/@iamathajilane)

    CAWANGAN KE-5 BILA PULA?

    Ditanya BERITAMediacorp sama ada pihak ‘I am…’ sudah ada rancangan untuk membuka kafe kelima pula di negara ini, Encik Muhamad Jumari berkata: “Tiada rancangan buat masa ini, tetapi kalau ada rezeki, insya Allah.”

    Encik Muhamad Jumari mendapat ilham bagi kafe ‘I am…’ setelah menemani isterinya ke Amsterdam untuk urusan perniagaan dan terpegun dengan keindahan bandar itu.

    Ia menawarkan menu makanan Barat, termasuk ‘Fries & Mayo’ ala Belanda, ‘The Platters’, ‘Fish & Chips’ dan burger daging panggang, ‘Charcoal-grilled Juicy Beef Burgers’.

    Berikut ini senarai 3 lagi kafe halal di Tampines

    1) Alt-Yard di Kelab Masyarakat Tampines West

    Dibuka pada 2015, ia merupakan usahasama Fluff Bakery dengan sebuah pemilik kafe tempatan, Penny University.

    Ia terkenal dengan churros (termasuk churros perisa ondeh-ondeh) serta kek-kek cawan Fluff Bakery.

    (Gambar: Instagram/Alt-Yard)

    2) Brothers in Fine Food di Kelab Masyarakat Tampines West

    Dibuka pada November 2016, ia turut diusahakan oleh pemilik kafe Penny University.

    Ia menghidangkan menu sarapan, brunch dan makan malam serta pelbagai kek dan pencuci mulut, antaranya termasuk ‘Butcher’s Daughter’ iaitu filet daging, telur, kentang dan salad, ‘Peanut Butter Jelly Toast’, stik daging dan Greek Yoghurt Panna Cotta.

    3) Commonground di Our Tampines Hub

    Dibuka pada November 2016, ia menawarkan menu menyeluruh untuk brunch, makan tengah hari, makan malam dan juga untuk teh petang termasuk salad, sandwic, piza, pasta, stik ribeye, daging rusuk kambing panggang, ayam rotisserie, dan pelbagai pencuci mulut.

    Menurut laman Facebooknya, ia sedang dalam proses mendapatkan sijil halal tidak lama lagi namun semua produk dan bahan makanannya daripada sumber yang disahkan halal.

    (Gambar: Facebook/Commonground)