Category: Hiburan

  • Abang Malaysia Promosi Diri Di Facebook, Cari Jodoh

    Abang Malaysia Promosi Diri Di Facebook, Cari Jodoh

    KUALA LUMPUR: Seorang graduan kejuruteraan Malaysia berusia 25 tahun bertindak berani ‘mempromosi diri’ di Facebook – demi mencari jodoh.

    Usaha pemuda bernama Ubaidullah Jaafar itu bagaimanapun menerima sambutan luar biasa – ternyata, beliau kini sudah tidak lagi perlu bersusah payah mencari gadis idaman hatinya.

    Status ‘iklan diri’ Encik Ubaidullah tersebut kini menjadi viral di lelaman media sosial, hingga dibanjiri lebih 16,700 komen dan dikongsi lebih 11,260 kali.

    Bahkan, jejaka itu ternyata beruntung kerana kebanyakan komen pada statusnya ditulis oleh gadis-gadis muda, lapor laman Astro Awani.

    Assalamualaikum.. tak pernah tulis macam ni.. (Seyes malu sesangat) . . .. tapi.. . . Mak ayah da tanya kan.. tak sempat…

    Posted by Ubaidullah Jaafar on Tuesday, 14 June 2016

     

    “UPDATE SEKALI, BERIBU YANG DATANG”

    Meskipun kebanyakan pengguna Facebook yang menulis komen tidak pula secara berterus terang menyatakan hasrat untuk menjadikan Encik Ubaidullah sebagai suami, ramai yang menyebut dan ‘tag’ nama rakan-rakan mereka untuk menyarankan jejaka itu sebagai calon.

    Bahkan, seorang pengguna, Al O’sullivan dengan tepat menulis komen: “Untung awak bro. Update sekali, beribu yang datang. Untung.”

    Ramai juga netizen yang mengucapkan selamat maju jaya kepada Encik Ubaidullah dan semoga Allah mempermudahkan usahanya dipertemukan jodoh.

    Ada pula yang meninggalkan pesanan agar beliau bijak memilih calon isteri, kerana beliau kini mempunyai banyak pilihan, lapor Astro Awani.

    MAHU BERNIKAH SEBELUM MENYAMBUNG PENGAJIAN

    Jadi, apa yang istimewa pada Encik Ubaidullah hingga statusnya menarik perhatian begitu ramai gadis muda?

    Dalam statusnya yang dimuat naik pada 14 Jun itu dan disertakan lima gambar beliau di majlis tamat pengajian universiti dan bersama keluarga, Encik Ubaidullah berkata beliau “malu sangat” kerana “tak pernah tulis macam ini.”

    “Tapi… mak ayah dah tanya kan. Tak sempat nak mencari, baru sekarang tersentak,” tulisnya.

    Encik Ubaidullah, graduan kejuruteraan elektrikal dari Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia dari Muar, Johor itu berkata beliau ingin bernikah dahulu sebelum menyambung pengajian di peringkat sarjana tahun depan.

    Katanya, sebab beliau ingin mendirikan rumah tangga ialah kerana sudah bersedia dan hendak “lengkapkan diri.”

    “Impian ini sudah lama dirancang sebenarnya, empat tahun lalu, tapi tak kesampaian lagi, tiada jodoh,” ujarnya.

    Encik Ubaidullah menambah beliau “boleh memasak apa sahaja”, pernah belajar agama dari “form 1 hingga form 3 di SMA At-Tanwiriah” dan bersedia bernikah hujung tahun ini atau awal tahun depan.

    TAPI ADA KRITERIA GADIS IDAMAN…

    Namun, jejaka itu juga mempunyai kriteria sendiri bagi gadis idamannya.

    Encik Ubaidullah berkata gadis idamannya berusia antara 18 hingga 24 tahun, dan sebaik-baiknya dari Johor, supaya senang mengunjungi keluarga pada Hari Raya nanti.

    “Boleh terima saya, dan sama-sama perbaiki diri ke arah lebih baik. Saya sedia jadi imam awak, saya sedia jumpa mak ayah awak,” tambahnya.

    Dalam status terkininya pada 1.52 pagi tadi (17 Jun), Encik Ubaidullah meminta maaf kerana belum membaca dan membalas kesemua komen yang ditulis.

    Beliau juga berkata, tidak perlulah berasa malu untuk membuat kebaikan. “Kalau niat kita betul-betul untuk kebaikan, mengapa perlu malu kan? Beranilah untuk mencuba..

    “Kalau kena kritik, biarkan, kita mesti anggap itu pun nasihat baik untuk kita. Sekurang-kurangnya kita sudah usaha,” tulisnya.

    Encik Ubaidullah juga melahirkan rasa terharu dengan komen-komen yang ditulis dan berharap Allah mempermudahkan usahanya mencari jodoh.

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

  • ‘Jubah Sado’ Tambah Laris, Tembusi Pasaran Eropah

    ‘Jubah Sado’ Tambah Laris, Tembusi Pasaran Eropah

    KUALA LUMPUR: Penjualan koleksi Jubah Pahlawan atau lebih dikenali sebagai ‘jubah sado’, nampaknya tidak terjejas dengan gelaran sinis yang viral di lelaman media sosial.

    Bahkan menurut akhbar Harian Metro, penjualan jubah itu oleh syarikat Malaysia, Farbel Exclusive (FE) bertambah laris hingga menembusi pasaran luar negara sejauh Eropah.

    Pengasas FE, Syubaili Aziz, berkata, pihaknya sudah menerima lebih 200,000 helai tempahan baru bagi jubah itu untuk pelanggan di Abu Dhabi, Barcelona, United Kingdom, Singapura, Indonesia dan Arab Saudi, selain Malaysia.

    Oleh kerana penjualan begitu laris, syarikat pengedar koleksi jubah tersebut juga membuka stokis baru, iaitu FE Stokis Utara untuk pelanggan di Pulau Pinang, Kedah, Perlis dan Perak, lapor Harian Metro.

    ALAHAI, MACAM-MACAM JUBAH

    FE kini hanya mempunyai dua stokis iaitu di Putrajaya dan Pulau Pinang.

    Pengurus FE Stokis Utara, Muhammad Zam Zam Mohamed Zin memberitahu Harian Metro bahawa sejak koleksi Jubah Pahlawan diperkenalkan dan “direka mengikut trend terkini”, pihaknya menerima sambutan amat memberangsangkan.

    “Koleksi Jubah Pahlawan FE menampilkan pelbagai warna pilihan supaya pemakai tampak lebih segak dan versatil selain ia mudah untuk mengambil wuduk, serap peluh serta harga pasarannya berpatutan iaitu kurang daripada RM200 (S$66) sehelai,” katanya.

    Beliau juga menambah fokus utama FE ialah memasarkan koleksi terbaru khas untuk sambutan Hari Raya iaitu Jubah Pahlawan, Jubah Aminah (wanita), Jubah Pahlawan Kids dan Jubah Aminah Kids serta songkok.

    PERKASA ‘LAWAN’ PAHLAWAN

    Sementara itu, FE juga baru-baru ini memperkenalkan koleksi jubah baru untuk kaum Adam, juga dengan pelbagai warna, ‘Jubah Perkasa’.

    Perbezaan Jubah Perkasa dengan Jubah Pahlawan? Mungkin ia tepat dijelaskan sendiri oleh FE dalam komennya di Facebook sebagai menjawab komen seorang pelanggan: “Badan kecil, pakai Jubah Perkasa, ada butang.”

    Pelanggan itu menulis komen pada gambar seorang model lelaki memperagakan Jubah Pahlawan: “Badan sado bolehlah pakai, badan kecil macam saya labuh kalau saya pakai. Abang ni pakai memang cun.”

    JUBAH PALING VIRAL M’SIA?

    Di salah satu catatan Facebooknya, FE juga mempromosikan Jubah Pahlawan dengan tagline “Jubah paling viral di Malaysia tahun 2016.”

    Facebook FE juga nampaknya dibanjiri banyak komen dari pelanggan yang ingin menempah Jubah Pahlawan.

    Seorang pelanggan, Ehsan Elias, sambil bertanya tentang harga jubah itu, berkata “jubah ini mesti selesa dipakai untuk solat terawih.”

    Koleksi Jubah Pahlawan, yang ditawarkan dengan warna-warna terang dan dianggap “ketat” oleh para netizen, sebelum ini disifatkan sebagai “fesyen liar” oleh akhbar Utusan Malaysia.

    Koleksi jubah berlengan pendek itu pernah dicemuh di lelaman media sosial.

    Ia digayakan oleh beberapa model lelaki bertubuh sasa dengan otot berketak-ketak atau digelar “abang-abang sado”, justeru gelarannya sebagai jubah ‘sado’.

    (Gambar-gambar: Farbel Exclusive/Facebook)

  • Nostalgia For Bazaar Ramadan Geylang Serai

    Nostalgia For Bazaar Ramadan Geylang Serai

    Share this if you want 🙂 and hashtag ‪#‎imisstheoldgeylangbazaar‬ or‪#‎rindubazargeylangdulu‬

    Geylang Serai Bazaar in the 80s and 90s. From Paya Lebar Mrt all the way to Eunos. Huge crowds and cheap goods to get for Hari Raya. The kuih-kuih and goodies for Hari Raya, food for breaking of fast, new clothes, carpet etc. Lelong here, lelong there, lelong everywhere. Macam-macam. All here.

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    Dedicated to all the 80s and 90s kids, shoppers and the sellers of Geylang Serai Hari Raya Bazaar. Post Fb ini adalah untuk semua anak-anak zaman 80an/90an, pembeli dan pegerai di Bazar Raya Geylang Serai.

     

    Source: Rudy Djoe

  • Walid J. Abdullah: Do We Live For Social Media?

    Walid J. Abdullah: Do We Live For Social Media?

    How strange is the modern human.

    When we have spouses, we keep talking about them or go out of our way to post stuff that demonstrate how happy we are, to people we barely know.

    When we have children, we keep bombarding our social media pages with their pictures. Without caring about how those without children, in spite of trying, would feel.

    When we are pregnant, we tell the entire world. Without knowing what the outcome of the pregnancy would be. Without bothering whether those who are not pregnant would feel a tinge of sadness.

    When it is mother’s day, we write long and beautiful poems about our mothers on social media, but do not even say ‘I love you’ directly to them.

    When we attend funerals, we busy ourselves with taking ‘solemn’ pictures, and with thinking about what caption the photos should be accompanied with. Without even bothering to respect the deceased, or say a prayer or two for him/her.

    When we do a good deed, we rush to advertise it to the world. While somehow convincing ourselves that we are not showing off, but rather, portraying an example for others to follow. And then we find no irony at all in perennially checking how many ‘likes’ our post garnered.

    When we praise ourselves in public, we paradoxically always precede it with ‘All praises to God’, when in fact, we proceed to praise ourselves.

    How strange is the modern human, indeed.

    Has social media changed us? Or has it merely given us an opportunity to express our true selves?

    Do we live for social media?

     

    Source: Walid J. Abdullah

  • The Halal Food Hunter: 5 Reasons Why Geylang Bazaar Is Not “Too Westernised”

    The Halal Food Hunter: 5 Reasons Why Geylang Bazaar Is Not “Too Westernised”

    IT’S ALMOST NOT  RAMADAN WITHOUT SOME SORT OF DEBATE WHERE A PURIST WAVES AN AYAM PERCIK FOR EMPHASIS AND SOMEBODY CRIES. THIS YEAR, THE GEYLANG BAZAAR TAKES THE HIT.

    Last week, Rilek1Corner served up some controversial fodder for the iftar table — the author opined that Geylang Serai Bazaar is too westernized, becoming more like pasar malam.

    • He said it’s hard to find traditional kuih at the bazaar for buka
    • He tried to make the case that since the bazaar is in Geylang Serai, a hub for Malays, vendors should be selling traditional kuih, and not foreign snacks like churros and kebab.
    • He expressed his concern of the cultural erosion amongst Malay youths, forewarning the day when the spirit of Hari Raya will be forgotten.
    • Netizens immediately weighed in their two cents, both in support and opposition to the article.
    • The author agreed that everyone has their opinion. Here’s mine:

    SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES, NOT JUST SHOPS SELLING KUIH, ARE ALL STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE

    It is not a secret–running a business in Singapore is no easy task. There are many pressing factors that determine whether a business thrive or fail, but none is more of a headache than the cost of rental. Having a physical space can easily eat into at least half of a shop’s earnings, which probably explains why some of the vendors we see in bazaars or pasar malams don’t have one. Instead, they sustain themselves by setting up shop in more transient spaces like bazaars, pasar malams, corporate events, trade shows, and weddings. The more successful pasar malam veterans eventually go on to have permanent homes, but even then, they do not fold their kiosks and continue to set up shop where the crowds gather.

    To lessen the burden of costly overheads, businesses are increasingly sharing spaces instead of renting one all to themselves. This trend of a sharing economy, while unique and enterprising, also puts light on the severity of the underlying rent-seeking behaviour of the organizations behind these bazaars. Understandably, traditional kuih shops may not want to bear these very high costs which is why they are nowhere to be seen in the bazaar.

    KUIH VENDORS ARE NOT MARGINALIZED

    The Rilek1Corner article, in my opinion, would have held more weight than an Overdose drink if it showed that the bazaar organisers had refused food vendors traditionally found there (Ramly burger, vadai, deng deng) to make way for these so called westernised food vendors. That’s definitely something to cry foul about. I would even go so far as to call it a violation of tradition.

    Yet, this wasn’t the case at all. In fact, take up rate for the stalls in bazaar has been dismal for years now. I’m sure the organisers would gladly offer an entire tentage to house a mountain of kuih lapis…if someone had laid down the cash for it. Yes, while it may seem that Geylang Bazaar is just a huge food market for hipsters this year (damn you social media), the reality on the ground is that the old school vendors that I grow up with are still there! They just don’t make for viral content.

    PASAR MALAM IS NOT A WESTERN THING

    Sure, you can argue that it is based after the model of street food markets or night markets of (insert western country here) but our local pasar malam definitely has its own unique flavours and charms. I grew up begging my parents to bring me to the pasar malam downstairs every night, even to just see the sights. Before social media and my travels exposed me to the food/night markets of New York, Bangkok, Seoul and Melbourne, I regard our pasar malam as the original. In fact, I still do and I see no point in debating on its origins. So if someone were to say that the Geylang Bazaar is the mother of allpasar malams, they couldn’t be more further than the truth. It’s a marketplace of sorts. It opens primarily at night. It’s earned that pasar malam badge. If anything, I think the normal pasar malams in our neighbourhoods have a lot to learn from this year’s Geylang Pasar Malam, I mean, Bazaar.

    GEYLANG BAZAAR IS NOT JUST FOR THE MALAYS

    One of the points raised in the article was the crazy idea that the bazaar was situated in a Malay hub, hence the food items for sale should reflect that. Historically, Geylang may be a community centre for Malays, just like how Little India is for the Indians and Chinatown is for the Chinese. But the lines are blurred now. There are no boundaries as to where people of all races in Singapore dine and shop at. One of my favourite chapati stalls is along Norris Road, right in the middle of Little India. I think Chinatown in the lead up to Chinese New Year looks the best from the rooftop of People’s Park Complex. If the bazaar draws crowds of all races, isn’t that a good thing?

    For every Malay that complains about Geylang Bazaar being too crowded, there’ll be someone else who enjoys going there to bask in the vibrant, if stifling, atmosphere. Singaporeans are known to be ultimate foodies, so I say give them what they want. I’ve went to the bazaar with non-Malay friends. I also know of people who bring foreign visitors. There are also non-Malay vendors who are always present year after year. Where do you think I get a bottle of H20 or can of Coke from? All I’m saying is, let’s be more inclusive to all and sundry. The Geylang Bazaar is as much a contribution to the colourful urban fabric of Singapore as it is an iconic Ramadan event for us Malay-Muslims.

    If anything, the rainbow bagels and the churros and the sotong kings of Geylang Bazaar all reflect one underrated quality of the modern Malay–that we are an enterprising people!

    EVERYBODY WINS WHEN WE SUPPORT MALAY LOCAL BUSINESSES

    A big motivation of starting this blog was to support the wave of halal food options that has emerged recently, and by extension the businesses that provide them. The businesses that offer these halal food have, by and large, been owned by Malay-Muslims. Then there are also businesses that are not necessarily Muslim-owned but go to great lengths to ensure they get the halal certification by MUIS. All these great efforts benefit us, the consumers. However, to say that I only support Malay businesses is only selling the thriving local halal food industry short.

    In a virtual sea of “same old”, I appreciate something truly unique and delightful. I need not look further than our local small businesses. Whether they’re designing clothes or are on a mission to disrupt an entire industry, small businesses bring new ideas and innovation to our communities. Then, as they grow, they attract like-minded talent who invest even more to the business and the community, bringing the cycle full circle. The next time you want to bring down our local businesses trying to make a change, spare a thought for the community, focus on the good, and discard the bad.

     

    Source: http://thehalalfoodhunter.com