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  • Normal Americans Show Solidarity With Muslim Neighbours In Face Of Donald Trump

    Normal Americans Show Solidarity With Muslim Neighbours In Face Of Donald Trump

    Today in front of our mosque, the Islamic Center of San Diego, we saw these two men, one with his son and the other with his daughter, holding up signs in support of the Muslim community.

    My girls were very touched by this and we decided to pick something up for them and go back to thank them in person. We opted for a gift for the kids and drove back to the mosque to give it to them. I asked if they were with a faith based group or were there representing an organization and they said, “No, we’re just a couple of friends who want to make sure everyone in our city feels welcomed.”

    While we spoke with them, other people came up to them with cookies, gatorade and other refreshments they had purchased from the mosque store. The feeling of brotherhood and sisterhood on that street corner was tangible.

    Despite what we might see on the news, there is still much goodness in our world–I am very hopeful. I pray such feelings of unity spread throughout our nation and across our world.

     

    Source: Marwa Abdalla

  • Myanmar Army Fires On Rohingya Villages In Rakhine Region

    Myanmar Army Fires On Rohingya Villages In Rakhine Region

    State media say two soldiers and six attackers died in clashes after an ambush on troops, which led to air support being called in.

    There are reports of villages burning in the northern region of Rakhine.

    Photos released by Human Rights Watch seem to show charred villages, with the group reporting 430 burnt buildings.

    The satellite photos were taken between 22 October and 10 November, following reports of fighting and civilians fleeing last month.

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    Rohingya activists say the government is trying systematically to drive the Muslim minority from their villages.

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    Attacking the Rohingya is a popular move for the military, the BBC’s Jonah Fisher reports from Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon.

    They are disliked by many, if not most, Burmese who consider them illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, our correspondent says.

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    The latest outbreak in fighting was triggered by an attack on three police checkpoints just over a month ago.

    The Burmese government is not allowing independent journalists into Rakhine, so it is impossible to verify claims about the scale of the fighting.

    According to the latest official statement on Saturday, troops were ambushed and then clashed several times with armed men, presumably Rohingya Muslims, equipped with guns, knives and spears.

    At one point, when faced by about 500 men, the soldiers called in air support and two helicopter gunships fired on the Rohingya village.

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    Casualty figures vary widely, our correspondent says.

    Brad Adams, the Asia director for Human Rights Watch, said the new photos showed “widespread destruction” that was “greater than we first thought”.

    “Burmese authorities should promptly establish a UN-assisted investigation as a first step toward ensuring justice and security for the victims,” he said.

    The government – led by Aung San Suu Kyi – talks of “clearance operations” as part of the search for the attackers.

     

    Source: www.bbc.co.uk

  • Mee Rebus – More Than Just Boiled Noodles

    Mee Rebus – More Than Just Boiled Noodles

    This is one of the most boring dish names. Mee rebus simply means boiled noodles in Malay.

    And yet people would queue for it because the mere mention of mee rebus conjures up something more.

    It’s like chilli crab, really a misnomer with all the spices, eggs, sambal and vinegar or lime.

    Since the closure of Selera Kita Mee Rebus in Changi some years ago, there has been a void. The humble legend had no successor – or so we thought.

    Mee rebus is made with a meaty stock, a taucheo-based rempah, grago (dried krills) and sweet potato mash (and/or sweet potato starch) as a thickener.

    This is slathered over boiled noodles and the edgier ones include traces of lamb or beef to, well, beef things up.

    There are a few stalls offering mee rebus at Haig Road Hawker Centre at Block 14, Haig Road.

    I find two natural successors to the Selera Kita phenomenon and one of them is in a league of its own.

    WALITI HJ MAZUKI

    #01-18 (6am-7pm, closed on Fridays)

    GOOD STREET FOOD: Mee rebus from Waliti Hj Mazuki is thick, sweetish yet instensely savoury.  PHOTO: KF SEETOH

     

    This is as close as it gets to the famous and defunct Selera Kita.

    The all-important sauce is thick, sweetish yet intensely savoury with heavy accents of grago.

    The egg, green chilli and bean sprouts lend texture but, like the others here, they sprinkle fried shallots instead of crispy krills on top.

    Best is to bite into the bits of fresh, cut green chillis as you take a mouthful of the noodles and sauce with a little chunk of egg.

    AFFANDI HAWA AND FAMILY

    #01-21 (10.30am to 8pm, closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays)

    Boss Affandi Ahmat now has his son Ahmad Tarmidzi, 30, helming the show.

    GOOD STREET FOOD: Mr Ahmad Tarmidzi with his dad and boss, Mr Affandi Ahmat. PHOTO: KF SEETOH

     

    Mr Ahmad took a leap of faith eight years ago to inherit the family stall business.

    Their sauce is thick, almost curdling thick, with faint hints of lamb off-cuts and fats. Very alluring.

    It is very hard to tell theirs apart from Waliti’s version, safe for that hint of gaminess.

    I think no one wants to rock the boat and divide the customers, they just want to keep it sane, safe, similar and superb.

     

    Source: www.tnp.sg

     

  • Ibu Tunggual Berjuang Tanggung 4 Anak Dan Ibu Tua

    Ibu Tunggual Berjuang Tanggung 4 Anak Dan Ibu Tua

    Setiap hari, ibu tunggal Azizah Mohamed Noor bangun pada 5.00 pagi untuk bersiap sedia di flat dua biliknya di Lengkok Bahru untuk ke kerja.

    Flat dua bilik itu juga dikongsi beliau bersama empat orang anaknya dan ibunya yang berkerusi roda.

    Pada 5.30 pagi beliau keluar untuk memulakan tugas pertamanya sebagai seorang pekerja pembersihan separuh masa bagi pusat kegiatan warga tua NTUC Silver Ace.

    Dua jam kemudian, beliau pulang ke rumah untuk menyiapkan sarapan bagi kesemua di rumah, termasuk anak bongsu beliau, Siti Nur Jannah, 6 tahun, yang memerlukan perhatian istimewa – Jannah mengalami gangguan masalah tumpuan dan hiperaktif (ADHD) dan kelengahan pertuturan.

    Beliau bersama ibunya, Cik Fatimah. (Gambar: Sonia Yeo)

    Ibu beliau Fatimah yang berusia 72 tahun pula menghidapi kencing manis, tekanan darah tinggi dan paras kolesterol yang tinggi, dan memerlukan suntikan insulin dua kali sehari, yang dilakukan Azizah sendiri – satu pada waktu pagi dan satu lagi pada sebelah malam.

    Pekerjaan kedua beliau, seorang penghantar bagi khidmat online Lazada, memerlukan beliau ke pelbagai tempat di Bukit Merah.

    Walaupun berasa penat, Azizah berkata beliau akan terus berusaha, dan selalu menyelesaikan tugas-tugasnya sebelum 3.00 petang, supaya dapat memberinya masa yang cukup untuk pulang ke rumah dan menantikan anaknya pulang dari sekolah dengan menaiki bas sekolah.

    Kemudian, beliau akan terus menyiapkan hidangan bagi makan malam.

    Mungkin apa yang digambarkan ini nampak payah, tetapi Azizah berkata beliau sudah mengalami masa-masa yang lebih susah dulu.

    Pada tahun 2010, beliau menganggur dan susah mendapatkan rezeki bagi anak-anak dan ibu beliau selepas bercerai dengan bekas suami.

    “Saya tidak ada wang, satu sen pun tiada,” katanya, menyifatkan pengalaman itu sebagai “tidak boleh dilupakan”.

    “Saya tidak tahu bagaimana untuk mendapatkan bantuan kewangan. Satu hari, ibu saya menyertai NTUC Silver Ace sebagai seorang anggota dan dari sana, saya mengenali penyelianya, yang bertanyakan jika saya mahu bekerja di sana.”

    DETIK PERUBAHAN BAGI AZIZAH

    Di sanalah Azizah mendapat saranan mengenai cara-cara untuk merancangkan bantuan kewangan.

    Selepas itu, anak beliau, Muhammad Nurazizul, 22 tahun, memberitahunya mengenai Khidmat Sosial Beyond, yang merubah hidupnya.

    Selepas menyertai Khidmat Sosial Beyond – sebuah pertubuhan yang bekerjasama dengan belia kekurangan – sebagai seorang sukarelawan, beliau menyertai kumpulan pembuat kuih-muih, yang menjual barangan mereka semasa musim perayaan.

    Sekarang beliau mendapat pendapatan tambahan sekitar S$800 hingga S$900 bagi setiap projek membuat kuih atau kek yang diambilnya.

    “Saya rasa gembira kerana saya dapat membuat ramai kawan daripada jawatankuasa itu – sekitar 30 orang. Tambahan lagi, saya dapat pendapatan tambahan,” kata beliau.

    PELIBATAN DALAM PERSEMBAHAN KOMEDI SECARA LANGSUNG

    Azizah adalah salah seorang daripada mereka yang dapat manfaat daripada inisiatif amal Khidmat Sosial Beyond – sebuah persembahan komedi berseorangan secara langsung, Living Together. No Holds Barred.

    Persembahan semalam saja akan diadakan pada 16 November ini, bertujuan untuk berkongsikan kisah keadaan miskin di Singapura.

    Derma-derma daripada persembahan itu akan disalurkan kepada Khidmat Sosial Beyond dan para penerimanya – sebagai contoh kumpulan pembuat kuih-muih Azizah, yang akan menerima lebih banyak dana untuk membeli bahan-bahan membuat kuih atau kek.

    Living Together. No Holds Barred akan menampilkan komedi mengenai landskap perumahan Singapura yang berbilang kaum dan nasional, dan akan menerjun ke dalam isu-isu yang menjejas rakyat Singapura dengan sekitaran paling dekat di hati mereka – rumah mereka.

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

  • Man Chased Own Family Out Of Car, Broke Traffic Rules And Behaved Aggressively Towards Wife During Family Dispute

    Man Chased Own Family Out Of Car, Broke Traffic Rules And Behaved Aggressively Towards Wife During Family Dispute

    At around 11.30pm on 12th November, hubby Azlan and I heard shoutings from our bedroom. This Malay driver in his 30s (car plate number: SGN4611D) parked his car along the Pioneer Road North junction, at the bus stop outside City Harvest Church (Blk 949) and was yelling at 2 ladies in hijab who were with 3 kids (2 of them were around 3 to 6 years and an infant) who were standing by the roadside. Judging by how they were just standing there unsure of what to do and that the car front passenger’s door was open, I had already suspected that they were passengers in the car and was chased out by the driver. The driver then went back into the car and honked non-stop to nothing. After awhile, without closing the front passenger’s door, he reversed at least twice (going against the flow of traffic) to follow the ladies and kids who were walking away. He then drove up the kerb and targeted towards them. One of the older kids was already right in front of the headlights. He then drove off towards PIE and we thought the whole incident was over.

    My hubby didn’t stop looking out the window and was telling me that the ladies and kids were asking around for help. They approached two Indian teenagers (who also witnessed the incident) and requested their help to call a cab. The younger lady, who claimed the driver was her kids’ father (possibly her husband) wanted to bring them all to her parent’s home nearby. As the 2 Indian teenagers were assisting her, my husband spotted the car returned. We were still at home then. According to the 2 Indian teenagers, the driver scolded them and asked to mind their own business as it’s his family issues. Judging by his temper, the 2 Indian teenagers probably did not want to get into a fight with the husband and decided to go to the nearest coffeeshop to call an older Chinese guy for help.

    Hubby and I decided to go down and see what was going on. When we were downstairs, we purposely walked past the family to keep an eye on them. I saw the wife pinned against the wall at a corner and crying while the husband was talking to her with his hands up against the wall and blocking her. We moved a little further from them as the husband was glancing at us and since I’m pregnant, we did not want to get into unnecessary trouble. By then all the witnesses had gathered with us and a few had called the police. By the time the police arrived, the whole family had left. We didn’t know if any domestic violence was involved while we were not around to watch.

    Officers said that for now, there seems to be NO imminent danger and if they do receive a call from the family, they will continue the investigation. The driver was recklessly driving; reversing with the doors open, driving against traffic, driving on pedestrian walkway, making a U-turn at non-designated U-turn spots, beating the red light and has a temper. Let’s just hope no innocent lives will be hurt by this reckless driver. And to the ladies and kids if they had followed the driver back home, stay safe. If you’re in trouble, seek help. There are people willing to help you out of your predicament.

     

    Source: Nurfa Noor

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