Masjidil Haram expansion project 2013

Unbelievable! The awesome scale of the expansion project taking place now at the Masjidil Haram in Makkah al Mukarramah, Saudi Arabia!

I was lucky enough to have been blessed by Allahu Ta'ala to be amongst his 2011 Hajj pilgrims and selected by Lembaga Tabung Haji Malaysia to be among their TH Media Team for the 1432Hijrah/2011CE Hajj.

I treasure my Haj memories and pray that I will get to perform my Haj and Umrah again. Insya Allah!

Nasi Dalca Restoran Kassim Mustafa, Penang. The best tasting Nasi Dalca in Malaysia!

Recently, I had the opportunity to return to my home island of Penang. I was attending the wedding of my youngest brother, Nasiruddin. The wedding took place on Saturday, 8th June, 2013 at the Masjid Jamek Bandar Baru Ayer Itam, Penang.

Me and my missus had arrived on Friday, the 7th of June, 2013 and the first thing that I did was to take my wife to a delicious breakfast at Restoran Kassim Mustafa, for the best tasting Nasi Dalca in Penang, if not the whole of Malaysia!

The following photos attest to the before and after results of our feast!

Myself with Tuan Saleem, the Owner of Kassim Mustafa

Restoran Kassim Mustafa (M) Sdn Bhd is located at Chulia Street, Georgetown, Penang Island before the Church Street Fire Station. You can't miss it. 

It's huge signboard stands out beckoning all hungry Nasi Dalca lovers to its premises to come and enjoy the most satisfying and delicious tasting Nasi Dalca that will have you cleaning out your plate of that rice and chicken as we did!

I look forward to our next feast at Restoran Kassim Mustafa, Penang. I surely hope that Tuan Saleem the proprietor will re-establish his famous Nasi Dalca branch here in KL for us city folks!

Insya Allah!

S.Shamsudin kembali ke Rahmatullah! Al-Fatihah!

Allahyarham S.Shamsuddin

Pelakon komedi siri Bujang Lapok era zaman kegemilangan Allahyarham Tan Sri P.Ramlee yang terkenal, S.Shamsuddin @ Shamsuddin bin Dali dilaporkan telah meninggal dunia di National University Hospital di Singapura hari ini.

Allahyarham S.Shamsuddin (tengah)

Allahyarham S.Shamsuddin adalah diantara 3 pelakon hebat dizaman kegemilangan filem hitam putih Melayu tahun 50an-60an dimana arwah berlakon bersama sama Allahyarham Tan Sri P.Ramlee dan Dato Aziz Sattar.

Filem2 komedi siri Bujang Lapok lakonan mereka bertiga masih popular sampai ke hari ini. 

Salah satu adegan dari filem Seniman Bujang Lapok :



Kitar semula zaman P.Ramlee :



S.Shamsuddin enter frame dalam shooting :


Screen test didalam Seniman Bujang Lapok :

Jampi Mambang didalam Pendekar Bujang Lapok :



Encik! Sound dia rosak! :



Allahyarham S.Shamsuddin dilahirkan di Pasir Panjang, Singapura pada 1hb Januari 1929. Beliau mula berlakon pada tahun 1950 didalam filem Aloha selepas diberikan peluang oleh pengarah Balden Singh Rajhans. 

Allahyarham S.Shamsuddin telah mula bekerja di studio Malay Films Productions di Jalan Ampas, Singapura pada tahun 1948 selepas melawat studio filem terkenal itu untuk melihat bagaimana penggambaran filem di jalankan?

Peristiwa ia melawat studio filem termasyhur itu mungkin menjadi ilham Tan Sri P.Ramlee bila di abadikan didalam jalan cerita filem 'Seniman Bujang Lapok' lakonan arwah bersama trio komedi mereka.

Senarai filem lakonan arwah S.Shamsuddin :

Year	Title
1950	Aloha
1951	Sejoli
1952	Aladdin
1952	Sedarah
1953	Istana Impian
1954	Panggilan Pulau
1955	Abu Hassan Pencuri
1956	Hang Tuah
1956	Panca Delima (1956)
1957	Bujang Lapok (1957 - Sudin)
1958	Kaki Kuda
1958	Sarjan Hassan
1959	Pendekar Bujang Lapok (1959 - Sudin)
1959	Nujum pak belalang (1959 - Nyawa, Penjahat No. 2)
1960	Antara Dua Darjat
1961	Ali Baba Bujang lapok (1961 - Kassim Baba)
1961	Seniman Bujang Lapok (1961 - Sudin)
1962	Siti Muslihat
1963	Nasib Si Labu Labi
1964	Bidasari
1964	Mambang Moden
1964	Tiga Abdul (1964 - Pencerita)
1969	Filem Ibulah Shorga [1969]
1981	Dia Ibuku
1979	Tuan Badul
1981	Setinggan
1981	Penyamun Tarbus
1986	Bujang Lapok Kembali Daa
2005	Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam 2
2007	Budak Lapok
2010	Eee...Hantu!!!!!

Sumber

Rakan rakan zaman filem P.Ramlee menziarahi S.Shamsuddin semasa arwah sakit di Singapura.

Kehilangan S.Shamsuddin amatlah terasa. Semoga arwah tenang di Alam Barzakh bersama sama dengan mereka yang di redhai Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala!

Amin.

Al Fatihah!

Tinggal Dato Aziz Sattar je yang masih hidup dari trio Bujang Lapok kebanggaan kita serantau. Semoga dipanjangkan usia beliau dan dikurniakan kesihatan serta kemurahan rezeki baginya. Amin.

13th GE Death knell for 'Ah Jib Gor' ? Will he make way for Muhyiddin?

Dato Seri Najib Tun Razak's attempt to curry favour with the Malaysian Chinese population seems to have backfired very badly as witnessed by the results of the 13th Malaysian GE.

Although he went all out to woo the Chinese by adopting a Chinese nickname or term of endearment 'Ah Jib Gor' which literally means 'Brother Najib' in a vain attempt to garner their votes by trying to morph his aristocratic Malay self into a Chinese persona, all he got for his huge sacrifices was a humongous slap in his face by the crafty Chinese!

The majority of the Chinese here in Malaysia have been groomed by the likes of the Malaysian Opposition chauvinist leader Lim Kit Siang and his son, Lim Guan Eng to have empirical dreams.

Lim Guan Eng (L) and his father Lim Kit Siang

Their forefathers landed in then British occupied Malaya with ambitions of making their fortune in this tin rich Malay peninsular way back in the times when the land was still pretty much undeveloped save for a few small towns and bustling ports.

The Chinese have always been known to be street smart cunning survivors. They can be found practically all over the planet. Almost every country in the world has some Chinese population in them. When given a chance, they will slowly and surely carve out a niche for themselves in their host country and establish their own territory within any such land that they choose to live in.

Penang's Chinatown in Campbell Street

We have all learned of 'China Town's cropping up in every imagineable place here on Earth. Well, here in what used to be Malaya, there is no town or village where there are no such conclaves missing of such Chinese.

'Ah Jib Gor' must have overlooked the fact that the Chinese have not been known to be easily bought over by special grants and concessions to their community no matter how many billions of ringgits he dishes out to them in the form of educational assistance to their vernacular Chinese schools, lands to build such schools, Chinese Community centres, halls and associations, new villages, etc.!

No other country in the whole wide world has been as accommodating as Malaya / Malaysia ~ this once Malay owned and dominated country!

The Chinese Opposition have now worked their way into political power. Today they practically rule over the State of Penang. 

Lim Guan Eng is the first Opposition DAP Chief Minister ruling over the most industrialized island state in Malaysia today. 

Despite various complaints of injustice and biased treatment of the few remaining Malay population in Penang, the DAP continue to enjoy the growing tremendous support of the now majority Penang Chinese population there! The protests and cries of the Penang Malays are lost in the thunderous roars of the Penang Chinese!

Penang's UMNO is no longer relevant and they are led by those who have failed to garner much support from the remaining number of Penang Malays along the fringes of the island. Most of the Penang Malays have migrated to Seberang Perai, Southern Kedah and Upper Perak areas on the Malay Peninsular leaving the island which has seen an influx of Chinese taking up almost all the areas vacated by the Malays.

Ah Jib Gor has been stabbed in his back by the scheming Chinese who gleefully lined up to accept the BR1M cash handouts of RM500 all over the country twice whilst pretending to want to support Najib's hollow slogans of 'Satu Malaysia!'

But the irony of all these treachery seems to be lost on Najib Tun Razak as he keeps trying to woo the Chinese or namely the Malaysian Opposition by still kowtowing to their incessant demands for the abolishment of this and that security apparatus or subjugating the Elections Commission to their every whim and fancy!

The Malaysian Opposition have succeeded in getting the Elections Commission to be under the Parliament's watch now! Read about it here.

Najib Tun Razak looks set to be forever recorded in Malaysian History as the Father of KowTow. 

5th Malaysian PM Abdullah Badawi snoozing away

Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was said to be the weakest Malaysian PM. Looks like he does not have to worry about that anymore. The current PM seems to be keen on going all out to beat that record.

The following picture says it all! 

'What other remaining Malay rights can I surrender next?'

Change of Heart - A Muslim Short Film. Nobody's Perfect!

I strongly recommend each and every Muslim, male and female to watch this short film on how hypocritical we can be at times?

We expect our partners in life to be picture perfect and free from blemishes whilst we used to run wild and boast of our conquests during the dark ages of our own times!

No one is perfect in these End Times. Even if you are so you do not have the right to look down and criticize others.

Only Allah the Almighty is All Perfect. We are not.

Learn to accept the realities of our lives and move forward together in seeking His Forgiveness.

Allah Al Ghafoor. Allah Ar Raheem.