I am a Singaporean Malay guy currently trying to complete my law undergraduate degree in National University of Singapore. (Imagine long hours of reading case after case and sleepless nights before exams).
My passions include eating delicious halal food, spending time with my family, taking pictures of delectable halal food and writing about scrumptious halal food.
I hope to complete my degree in one piece, and enjoy tasty halal food along the way. 
June 21, 2007 at 3:51 pm |
Hi Nizam. I came across your blog while searching about the Anugerah Mendaki. I must say some of your entries are truly captivating. I look highly of your intention of trying to help the Malay community here in Singapore. It’s quite sad of how Malays now are being stereotyped as being Mats and Minahs, I’m sure you know what I mean.
Anyway, I will be receiving my first Anugerah Mendaki award in a few months, and I would like to know how prestigious actually the award is. It’ll be my first time receiving the award. I’ll be doing my BMT in Tekong during the award ceremony, so I’m deciding whether should I attend the ceremony (if I’m able to attend it at all).
Regards,
Zul
June 24, 2007 at 1:28 am |
Okay I guess my attempts at being anonymous has been totally hopeless! Haahaahaa. Buts its okay. I guess my identity is bound to be figured out anyway.
In any case, I think you you should go for the ceremony, at least to see who amongst the Malay community have achieved academic excellence, because these are the people you may interact with in the future. Knowing Singapore, you will meet these individuals either in a social context or any other occasion, surprising and unbelievable as it may seem.
Its always great to know that many young Singaporean Malays do care about our community and the state it is in. I hope that we will be able to channel our passions towards elevating our community from socio-economic marginality. I hope to keep in touch with you soon!
June 26, 2007 at 12:39 am |
One of your Army’s entry is the culprit! Perhaps lock that section away or something if you really want to be anonymous.
Thanks for you reply and yeah, maybe we’ll meet by chance in near future. Keep up your efforts and I’ll look forward to reading your future entries.
P.S. You can delete my comments if you wish to, I did not realise that I hijacked your “About” section. :X
Regards,
Zul
June 26, 2007 at 7:33 pm |
Oh yes! I did mention my name in that entry. Hahaha.
Please tell me more about Anugerah Mendaki, if you decide to go. And what your plans are after NS.
Take care!
July 19, 2007 at 5:19 pm |
interesting read. was drawn in because of the pics of food, but read through the stuff on the malay/muslim community. i have to admit that i am someone who do stereotype malay/muslims. its hard not to. ironically, im a malay and truly believe that i’m muslim too… though not a die-hard devout one.
malays in singapore being such a small group… if we have a problem (um… what an understatement) it is easily magnified. so perhaps somewhere along the way, i became semi-aashamed of being malay. i do believe lots of malays, the ones who are in a better position, would like to help. every little bit improves someone’s life somehow, but i believe we would be better if we stand more united. that’s difficult.
eh… like a bit long like that. basically, i was just impressed at what i saw while skimming through this blog. looking forward to more entries… even if they are just about good places to eat.
May 11, 2008 at 10:12 pm |
In my search for the subject of Malay criticism, I found your blog. See if mine resonates with some of yours at zveloyak.blogspot.com.
September 3, 2008 at 1:31 pm |
nizam! how’s life man! haha i chanced upon your blog while searching for Mendaki’s new category of awards. hope law hasn’t killed you yet! i was doing some stuff on AMLA and thought that it might be worthwhile for you to learn a bit more on principles of syariah and AMLA and all that stuff. will come in useful, especially when trying to disentangle cases involving custody and division of wealth if a spouse is non-muslim, while one is muslim. bump into you soon, i hope.
November 7, 2008 at 12:45 pm |
Hi there,
Stumbled upon yr blog while checking if Fresh Bulggogi is halal or not. I enjoyed reading yr food reviews and the pictures were so well taken that just looking at them made me hungry. Please keep on adding more food reviews. Thanks a lot!
January 31, 2009 at 12:07 pm |
Hi there,
Is there any E-mail address that we can contact you to?
Kind regards,
Naim
February 20, 2009 at 9:32 pm |
I’m on your side.! Honestly, i’m constantly having a hard time to find good halal food in Spore. I personally enjoy eating sushi! sigh. Unfortunately, most of the sushi restaurants here are non-halal. Hmm. Any way, i’m looking forward to celebrate my birthday @ Hei Sushi this year. Hopefully, it would be a wonderful and unforgettable one. =)
Cheers,
Hafidah
April 27, 2009 at 3:52 pm |
Hi there,
Interesting and quite perceptive review of Dr Lily Zubaidah’s book.
Are you following the discussion currently going on on The Online Citizen (www.theonlinecitizen.com) on the article ‘The Malay Dilemma’? If not, have a look at it and let me know (or post your comments directly) what you think, especially of Dr Syed Alwi’s comments. (It takes a Malay to counter a Malay ….!).
Cheers
June 26, 2009 at 1:03 am |
Thanks for this. Am starting on the discussion thread. Very interesting lively debate.