Anak Gen-X

Antara jenama fesyen yang pernah cukup popular satu ketika dahulu… kini tinggal nostalgia 😢 Dulu kalau ke bandar JB, antara tempat wajib singgah ialah 2nd Chance di Holiday Plaza . Iklan mereka pula selalu muncul di TV Singapura — dengan model mat salleh dan gaya moden yang buat ramai sangka ia jenama luar negara. Rupa-rupanya, 2nd Chance diasaskan oleh usahawan Melayu Singapura, Mohamed Salleh Marican . Kisahnya bermula pada tahun 1975 apabila beliau membuka perniagaan jahitan pakaian lelaki yang gagal selepas hanya empat bulan. Namun beliau bangkit semula beberapa bulan kemudian dan menamakan perniagaan baharunya “ Second Chance ” — peluang kedua. Selepas beralih kepada pakaian siap pakai lelaki, jenama ini berkembang pesat hingga mempunyai puluhan cawangan di Singapura dan Malaysia menjelang akhir 1980-an. Menariknya, selepas Salleh memenangi anugerah usahawan dan identitinya semakin dikenali, jualan mula merosot kerana ramai pelanggan baru sedar jenama itu sebenarnya milik tempat...

  Sekitar Solat Sunat Eiduladha Di Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur. Selamat Hari Raya!

Saksikan klip berkisar lawatan mengejur Allahyarham Tun Abd Razak ke Kuala Pilah untiluk meninjau perkembangan projek-projek luar bandar pada 1967. Kredit video: FINAS

Di pekan kecil Beranang , masih berdiri megah sebuah masjid berusia hampir 100 tahun yang menyimpan kisah sejarah Selangor . Masjid Raja Alang bukan sahaja menjadi tempat ibadah, tetapi juga lambang warisan dengan gabungan seni bina Melayu, British dan Timur Tengah yang masih kekal mempesona hingga hari ini.

  I love a good plate of nasi padang . Plenty of lauk to choose from, bold flavours all around, and that deeply satisfying feeling of “okay, I may need to loosen my belt” at the end. But let’s be honest -- most of us usually get our fix from the nicely decorated, air-conditioned outlets scattered around the Klang Valley . You know the type. Comfortable. Predictable. Instagram-friendly. So my interest was properly piqued when I stumbled upon a video about this ol’ skool nasi padang joint in Sg Way that’s been dishing out seriously good food for over two decades. Yes, Sg Way . And in case you didn’t know, Sungai Way is named after the river that winds through the area. It began life as a Chinese New Village under the Briggs Plan in 1949, grew alongside Petaling Jaya , and evolved from tin-mining land into a buzzing suburb with factories, Bandar Sunway, and later a rebrand to Seri Setia in the early ’90s. Naturally, makan places thrived -- and Nasi Padang Abang Mike became a firm ...

  Today marks the 43rd anniversary of IIUM , and it instantly brought back a flood of memories. I still vividly remember how, back in 2011, we did a special live broadcast of MHI from the university’s Gombak campus . Walking around the grounds that morning felt surreal. For those who may not know, IIUM was my alma mater — the place where I spent six unforgettable years of my life from 1989 until 1995. Years filled with both beautiful memories and difficult moments. Ironically, none of those years were actually spent at the sprawling Gombak campus we know today. For the early intakes, student life was far from easy. When I first entered matriculation, our “campus” was in Section 15, Subang Jaya, around where Inti and Taylor’s are today. Our hostel rooms were converted shoplots, with 16 to 20 students crammed into a single room. In the second year, we moved to Lembah Pantai after taking over the old Institut Bahasa premises. It was better — except for one semester when we were relo...