‘Cake was meant to look smashed’

Clearing the air: Amyra made the statement in response to netizens’ criticism that the family was promoting wastage.

Compiled by C. ARUNO, MIZAN KAMALINA JUMMAT and R. ARAVINTHAN

ACTRESS Amyra Rosli has explained why her family snapped a photograph with a seemingly smashed-up cake during their daughter’s birthday celebration recently, Harian Metro reported.

Amyra, whose real name is Nur Amira Izzati Rosli, said the destroyed part was only the cream on the surface and not the whole cake.

“We were not wasting food. In fact, we ate it after taking the photos. The part that people can see is only the surface cream which looked destroyed but not the cake, ” she said in response to netizens’ criticism that the family was promoting wastage.

The netizens also slammed her for being insensitive especially when many people are having hard times these days.

Amyra, 30, said she and her husband Amar Baharin with children, Aqeef Anaqi and Ayra Aryssa, took shots with the ‘destroyed’ cake in conjunction with her daughter Ayra’s birthday.

> A couple in Melaka is selling satay for only 50 sen a stick, Utusan Malaysia reported.

Norlela Abu Bakar, 48, said she and her husband Jailani Md Noor, 63, could do that as the fees they paid were not high.

“We have been selling satay for the past 30 years and think that 50 sen per stick is reasonable. Even though the cost of fresh chicken is high, we believed in the sustenance, ” she added.

Norlela said they could sell about 600 sticks of satay at Pekan Nyalas while 1,500 to 1,800 sticks of satay at Jasin.

“We sell at Bukit Rokan, Gemencheh, every Monday and Saturday, Durian Tunggal on Wednesday and Pekan Jasin night market every Friday, ” she said.

However, during the movement control order, they are only selling satay at Pekan Nyalas, Jasin.

> Teachers of SK Putra, Simpang Durian, have taken the initiative to deliver PdPR learning modules to their pupils, Sinar Harian reported.

Headmaster Syed Zulkafli Syad Abdul Karim said his team took two days starting on Wednesday to deliver the modules to 152 pupils.

“About 95% of our pupils are Orang Asli people who come from remote areas in Negri Sembilan and Pahang.

“Some of our teachers even spent time to ensure the pupils’ progress remain on course despite online learning constraints, ” he said.

A pupil, Jeni Pairin, 12, from Kampung Orang Asli Batu Ibong, Jelebu, said he was delighted when his teacher came to his house, located 50km from the school.

“Learning using the prepared modules is way better than not studying at all, ” he said.

The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.