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This blogspot is a medium to share my thoughts and adventures apart from promoting my books. Below are the books which have been written or authored and published by myself.


"Berpetualang ke Aceh: Mencari Diri dan Erti".

ISBN 983-42031-0-1, Jun 2006


"Berpetualang ke Aceh: Membela Syiar yang Asal"

ISBN 983-42031-1-x, May 2007


"Berpetualang ke Aceh: Sirih Pulang ke Gagang?"

ISBN 978-983-42031-2-2, November 2007


It is interesting to note that while these books were written in Malay it has gained enough attention to merit being part of the collections of the American Library of Congress and National Library of Australia. Look here and here.


While the first three books were published by my own company, the fourth titled "Rumah Azan" was published in April 2009 by a company called Karnadya with the help of the Malaysian national literary body Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. It features beautiful pictures along with stories behind selected mosques which could be related to the history of Islam and the Malays alongside the formation of the Malaysian nation. Look at the article A collaboration of old collegemates - the book "Rumah Azan".


My fifth book "Ahlul Bait (Family) of Rasulullah SAW and Malay Sultanates", an English translation and adaptation of the Malay book "Ahlul Bait (Keluarga) Rasulullah SAW dan Kesultanan Melayu" authored by Hj Muzaffar Mohamad and Tun Suzana Othman was published early 2010. Look here... My 5th book is out! Ahlul Bait (Family) of Rasulullah SAW and the Malay Sultanates... . For more information check out my Malay blogspot CATATAN SI MERAH SILU.



Like my fourth book "Rumah Azan", the sixth book "Kereta Api Menuju Destinasi" is also a coffee-table book which is published by the company Karnadya with the cooperation of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (the main Malay literary body in Malaysia). Coming out January 2011 it features pictures and stories on the adventure travelling by train to all of Peninsular Malaysia along with the interesting places which could be reached this way.


My seventh book "Jejak keluarga Yakin : Satu sketsa sejarah" in turn is a coffee-table book which is written, editted, designed and has pictures taken by me. Coming out of the factory October 2011, this book which combines family history with history of places such as Singapura, Johor, Batu Pahat, Muar and in fact the history of the island of Java and England has been reviewed with me interviewed live in the program Selamat Pagi Malaysia at RTM1. Look at the article Siaran langsung ulasan buku "Jejak keluarga Yakin : Satu sketsa sejarah" dan temu ramah di Selamat Pagi Malaysia. Some selected contents have been featured in Sneak peek "Jejak keluarga Yakin : Satu sketsa sejarah".


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The "Berpetualang ke Aceh" series of novels could be obtained in e-book form. Enter http://www.e-sentral.com/, click general novel and go to page 4. You can also type the word "Aceh" at the search box. Or click straight Book 1, Book 2 and Book 3.


Monday, August 13, 2007

Another Perak trip... A one day trip made in December 2006

And to close the current session of writing for the day, let me let out a simple pictorial story of a one-day trip to Perak made on December 8th 2006...


The trip was intended to be made up to Tanjung Malim, the town at the border of the states of Perak and Selangor. We stopped at Kuala Kubu Baru in Selangor on the way...

Another view of Kuala Kubu Baru...


We stopped at a food-stall for launch. It happened that there's free wi-fi Internet signal there. So I decided to check out what's on the World Wide Web.

Oh... While in Kuala Kubu Baru, we also visited an old mosque there. Click Masjid (mosque of) Ampang Pecah for the story...


I can't remember where this is. We are heading for Tanjung Malim when I saw this mosque not far from the main road and asked Zaidi to turn the car back so I could snap this picture...
Oh... It's in Kerling wherever that is... At least that's what is inscribed in Jawi writings on the walls...

Soon enough we arrived in Tanjung Malim. The main reason I asked Zaidi to join me there is to visit an old mosque which is actually situated across the border in the Selangor side. The story has been told in Masjid Sheikh Ismail di Ulu Bernama (The mosque of Sheikh Ismail in Ulu Bernam) .

Then I felt that we should go on further into Perak... Next stop is Sungkai. Zaidi snapped the picture above with the main range Banjaran Titiwangsa in the background as we were about to leave Tanjung Malim...


At Sungkai, we stopped at the old mosque for Maghrib prayers... The inscription says the mosque was built in 1933...


A view inside the Sungkai old mosque...


We tried to catch the picture from outside but Zaidi's budget video-camera needs more light to catch better pictures...

At least we managed to record this inscription saying how the mosque was used as a meeting place for some Malay nationalists to organise an effort to ask for the independence of Malaysia, then known as Tanah Melayu, the Malay lands...


We decide to press further into Perak and head for Teluk Intan. For dinner, we stopped at this old Malay house in Bidor which has been turned into a restaurant...


The leaning clock tower of Teluk Intan. This picture is taken the next day, after spending the night at the old mosque of Batak Rabit... For a story on the mosque, click Masjid lama Batak Rabit (The old mosque of Batak Rabit)...


While going around in Teluk Intan, we found this curious looking picture which looks like a Malay nobleman worshipped at a Chinese temple...


Nearby that temple, we found pictures of these 'elders' worshipped by a Chinese family. But that's beside the point...

This particular trip to Perak was intended to be made just up to Tanjung Malim, about 70km away from Kuala Lumpur but we ended up in Teluk Intan some 100km further.

Anyway that wraps up this current session of writing. God willing, after this, I will feature my old writings on a hitchiking trip made in Europe in 1995. Cheers! :]


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