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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, November 16, 2009

The road to Tasik Kenyir

Continued from the article Foray to idyllic Kuala Medang in Pahang...


And so the journey to the East Coast was continued. Me and wife arrived at Kota Bahru, Kelantan around midnight. Later we rest at the old mosque of Kampung Laut which has been relocated to Nilam Puri some 15 km south-west of Kota Bahru. When morning arrived we went to the house of a relative to take our kids who have been staying in Kelantan the last one year or so. Details are told in the article Perjalanan ke Pantai Timur bulan Ramadhan - Sungai Jelai di Kuala Medang dan Masjid Kampung Laut di Kelantan... at the Malay blogspot CATATAN SI MERAH SILU .

For the record the school holidays have just started. We wanted to take the kids for a trip in Terengganu. On the way to Kuala Terengganu through the inland route we saw the junction to a certain place called Tasik Kenyir. Immediately I felt like taking them there...

Neither the wife nor kids have been to Tasik Kenyir. If fact the kids have never been to Terengganu ever while the wife has only been to the state once her whole life, during our previous trip to the East Coast earlier this year. As for me, I have been to Terengganu many many times but vaguely remember going to Tasik Kenyir at night sometime in 2004. Whatever the first time I got to this particular place was during a solo riding trip all over Peninsular Malaysia in 1997. That was when I had a good look at it and found out what the hoo-haa was all about...


The road to Tasik Kenyir passes through a number of kampungs, Malay traditional villages...

So what is so great about Tasuk Kenyir? We'll get to that later...


Another 30 km to go...








Far along the way only that I realised that the petrol on our car was running low... it was already in reserve and there was no petrol station to be seen along this rural route...





Luckily after a few kilometres or so fearing if we could make the distance with what little was still available, we came across a small kampung shop selling petrol in bottles...






Otherwise we have to take the road to the left heading to Kuala Terengganu for some 15 km before we could find a proper petrol station. This would be a complete waste of time as Tasik Kenyir is on the opposite direction at about the same distance. Besides at this point there is no guarantee we could even go that far on what was left...







So the journey to Tasik Kenyir was continued...


















Ah... we are appoaching the last junction to Tasik Kenyir...










Here it is... just another 3 km to go...




















The area is located within a mountainous part of Terengganu...













Here we are Tasik Kenyir. Beginning to get the picture? You'll get a better one with the next article. For the record Tasik Kenyir is the biggest man-made lake in Malaysia! Covering an area bigger than the island state of Singapura (I prefer the Malay-term than the Anglicised Singapore), what you see here is barely one per cent of the body of water available. To be continued...

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