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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.


Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Interlude: A visit to Kuala Linggi...

Last weekend, I went to see my parents in Muar after some 8 months not going back to the town of my birth. One the way, I decided to take a longer route past a certain place. I ended up visiting a few other places and decided to feature this one in this blogspot. Here it is...

Actually I spent the previous night on Friday at a friend's place just before Nilai, Negeri Sembilan. In the morning, I went to Seremban to visit a certain exhibition (I will make a posting on it in the blogspot CATATAN SI MERAH SILU later)...

Afterwards while taking the old route down south towards Rembau, I felt like having a look (again...) at the megalithic stones of Pengkalan Kempas. For a look at it, do read the article The megalithic stones of Pengkalan Kempas posted here in February.

From there I felt like heading west to Tanjung Tuan and Port Dickson... Right until I arrived at the junction above...


I took the left turning heading southwards and soon saw this signboard. Actually I felt like going to Kuala Linggi since as I far as I could remember, I have only been around that part of Malaysia only once my whole life... It was sometime in the year 2003 and even then at night, while on the way to return to Kuala Lumpur from Melaka...


A look behind should put the directions in perpective... Port Dickson to the left which is heading west and Linggi, also Pengkalan Kempas to the right...


Soon enough I arrived at Kuala Linggi... Kuala means estuary and Linggi is the name of the river, also the name of a district and the corresponding small town... Somehow I felt there's something more that must be seen here. But at this juncture, I thought it was only the mouth of the river which opens up to the Straits of Melaka...

Oh, by the way... It was only in this trip that I learned Kuala Linggi is actually situated in the state of Melaka. The parts across known as Tanjung Agas is situated in the state of Negeri Sembilan... All this while I thought Kuala Linggi is in Negeri Sembilan as both the small town of Linggi and the district is situated in that state. Oh well...


Whatever, the river itself is quite idyllic. For information, the Linggi river is a major river to get to inner parts of Negeri Sembilan. An 19th Century Sumatran prince by the name of Raja Melewar, recorded in history as the first Yam Tuan (ruler) of the state is among the prominent personalities who got into Negeri Sembilan using the river! Do have a look at the articles Makam Raja Melewar di siang hari (The tomb of Raja Melewar during the day) and Replika istana (The palace replica of Raja Melewar) in the blogspot SENI LAMA MELAYU (MALAY OLDEN ART) ...


A look towards the estuary...


Oh... Actually, on the way to the estuary, I saw a road sign pointing the way to something called Kota (fort of Linggi). So I decided to have a look later...


As it turned out, there are remains of an old fort...


So I decided to have a look...


Ah... Almost there. The place is situated on a hill called Supai...

This signboard should sufficiently explain its history...


The compound of what remains of the fort...


A look down towards the sea (or rather, the Straits of Melaka) shows some uncompleted buildings... And no, it is not part of the historical fort...


As far as I could see, the fort (or what remains of it) consist mainly of crudely built stone walls like this... Crudely built but sufficient and strong enough to hold attackers at bay I surmiss...


There, more of such walls...


While the uncompleted building which I believe were meant to be chalets for tourists but somehow abandoned provided an interesting contrast against the sea!


Soon enough it's time to go. Enough of Kuala Linggi I guess. For some pictures of 2 other places visited the same day, please have a look at the articles Asal usul nama (Origin of the name) Masjid Tanah and Makam (Tomb of) Hang Tuah di (in) Tanjung Kling, Melaka... in the blogspot SENI LAMA MELAYU (MALAY OLDEN ART) posted within a few hours ago. Cheers! :]

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

good effort pal, actually i am a son of kualalinggi aka putrabukitsupai.

interesting enough though to know someone who likes my place of birth. keep it going.

there in the kota i once played with friends... at the southern edge of the fort lies my mom's land.

write on...bruder

yazid said...

The abandoned buildings are supposed to a resort center, unknown belongs to who.