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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.


Friday, January 30, 2009

Back from a short trip to Genting...

OK. Continuing from the article A short trip to Genting... . At first I want to turn the following pictures into a slide show but seeing that the slide website is experiencing some difficulty in uploading, let me just display the pictures as static as can be ya...


Basically, by 9 pm or so we're done walking around Genting. So it's time to head down back, by cable-car...


As it it was pitch dark except for the lights emanating from the pillar, this is the best I could catch out of the situation.

I tried a few times to get good pictures to no avail...


So I might as well give up and enjoy the view... or what could be seen around.



That's all...


A short trip to Genting...

As told in the article Tasik Biru, the "Blue Lake" , here's one on a recent trip to Genting...


About 3 weeks ago, I took the wife on a motorbike trip. We planned to go to Janda Baik but through a different route, through Batang Kali by the uphill route to get up to Genting Highland.

The last time I took this route by any vehicle was probably more than 5 years ago. So I didn't realise it would take one up to the cable car station before heading downhill back towards Pahang where the road would connect to Janda Baik. Since I haven't been to Genting for quite a while, why not take the cable car up to the summit?


So there we where on the way up...



As the cable-car climbed up further I couldn't help reminiscing some thoughts. But let me keep all that in private... :]


OK... let the rest of the cable-car journey be shown through these slides...



Soon enough, we arrived at the summit more than 6,000 feet above sea level...


The time then was almost dusk...


But it didn't stop us from having some fun going around...

Tasik Biru, the "Blue Lake"

Greeting everyone. At first I was thinking of starting today's writing here by sharing some pictures from a cable-car up on the way to the summit of Genting Highland. Then I remember these few pictures that I'd like to get off my chest. So here...


This is a night picture of a lake I visited about 3 weeks ago. After fetching my wife from her office in Jalan Ipoh, I felt like taking the route through Sungai Buloh to get back to our home in Bandar Tasik Puteri, a route which I haven't taken before but have at least passed through portions of it a few times.

My wife knows the way. We passed through Kundang then a lake called Tasik Biru. That's where we felt like having dinner. And I decided to take this picture...




It was pitch dark except at the stalls. This is the best picture I could get showing parts of the lake...

A week later, we passed this lake again unplanned. We were then going elsewhere but since we passed the lake and the day is very hot, might as well stop for a drink and rest...


The lake is quite calming...

Here's the view I tried to snap at night without success. Refer to the first picture...


And here is shown the name of the lake "Tasik Biru" which literally means the "Blue Lake". Is it really blue? You'll be the judge...