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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.


Thursday, February 04, 2010

Collection of articles for the trip to the South with baby

In November last year, I made a trip to the South bringing along the wife and our then 40 days old baby. A series of articles were then made on it, the rather quaint and picturesque ones presented in this blogspot while the those talking about our actual trip and thoughts articulated in the Malay CATATAN SI MERAH SILU . Here let me present the links from both blogspots. Now that everything have been arranged in order, it should make a better read compared to when the series was started end of last year.


Mukadimah: Pengembaraan Al-Rasyid ke selatan...

Pengembaraan Al-Rasyid ke selatan : 'Mengumpul tenaga' di Muar...

Pengembaraan Al-Rasyid ke selatan : Habib Ali dan 'permulaan' Batu Pahat...

Pengembaraan Al-Rasyid ke selatan : Perjalanan ke Pontian dan sebab-musabab pengembaraan...

Pengembaraan Al-Rasyid ke selatan : Pontian di siang hari...

Staying above the waves at Tanjung Piai

The southernmost tip of mainland Asia...

The little town of Kukup

The fierce waves in Pontian

Pengembaraan Al-Rasyid ke selatan : Pusara si Bongkok, Tanjung Puteri...

Pengembaraan Al-Rasyid ke selatan : Singa yang pura-pura, Makam Habib Nuh dan kisah Radin Mas...

The road to Singapura

The railway station at Tanjung Pagar

The view from Mount Faber

The skyline of Singapura

Pengembaraan Al-Rasyid ke selatan : Masjid Sultan, Fort Canning dan deja vu Tanjung Katong di waktu malam...

Singapura city at night...

Pengembaraan Al-Rasyid ke selatan : Menyusuri kembali jalan ke Teluk Ramunia dan Tanjung Pengelih

Desaru from one of its best resort

Sungai Rengit of Kota Tinggi, the southern-most point of east Johor

Tanjung Pengelih, entry-point to the Riau islands

Pengembaraan Al-Rasyid ke selatan : Kerajaan Johor Lama, waris Empayar Melaka?

The immensely wide Johor river - Views from Kampung Johor Lama...

The immensely wide Johor river - Views from the jetty at Johor Lama...

The immensely wide Johor river - Views from Teluk Sengat...

Pengembaraan Al-Rasyid ke selatan : Kerajaan lama Gelanggayu, kopi Kluang dan kenangan sekolah menengah lalu...

Linggiu, the site of an ancient Malay kingdom now taken over by Singapore?

Gunung (Mount) Lambak and the road to Kluang...

Kluang railway coffee

My old alma mater, Sekolah Menengah Sains Johor (Johor Science Secondary School)

Pengembaraan Al-Rasyid ke selatan : Menutup perjalanan di makam Sultan Alauddin!

Collection of articles for the trip to the East Coast made during the fasting month last year...

For prosperity's sake and before moving on to other stories, let me present the links to a series of articles made in this blogspot and another one, the Malay CATATAN SI MERAH SILU regarding a trip to the East Coast . For the record, the trip was made in September, during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadhan for the purpose of visiting our kids in Kelantan and bringing them around for the school holidays. The series was started mid November and completed mid December.


Perjalanan ke Pantai Timur bulan Ramadhan - Sungai Jelai di Kuala Medang dan Masjid Kampung Laut di Kelantan...

Foray to idyllic Kuala Medang in Pahang...

Perjalanan ke Pantai Timur bulan Ramadhan - Buka puasa di Pantai Batu Buruk dan solat tarawikh di Masjid Kristal

The road to Tasik Kenyir

Enter Tasik Kenyir, the largest man-made lake in Malaysia

Perjalanan ke Pantai Timur bulan Ramadhan - Bukit Keledang dan Pulau Duyong sebagai 'pusat' merancang cerita...

Views from Pulau Duyong, Kuala Terengganu

A boat ride across the river Terengganu from Pulau Duyong

Up Bukit Puteri through the newly completed shopping complex at its foot...

Perjalanan ke Pantai Timur bulan Ramadhan - Menziarahi makam-malam lama seorang diri dalam kegelapan malam

Perjalanan ke Pantai Timur bulan Ramadhan - Menyelesaikan 'bil tertunggak' bagi sekitar Kuala Terengganu...

To Masjid Abidin, the white mosque with the kids...

Perjalanan ke Pantai Timur bulan Ramadhan - 'Latihan Ultraman' di Taman Tamadun Islam!

Perjalanan ke Pantai Timur bulan Ramadhan - Misteri Bukit Kluang dan sambutan merdeka di Kuala Besut

The mysterious-looking Bukit Kluang in Kuala Besut, Terengganu

Merdeka Day celebration in Kuala Besut!

Perjalanan ke Pantai Timur bulan Ramadhan - Sampai masa untuk pulang...

From Kuala Besut on to Tok Bali...

Perjalanan ke Pantai Timur bulan Ramadhan - Deja vu Gunung Stong dan misteri 313...

Perjalanan ke Pantai Timur bulan Ramadhan - 'Tersesat' ke Cameron Highlands pulak!

The road from Dabong to Gua Musang

The night trip from Gua Musang to Cameron Highlands...

Views around Tanah Rata

Parit Falls....

The tea plantations at Cameron Highlands...

The lower parts of Cameron Highlands - Habu and Ringlet...

Perjalanan ke Pantai Timur bulan Ramadhan - Lata Iskandar, Lata Kinjang, Chenderiang,Tanjung Malim... menjejaki keturunan raja campur sayyid Perak?

The tight winding road down to Tapah

Rushing on to Lata Kinjang...