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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, September 15, 2016

Brunei mosque after more than 3 years

On to the 3rd day of the recent East Coast trip. Continuing from Visiting tomb of Tok Selehor.


Thursday afternoon 1st September 2016. After having acquired some more religiouns lessons at the traditional school in Tumpat me and some friends decided to make a trip out to a mosque known as Masjid (mosque of Brunei).


To get there we travelled some 60 km from the school negotiating some rural roads.


I don't know if others felt the same but for me it is always worth the trouble to get to this mosque situated at an obscure location besides a lake known as Danau Tok Uban...














The last time I came here was more than 3 years ago. Look at the old article Bringing some friends to the Brunei mosque - My 7th visit here?











As always I took time to savour the atmosphere in and out of the mosque. For the record this is the 1,555th article in this blogspot.


Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Visiting tomb of Tok Selehor

Peace be upon you all. On 30th August me and a friend along with his sons made a trip to the East Coast and went around until 5th September. As always there were interesting places visited. Stories need to be shared and for this blogspot let's start with this one.


 
Lodging at a religious school in Tumpat, Kelantan to take some lessons along with a number of Malay activists friends we also took time to visit nearby places. Wednesday morning 31st August 2016, the 2nd day of the trip, while most of the nation was busy celebrating the Malaysian National Day we went out to another religious school known as Pondok (hut of) Tok Selehor.








We wanted to visit the tomb of Tok Selehor and a certain special place.


For the record Tok Selehor was a famous Kelantan religious master of saintly status.












His tomb...








Then there is this special place where he used to conduct spiritual training for himself and students.


It is a grave hole dug 6 foot under.


Surrounded by actual graves at all sides the hole is said to have been designed for initiates, even masters to get a glimpse of the hereafter...