Sedikit citarasa Itali di Pulau Besar? (A bit of Italian taste in Pulau Besar?)

Hari ini, pada tarikh 13 November atau 13/11 yang mempunyai makna tertentu untuk saya, tergerak pula untuk mencukupkan jumlah posting di blogspot ini menjadi 77 ke semuanya. Maka di sini biar dipersembahkan beberapa gambar yang baru diambil di Pulau Besar, Melaka lebih seminggu lalu. Sila!

Today, on 13th of November or 13/11 which has a certain meaning to me, I feel like making the number of postings in this blogspot a total of 77. And so let me present here some pictures taken at Pulau Besar, Melaka more than a week ago. Come!

Daripada sudut-sudut tertentu di Pulau Besar, seseorang dapat melihat satu pemandangan yang agak pelik bagi pulau ini... Pelik kerana pulau yang luasnya mungkin paling besar pun lebih sedikit daripada satu batu persegi ini tidak mempunyai banyak prasarana moden... Tiba-tiba boleh terlihat sekelompok bangunan yang kelihatan seperti pangsapuri lima bintang pula!

From certain angles at Pulau Besar, one could see a view which is rather weird for this island... Weird because the island which size at most could be slightly more than a square mile does not have much modern infrastructures... Suddenly there appear a group of buildings which look like five star apartments!

Bila didekati, ternyata memang bangunan-bangunan yang terdapat ini ada class yang tersendiri... Masuk di dalamnya terasa seperti sampai di Itali! Malah kali pertama berjalan-jalan di sini sekitar 5 tahun lalu, nama Tivoli Villa di kawasan Bukit Damansara, Kuala Lumpur terus menerpa di fikiran... Tivoli Villa pernah dianggap sebagai kawasan pangsapuri paling berprestij suatu masa dahulu sedangkan bangunan-bangunan di Pulau Besar ini hampir sahaja kelihatan sama taraf!

When one gets near, it is apparent the buildings here is in a class of its own... Going inside made one feels like being in Italy! In fact the first time I went walkabout here some 5 years ago, the name Tivoli Villa at the Damansara Heights area, Kuala Lumpur immediately came to mind... Tivoli Villa was once considered as the most prestigious apartments while the buildings in Pulau Besar seemed like almost of the same class!

Lihat bangunan-bangunan ini... Bukan calang-calang! Sayangnya ia tidak berpenghuni... Beginilah keadaannya sejak saya pertama kali melihatnya 5 tahun lalu. Menurut penduduk tempatan Pulau Besar, begini juga keadaannya ketika ia siap, kalau tak salah ingatan lebih 10 tahun lalu!

Look at these buildings... This is no child's play! Too bad it is not populated... This was the condition since I first saw it 5 years ago. According to locals of Pulau Besar, this was also the condition when it was first completed, if memory serves me right more than 10 years ago!

Tiba-tiba sahaja muncul satu makhluk aneh di hadapan! Ah? Apakah ini satu jenis makhluk bunian yang dikatakan banyak terdapat di Pulau Besar, pulau penuh misteri ini...

Suddenly there appears a strange creature in front! Ah? Is this a type of fairy creature said to exist by large numbers in Pulau Besar, an island full of mystery?

Hehe! Jangan takut... Itu kawan saya Zaidi. Tapi jangan terperanjat jika tiba-tiba muncul makhluk seperti ini dan ternyata ia bukan manusia. Menurut ceritanya, memang banyak makhluk ghaib pelbagai jenis di pulau ini!

Haha! Don't be scared... That is my friend Zaidi. But don't be surprised if suddenly there appears invisible (or weird) beings like and later proven to be not human. According to the tales, there's many such beings of many types in this island!

Menurut kata orang yang mengetahui, sebab itulah projek ini tidak menjadi. Berpuluh, mungkin beratus juta Ringgit telah dibelanjakan untuk mendirikan kelompok pangsapuri mewah di Pulau Besar ini. Tapi ada suatu macam kuasa yang menghalang daripada ia berjaya... Ada gangguan-gangguan ghaib yang boleh menakutkan orang ramai.

According to those who know, that's why this project doesn't quite lift off. Tens, maybe hundreds of millions of Ringgit have been spent to built this group of luxury apartments at Pulau Besar. But there's some kind of force stopping it from succeding... Some sort of invisible disturbances which could scare people.

Kata orang tempatan, elok juga projek ini (dan beberapa projek besar yang dicadangkan malah telah didirikan di Pulau Besar) tidak menjadi. Kalau jadi, kemungkinan besar ia akan mengundang pelbagai perkara maksiat yang selalunya sinonim dengan kehidupan moden orang kaya di pangsapuri mewah yang kononnya melambangkan kecanggihan peribadi manusia... Maksiat-maksiat seperti minum arak, pergaulan bebas laki-laki dan perempuan seterusnya zina...

Said the locals, well it's quite good that this project (and a some other big projects suggested, in fact some already built in Pulau Besar) didn't make it. Or else, most likely it will bring all sorts of bad behaviour normally synonymous with modern living of the rich at luxury apartments allegedly representing the height of human nature... Bad behaviours such as drinking, free mixtures between male and female and thus fornication...

Pulau Besar dikenali ramai kerana kewujudan banyak makam-makam lama yang dikatakan milik manusia-manusia suci bertaraf wali. Pembangunan boleh dialu-alukan tetapi biarlah seiring dengan penjagaan kesucian hati. Siapa yang faham, fahamlah maksud saya. Sekian, posting ke 77 untuk blogspot ini!

Pulau Besar is known by many because of the existence of many ancient tombs said to belong to pure souls of saintly status. Development can be invited but let it be in line with purity of the heart. Those who understand, understand what I mean, That's all, the 77th posting for this blogspot!

Makam (tomb of) Baginda Ali

Hari ini, saya teringin hendak bercerita sedikit tentang seorang raja bernama Sultan Ali atau lebih dikenali sebagai Baginda Ali. Ini dia...

Today, I feel like talking a bit about a king named Sultan Ali or more well-known as Baginda (his majesty) Ali. This is it...

Di Umbai, Melaka, di tepi jalan lama Muar ke Melaka lebih kurang 15km ke bandaraya Melaka, terdapat sebuah masjid berwarna kuning dengan bangunan besar makam berwarna sama agak terserlah di hadapannya...

In Umbai, Melaka, beside the old Muar to Melaka road some 15km from the city of Melaka lies a yellow-coloured mosque with a big tomb building of the same colour standing out right in front...

Lihat... Bangunan makamnya begitu terserlah...

Look... The tomb building does stand out...

Di sebelahnya terdapat papantanda dengan sedikit maklumat mengenai orang yang diabadikan di makam itu iaitu Sultan Ali...

Next to it is a plaque with some information on the person buried in the tomb which is Sultan Ali...

Untuk pengetahuan, Sultan Ali adalah sultan terakhir Empayar Johor-Riau-Lingga yang berasal daripada keturunan Bendahara Melaka yang kemudian menjadi Bendahara Johor. Empayar ini mula dipecahkan oleh penjajah Barat melalui Perjanjian Inggeris-Belanda 1824.

For information, Sultan Ali is the last sultan (or king) of the Johor-Riau-Lingga empire from the descendants of Bendahara (something like the Prime Minister of) Melaka which became the Bendahara Johor. The empire begin to be shattered by Western colonialists through the English-Dutch Treaty of 1824.

Adapun, empayar ini dahulu merupakan kesinambungan Empayar Melaka selepas pusat kerajaan di Kota Melaka ditawan Portugis 1511. Sultan Mahmud Shah Melaka yang lari setelah kalah perang muncul sebagai sultan pertama Empayar Johor-Riau-Lingga, diikuti anaknya, Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah II yang beribukan seorang anak Bendahara.

As it is, the empire was the continuation of the Melaka empire after the government centre at the city of Melaka was seized by the Portuguese 1511. Sultan Mahmud Shah of Melaka ran after losing the war to become the first Johor-Riau-Lingga empire ruler, followed by his son, Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah whose mother is a daughter of the Bendahara.

Keturunan Raja-raja Melaka sebagai pemerintah Empayar Johor-Riau-Lingga tamat dengan kemangkatan Sultan Mahmud Mangkat DiJulang pertengahan abad ke 17 Masihi. Lalu Bendahara diangkat menjadi Sultan baru dengan anak cucunya terus memerintah.

The blood of the kings of Melaka who became the rulers of the Johor-Riau-Lingga empire ends with the demise of Sultan Mahmud Mangkat DiJulang (the one who died while being carried on a pedestal) middle of the 17 Century AD. And so the Bendahara was promoted to become the new Sultan and his offsprings continued to rule.

Perjanjian Inggeris-Belanda 1824 ditandatangani semasa bapa kepada Sultan Ali iaitu Sultan Hussin memerintah. Setelah itu, empayar itu mula nyata berpecah-belah dan negeri-negeri jajahan takluknya mula memerdekakan diri dengan para pemerintah tempatan mengangkat diri sendiri sebagai raja!

The English-Dutch Treaty of 1824 was signed while the father to Sultan Ali which Sultan Hussin ruled. After that, the empire started to visibly split with its tributary states starting to free itself and local administrators raising themselves up as kings!

Sultan Ali tersepit apabila Temenggung Abu Bakar yang memegang Johor mula mengangkat diri sebagai Maharaja Johor. Sementara itu Pahang yang diperintah Bendahara juga mahu diiktiraf sebagai negeri sendiri lalu Bendahara ketika itu Bendahara Wan Ahmad mengangkat diri sebagai Sultan Ahmad.

Sultan Ali was forced to a corner when Temenggung (something like the chief of police or internal affairs minister) Abu Bakar who held Johor declared himself as Maharaja (emperor of) Johor. Meanwhile Pahang which is ruled by Bendahara also wanted to be independent and the Bendahara then which is Bendahara Wan Ahmad raised himself up as Sultan Ahmad.

Adapun baik Temenggung mahupun Bendahara Pahang juga berasal daripada jurai keturunan Bendahara Johor dahulu yang kemudiannya menjadi Sultan. Tetapi Sultan Ali boleh dikira sebagai Sultan terakhir daripada keturunan Bendahara yang memerintah Johor kerana Temenggung dan Bendahara Pahang berasal daripada adik-beradik Sultan terdahulu yang dikira kurang layak untuk memegang pemerintahan tertinggi empayar.

As it is, the Temenggung and Bendahara Pahang also descended from the old Bendahara Johor who then became the Sultan. But Sultan Ali could be said to be the last Sultan from the Bendahara dynasty who ruled Johor as the Temenggung and Bendahara came from siblings of the old Sultan considered to be less qualified to hold the highest command of the empire.

Perkembangan semasa yang banyak disokong penjajah Inggeris menyebabkan kuasa pemerintahan Sultan Ali dihadkan kepada wilayah Kesang yang terletak di utara Muar dan selatan Melaka sebelum baginda mangkat lalu dimakamkan di kawasan masjid ini di Umbai. Maka tinggallah baginda sebagai satu warisan lama dengan cerita apa yang berlaku di zaman itu untuk difikirkan sebagai iktibar generasi sekarang. Sekian!

Shift of current events then which were largely supported by the English colonialists caused Sultan Ali's sovereignity to be limited to the area of Kesang situated north of Muar and south of Melaka before his majesty died and was buried in this mosque area in Umbai. And so he left as a legacy of old with the stories of what happened in his era to be considered and taken as lessons for the current generation. That's all!

Cerita (Story of) Tun Teja...

Nota: Jika tulisan pada gambar-gambar yang tertera terlalu kecil untuk dibaca, sila right-click pada gambar yang mahu dilihat kemudian open in new window ya...

Note: If the writings on the pictures shown is too small for reading, do right-click at the picture you want to see and then open it in a new window ya...

Rasanya, ramai orang Malaysia pernah mendengar nama Tun Teja, wanita cantik dalam cerita Melayu lama yang dikatakan telah dibawa lari oleh pahlawan legenda terkenal Hang Tuah untuk dipersembahkan kepada Sultan Melaka sekitar 600 tahun lalu. Nama itu sendiri sudah cukup untuk memberi semacam getaran yang membawa seseorang untuk kembali mengimbas suatu zaman yang lama.

Me feels, many Malaysians have heard the name Tun Teja, the beautiful woman in old Malay stories said to have been brought away by the legendary well-known warrior Hang Tuah to be presented to the Sultan (king of) Melaka about 600 years ago. The name itself is enough to give some sort of vibes to carry one back to think about some old days of bygone era.

Minggu lepas dalam satu perjalanan pendek sekeliling Melaka, saya sempat menziarahi Makam Tun Teja di sebuah kawasan sawah padi di Merlimau. Hari ini, saya tergerak untuk memaparkan sedikit gambar-gambar yang diambil berserta ceritanya. Ini dia...

Last week in a short trip around Melaka, I had the time to visit the tomb of Tun Teja within a padi field in Merlimau. Today, I feel like showing some of the pictures taken along with the accompanying story. This is it...

Adapun di makam ini terdapat cukup papan-tanda untuk menerangkan cerita. Saya pula sebenarnya agak malas untuk bercerita panjang... Maka di mana boleh dipakai, biarlah pembaca menurut sahaja cerita yang telah disediakan oleh pihak berwajib ya...

As it is at the tomb, there's enough sign-boards to explain the story. And I actually feel quite lazy to elaborate... So where relevant, let dear readers just follow the story provided by the authorities ya...

Rasanya ini cukup untuk memulakan langkah...

Me feels this is enough to begin...

Perjalanan untuk ke makam...

The walk towards the tomb...

Itu dia... Terdapat cukup papan-tanda di sana...

There... There's enough signboards everywhere...

Sebuah perigi lama di sisi...

And old well besides...

Makam Tun Teja... Kemudian baca sahaja cerita-cerita yang tertera di bawah ya...

The tomb of Tun Teja... Next, just read the stories which appeared below ya...

Mungkin terjemahan dalam Bahasa Inggeris nya ada sedikit kecatatan tetapi rasanya cukuplah sekadar supaya orang tahu apakah yang menyebabkan nama Tun Teja cukup terkenal di kalangan orang Melayu...

Maybe the English translation is a bit lousy but me feels it is enough to make people know why the name Tun Teja is so well-known among the Malays...

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Batu nesan Tun Teja dilihat daripada dekat. Batu nesan jenis batu Aceh ini hampir serupa dengan batu nesan yang terdapat di Makam Tok Temong di Kuala Kangsar, Perak. Sila lihat Perak trip of September 2006... A look at the tombs... . Sekian ya...

The tombstone of Tun Teja seen up close. The Aceh-type tombstone is almost the same as that at the tomb of Tok Temong in Kuala Kangsar, Perak. Do visit Perak trip of September 2006... A look at the tombs... .That's all ya...

Jeram di tengah kota (Ravine in mid city)

Ini adalah gambar pertemuan dua sungai (tak tahu nama sungainya) di sebelah bangunan Putra World Trade Centre di Kuala Lumpur. Tergerak saya untuk mengambil gambar ini lalu menyertakannya di dalam laman kerana rasa nostalgia yang tiba-tiba muncul apabila melihatnya.

This is a picture of the meeting of two rivers (don't know the names) beside the Putra World Trade Centre building in Kuala Lumpur. I was moved to take this picture and put it in this page because of the nostalgic feelings which suddenly came upon seeing it.

Adapun semasa umur saya sekitar 18 tahun (sekarang saya berumur 37!) saya selalu "bermain-main" di kawasan ini juga di sekitar Chow Kit. Semasa itu sungai-sungai di KL dikira sangat kotor maka proses membersih dan mencantikkannya baru sahaja bermula, salah satu caranya dengan membina tebing-tebing konkrit juga mengatur batu-batu menjadi jeram-jeram seperti yang kelihatan dalam gambar.

When I was around 18 (I'm now 37-years-old!), I often "played" around this area, also around Chow Kit. Then, the rivers in KL were considered very dirty, so the cleaning and beautification process were just starting, one of the ways by building concrete river-banks and putting stones and boulders to create ravines such as seen in the picture.

Saya sudah lama tidak melalui kawasan ini... Selama ini saya cuma melihat daripada jauh sahaja apabila berjalan menghampiri pusat membeli-belah The Mall. Tetapi pada suatu hari seminggu lalu, saya tergerak untuk menyusuri bahagian sungai yang berjeram lalu mengambil gambar ini. Itulah ceritanya...

It's been long since I passed this area... All this while, I only looked from afar when walking towards The Mall shopping complex. But one day a week ago, I felt the urge to walk along this section of the river with ravinces and took this picture. So there...

Teks untuk Nostalgia Sungai Muar (Text for Nostalgia of the Muar river)

OK... Dua minggu lalu saya telah membuat satu posting gambar bertajuk Nostalgia Sungai Muar (Nostalgia of the Muar river) tanpa menyertakan cerita kerana kesuntukan masa. Sekarang biar saya sertakan ceritanya ya...
OK... Two weeks ago I made a posting of pictures titled Nostalgia Sungai Muar (Nostalgia of the Muar river) without including the story because of lack of time. Now let me include the story ya..

Biar saya berterus-terang. Sebenarnya kebelakangan ini saya terasa amat malas untuk bercerita kerana terasa begitu penat membuat kerja-kerja berkaitan penerbitan buku ketiga saya "Berpetualang ke Aceh: Sirih Pulang ke Gagang?" atau BKA III. Tetapi penceritaan harus diteruskan. Maka inilah dia...

Let me be frank. Actually, lately I felt very lazy to tell stories as I feel so tired working on things related to the publishing of my third book "Berpetualang ke Aceh: Sirih Pulang ke Gagang?" ("The trip to Aceh: The prodigal son returns?" or so) or BKA III. But the story-telling must continue. So here it is...

Adapun, semasa membuat posting gambar-gambar tersebut dua minggu lepas, saya sedang berada di sebuah Cyber-Cafe berdekatan Stesyen Bas Pekeliling, Kuala Lumpur setelah tertinggal bas jam 6 menghala ke Raub. Ketika itu saya bercadang hendak ke Kampung Janda Baik, Pahang tetapi saya akhirnya 3 kali tertinggal bas lalu bermalam di Kajang. Keesokannya barulah saya ke Janda Baik lalu bermalam di sana.

As it is, the picture postings made two weeks ago was done while at a Cyber-Cafe near the Pekeliling bus station in Kuala Lumpur after missing the 6 o'clock bus heading for Raub. Then, I planned to go to Kampung Janda Baik, Pahang but I actually missed the bus 3 times and spent the night in Kajang. Only the next day did I go to Janda Baik and spent the night there.

Sebenarnya, saya ingin bercerita tentang detik-detik nostalgia yang terbit setiap kali saya duduk berehat di tepian Sungai Muar. Adapun saya dilahirkan tahun 1970 di bandar Muar dan rumah tempat saya membesar sehingga remaja terletak sekitar setengah kilometer daripada kuala sungai terbesar dan terpanjang di selatan Semenanjung Malaysia ini. Maka saya selalu menghabiskan waktu petang berehat-rehat di tepian sungai sambil menikmati angin nyaman.

Actually, I want to talk about the nostalgic moments felt whenever I sat beside the Muar river. I was born in 1970 in the town of Muar and the house I grew up at until my teenage years was situated about half a kilometre from the estuary of the biggest and longest river in southern Peninsular Malaysia. So I often spent the afternoon resting beside the river while enjoying the nice breeze.

Hmm... Nampaknya saya memang terasa malas hendak bercerita tetapi memaksa juga diri demi kesinambungan bercerita di blogspot ini sebelum dapat menambah cerita-cerita lain nanti Insyaallah. Rasanya cukuplah jika dikatakan pada suatu masa dahulu, Sungai Muar bagi saya terasa seperti sungai paling besar di dunia. Sebelum saya keluar mengembara lebih jauh dan melihat sungai-sungai lain yang sama atau lebih besar di sekitar Semenanjung seperti Sungai Perak dan Sungai Pahang.

Hmm... It seems I am actually too lazy to continue story-telling but forced myself for the sake of continuity in this blogspot before other stories could be added. So methinks enough if it is said, once upon a time to me, the Muar river felt like the biggest river in the world. Before I went out travelling further and saw other rivers the same size of bigger around the Peninsular such as the Perak and Pahang rivers.

Malah saya juga telah melihat beberapa sudut sungai-sungai besar di Eropah seperti Sungai Thames di London, Sungai Danube di Austria dan Sungai Reine di German. Namun Sungai Muar tetap terasa begitu istimewa bagi saya. Mungkin kerana masa-masa remaja saya banyak dihabiskan di tepian sungai itu... Mungkin juga kerana ada sejarah lama yang berkaitan seperti beberapa peristiwa sebelum pembukaan kerajaan Melaka 600 tahun dahulu melibatkan lokasi-lokasi di sekitarnya?
In fact I've seen Europe's big rivers such as the Thames in London, Danube in Austria and Reine in Germany from many angles. Still the Muar river feels very special to me. Maybe because of the times spent as a youth beside it... Maybe also because of the ancient history related to some events before the opening of the state of Melaka 600 years ago which happened at some locations around?

Apapun, gambar-gambar yang diletakkan di bawah posting bertajuk Nostalgia Sungai Muar (Nostalgia of the Muar river) itu diambil berdekatan Kampung Bukit Treh sekitar 7km daripada kuala. Maka ia bukan bahagian sungai yang terlebar... Sekian.
Whatever, the pictures put under the posting titled Nostalgia Sungai Muar (Nostalgia of the Muar river) were taken nearby Kampung (village of) Bukit Treh some 7km from the estuary. So it is not the widest portion of the river... That's all!

Nostalgia Sungai Muar (Nostalgia of the Muar river)

Nota: Saya sebenarnya kesuntukan masa kerana harus mengembara ke suatu tempat. Tetapi timbul rasa untuk meletakkan beberapa gambar di sini yang ceritanya akan saya buat selepas kembali ke Kuala Lumpur nanti ya...
Note: I'm actually running out of time as I must travel to a certain place. But there came the urge to put a few pictures here with the story to be made after I return to Kuala Lumpur ya...

Rumah (house of) Yap Ah Loy?...

Saya percaya kebanyakan rakyat Malaysia pernah mendengar nama Yap Ah Loy. Beliau adalah Kapitan atau ketua orang Cina yang bertanggungjawab ke atas ramai pekerja dari negeri China yang melombong bijih timah di Kuala Lumpur abad ke 19 Masihi... Lihat gambar-gambar ini.

I believe most Malaysians have heard the name Yap Ah Loy. He is the Kapitan or the Chinese leader who was responsible for many workers from China who came to mine tin in Kuala Lumpur 19th Century. Have a look at this pictures.

Lihat bangunan batu lama di atas yang agak mewah. Saya ternampak bangunan ini ketika sedang berjalan merentasi kawasan Medan Tuanku...

Look at this rather posh old stone building. I saw it while walking across the area of Medan Tuanku...

Lihat senibinanya... Nampak bahawa ia dimiliki (atau pernah dimiliki) seorang yang kaya. Kedudukannya di tengah bandar Kuala Lumpur pula cukup untuk membayangkan nilainya yang mungkin mencapai berpuluh juta Ringgit Malaysia.

Look at the architecture... Looks like it is owned (or was owned) by someone rich. Its location in the middle of Kuala Lumpur city is enough to give a clue to its worth which might reach tens of millions of Malaysian Ringgit.

Bila saya bertanya pada orang sekeliling, mereka beritahu rumah itu adalah milih Yap Ah Loy atau ahli keluarga Yap Ah Loy... Saya pun tak pasti entah betul ataupun tidak. Yang pasti, saya tertarik dengan rekabentuknya...

When I asked the people around, they told me the house belongs to Yap Ah Loy or the family of Yap Ah Loy... I myself am not sure whether it's true or not. What's sure, I am attracted to its architecture...

Saya berpusing di sekeliling untuk melihatnya daripada beberapa sudut.

I went around to have a look from different angles.

Nampaknya ia sudah lama tidak berpenghuni tapi masih agak terjaga.

Looks like it has been vacant for some time but still quite well-kept.

Bangunan atau rumah ini sedang dibaik-pulih. Mungkin ia akan lebih menarik apabila siap nanti? Sekian! :]

This building or house is under renovation. Maybe it will look more interesting when it's done? That's all! :]

Rumah dan bangunan sekitar Tanjung Malim (houses and buildings around Tanjung Malim)

Dan seterusnya hari ini saya ingin berkongsi beberapa gambar yang diambil sekitar Tanjung Malim. Saja suka-suka... :]

And next I want to share some pictures taken in and around Tanjung Malim. Just for fun... :]

Ini nampaknya adalah sebuah rumah untuk kakitangan kerajaan. Ia terletak tidak jauh daripada masjid jamek Tanjung Malim dan bersebelahan dengan landasan keretapi. Untuk sedikit cerita tentang masjid itu, klik Masjid (mosque of) Tanjung Malim .

This looks like a house for government workers. It is situated not far from the main mosque of Tanjung Malim and beside the railtracks. For a story on the mosque, click Masjid (mosque of) Tanjung Malim .

Ini pula sebuah rumah yang agak menarik terletak di seberang sungai (lupa pula namanya) yang menjadi sempadan antara negeri-negeri Perak dan Selangor. Adapun Tanjung Malim terletak di dalam Perak sedangkan rumah ini yang letaknya sekitar 100 meter ke selatan sungai itu termasuk di dalam kawasan Ulu Bernam, Selangor... Hah, baru ingat! Nama sungai ini ialah Sungai Bernam...

This is a rather interesting house situated across the river (forgot its name) which is the border between the states of Perak and Selangor. Actually Tanjung Malim is situated in Perak while this house which is located some 100 metres south of the river is in the area of Ulu Bernam, Selangor... Hah, now I remember! The name of the river is Sungai (river of) Bernam...

Saya terus berjalan kaki menyusuri jalan utama ke selatan. Ternampak rumah yang sedikit tersorok ini pula.

I went on walking southwards along the main road. Saw this slightly hidden house.

Bangunan ini pula telah dijadikan sebuah restoran...

This building has been turned into a restaurant...

Rumah Melayu berwarna merah jambu ini diapit satu barisan kedai-kedai Cina.

This pink-coloured Malay house is flanked by a row of Chinese shophouses.

Ini pula sebuah masjid lama. Sila baca Masjid Sheikh Ismail di Ulu Bernam (The mosque of Sheikh Ismail in Ulu Bernam) .

This is an old mosque. Please read Masjid Sheikh Ismail di Ulu Bernam (The mosque of Sheikh Ismail in Ulu Bernam) .

Masjid Jamek (main mosque of ) Bidor

Lima hari lepas saya telah membuat sebuah posting bertajuk From Perak to Selangor... Time to start settling down dalam blogspot BERPETUALANG KE ACEH . Salah satu gambar yang digunakan ketika itu adalah gambar masjid jamek di Bidor, Perak yang membuatkan saya mahu berkongsi sedikit lagi gambar-gambar masjid ini. Inilah dia...

Five days ago I made a posting titled From Perak to Selangor... Time to start settling down at the blogspot BERPETUALANG KE ACEH . Among the pictures used then was one of the main mosque in Bidor, Perak which made me want to share just a few more pictures of the mosque here. So here goes...

Gambar di atas adalah gambar yang digunakan dalam artikel bertajuk From Perak to Selangor... Time to start settling down itu. Ia diambil pada hari Jumaat 27 Julai 2007. Bacalah artikel itu untuk mengetahui apa yang sebenarnya berlaku...

The picture above is the one used in the article titled From Perak to Selangor... Time to start settling down . It was taken on Friday 27th July 2007. Read the article to know what actually happened...

Adapun saya pertama kali sampai ke masjid ini awal bulan September 2006. Ketika itu saya mahu pergi ke kampung ayahanda di Teluk Intan untuk menghadiri majlis pengembalian jasad Laksamana Muhammad Amin daripada Singapura ke Perak 9 September itu. Tetapi saya tertinggal bas terakhir untuk ke Teluk Intan lalu terpaksa bermalam di Bidor, di masjid ini... Sila lihat Pengembalian jenazah Laksamana Muhammad Amin ke Makam Diraja Perak (The return of Admiral Muhammad Amin's remains to the royal mausoleum of Perak) .

Actually I first arrived at this mosque early September 2006. Then, I wanted to go to my father's village in Teluk Intan to attend the return of the body of Laksamana (royal admiral) Muhammad Amin from Singapore to Perak on 9 September. But I missed the last bus to Teluk Intan and had to spend the night in Bidor, at this mosque. Have a look at Pengembalian jenazah Laksamana Muhammad Amin ke Makam Diraja Perak (The return of Admiral Muhammad Amin's remains to the royal mausoleum of Perak) .

Di atas adalah gambar kolah mengambil wuduk masjid. Teringat balik peristiwa bermalam di masjid ini, kalau tak silap pada malam 7 atau 8 September 2006. Ketika itu kawasan Bidor termasuk masjid ini baru sahaja lepas dilandar banjir kilat selepas hujan lebat membuat air melimpah keluar Sungai Bidor.

Above is the pool for making abolution at the mosque. Reminds me of what happened when I spent the night here, if not mistaken on the night of 7 or 8th September 2006. Then the area of Bidor including this mosque has just suffered a flash flood after heavy rain made water overflowed out of the Bidor river.

Ini adalah bahagian dalam masjid Bidor. Lihat mihrabnya yang mempunyai ukiran sperti lidah terjulur keluar daripada setiap sudut bumbung. Sekian ya...

This is the inside of the Bidor mosque. Look at the pulpit with wood-carvings like tounges hanging out from every corner of the roof. That's all ya...

Masjid (mosque of) Tanjung Malim

Nota: Cerita in sebenarnya dibuat petang tadi dengan memasukkan gambar-gambar yang perlu kemudian disimpan dalam bentuk draft disebabkan masalah komputer yang digunakan di Internet Cafe di Brickfields. Sekarang saya berada di Kajang untuk menyambung cerita. Cuma gangguan komputer siang tadi sedikit sebanyak mengganggu mood bercerita... Maka biar saya meneruskan secara ringkas sahaja ya... :]

Note: This story was actually made in the afternoon by loading pictures to be used and then saving it in draft form because of a problem plaguing the computer used then at an Internet Cafe in Brickfields. Now I'm in Kajang to continue the story. It's just that the computer problem during the day had affected my story-telling mood... So let me just continue in brief form ya... :]

Gambar-gambar ini diambil 28 Julai 2007 setelah bermalam di masjid ini, Masjid Jamek Tanjung Malim. Untuk mengetahui apa yang sebenarnya berlaku, cuba baca From Perak to Selangor... Time to start settling down

This pictures were taken 28th July 2007 after spending the night at this mosque, the main mosque of Tanjung Malim. To know what actually happened, read From Perak to Selangor... Time to start settling down

Sepanjang perjalanan saya mengembara ke merata ceruk rantau, inilah kali pertama berjumpa sebuah masjid yang ada menyediakan khidmat photostat, siap ada Internet! Oh... Terlupa pula, dahulu pun saya pernah sampai dan tidur di masjid ini. Maksud saya inilah satu-satunya masjid yang saya ketahui ada perkhidmatan ini.

So far in my travels covring many nooks and crannies, this is the first time I came across a mosque which provides photostat service, along with Internet! Oh... I've actually forgot, previously I've been here and slept at the mosque. What I meant was this is the only mosque I know with such services.

Lihat binaan kubah-kubah kecil pada keliling bumbung masjid. Agak unik ini...

Look at the small minarets on and around the mosque's roof. Quite unique this is...

Hmm... Pusat perubatan Homephathy pun ada dalam kawasan masjid!

Hmm... A Homephathy medicine centre also exist inside the mosque compound!

Kawasan serambi yang agak luas...

A rather spacious verandah...

Bahagian ini menghadap jalan besar...

This part faces the main road...

Papan peringatan memberitahu masjid ini dibina tahun 1932... Nampaknya sama umurnya dengan masjid-masjid tertentu tidak jauh daripada Tanjung Malim... Mungkin semuanya ada kaitan? Cuba masuk Masjid Sheikh Ismail di Ulu Bernama (The mosque of... dan Masjid (mosque of) Ampang Pecah.

A plaque saying the mosque was built in 1932... Looks like the same age as certain mosques not far from Tanjung Malim... Maybe all of it are related? Try clicking Masjid Sheikh Ismail di Ulu Bernama (The mosque of... and Masjid (mosque of) Ampang Pecah.

Ini pandangan di dalam...

This is a view inside...

Mihrab Masjid Tanjung Malim. Sekian! :]

The pulpit of the main mosque of Tanjung Malim. That's all! :]