Tapak kerajaan lama di Putrajaya? (Site of an old kingdom in Putrajaya?)

Beberapa bulan lepas, kalau tak salah ingatan, ketika menonton warta berita malam di TV3, tiba-tiba dipaparkan satu cerita mengenai penemuan tapak sebuah kerajaan lama di tengah-tengah Putrajaya...

A few months ago, if I remember right, while watching the night news at TV3, suddenly there appeared a story on the discovery of the site of an old kingdom right in smack in the middle of Putrajaya...

Katanya ia terletak di Presint 4. Setelah beberapa lama, baru Isnin lalu saya tergerak untuk melihat tempatnya...

The story said it is located at Presint 4. After some time, it's only last Monday that I felt like having a look at the place...

Apa yang menonjol ialah bentuk bahagian ini. Ia mengingatkan saya pada sebuah bukit di Sungai Siput, Perak yang katanya ada kena mengena dengan kerajaan purba Gangga Negara. Sila lihat artikel Sungai Siput as base camp... Where a giant face looks out from on top a hill... di blogspot BERPETUALANG KE ACEH . Untuk makluman, ini adalah artikel ke 181 di blogspot ini. Sekian.

What stood out was this portion of the hill. It reminds me of a hill in Sungai Siput, Perak which is said to have a certain connection with the ancient kingdom of Gangga Negara. Please have a look at the article Sungai Siput as base camp... Where a giant face looks out from on top a hill... in the blogspot BERPETUALANG KE ACEH . For information, this is the 181th article in this blogspot. That's all.

Pondok rehat di (resting hut in) Pulau Besar, Melaka...

Ini pula adalah gambar pondok tempat saya bermalam dalam lawatan terbaru ke Pulau Besar, Melaka hujung minggu lalu...

This in turn is a picture of the hut where I spent the night during my latest visit to Pulau Besar, Melaka last weekend...

Pondok ini baru dibina dalam sebulan lalu, di atas tapak sebuah pondok lain di mana saya pernah bermalam dalam lawatan sebelum itu.

This hut was just built within the last one month, upon the site of another hut in which I spent the night in my previous visit here.

Saiznya adalah lebih 2 kali ganda pondok yang dahulu. Hmm, mungkin satu hari nanti saya akan berbulan madu di sini? Hmm...

Its size is 2 times the size of the previous hut. Hmm, maybe one day I will have my honeymoon here? Hmm...

Kubur misteri (mysterious grave in) Kuala Lipis?

Minggu lepas, saya telah pergi ke Kuala Lipis, Pahang. Lihat artikel A visit to the Tengku Ampuan Afzan teaching institute in Kuala Lipis di blogspot BERPETUALANG KE ACEH . Seorang pensyarah di institut perguruan itu telah memberitahu bahawa di tengah bandar Kuala Lipis, terdapat 2 buah makam misteri dengan batu nesan besar, tak tahu milik siapa. Katanya bentuk batu nesan itu hampir serupa bentuk batu nesan Aceh seperti yang ada dipaparkan dalam siri buku karangan saya, "Berpetualang ke Aceh".

Last week, I went to Kuala Lipis, Pahang. Look at the article A visit to the Tengku Ampuan Afzan teaching institute in Kuala Lipis in the blogspot BERPETUALANG KE ACEH . A lecturer at the teaching institute told me that right in the middle of the town of Kuala Lipis, there exist 2 mysterious tombs with large tombstones, not known who it belongs to. He said the shape of the tombstones are similar to the shape of the Aceh tombstones as shown the series of books authored by me, "Berpetualang ke Aceh".

Saya pun pergi mencari makam-makam yang dimaksudkan. Memang ia terletak di tengah-tengah bandar...

I then went to look for the tombs mentioned. It sure are located right smack in the middle of town...

Bila dilihat betul-betul baru tahu makam atau kubur siapa. Pada satu batu, tercatat nama Solomon Chapman, meninggal dunia tahun 1894. Kubur orang Inggeris rupanya. Sekian! :]

When closely scrutinised then only do I know whose tomb or grave this is. On one tombstone, there is inscribed the name Solomon Chapman, who died in the year 1894. So this is the grave of an Englishman. That's all! :]