Wadah tambahan kepada blogspots "Catatan Si Merah Silu" dan "Berpetualang ke Aceh", khusus untuk berkongsi pandangan mengenai seni Melayu terutama senibina lama. An extension to the blogspots "Catatan Si Merah Silu" (Malay) and "Berpetualang ke Aceh" (English), specifically to share views on Malay art especially old architecture.
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Tiga buku pertama yang ditulis dan diterbitkan saya.
The first three books written and published by me.
"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, Mei 2007
"Berpetualang ke Aceh: Sirih Pulang ke Gagang?"
ISBN 978-983-42031-2-2, November 2007
Buku keempat bertajuk "Rumah Azan". Diterbitkan April 2009 oleh syarikat Karnadya dengan pertolongan Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, buku ini memaparkan gambar-gambar cantik berserta cerita di sebalik masjid-masjid terpilih yang boleh dikaitkan dengan sejarah Melayu Islam dan pembentukan negara Malaysia.
The fourth book titled "Rumah Azan". Published in April 2009 by the company Karnadya with the help of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, this book features beautiful pictures along with stories behind selected mosques which could be related to the history of Islam and the Malays and the formation of the nation of Malaysia.
Buku kelima saya "Ahlul Bait (Family) of Rasulullah SAW and Malay Sultanates" diterbitkan awal 2010. Ia merupakan terjemahan buku "Ahlul Bait (Keluarga) Rasulullah SAW dan Kesultanan Melayu" karangan Hj Muzaffar Mohamad dan Tun Suzana Othman ke dalam bahasa Inggeris untuk pasaran antarabangsa.
My fifth book "Ahlul Bait (Family) of Rasulullah SAW and Malay Sultanates" was published early 2010. It is a translation of the Malay-language book "Ahlul Bait (Keluarga) Rasulullah SAW dan Kesultanan Melayu" authored by Hj Muzaffar Mohamad and Tun Suzana Othman turned into English for the international market.
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.
Buku ketujuh saya "Jejak keluarga Yakin : Satu sketsa sejarah" pula ada sebuah coffee-table book atau buku mewah yang ditulis, disunting, direkaletak dan gambar-gambarnya diambil sendiri oleh saya. Keluar dari kilang Oktober 2011, buku yang menggabungkan sejarah keluarga dengan sejarah tempat-tempat seperti Singapura, Johor, Batu Pahat, Muar malah ada sejarah Pulau Jawa dan Inggeris sekali ini telah diulas dengan saya ditemu ramah secara langsung dalam program Selamat Pagi Malaysia di RTM1. Lihat artikel Siaran langsung ulasan buku "Jejak keluarga Yakin : Satu sketsa sejarah" dan temu ramah di Selamat Pagi Malaysia. Sedikit isi terpilih ada dipaparkan dalam Sneak peek "Jejak keluarga Yakin : Satu sketsa sejarah".
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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Untuk maklumat lanjut sila masuk http://www.merahsilu.blogspot.com/
For more information, please enter http://www.merahsilu.blogspot.com/
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Terbaru : Siri novel "Berpetualang ke Aceh" kini boleh didapati dalam bentuk e-book. Masuk http://www.e-sentral.com/, klik kategori novel am dan pergi ke mukasurat 4. Anda juga boleh taip perkataan "Aceh" pada kotak carian. Atau terus klik Buku 1, Buku 2 dan Buku 3.
Latest : The "Berpetualang ke Aceh" series of novels could now 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, December 09, 2010
Tempat-tempat yang dilawati di Selangor (Places visited in Selangor)
Kota (Fort of) Tanjung Keramat
One more story for the Selangor collection. Pictures are taken from the article The hills at Tanjung Keramat, Kuala Selangor... which was made in the blogspot BERPETUALANG KE ACEH more than 2 years ago.
Setentang dengan bukit kecil tempat makam anak dara (lihat Makam keramat anak dara (Tomb of the sacred virgin)) terletak sebuah bukit lebih besar.
Opposite the small hill with the tomb of the virgin (look at Makam keramat anak dara (Tomb of the sacred virgin)) there lies a bigger hill.
At its foot there is an information board which says here lies the fort of Tanjung Keramat. Because on top the hill there is a fort while the area is situated nearby a cape where lies the tomb of keramat (sacred, mystical, magical) anak dara (virgin)...
Let us go up.
Sebuah papan maklumat lain menyebut bukit ini juga dikenali sebagai Bukit Belanda. Sebab ia pernah ditawan Belanda lalu dijadikan kota mereka.
Another information board says this hill was also known as Bukit (hill of) Belanda (the Dutch). Because it was once captured by the Dutch and turned into their fort.
Seperti kota di Bukit Melawati (lihat Kota (Fort of) Melawati, Kuala Selangor) 300 meter ke tenggara kebanyakan bahagian di sini telah musnah. Jalan masuk ke apa yang tinggal...
Like the fort at Bukit Melawati (look at Kota (Fort of) Melawati, Kuala Selangor) 300 metres south-east most parts here have been destroyed. The way to what is left...
Kawasan kota di puncak bukit...
The fort area on top the hill...
Pada saya tinggalan kota di sini lebih menarik dari apa yang terdapat di Bukit Melawati. Untuk makluman ini adalah artikel ke 464 di blogspot ini.
For me the fort remains here are more intereseting than what is available at Bukit Melawati. For information this is the 464th article in this blogspot.
Kota (Fort of) Melawati, Kuala Selangor
Ah. As it turns out there are still some to be added to complete the collection of Selangor stories. These pictures are taken from the article Baru betul-betul melihat Bukit Melawati... made in the blogspot CATATAN SI MERAH SILU Julai 2010.
I have been to Bukit (hill of) Melawati in Kuala Selangor many times but it was only during one day that I was moved to go to its highest parts.
Baru saya tahu di bahagian paling atas ini terdapat satu kawasan lapang yang pernah menjadi sebahagian kota. Selalunya saya cuma naik ke bahagian sedikit bawah hadapan muzium dan berdekatan rumah api untuk bermain-main dengan monyet...
Then only did I knew at this top part lies an open area which used to be part of a fort. Most of the time I only went up to the slightly lower parts in front of the muzium and nearby the light house to play with the monkeys...
Ada sejumlah meriam lama masih terjaga elok.
There are a number of old cannons still well-taken care of.
Untuk pengetahuan puncak Bukit Melawati pernah menjadi tempat bersemayam 3 orang Sultan terawal Selangor, dari pertengahan abad ke 18 hingga pertengahan abad ke 19 Masihi. Sebab itu didirikan kota di sini...
For information the peak of Bukit Melawati used to be the place of residence for Selangor's 3 earliest Sultans, from the middle of the 18th century to the middle of 19th century AD. That is why a fort was built here...
Di hadapan satu pintu masuk terdapat sebuah batu hampar.
In front of an entrance there lies a bedrock.
Kalau tak salah ia digunakan untuk memancung kepala pesalah.
If not mistaken it is used to behead offenders.
Makam keramat anak dara (Tomb of the sacred virgin)
To complete the collection of stories on Selangor let one more story be made using old pictures... taken from the article Kisah Keramat Anak Dara... made in the blogspot CATATAN SI MERAH SILU January 2009.
Di satu bukit kecil di satu hujung pekan Kuala Selangor boleh kelihatan sebuah bangunan makam.
At a small hill at one end of the small town of Kuala Selangor could be seen a tomb building.
Penerangan yang ada menyebut ia adalah makam untuk menandakan tempat seorang anak darah yang terkenal baik budinya hilang setelah dipaksa berkahwin dengan orang yang tidak disukainya. Dia hilang sebelum majlis perkahwinan. Biar ditambah namanya adalah Rubiah...
The information available says that the tomb is to mark the place a virgin reknown for her good character went missing after she was forced to marry a person she disliked. She disappeared before the wedding ceremony. Let it be added that her name was Rubiah...
Dia dikatakan hilang ghaib begitu sahaja betul-betul di tempat ini. Namun makam yang didirikan mirip tempat jasad disemadikan. Makam ini jadi terkenal kerana menurut ceritanya ada memiliki kuasa ajaib. Kuasa itu dikaitkan dengan anak dara lalu ia dianggap sebagai tempat keramat.
She was said to have disappeared into thin air just like that exactly at this site. Still the tomb erected here is similar to places where bodies are laid to rest. This tomb became famous as according to the stories it posseses magical power. The power is associated with the virgin and thus it is venerated as a sacred place.
Masjid (Mosque of) Sultan Salahuddin Aziz Shah, Shah Alam
Biar digunakan gambar-gambar itu walaupun tidak berapa bagus kerana diambil menggunakan kamera digital lama murah. Nak ambil gambar baru kena bergerak ke Shah Alam 40 km dari rumah sedangkan kamera digital yang dimiliki sekarang sedang diperbaiki akibat kerosakan yang ditanggung semasa berada di Beting Beras Basah lebih sebulan lalu.
Let the pictures be used although not so good as it was taken using an old cheap digital camera. If want to take new pictures have to go to Shah Alam 40 km from home while the digital camera possessed now is under repair due to damage sustained while being at Beting Beras Basah more than a month ago.
Inilah Masjid Sultan Salahuddin Aziz Shah di Shah Alam yang sangat terkenal di Malaysia, mungkin juga dikenali lebih jauh sehingga ke seluruh dunia.
This is it the mosque of Sultan Salahuddin Shah in Shah Alam which is very famous in Malaysia, maybe also recognised much further on to the whole world.
Dinamakan sempena Sultan Selangor ketika itu (kini sudah meninggal dunia), ia siap lebih 2 dekad lalu untuk menjadi masjid yang terbesar di Malaysia, kedua terbesar di Asia Tenggara. Lebih menarik ia memiliki kubah terbesar di dunia untuk mana-mana bangunan ugama! Dengan garispusat 170 kaki kubah itu memiliki ketinggian 300 kaki dari paras bumi.
Named after the Sultan of Selangor of that time (now deceased), it was completed more than 2 decades ago to become the biggest mosque in Malaysia, the second biggest in South East Asia. More interesting it has the biggest dome in the world for any religious building! With a diameter of 170 feet the dome has a height of 300 feet above sea level.
Ia juga memiliki menara masjid kedua tertinggi di dunia.
It also has the second highest mosque towers in the world.
Sekarang mari kita lihat lebih dekat masjid negeri Selangor ini...
Now let us have a closer look at this Selangor state mosque...
Masjid ini dirasmikan tahun 1988.
This mosque was officiated in the year 1988.
We look in turn at the upper level.
Di sini terletak dewan utama solat.
Here lies the main praying hall.
Masjid (Mosque of) KLIA, Sepang
OK. Actually I want to put the compilation of links for articles on mosques in Selangor which I have visited. But while reviewing the links did I only realised it looks like I've forgotten to write an article on the mosque of Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Shah in Shah Alam when it is the state mosque and one of the biggest mosque in South East Asia! While going about it I also remembered upon returning from Brunei in August I stopped at the KLIA mosque, Sepang and took some pictures. So let an article be made about it ya... :]
Inilah Masjid KLIA di Sepang atau nama rasminya Masjid Sultan Abdul Samad.
This is it the KLIA mosque in Sepang or its offical name Masjid (mosque of) Sultan Abdul Samad.
Suatu masa dahulu saya sering singgah di masjid ini.
Once upon a time I often stopped by at this mosque.
Section under the dome at the entrance.
Mari lihat ke dalam. Let us go inside.
Ada maklumat menyebut ia dirasmikan tahun 2000.
There is information saying it was officiated in the year 2000.
Masjid ini memiliki ruang legar besar terbuka di bahagian tengah.
This mosque has a big open lobby at its centre section.
Dari situ baru kubah utama dapat dilihat dengan terang.
From there only the main dome could be seen clearly.