Tag: Kuala Terengganu

Mengenang A. Karim Omar, Ayah Kesayanganku

Hari ini genap seminggu ayahanda saya meninggalkan kami dan saya amat merinduinya.

Dilahirkan di Kuala Terengganu, Allahyarham Haji A. Karim bin Omar ialah seorang aktivis Islam yang tegar mempertahankan agama, bangsa dan negara.

Bergerak dibawah NGO Pertubuhan Muafakat Sejahtera Masyarakat Malaysia (MUAFAKAT), ayahanda tersayang saya juga merupakan Felo Utama Institut Kajian Strategik Islam Malaysia (IKSIM) dan Felo Dakwah Yayasan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia (YADIM)

Sejak tahun 2012, ayahanda saya sering dijemput untuk memberi penerangan tentang ancaman terhadap akidah umat dan kedaulatan Islam di negara ini.

Jadual kerja ayahanda saya amat padat dan seringkali ayahanda saya terpaksa memandu ke seluruh negara dan meninggalkan rumah selama berminggu lamanya.

Jika tidak berceramah di seluruh negara, Allahyarham menghabiskan masanya dengan membuat penyelidikan khasnya di bidang Missiologi, berbincang dengan sahabat-sahabat atau berada di mejanya untuk menulis artikel di blognya.

Bila ada kelapangan, ayahanda saya juga amat gemar menjemput sahabat handai dan kenalan untuk menjamu selera di rumah kami.

Pemergian tiba-tiba ayahanda saya pada jam 8 pagi 14hb Syawal 1439, bersamaan 28hb Jun 2018, amat mengejutkan kami sekeluarga kerana beliau tidak menghidapi apa-apa penyakit sebelumnya.

Namun, saya, ibu dan ketiga-tiga kakak saya redha dengan ketentuan Allah, lebih-lebih lagi ayahanda kami pergi dalam  keadaan yang tenang, mudah, dan selesa.

Saya sebagai anak lelaki Allahyarham, mewakili ibu dan ketiga-tiga kakak saya ingin merakamkan ucapan terima kasih kepada semua sahabat dan kenalan ayahanda yang telah bergegas ke Masjid As-Sobirin, Taman Melawati untuk menunaikan solat jenazah dan seterusnya ke Tanah Perkuburan AU4/Masjid As-Sobirin.

Begitu juga kepada mereka yang tidak pernah berjumpa atau mengenali Allahyarham secara peribadi; tetapi hanya pernah mendengar pencerahannya atau membaca karya tulisannya tetapi telah bersusah payah datang dari jauh untuk bersama kami.

Semoga roh Allahyarham ayahanda saya dicucuri rahmat oleh Allah S.W.T. dan semoga rohnya ditempatkan di kalangan orang-orang yang beriman dan soleh, amin.

Al-Fatihah.

In Photos: Flood Hit Terengganu And Kelantan

Floodwater in Taman Murni Permai, Tok Jembal in Kuala Terengganu. (NST)
Floodwater in Taman Murni Permai, Tok Jembal in Kuala Terengganu. (NST)

Heavy rains caused bad flood in Terengganu and Kelantan.

Please click the photos for larger images:

 

Malindo Air Plane Catches Fire

Malindo Air's ATR 72-600 plane’s turboprop engine caught fire.
Malindo Air’s ATR 72-600 plane’s turboprop engine caught fire, Wednesday 26, 2014. Image credit to The Star).

A Malindo Air flight to Kuala Terengganu had to turn back to Subang Airport because the ATR 72-600 plane’s turboprop engine caught fire.

Terengganu midfielder Faiz Subri who was in the flight with the rest of the Terengganu FA team posted a picture of the burning engine.

Everyone on board the 7.30am flight was safe.

The Star reported that according to a statement on the Terengganu FA’s website, the team took a replacement flight back to Kuala Terengganu at 10am.

Ramadhan’s Bedil In Kuala Terengganu

In Kuala Terengganu, one of the most special part of Ramadhan is the ‘bedil’.

How I wish there is ‘bedil’ in Kuala Lumpur too, to signal the time for Iftar and Imsak.

Below is a post that I wrote on September 28, 2010 about photographing the bedil in Kuala Terengganu.

Photographing The Bedils

I snapped this photo myself. I need to aim my camera to the right spot and snap at the right moment because if I was a few seconds late I’ll be snapping photos of smoke.

In Kuala Terengganu people break their fast after the sound of the ‘bedil’ in the Ramadhan.

There were ‘bedil‘s on the 2nd day of Eid until 7th day of Eid too.

On the 5th day of Eid, my dad took me to Bukit Pak Apil in Kuala Terengganu to watch ‘bedil’ shooting.

These are the bedil shooting base.

A policeman guided us to a safe location to watch the ‘bedil‘.

The ‘bedil’ contractor and a policeman reached the ‘bedil’ shooting site.
The ‘bedil’ contractor preparing the ‘bedil’.

First we have to wait for the sound of ‘dup’.

Then we started snapping lots and lots and lots of photos as the ‘bedil‘ exploded in the sky into a gigantic umbrella of colourful lights right above our heads.

Then the umbrella turned into tiny sparkles of lights like colourful rain drops and faded into tiny umbrellas of smoke.

The bedil after the ‘dup’ sound
The bedil exploded…
…into tiny sparkles of lights like colourful rain drops…
…and faded into tiny umbrellas of smoke.

We went there again on the 6th and 7th day of Eid to snap more photos.

It was very, very hard to snap the photos because we have to aim at the right spot of where there the wind would blow the ‘bedil’.

We also need to snap at the right moment before the beautiful ‘bedil’ faded into umbrellas of smoke in the sky.

We also had to squat down fearing the loud sound made us jump and fall down the cliff.

We need to squat because we do not want to fall down the hill.

I snapped some beautiful ‘bedil’ photos and I am very proud of them 🙂

I snapped all the above photos by myself!

My Great Grand Father Passed Away

On Thursday, June 14, 2012 at about 5pm, my mother’s cousin called my mother saying that my Appa (my great grand father) is in the hospital.

My great grand father’s name was Mohd. Ya’acob bin Abdullah and his Chinese name was Tung Foo Piew.

He is my mother’s grandfather.

My father planned to go to Kuala Terengganu the next day to visit Appa at the Kuala Terengganu Specialist Hospital (KTS).

But after about half an hour later, my mother’s cousin called my mother again to tell that Appa had just passed away.

I was very sad when I heard the news.

Appa was a very nice man and he was still strong and active despite he was very old.

So we went to Kuala Terengganu that night after Maghrib and we reached Appa’s house at about 1:30am on June 15, 2012.

Appa was buried at the Perkuburan Tok Pelam at about 10am.

Please click here for: My Great Grand Father’s Burial.

Beautiful View From Bukit Puteri

The Kuala Terengganu Post Office and a part of Terengganu River can be seen from the Bukit Puteri.

I visited the Bukit Puteri the last time we went back to Kuala Terengganu.

It is a very beautiful place to visit >>>please click here for ‘Visiting The Bukit Puteri’ <<<

We can see beautiful views of Kuala Terengganu and the Terengganu River from the hill.

Another beautiful view of the Terengganu River.
Another side of the Terengganu River.
The jetty where we can board a boat to travel to beautiful islands around Terengganu.

Visiting The ‘Bukit Puteri’

From left are my big sisters Kashah, Kafah, me and Kaman in front of the Bukit Puteri.

Bukit Puteri is a 208-metre hill facing the Terengganu River.

‘Bukit’ means hill and ‘puteri’ means princess.

It was formerly a fortress between 1831 and 1876.

It is a very beautiful place.

Uncle Hulaimi or Awang Goneng wrote a lot about Bukit Puteri  in his books, ‘Growing Up In Trengganu’ and ‘A Map Of Trengganu’.

Climbing up the stairs to the hill top.
On the way to the top of the hill.
First we reached the site of 'Meriam Beranak' or the 'Cannon That Give Birth'.
The 'Meriam Beranak'; the mother and the baby cannon.
Then we saw another cannon.
Next we visited the 'Pondok Genta' or the 'The Bell's Hut'. Inside the hut is the historic 'Genta' or 'The Bell'.
The Genta or the bell.
This is the large brass bell known as the ‘Genta’. It was struck during emergencies as well as during important festivals and royal events. Uncle Hulaimi wrote about the 'Genta' in his books.
Then we climbed up the stairs to the fortress.
The fortress.
My siblings and I in front of the fortress.
We saw the throne once we entered the fortress.
Behind the throne is the 'Gun Powder Hole'.
On the left is the throne and on the right is another cannon. This must be the place where the archers be during the wars.
The lighthouse.
The lighthouse is on the hill top.
Going down the hill.

A Wonderful House By The Beach

At the gate infront of Ki Hassan's house. From the left is my big sisters Kaman, Kashah, my mother, nenek, me, Ki Hassan and my sister Kafah.

Last two weeks, I went to Ki Hassan’s house.

Enjoying ourselves at Ki Hassan's house.

Ki Hassan’s name is Hassan A. Karim.

He is my grandfather’s cousin.

Ki Hassan is a good man.

He teaches the students around the area for free.

He is also a blogger, please click here for his blog >>>http://almanar-nuri.blogspot.com/<<<

His house is by the beach in Mengabang Telipot, near Kuala Terengganu.

We played in the large backyard facing the beach.

Pretending going home from the camp.
From the front is Kashah, me and Kafah.

The drink was very delicious and I ate my favorite snack, ‘kerepek bawang’.

I really had a wonderful time over there.

Playing on the swing with my big sister, Kafah.

New Mosque In Taman Jaya, Jalan Pusara Opened For Friday Prayer

On 29th July 2011, I went to the Taman Jaya Mosque in Jalan Pusara, Kuala Terengganu for a Friday Prayer.

That Friday was the first Friday when people can perform their Friday Prayers at the mosque. 

I walked to the mosque with my father since it is near my grandmother’s house 🙂 🙂 🙂

It is a beautiful new mosque.

My father took some pictures of the mosque after our prayers. 

I'm walking to the mosque.
I'm standing outside of the mosque.
Another view of the mosque.
I enter the mosque.
The prayer hall.
Side entrance and prayer clock.
The main entrance hall.
The picture of the dome from inside.
Interesting patterns and colors that match the color of the carpet outside the mosque also provides a comfortable environment to worship rituals celebrated in conjunction with the surrounding population tarawih.
The sign by the gate of the mosque has not been written and I don't know the officiate name of the mosque yet.
View from Jalan Pusara as I walked from my grandmother's house.

A Map of Trengganu Book Signing

 

Uncle Hulaimi's fans listening to his speech at the event. I was sitting third from right in the front row.

Just now I went to the book signing of  ‘A Map of Trengganu’ ( AMoT ).

It was held in the MPH Bookstore, Mid Valley, KL.

We met some bloggers and some of my parent’s Terengganu friends.

Uncle Hulaimi’s teacher, Mr. Soh Kim Yew was also there with Aunty Dinah Soh and Aunty Soh Lay Choo.

From right is my mother, Mr. Soh Kim Yew, Aunty Soh Lay Choo and Aunty Dinah Soh.

AMoT  was written by Wan Ahmad Hulaimi or Awang Goneng.

He gave a nice speech and he talked about how to write books.

His speech was in English and not in Trengganuspeak 🙂

I was listening to Uncle Hulaimi's speech. From the right is Pok Ku Bustaman (a popular Terengganu blogger), my big sister Kaman, Kafah, me, my mother and somebody from the press (I guess).

I am happy that he also mentioned my name to the audience as ‘his friend, Che Ali the blogger’.

Uncle Hulaimi is the only person who calls me ‘Che Ali’ :mrgreen:

Some people at the event thought my name is really Che Ali 😆

Before we go home, we waited for Uncle Hulaimi to sign the books that we have to deliver.

My big sister Kashah(R), Kaman and me with Uncle Hulaimi who was busy signing the books.

I feel so happy that I met Uncle Hulaimi, Uncle A. Samad Said, Aunty Zaharah and other friends of my parent’s 😀

Please >>> click here <<< to order ‘A Map of Trengganu’.

Please click here for my other posts on ‘A Map of Trengganu’:

  1. A Map of  Trengganu. 

  2. Cik Omar’s Barber’s Shop As In AMoT