Uncle Awang Goneng’s latest book, A Map of Trengganu is finally out! This morning, I went out with my father to pick up the books from the country distributor and helped dad with our first batch of deliveries. Anxious to be one of the first people to read it, I quickly picked up a copy from the box as soon [...]
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A Map of Trengganu
Posted in Books, Friends, Fun, Terengganu, Trengganuspeak, tagged A Map of Trengganu, Awang Goneng, Books, Growing Up In Trengganu, literature, Malaysia, Pizzaman, Singapore, Terengganu, Wan A. Hulaimi on 01/04/2011 | 8 Comments »
Awang Goneng Is In Town!
Posted in Books, Friends, Special Occasion, Terengganu, tagged 1960's, Awang Goneng, Dictionary, Growing Up In Terengganu, Heritage, History, Improvement, London, Malacca, Penang, Prof Muhammad Al-Mahdi, skill, Terengganu, The Writing Mind, Tips, University Putra Malaysia, Vocabulary, Wan A. Hulaimi, Work, workshop, Writing on 12/08/2009 | 3 Comments »
Today, I met Uncle Awang Goneng at the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). Awang Goneng (a.k.a. Wan A. Hulaimi) grew up in Terengganu but later on moved to London, a place so far away from his homeland. His beautiful book ‘Growing Up In Trengganu’ (originated from his blog -http://kecek-kecek.blogspot.com) was written to share with everyone about [...]
Hiccups
Posted in Books, Health, tagged Angostura bitters, Apa, Blogshpere, Charles Osborne, Cure, Everyday Helth Problems, Hiccups, Hj. Abdullah Al-Yunani, Hj. Yaacob, Hongkong, Prevention Magazine Health Books, The Doctor's Book of Home Remedies, Uvala on 10/02/2009 | 4 Comments »
I’m very sorry for leaving the blogsphere for quite a long time. I had been busy reading, studying until I had forgotten to update my blog. Thanks to mum and dad I had finally returned. In this post I would like to share a little bit of what I’ve learned from one of the books [...]
Launching of Gemuruh Alam at RA Fine Arts Gallery
Posted in Books, tagged A. Samad Said, Anak Alam, Asas 50, literature, Mustapa Haji Ibrahim, Pak Engku Raja Ahmad, Pak Samad, Prof Rahman Shaari, RA Fine Arts Gallery, Sajak, Sasterawan Negara, Usman Awang on 10/06/2008 | 2 Comments »
On 7 June 2008 (Saturday), I attend a launching of Mustapa Haji Ibrahim’s poetry book ‘Gemuruh Alam’ at RA Fine Arts Gallery owned by YM Raja Ahmad Aminullah. The book was launched by Pak A. Samad Said (Sasterawan Negara/ National Laureate). Among others, the occasion had introduced me to ‘Anak Alam’ group and ‘Asas 50′. [...]
