Morning ride to Shah Alam

More than 25km today with the family

The Malay College Kuala Kangsar...

the big school

the prep school

Prep School common room

 Prep school field

 the gym

 Hargreaves Hall

 the quadrangle

 the refurbished swimming pool

 my old dorm.. far right ground floor

 squash court

 surau

old swimming pool and my old dorm in 1982

New orleans must have copied these..

Old row of shophouses in Kuala Kangsar

compare this to the french quarters in New Orleans hahahaha....

view from Kuala Kangsar Rest House

Masjid Ubudiah, Kuala Kangsar

http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_Ubudiah,_Perak

Masjid Ubudiah, kadang kala dikenali sebagai Masjid Diraja Ubudiah ialah sebuah masjid negeri di Bukit Chandan, Kuala Kangsar, Perak yang dianggap salah satu masjid terindah di Malaysia dan merupakan simbol kebanggaan dan kepercayaan untuk kaum Muslim di Perak. Kubah emas dan menara masjid adalah bukti dari keindahan senibina Islam. Masjid Ubudiah dirasmikan pembukaannya oleh Sultan Jalil Karamatullah Shah pada tahun 1917.

Ubudiah Mosque, sometimes called the Royal Mosque is a mosque Ubudiah states in Bukit Chandan, Kuala Kangsar, Perak, which is considered one of the most beautiful mosques in Malaysia and is a symbol of pride and confidence to the Muslims in Perak. The golden dome and minarets is the evidence of the beauty of Islamic architecture. Ubudiah Mosque was officially opened by Sultan Jalil Karamatullah Shah in 1917.


 Dari segi latar belakang sejarahnya Masjid Ubudiah yang terletak berhampiran dengan Istana Iskandariah ini, adalah merupakan masjid nazar. Ia diasaskan oleh Sultan Idris untuk membayar nazar kerana baginda telah pulih dari penyakitnya. Semasa beristirahat dalam rawatan di Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Sultan Idris Murshidul'adzam Shah I (1887-1916) telah bernazar untuk membina sebuah masjid di Bukit Chandan sekiranya kesihatan baginda pulih.

Setelah berangkat balik ke Kuala Kangsar, baginda telah menitah Kolonel Huxley dari Jabatan Kerja Raya, Kuala Lumpur, untuk mereka bentuk sebuah masjid yang hendak didirikan. Pembangunan Masjid Ubudiah bermula dari zaman Sultan Idris Murshidul Adzam Shah I, Sultan Perak ke-28.

In terms of historical background Ubudiah Mosque located near Iskandariah Palace, it is a mosque built because of a promise or vow by Sultan Idris to pay homage because he has recovered from his illness. During a break in treatment in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Sultan Idris Shah Murshidul'adzam I (1887-1916) has vowed to build a mosque in Bukit Chandan if his health recovered.

After leaving the Kuala Kangsar, he ordered Colonel Huxley from the Public Works Department, Kuala Lumpur, to design a mosque. The Development of Ubudiah started from the time of Sultan Idris Shah I Murshidul Adzam, the 28th Sultan of Perak.


Walau bagaimanapun pembinaannya telah tergendala apabila batu-batu marmar yang dibeli dari Negara Itali telah pecah dipijak oleh dua ekor gajah kepunyaan baginda dan Raja (Sir) Chulan Ibni Sultan Abdullah. Mengikut cerita dengan tidak semena-mena seekor gajah baginda bernama Kulub Chandan dan gembalanya bernama Kulup Sa'id telah berjuang dengan seekor gajah kepunyaan Raja Chulan bernama Kulub Gangga dan gembalanya bernama Uda Debok.



Perjuangan gajah itu telah melarat ke tempat simpanan batu marmar tersebut dan akibatnya, musnahlah batu marmar itu. Perjuangan gajah itu telah berlanjutan hingga berjam-jam lamanya, sehingga Raja Chulan sendiri datang, menyeru nama gajahnya dan memerintahkannya berhenti, maka barulah gajah itu berhenti berjuang, walaupun telah ramai orang yang cuba meleraikan gajah itu tetapi tidak berhasil.

However, construction was delayed when the marble stones purchased from Italy was trampled by two elephants belonging to him and the Raja (Sir) Chulan, son of Sultan Abdullah. It seemed that the elephant named Kulub Chandan and its shepherd named Kulup Sa'id was fighting with an elephant belonging to Raja Chulan named Kulub Gangga and its shepherd named Uda Debok.

The fight has spread to the area where the workers had stored the marbles and it was destroyed during the  fight which went on for very long hours, until Raja Chulan himself came to the scene, and ordered his elephant to stop fighting. Many people came and tried before Raja Chulan came to break up the elephants, but to no avail.

Oleh sebab batu marmar itu telah musnah, maka terpaksalah dipesan semula dari Negara Itali. Tetapi malangnya, batu marmar yang dipesan itu telah lambat sampai oleh kerana cetusan Peperangan Dunia Pertama di Eropah. Batu marmar itu telah dibawa melalui Negara Afrika Selatan. Perbelanjaan pembinaan masjid ini adalah kira-kira $22,000.00.


Pada hari Jumaat, 26 September 1913, Sultan Idris Shah I, telah meletakkan batu asas masjid tersebut. Masjid ini telah siap dibina dan dibuka dengan rasminya oleh Sultan Abdul Jalil Karamatullah Shah (1916-1918.), Sultan yang ke-29, pada tahun 1917.

Since the marble stone was destroyed, they had to be ordered again from Italy. Unfortunately, the delivery of the marble was delayed because of  the First World War in Europe and it has to be brought via South Africa. Mosque construction value was approximately $ 22,000.00 (in 1912 value).

On Friday, September 26, 1913, Sultan Idris Shah I,  laid the foundation stone of the mosque. The mosque was completed and officially opened by Sultan Abdul Jalil Shah Karamatullah (1916-1918.), Sultan of the 29th, in 1917.