credit to the MAN of the temple

forgot to ask his name, im such a disgrace!! (will as later)

this guy what we call him as 'abang tangga' because we need his permission every time we want to use a lader (tangga) and he will bring it to the place where we want to climb , Dr Suchi called him as 'malay guy` although his from punjab, india.(maybe because he can speak bahasa) anyway, His working in this temple almost 8 years.  He also shared a lot of info about the temple with us. The surprising part is, he advised me about where to capture best angle for the video and photo documentation. he was pretty excellent about it. He was very nice and helpful, i respect him for that.

During the Chinese New Year eve, he was busying with the preparation and did not sleep for 2 days. His eye also became so sore and pained (photo above) because of the smoke due to non stop visitor came for the ritual. He told me that this is common, after all of this he just go back and sleep.

it was nice meeting him and hope to see him again.

islam and temple

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ ﴿١﴾

 لَا أَعْبُدُ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ ﴿٢﴾

 وَلَا أَنتُمْ عَابِدُونَ مَا أَعْبُدُ ﴿٣﴾

 وَلَا أَنَا عَابِدٌ مَّا عَبَدتُّمْ ﴿٤﴾

 وَلَا أَنتُمْ عَابِدُونَ مَا أَعْبُدُ ﴿٥﴾

لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِيَ دِينِ ﴿٦﴾

al kafirun : surah 109 holy quran

Translate:
1). Say : O disbelievers! 
2). I worship not that which you worship 

3). Nor worship you that which I worship
4). And I shall not worship that which you worship
5). Nor will you worship that which I worship 
6). Unto you your religion , and unto me my religion 

its been a long week for me, myself being in the temple for measuring and video documentation. The Temple served me well, im felling comfortable and safe every time, better than the outside of that place. This temple keeps me calm and i want to share something about what is the most question people ask me when i enter the temple as  a muslim believer.

Q :can muslim enter the temple or church

A" Yes we can, its not `haram` (recognized by islamic universal scholars or authorities)
as long we dont do any destruction, or enter with no reason. (period)

an exposure to a different world is very important nowadays,
`Seeing is believing` not because i believe on their religion but because of

1. knowing the importance of cultural sensitivity and humility
2. as an acknowledge the country where you live, its culture and be to others as you would have them be to you
3. what you give is what you get

Getting access to different cultures is important in appreciating the positive aspects of our multicultural society has to offer and as an architect it offers me to learn more about the form and function and how it serve to the people(user)

Travel Where You Live

We travel to far away places because we expect holidays, recovery, adventure and new experiences. But is that always necessary?
What if we try to live in the same way we travel?
What if we go on a journey right in front of our door?
What if we explore our home once again?
In my case Sin Sze Si Ya, Kuala Lumpur....

To be continue.....

Sketch book In the making

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Day 1 : 25012016

Day 1

January 25, 2016 – Sin Sze Si Ya Temple , Kuala Lumpur

What a busy day!  

To start off, I could barely sleep last night because of my excitement going into local temple for the first time!  We arrived at 0900 , temple already crowded with visitors. Dr Suchi gave some brief about our task. We measured the main structure first instead of going to detail. Due to the crowded surrounding, our activity were a bit disturbing and slow. Eventually, we managed to cover roughly 40% of our measuring documentation. We stopped at 0330 o'clock to do the on site sketching. I decided to start my sketch at the back entrance before going into more details. 

Yap Ah Loy becomes established in Kuala Lumpur

Yap Ah Loy becomes established in Kuala Lumpur

The first Chinese miners were based on Malacca. They traveled as far as Sungai Ujong, Lukut and the mouth of Sungai Selangor. During the period of Yap Ah Loy, he built The Sz Yeh temple at Kuala Lumpur , on land behind the capitan house. This was named after the famous Capitan Shin
under whom Liu Ngim King and Himself had served in Sungai Ujong.

Capitan Shin was killed and beheaded, the blood that flowed out was white instead of red. Afterwars, Yap Ah Loy built the temple as to honor and worshiping him as a God. Till then, people that come to this temple were cured, worshiper were successful in business and there was a growing belief that the dead Capitan was now a powerful god.

to be continued..

prepared by Amir Fauzan
source:  Journal Of The Malaysian Branch Royal Asiatic Society, Volume XXIV Part 2, July 1951, Yap Ah Loy by the late S.M. Middlebrook

 
photo taken at : National Library

Measured Drawings 2016 module outline

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
prepared by amir fauzan 0321844