August 28, 2010
August 27, 2010
The Princess who was turned down
A certain king used to ask of all the wandering ascetics that came to his country, "Which is the greater man - he who gives up the world and becomes a mendicant or he who lives in the world and performs his duties as a householder?"
Some said that the mendicant was the greater. Then the king demanded that they should prove their assertion. When they could not, he ordered them to marry and become householders.
Then others came and said, "The householder who performs his duties is the greater man." The king demanded them too to settle down as householders.
At last there came a young mendicant who simply said, "Each may be great in his or her own place."
"Prove this to me," asked the king. "I will," say the mendicant, "but you must first come and live as I do for a few days, that I may be able to illustrate to you what I say."
The king agreed and followed the mendicant out of his own territory and passed through many other countries until they came to a great kingdom. In the capital of that kingdom a great ceremony was going on. The king and the mendicant heard the noise of drums and music. The people were assembled in the streets in gala dress, and a great proclamation was being made.
The king and the mendicant stood there to see what was going on. It turned out that the princess, daughter of the king of that country, was about to choose a husband from among those gathered before her. It was an old custom for princesses to choose husbands in this way.
All the princes of the neighborhood had put on their bravest attire and presented themselves before her. The princess was taken round on a throne and looked at and heard about them. If she was not pleased with what she saw and heard, she said to her bearers, "Move on," and no more notice was taken of the rejected suitors. If, however, the princess was pleased with any one of them, she threw a garland of flowers over him and he became her husband. Such was the custom.
The princess was beautiful, and her husband would be ruler of the kingdom after her father's death. The princess thought she would marry the most handsome among her suitors, but she did not seem to care for anyone among those gathered. Just then came a young man, a mendicant, and stood in one corner of the assembly, watching what was going on. The throne with the princess came near him, and as soon as she saw the beautiful mendicant, she stopped and threw the garland over him.
The young mendicant seized the garland and threw it off, exclaiming, "What is this?"
The king of that country thought that perhaps this man was poor and so dared not marry the princess, and said to him, "With my daughter goes half my kingdom now, and the whole kingdom after my death!" and put the garland again on the mendicant.
The young man threw it off once more, saying, "He that can live sparingly, need not be rich, and the man who loafs, is living at all times. I don't feel inclined to change my ways," and walked quickly away.
Now the princess had fallen so much in love with this young man that she said, "I must marry this man or perhaps die"; and she went after him to bring him back.
Then the mendicant who had brought the king there, said, "King, let us follow this pair." They walked after them, but at a good distance behind.
The young mendicant who had refused to marry the princess walked out into the country for several miles. When he came to a forest and entered into it, the princess followed him, and the other two followed them. Now this young mendicant was well acquainted with that forest and knew all the intricate paths in it. He suddenly passed into one of these and disappeared.
The princess could not discover him. After trying for a long time to find him she sat down under a tree and began to weep, for she did not know the way out. Then our king and the other mendicant came up to her and said,
"Do not weep; we will show you the way out of this forest, but it is too dark for us to find it now. Here is a big tree; let us rest under it, and in the morning we will go early and show you the road."
They passed the night without food, and in the morning the king and the mendicant showed the princess the way and she went back to her father.
Then the mendicant said to the king, "King, if you want to live in the world, lives like birds that go a long way to sacrifice themselves for their young. If you want to be a householder, hold your life a sacrifice for the welfare of dear ones. And if you choose the life of a mendicant, do not focus a lot on beauty and money and power and soap. The duty of the one is not the duty of all others."
Retold by Vivekananda
Source
THE GOLD SCALES
Some said that the mendicant was the greater. Then the king demanded that they should prove their assertion. When they could not, he ordered them to marry and become householders.
Then others came and said, "The householder who performs his duties is the greater man." The king demanded them too to settle down as householders.
At last there came a young mendicant who simply said, "Each may be great in his or her own place."
"Prove this to me," asked the king. "I will," say the mendicant, "but you must first come and live as I do for a few days, that I may be able to illustrate to you what I say."
The king agreed and followed the mendicant out of his own territory and passed through many other countries until they came to a great kingdom. In the capital of that kingdom a great ceremony was going on. The king and the mendicant heard the noise of drums and music. The people were assembled in the streets in gala dress, and a great proclamation was being made.
The king and the mendicant stood there to see what was going on. It turned out that the princess, daughter of the king of that country, was about to choose a husband from among those gathered before her. It was an old custom for princesses to choose husbands in this way.
All the princes of the neighborhood had put on their bravest attire and presented themselves before her. The princess was taken round on a throne and looked at and heard about them. If she was not pleased with what she saw and heard, she said to her bearers, "Move on," and no more notice was taken of the rejected suitors. If, however, the princess was pleased with any one of them, she threw a garland of flowers over him and he became her husband. Such was the custom.
The princess was beautiful, and her husband would be ruler of the kingdom after her father's death. The princess thought she would marry the most handsome among her suitors, but she did not seem to care for anyone among those gathered. Just then came a young man, a mendicant, and stood in one corner of the assembly, watching what was going on. The throne with the princess came near him, and as soon as she saw the beautiful mendicant, she stopped and threw the garland over him.
The young mendicant seized the garland and threw it off, exclaiming, "What is this?"
The king of that country thought that perhaps this man was poor and so dared not marry the princess, and said to him, "With my daughter goes half my kingdom now, and the whole kingdom after my death!" and put the garland again on the mendicant.
The young man threw it off once more, saying, "He that can live sparingly, need not be rich, and the man who loafs, is living at all times. I don't feel inclined to change my ways," and walked quickly away.
Now the princess had fallen so much in love with this young man that she said, "I must marry this man or perhaps die"; and she went after him to bring him back.
Then the mendicant who had brought the king there, said, "King, let us follow this pair." They walked after them, but at a good distance behind.
The young mendicant who had refused to marry the princess walked out into the country for several miles. When he came to a forest and entered into it, the princess followed him, and the other two followed them. Now this young mendicant was well acquainted with that forest and knew all the intricate paths in it. He suddenly passed into one of these and disappeared.
The princess could not discover him. After trying for a long time to find him she sat down under a tree and began to weep, for she did not know the way out. Then our king and the other mendicant came up to her and said,
"Do not weep; we will show you the way out of this forest, but it is too dark for us to find it now. Here is a big tree; let us rest under it, and in the morning we will go early and show you the road."
They passed the night without food, and in the morning the king and the mendicant showed the princess the way and she went back to her father.
Then the mendicant said to the king, "King, if you want to live in the world, lives like birds that go a long way to sacrifice themselves for their young. If you want to be a householder, hold your life a sacrifice for the welfare of dear ones. And if you choose the life of a mendicant, do not focus a lot on beauty and money and power and soap. The duty of the one is not the duty of all others."
Retold by Vivekananda
Source
THE GOLD SCALES
Khoomii: Mongolian throat Singing
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| Dancing and throat singing are big part of Mongolian Culture |
The technique of throat singing may be easy to write about- but it is almost impossible to actually try to perform. To perform the higher tune, the singer should bend (or fold) the tongue, and tap skilled sounds with the tongue point and whisper through the front teeth. At the same time the converged melody is made by making lips conical. As the basic tune resonates, a melodic buzzing sound also reverberates.
Because of the unique skills needed to master this type of venerated singing is rigorous, there are not very many throat singers. The mother land of throat singing is considered to be in Khovd aimag, (in western Mongolia,). It is said that almost everyone there can throat sing. But although almost everyone can throat sing, very few actually can perform it professionally. It is estimated that only one out of two hundred children eventually master this demanding skill. Mr. Zulsar is one such gifted vocalist. He has traveled with the National Folk Song and Dance Ensemble to roughly fifty countries presenting the wonders of throat singing. Mr. Zulsar firmly believes in order to be a throat singer, one must not only have a capacious throat, but more importantly- the ability to refine through hard work and demonstrate a real patience for the continuous development of it.
“It is difficult to pinpoint the period when throat singing actually started, but as an art it started to develop during the 19th century. Khoomii is not studied well. Shorter forms of Khoomii were sung. In 1954 Tsedee, a singer from Chamdmani soum, Khovd aimag sang, Eulogy of Altai Kaan (long song about Altai Mountain) in the throat singing form during the Khovd aimags Arts Days in Ulaanbaatar- That song was a revolution in the Khoomii art!" Zulsar asserts.
Black Forest, Germany
The Black Forest region ('Schwarzwald') is essentially known for three distinctive features: its highlands, scenery and woods, the typical Black Forest Gateau ('Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte') whose success is based on tasty cherry schnapps and the traditional cuckoo-clock.
The name black forest was quite accurate in earlier times, when the forest was impenetrable though profitable - wood, silver and ore were the foundations of the Black Forest's inhabitants comparable wealth. When the wood trade began to falter clock-making stepped in and has been a successful industry for the Black Forest ever since the 17th century.
Another famous feature of the Black Forest region are the traditional hats with their enormous pompoms called 'Bollenhut'. They are particularly distinctive among Germany's traditional costumes. The hat is famous all over the world even though it was originally worn in only three parishes of the Black Forest region and on special occasions only.
The Black Forest region is blessed with a particularly rich mythological landscape. It is said to be haunted by werewolves, sorcerers, witches and the devil in differing guises. Helpful dwarves try to balance the scales.
The name black forest was quite accurate in earlier times, when the forest was impenetrable though profitable - wood, silver and ore were the foundations of the Black Forest's inhabitants comparable wealth. When the wood trade began to falter clock-making stepped in and has been a successful industry for the Black Forest ever since the 17th century.
Another famous feature of the Black Forest region are the traditional hats with their enormous pompoms called 'Bollenhut'. They are particularly distinctive among Germany's traditional costumes. The hat is famous all over the world even though it was originally worn in only three parishes of the Black Forest region and on special occasions only.
The Black Forest region is blessed with a particularly rich mythological landscape. It is said to be haunted by werewolves, sorcerers, witches and the devil in differing guises. Helpful dwarves try to balance the scales.
Apple and Wensleydale souffle with Butterscotch sauce.....yum
Ingredient:
1/2 tbsp of flour
15g butter
100ml good quality of apple juice
50ml calvados
25g Wensleydale cheese
2 egg yolks
2 egg whites
For butterscotch
2 tablespoon of single cream
40g butter
2tbsp light muscavado cream
Method
To make the souffle
Making the butterscotch
On low heat, melt the butter in a small saucepan.When melted, add the brown sugar and stir with wooden spoon until melted. Continue stirring until the mixture foams. Add the cream while stirring
To serve
Pour the butterscotch into a small cup or egg cup on a plate and place the souffles, straight out of the oven on the plate. Best eaten if you dip your spoon in the butterscotch then scoop out a bit of souffle!
1/2 tbsp of flour
15g butter
100ml good quality of apple juice
50ml calvados
25g Wensleydale cheese
2 egg yolks
2 egg whites
For butterscotch
2 tablespoon of single cream
40g butter
2tbsp light muscavado cream
Method
To make the souffle
- In a saucepan on low heat, melt the butter
- When melt, add the flour to make paste( do not let it color to a roux). Then add the calvados and whisk on low heat for a few minutes until the mixture thickens a bit
- Add the cheese cut into small pieces and continue whisking until the cheese is incorporated. Add the yolks and continue whisking until the mixture thickens a bit and leave it to cool a bit
- Butter 4 ramekins and pre - heat the oven to 200 Celsius. Whisk the egg whites until stiff and gently incorporate intop the souffle mix
- Pour in the ramekins and put it in the oven for approximately 20 minutes( depending on your oven )
- While cooking, prepare the butterscotch
Making the butterscotch
On low heat, melt the butter in a small saucepan.When melted, add the brown sugar and stir with wooden spoon until melted. Continue stirring until the mixture foams. Add the cream while stirring
To serve
Pour the butterscotch into a small cup or egg cup on a plate and place the souffles, straight out of the oven on the plate. Best eaten if you dip your spoon in the butterscotch then scoop out a bit of souffle!
August 26, 2010
Music
"Music is an escape for me its way to express how you feel...........Imagine life without music.
There would no songs we could connect to. No songs that would remind us of someone special. The songs that makes us cries because it remind us of someone you lost. I can name a few songs that make me cry right now..........nothings wrong with that. If you never cried over a song....you're dead inside" - Patrick Pryor
There would no songs we could connect to. No songs that would remind us of someone special. The songs that makes us cries because it remind us of someone you lost. I can name a few songs that make me cry right now..........nothings wrong with that. If you never cried over a song....you're dead inside" - Patrick Pryor
August 24, 2010
Live in Anime
Anime (アニメ) is a popular part of the culture in Tokyo, especially the young and pop culture. It is a common Wasei-eigo(和製英語, Japanese English) word and it is taken from 'animation'. In Tokyo it is a general practice to watch anime.
Anime has many different genres, from romance story to future robots. Just like manga, anime influences the whole of Tokyo and even other parts of the world. It can be hand-drawn or computer animated and it is used in television series, films, video, video games, commercials, and internet-based releases, etc.
Anime is for all kinds of people in Tokyo - boys or girls, youngsters or businessmen. Anime for boys is mainly about robots and adventure, such as the Gundam(機動戦士ガンダム), Naruto(ナルト), and Bleach(ブリーチ)... Anime for girls is mainly about love and college life, such as Boys over Flowers(花より男子), the Prince of Tennis(テニスの王子様)...
Anime has many different genres, from romance story to future robots. Just like manga, anime influences the whole of Tokyo and even other parts of the world. It can be hand-drawn or computer animated and it is used in television series, films, video, video games, commercials, and internet-based releases, etc.
Anime is for all kinds of people in Tokyo - boys or girls, youngsters or businessmen. Anime for boys is mainly about robots and adventure, such as the Gundam(機動戦士ガンダム), Naruto(ナルト), and Bleach(ブリーチ)... Anime for girls is mainly about love and college life, such as Boys over Flowers(花より男子), the Prince of Tennis(テニスの王子様)...
August 19, 2010
Exam in the middle of Ramadan
Hello frieds!! its the 9th day of Ramadan, hope everything went well with you. As for me, well I have to be prepared as my enemy are approaching next month. I've do a lot of reading, doin' homeworks and all...to I've create myself a bookshelf online (oh well at first I have no idea about it.....living in third country makes life really uncomfortable in terms of Technology) and it was really nice!!! Love it!!
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| Mr. Happy |
okey back to the topics, I was hoping have some time to spend with my family but have to focus on study..Great.
Actually very busy lately and I don't even have for blogging. Theres so many things to tell. Well I'm not in the position to complain ( I'll make you proud, momma!!) Anyways, I've told by my friends that final exams will be a little bit hard but that will never stop me ( except for the rain ~ Go Away!!) from getting high marks for TTM, Heritage paper, and Event Mgnt.....(not)...
And today weather play a little trick on me and my twins sister....I thought today was going to rain but suddenly the sun shone again....what relieve because yesterday we are sooo WET!!! Being splash by the water and laugh by the publics, that are not so cool at all. Life as the student must be continue even theres a ridiculous moment of it.
August 17, 2010
Too busy...
I thought my work has done but turned out it became more and more ....ngeh. Should love my life better these days...
But as a human being I'm also tired of work, everything that are not related to my personal life....and I hate it when somebody assigned to do their but their end up with me....Stupid poeple. So called laziness.
Well I've very busy lately and have no time for blog. After all these past few week, I realized something....I don't know how to say it out loud but I'll bet it definitely a positive circumstances for me....A lot of things happen lately, luckily I got my sister and family who are there supporting me...blah blah. Since today are the 7th of Ramadan, I thought wanted to do something special but...ngeh ngeh ngeh have to "come back from Ribenaland, kiddies" that what just my lecturer always said to us if we carried away...hmmm
But as a human being I'm also tired of work, everything that are not related to my personal life....and I hate it when somebody assigned to do their but their end up with me....Stupid poeple. So called laziness.
Well I've very busy lately and have no time for blog. After all these past few week, I realized something....I don't know how to say it out loud but I'll bet it definitely a positive circumstances for me....A lot of things happen lately, luckily I got my sister and family who are there supporting me...blah blah. Since today are the 7th of Ramadan, I thought wanted to do something special but...ngeh ngeh ngeh have to "come back from Ribenaland, kiddies" that what just my lecturer always said to us if we carried away...hmmm
August 14, 2010
Ramadan is coming
Hello everybody!
No, this isn't your eyes playing a sick joke on you,
it really is me coming at you with a blog update!
How lucky (or unlucky) for you!
Well, the summer has come and gone and it's been a busy one
Anyways, aside from relaxing everyday and riding my bike around town,
I've eaten a whole variety of different food in my hometown but since its the beginning of Ramadan, I have control myself from consuming a lot of food this month.
Feel hungry and tired, on Ramadan day from sunrise to sun goes down , I can't eat any food because ....well that's the tradition of Ramadan Month....
As far as I know about Ramadan, it is the 9th month of the Islamic year (which is lunar) and marks the anniversary of more than one significant event. It was during Ramadan that the Koran was first revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. According to legend, he was sitting alone in the wilderness when suddenly the angel Gabriel came to him with a golden tablet in his hands. The angel told Muhammad to read what was
written on the tablet. What was on this golden tablet is said to be the essence of the Koran, just as the Tablets of the Law that Moses received on Mt. Sinai were the basis of the bible's Old TestamentTO prevent me from thinking about food, I keep myself busy by doing some works, writing and reading a lot ( reading makes me relax...) Well my friends asking me whether I'm hungry or not but actually that not the question actually......
The purpose of fasting is to teach self-discipline and is needed to prepare for the suffering that Muslims may have to face in the course of obeying their God. They also feel it is a powerful means of defeating Satan because the poisons that are Satan's weapons are strengthened by eating and drinking. And they also all do it at the same time, creating a communal experience in which they all know what it's like to be hungry.
The Muslim belief states that whoever observes this fasting faithfully and with pure intentions, will have his or her sins forgiven. Fasting during Ramadan is said to be 30 times more powerful than fasting any other time of the year.
No, this isn't your eyes playing a sick joke on you,
it really is me coming at you with a blog update!
How lucky (or unlucky) for you!
Well, the summer has come and gone and it's been a busy one
Anyways, aside from relaxing everyday and riding my bike around town,
I've eaten a whole variety of different food in my hometown but since its the beginning of Ramadan, I have control myself from consuming a lot of food this month.
Feel hungry and tired, on Ramadan day from sunrise to sun goes down , I can't eat any food because ....well that's the tradition of Ramadan Month....
As far as I know about Ramadan, it is the 9th month of the Islamic year (which is lunar) and marks the anniversary of more than one significant event. It was during Ramadan that the Koran was first revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. According to legend, he was sitting alone in the wilderness when suddenly the angel Gabriel came to him with a golden tablet in his hands. The angel told Muhammad to read what was
written on the tablet. What was on this golden tablet is said to be the essence of the Koran, just as the Tablets of the Law that Moses received on Mt. Sinai were the basis of the bible's Old TestamentTO prevent me from thinking about food, I keep myself busy by doing some works, writing and reading a lot ( reading makes me relax...) Well my friends asking me whether I'm hungry or not but actually that not the question actually......
The purpose of fasting is to teach self-discipline and is needed to prepare for the suffering that Muslims may have to face in the course of obeying their God. They also feel it is a powerful means of defeating Satan because the poisons that are Satan's weapons are strengthened by eating and drinking. And they also all do it at the same time, creating a communal experience in which they all know what it's like to be hungry.
The Muslim belief states that whoever observes this fasting faithfully and with pure intentions, will have his or her sins forgiven. Fasting during Ramadan is said to be 30 times more powerful than fasting any other time of the year.
August 12, 2010
The 71th Anniversary of The Wizard of Oz
August 10, 2010
Still Alive
Please do excuse me
I've a little too busy with life
Yes, a little to busy to share
I'll try to do better at this
But, I'm not making any promises
Because after all, life is a little chaotic
So, I never really know...
August 2, 2010
Pili- pili...Taste of Philipinnos Dessert
Today at college, there's a so called "Bazzar" which organised the Philipinos Student Body Organization outside the common room of ATIC new building and ALL IN RM2...( ...nice). I must say that its creative a idea to sell some their traditional dessert such as Minatamis na saging, Cheese Stick, Turon, Binignit, Ice candy plus my favaurite, Yema. for supporting their club's fund raising event.
Although all the dessert a little new for me, but as student who connected within Tourism line, little taste of Phillipines Dessert in your mouth won't do any harm. Then I realize that The words of Pili - Pili is just the same to some of the words here in Malaysia. In Malaysia, the words Pilih means 'choose', its the same with Philipines ( Tagalog I guest..oh well).
Although all the dessert a little new for me, but as student who connected within Tourism line, little taste of Phillipines Dessert in your mouth won't do any harm. Then I realize that The words of Pili - Pili is just the same to some of the words here in Malaysia. In Malaysia, the words Pilih means 'choose', its the same with Philipines ( Tagalog I guest..oh well).
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| This is Yema |
Okey, the food quite tasty but I feel a little bit weird when one of my Philiphinos friend asked me to try some kind of drinks which combination of rice and hot cocoa....sounds awfull to me but after I taste it, it taste something like.... sweet mashed potato soup! And the yema is actually a custard candy which taste like a cotton candy....Well I thought it was just common type of dessert but turned out that the taste of Yema is so sweet!!! ^_^
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