Articles and reviews from Zach

 A close cousin of me the previous days told a  a rather  absurd story which I now remake into text and offer to you . Could this be a nightmare? ….. While being in my house , on the top of a building I seen  my beloved friend in the apartment ‘s verandah. I opened the  glass-door and welcome him wondering on how he came there. Discussing with him , I suddenly saw  faint  images as like ghosts  of poultries on the other side of the road flying over  the  opposite building and was shocked As the verandah of my apartment is  quite wide, I suddenly  seen a Greek newsstand to appear and  some people to expect to buy things from  it. Getting closer half of them were Greeks half of them like Asians but all of the same silhouette and face , as like coming from Matrix story and gradually increasing! At least  none of them annoyed me We get  then back to my room, . We discussed an bit under a nice soft music coming from a huge HIFi system  that covered nearly  the `1/4 th of the room ! He

and this  is the last and oldest  book with trales and stories from malaysia . It is a reprint by silverfish books , n their serie of Malaysian classics (i think a  total of 4 books ), from these books:0 -Fables and tales from the easter forest  1901  Walter Skeat -17 yeard among the Sea Dayaks in borneo  Ed Gomez  for both,  second published in JSBRAS -2 Sea dayak  legends Its zize is identcal to A5  size with 207  pages and consted me  ca 8 Euros (30 + 10 ship) IN contrast to the oter books  this book  as a nearly outdated language due to its older used english , iein the early 20th century . this is the reason i found too many  rather unknown worlds as also some archaisms  and  is the fisrt i used my tablet as translator for faster usage! Look into the picture on how many  unknown wirds to me existed ! Part 1 The first part  has  26 tales ony one of  them seems to appear in other books (the big hole that the deer and other animals fallen ) with most of them bei

  (pic from  net link ) This book as with other Malay legend books   have been  ordered  this year in the #3 batch  foa 30+22.5RM ie ca  11 Euro  As far as i understood from the   writer's notices tey come from older stories as Sejarah Malaysia and possibly airings from radio . Notice  that  from Warna radio  station of Spore , from where is he , i have heard the  name of penglipur lara (storytellers ) This book  is even smaller than the Kadazan  tales book  referred  in the previous article. Thinner  paper with ca 120 pages and abt 10 picas Times font  and includes also drawings and photos This  book   separates  the stories by region. Here is a  listing of all stories with a little  info 1. Sarawak  Bird nest soup (something that  Chinese  adore to eat as it gives longevity  )    Garai Harvest festival ,  An Iban legend of rice Monsopiad,   the warrior Si Pelawak (my top story  wit the comedian who fought a dragon without  even fighting him !!!) ,  The bu

(photo : linked from other page ) Kadazan folklore is a   'small' (standard  size  book) of  ca 45 pages edited by Rita (hmm chrisitan name!) Lasimbang  and is  from the #3  batch of books  received this  tear   for a cost of 20+22.5 RM  ie 9.3 E , published under the Publications  of National history  of Borneo  It s design is quite simple in a simple DTP design . The outer paper is glossy little plasticized and fonts inside the text are quite big for my eyes (letter is  Georgia sized 13-14  picas) as this  text but line spacing is higher .  IN this book  only 10 stories are included (too few stories comparing to other tale books i have now )as follows:  1- The origin of the world - the story  of 'adam' and 'eve' making the universe  2- The owl and the moon  ; a young boy  looking for his mother 3- Tompipii'   a bird that prays  for rain ... 4- The one sided fish (or soopiha ) and the story  behind it 5- the nose  flute 6- the

Daphne Lee's (book link ) Malaysian tales retold and remixed (my review ) with based-on stories or derivatives etc oir whatever you can say,  inspired me on writing a version of a classical children  tale. Below here  is a try with just a plot of the story . Please feel   free to enjoy reading and  advise me  which  is the story you can identify as  'background' ! ----------- Not long ago a relatively old man had 4 children  aged of upper teens He suddenly was caused of a deadly disease . He was a high paid employee , so his children spent their time  mostly  with their friends and none was involved to any work . So shortly before he passed  away he  summoned them  telling that all have to start earning their money. The youngest  of them , a girl ,started  working as a waitress in bars . As she was the laziest of all  and   relatively fat, she  was easily tired . This caused her many times  to change to various bars and taverns but  always doing the  same job as

Και μια ακομη δοοκιμη μουσταρδας αυτη την φορα  με το σιναπι τριμμενο απο  την αρχη  στο μπλεντερ ! Φωτογραφια  οταν εκοψα το σιναπι στο μπλεντερ ¨ 6/6  στις 2040 : στο γνωστο  βαζακι του φραπε   προσθετω 30 γραμ  σκονης  σιναπιου και 70! γραμμαρια ξυδι Εδω φωτογραφια  απο το πρωτο  μειγμα¨ Επ[μενη μερα  στις 1730 προσθετω ακομη 15 γρ ξυδι  γαιτιαπο οτι ειδα  το ξθδι αποροφηθηκε ολο και το υλικο εγινε μια μαζα:  8/6  1800  κεκιναω την  διαδικασια  παρασκεης μουσταρδας . Ολα τα υλικα με βαση τις αναλογιες της συνταγης  . Ξανα ομως  χρειατηκε να προσθεσω νερο  περιπου γυρω στα   30 γραμ γιτι η μαζα  ηταν που σφιχτη αι στο μπλεντερ το μειγμα δεν ανακατευονταν καλα Και αυτο ηταν  το αποτελεσμα ¨ Και τοτε προσθεσα οσο πιο λιγοτερο νερο μπορουσα για να μαζεψω  την μο\υσταρδα απο τα τοιχωματα ! Σαν αποτελεσμα  εβγαλα 1 και κατι βαζακι ...

ΠΕΙΡΑΜΑ 1  Η μικρη μου κορη αγαπαει να τρεωει  κετσαπ . Προεκειμενου να βρφω καμια καλη ιδεα κολλξησα σερ αυτη την συνταγη: http://www.sintagespareas.gr/sintages/pentanostimi-ketsap.html και την οποια  δοκιμασα  μετα απο μερικες  μερες . (στη αρχη Μαιου ) ΟΙ νοτματες   ηταν  σχετικα σκληρες οποτε υπεθεσα οτι θα ηταν και οι πιο καταλληλες Ετσι  τισ εβγαλα την πετσα (με σσχτικη δυσκολια  τις εκοψα σε μικρα κομματια) και μετα τισ χτυπησα στο μπλεντερ με δοσεις προσθετοντας και λιγο νερο για να μπορεσουν  να τριφτουν διαφορετικα  δεν αλεζονταν Ακολουθηα ακριβψς την συνταγη σε αναλογιες   για 850   γραμαμρτια ντοματες αφαιρωντας  τον βασιλικο και τιο πιπεριστο βρασιμο Μετα  εκανα την ωραια  ιδεα με το ξυδι και το balsamico .  ενα μερος της δοσης  επεσε  στο ματι και βρωμισε ολη η κουζινα!! Για κακη μου τυχη εκαν δυο βασικα λαθη ¨ 1 - Πηρα σαν μετρο  μια κουπα 300 γραμαριων ! 2 -εριξα  ολοτο ξυδι μεσα στην σαλτσα ... (μετην παραπανω αναλοιγια της κουπασ ) Σαν αποτελεσμα 

Σε συνεχεια με το προηγουμενη δοκιμη μουσταρδας  , μετα απο λιγες μερες εανα νεα  κατασκευη μουσταρδας Στις  1845  την παρασκευη εβαλα στο γιαλινο μπουκαλακι 35 γρ σιναπι με 45 γρ μηλοξυδο Στις 2030  προσθεσα 10 γρ  νερο Ξανα στις 0830 νερο αλλα 20 γρ Στις  1545 την Κυριακη αλλα 5 γρ για να μαζεψω τουες κολλημενους σπορους και προσθεσα 25 γρ μελι  και αρχψισα το  τριψιμο στο blender Επιδη  η πεθερα μου ειπε  οτι  τα blender  δεν πειρει να χρησιμοποιουνται πανω  απο μερικα  δευτερολεπτα , αρχισα να το χτυπαω για πανω απο 7 λεπτα με χρυπηματα τυπου burst Παρατηρησα οτι blades  επιαναν την μουσταρδα αλλα οχι ολη , με αποτελεσμα να προσθεσσω σκομη λιγο νερο παραπανω περιπου 15 γρ με αποτελεσμα  η μουσταρδα  να γινει καπως ετσι ¨ Η αναλογια των υλικων ηταν η αντιστοιχη με την συνταγη εινια εμφανες οτι δν ειχα προσθεσει  κουρκουμα ...και ετσι προσθεσα με το χερι τον κουρκουμα !Και τελικα εγινε  ετσι (ειναι η  αριστερη στην φωτογραφια ) απο πλευρας γευσης και αφη

UPDATE : below  the text has some minor corrections or declarations. Please  notice that very soon the story becomes a serial  ................................... Here I  post for the first time a  tale of my own.  I Am not a very good penglipur lara but  I will try here to post this story . Notice that though  I  have  thought many stories. This is the fist time  I post such a story .I hope that you enjoy it !This  story is based on some Malay tales and others… ------------------------------ Once upon a time there  was a young man  called George is a hard working boy as he  is very poor . He was alone as  his parents have died sometime ago . As most men are untidy   he was the same. Around the house there is  a small garden for growing vegetables and a small coop with 7  hens so  he had also his dairy  eggs, sometimes also selling them. He was  very sad that   he did not have so much time  to look  for a woman to help him .It was  more important earn his money to live .

THis is the  fisrt of the new batch of book on malaysia  this year .and this book is the reason for buying it  . Here is some background  on how I decided to buy this book and also look after for more related. earlier this year desperate in adding  some stories (tales myths etc ) for my daughter i also googled  for Malaysian  tales across the intenet (say: googling ). But as googling just 'Malaysian  tales'  yielded only a few lemmas . And also the book 365 folk tales from Malaysia .AS i could not   find something more i decided to buy this book .  After  2 emails to Utusan the producer i have not received any reply from them . After  chatting with a malaysian frind in facebook he suggested me several online bookstores. The book together  3 other books books has been  very properly received here  in 4 weeks after dispatching . Cost of the book is standard of RM 50 (as noticed on the  rear of the book )or 11 Eu  plus 4.5 Eu  shipping. I think that this price  is qu