September 30, 2009

Biggest online game this year

Filed under: Words — christon @ 10:46 pm

Aion is a game that graphically stunning and have a lot of solid features.

First we must create a character to represent us in the game. Aion offers only 2 races hostile to each other, the Elyos (angels) and Asmodian (demons), and we must choose one of them, and we cannot have characters of different races in one server for PvP reasons of course.

After that, we will be faced with a choice of character classes Warrior, Scout, Mage, Continue reading

July 22, 2009

The Chickens from Kamal

Filed under: Fables,Folk Tales — christon @ 8:31 am

The Chickens from Kamal
( a tale from Madura )

It is well-known that there are many strong chickens around the town of Kamal on the south coast of Madura. This story tells you why.

Long ago, when the gods were still on earth, a gang of cruel pirates attacked a rice ship which was on its way to Java from the Sunda islands. The pirates The Chickens from Kamal ( a tale from Madura )

It is well-known that there are many strong chickens around the town of Kamal on the Continue reading

July 1, 2009

How The Queen of The Sea Punished Greed

Filed under: Folk Tales — christon @ 6:14 am

How The Queen of The Sea Punished Greed
(Central Java)

It was a very dark night. On the beach everything was quiet. Only the song of the waves broke the deep silence. There was nobody to be seen on the sand. There was not a single man or a single animal.

At one place near the sea there rose a high rock. The waves had been throwing themselves for centuries against the walls of this rock and had made holes in them. Some of the holes were small, but some were big and formed Continue reading

June 25, 2009

The Tiger People

Filed under: Folk Tales — christon @ 4:34 am

The Tiger People
(A tale from Sumatra)

In the dark green forests of Sumatra there used to be many tigers. The villagers were frightened of these big cats which, from time to time, stole away their cattle. When they spoke about a tiger, the villagers would never call the animal by its real name. They respectfully called the tiger “Master” or “Grandfather”. They thought the tiger could understand the human language and that they would feel insulted if weak Continue reading

May 20, 2009

How Neela Cut The Water

Filed under: Folk Tales — christon @ 10:01 am

Long ago, Anuradhapura was ruled by the good king Gajabuhu. Gajabuhu was a kind and generous king who looked after his subjects well.

One day, an old woman came to his court, “My Lord Gajabuhu, Great Ruler, I’m hungry,” she cried. “I have nobody to bring food for me. My husband is dead. My two sons are with the twelve thousand Lankan soldiers taken prisoner by the King of Chola in your father’s reign. Have pity on an old woman, my Lord.”

King Continue reading

May 19, 2009

The Two Bags

Filed under: Folk Tales — christon @ 5:42 am

Long long ago, when the world was young, gods lived in heaven and men lived on earth.

One day, Brahma, the greatest god of all, sait to Vishnu and Shiva, “Tomorrow I’ll go down to earth and look around.”

“What do you want to see?” Vishnu asked.

“I want to see if the people I created have become wise. I want to see whether they are ready to come to heaven,” Brahma answered.

So the next day the three gods rode down to earth Continue reading

April 3, 2009

The Sparrow and The Rabbit

Filed under: Fables — christon @ 4:38 am

Mr Sparrow was only a little bird. He was not at all a nice bird, because he was always telling stories about someone. Many birds and animals in the forrest were complaining about him. But Mr Sparrow did not take any notice of their complaints. He kept on telling stories, often causing bitter quarrels between the many inhabitants of the forest.

One day this nasty little bird was sitting on the branch of a tree, when he spied Mr Rabbit coming by. Not knowing that Mr Sparrow was quite Continue reading

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