On National Teacher Day, meet the 2024-25 Kenan Fellows
IE Application (K)
1. IE Application
K. If all of the world’s cultural heritage (sports, music, fashion, architecture,
literature, painting, etc) was contained in a time capsule, what would you include
to demonstrate the legacy of your country?
3. Malaysia.. Simply Asia..
Malaysia is a multi-cultural country, with Malay, Indian and Chinese being
the main races.
It is also a developing country which makes it interesting in so many ways.
This slide will aim to show some of the most treasured things that makes
my country unique and preserve worthy.
4. Food: The National Dish – NasiLemak
NasiLemak, is translated
to fat rice in english. It is
a dish made of a
combination of various
components wrapped in
banana leaves:
Coconut rice, fried
anchovies, peanuts,
boiled eggs, cucumber,
Malaysian curry chicken
and sambal(a
condiment).
5. What’s best of preserving this dish than by having the recipe.
Ingredients:
Method:
Coconut Milk Steamed Rice
Just like making steamed rice, rinse your rice and drain.
Add the coconut milk, a pinch of salt, and some water.
Add the pandan leaves into the rice and cook your rice.
Rinse the dried anchovies and drain the water. Fry the
anchovies until they turn light brown and put aside.
Pound the prawn paste together with shallots, garlic, and
deseeded dried chilies with a mortar and pestle. You can
also grind them with a food processor.
Slice the red onion into rings.
Soak the tamarind pulp in water for 15 minutes. Squeeze
the tamarind constantly to extract the flavor into the
water. Drain the pulp and save the tamarind juice.
Heat some oil in a pan and fry the spice paste until
fragrant.
Add in the onion rings.
Add in the ikanbilis and stir well.
Add tamarind juice, salt, and sugar.
Simmer on low heat until the gravy thickens. Set aside.
Clean the small fish, cut them into half and season with
salt. Deep fry.
Cut the cucumber into slices and then quartered into
four small pieces.
Dish up the steamed coconut milk rice and pour some
sambalikanbilis on top of the rice.
Serve with fried fish, cucumber slices, and hard-boiled
eggs.
2 cups of rice
3 screwpine leaves
Salt to taste
1 small can of coconut milk (5.6 oz size)
Some water
Tamarind Juice
1 cup of water
Tamarind pulp (size of a small ping pong ball)
SambalIkanBilis (Dried anchovies sambal)
1/2 red onion
1 cup ikanbilis (dried anchovies)
1 clove garlic
4 shallots
10 dried chillies
1 teaspoon of belacan (prawn paste)
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1 tablespoon of sugar
Other ingredients
2 hard boiled eggs (cut into half)
3 small fish (sardines or smelt fish)
1 small cucumber (cut into slices and then quartered)
6.
The modern Malaysia
Buildings that put Malaysia in the world map, preserved in pictures with their notable information.
Sepang International Circuit
Petronas Towers
The icon of the country’s capital
Bukit Jalil Stadium
Host to many world racing events, including
Formula 1 racing.
Stadium used for hosting 1998 Commonwealth Games
Kuala Lumpur National Airport
Major Airport in South East Asia
One of the busies airport in the world
7. The traditional Malaysia
The cultures in Malaysia that makes it unique.
Wau
Malaysia’s traditional kite
Batik
Malaysia’s traditional cloth designed using
ancient wax-resist dyeing technique.
SepakTakraw
Malaysia’s traditional ball game where the ball, made
By weaving strips of bamboo, is passed along using any
Parts of the body but the lower arms and hands
Congkak
Malaysia’s traditional board game played using a wooden board and marbles.
8. Badminton
One of the more famous sports nationwide
Being a keen fan of
badminton, I just have
to include this into
the Time capsule as it is
one of the sports that
my country is famous
for and is relatively
top in the world.
I would love to
preserve this game by
including this little
poster.
9. National Anthem
Last but not least, my country’s national
anthem in the form of a music score so
others can still play it in the future.
10. Conclusion
This slide highlighted some of the most notable
contributions of my country to the world in terms of
cultures and also the world economy.
The country may be small but the various races and
cultures makes it a country filled with uniqueness!