Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Oh Christmas Tree...






Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas tree,
How lovely are your branches!








In beauty green will always grow,








Through summer sun,









And winter snow...
 






Oh Christmas tree;









Oh Christmas tree;

















How lovely are your branches.


Beauty is truly in the eyes of


the beholder.









As always, thank you for stopping by,


my little piece of heaven,


here in the desert,


that I so love to call home.


Country hugs and so much love,








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Tuesday TastyLinks!

I am a dollar short and a day late these days with the new job and the holidaze...far too many balls in the air. Some of them will be going on the Christmas tree, but the rest are overwhelming me to say the least. I neglected to share last week's Crafty Blogger Links, so here they are with my sincere apologies. Tune in later this week for a free blog project AND a link to my first Video On Demand for Jewelry Television's Jewel School.

Until next time, craft on with your bad selves!

Cheers,
Madge

Stefanie Girard's Sweater Surgery
Book Review-Wild Color, Revised and Updated Edition: The Complete Guide to Making and Using Natural Dyes

Mixed Media Artist
Cyndi is working away at finding more uses for expanded squares.

Margot Potter The Impatient Crafter
Madge's lovely and talented daughter Avalon whips up a super cute embellished hat and scarf this week for ILovetoCreate Teen Crafts!

Eileen - The Artful Crafter
Who couldn’t use another tote bag? Here’s a Koi Beach-Themed Tote from Eileen for your beach holidays or just to use when you miss the beach and warm weather.

Crafty Princess Diaries
After much feeling around, Tammy has definitely determined which baby yarn she thinks is the softest.

Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at a crafty world
This week at Craftside there is a tutorial on how to paint a bee and dragonfly, draw a pilgrim, Native American and English Guard, videos on how to sew a yo-yo and a preview of the new show Brew Masters and how to paint on a vintage postcard.

Carmi's Art/Life World
Carmi has a two part name tag making project highlighted this week.

Aileen's Musings
Aileen offers you Starbuck's upcyled bird ornaments to create. Gather the kids and have fun making these ornaments to hang on your tree, give as a gift or use as a tag!

Monday, November 29, 2010

Baby It's Cold Outside...




No, we don't have snow here in the desert,


But there is snow in the high country.


This morning when I awoke it was a


brisk 33 degrees outside. Our high today is


an expected 56 degrees. What the heck?


So yes, Baby It's Cold Outside.










Hot chocolate anyone? Anyone?

I've even added mini marshmallows.

Pop on over, warm up with a cup.



I'm joining Marydon @ Blushing Rose

this morning for her Love Is

Monday celebration. Please stop

by and say hello. She has a precious

"Love Is" to share today. If you would like

to share a "Love Is" as well, give Marydon a

jingle, we'd love to have you join in the fun.








As always, thank you for stopping by,


my little piece of heaven,


here in the desert,


that I so love to call home.


Country hugs and much love,








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Sunday, November 28, 2010

Menteri, gaji & kereta mewah

Apabila berlaku gempa dan tsunami pada December 2004, saya bergegas ke sebuah kampung di Kedah setelah diberitahu rakan bahawa ada kampung yang kena teruk.
Masa tu orang belum tahu lagi berapa besar tsunami ini - yang membunuh 230,000 manusia di Sumatra, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand.

Di Malaysia, yang kena ialah beberapa kampung di Kuala Muda (PEMBETULAN: ini yang betul, bukan Kuala Kedah! Aish, dah nyanyu selalu), dan juga di Pulau Pinang. Di Kedah dan Penang, jumlah yang mati ialah 15 orang - antara jumlah tertinggi kematian di Malaysia dalam sesuatu bencana alam. Di Pos Dipang, Perak pada 1996, yang maut seramai 39 orang.
Kampung nelayan Kuala MUDA ini ialah di mana orang jual ikan pakai sistem bisik-bisik.
TEMPAT ni bernama Kuala MUDA kerana ia di mulut Sungai Muda. Di seberang sungai itu ialah Pulau Pinang - yang juga ada tempat jual ikan sistem bisik. Baru saya ingat nama tempat.

Saya tiba di kampung Kedah itu - kini digelar Kampung Tsunami - hanya sehari selepas kejadian berlaku. Masa tu hanya wartawan Bernama dah buat laporan.

TV3, NST, Star, Utusan dari Kedah semua belum sampai - ah, bagus tak source saya! Wartawan tempatan belum tahu, saya dah sampai 300km dari KL! Datang naik teksi.

Di situ, empat-lima kereta terlonggok tersendat di tepi rumah kena ombak, dan ada seorang mamat termenung macam baru anak mati.
Rupa-rupanya kereta beliau antara yang tertimpa tu.
Ditanya, beliau menceritakan bahawa masa tu ada orang kenduri kawin. Nasib baik gempa berlaku siang hari, ada orang nampak ombak besar lalu semua bertempiaran. Dalam kecoh tu, beliau dan isteri tertinggal anaknya yang kecil! Cuak dan terpekik-pekik cari anak lepas tu.
Mujur jumpa - dibawa lari orang kampung ke darat.


TIDAK jauh dari situ, ada seorang muda yang kelihatan seperti baru mati emak. Lagi collect pinggan mangkuk di tapak rumah. Tinggal tapak saja rumah itu.
Saya bertanya - apa jadi adik?
Katanya, berada dalam rumah apabila orang pekik ada ombak besar datang. Masa tu orang belum tahu perkataan "tsunami" di Malaysia. Saya sendiri pun masa tu hanya pernah dengar ia perkataan bahasa Jepun, itu saja.
Rumahnya dua tingkat - rumah kayu.
Beliau lalu memeluk ibunya ketakutan di bilik tingkat dua. Dan bertakbir beberapa kali!
Saya ingat perkataannya - "Ombak setinggi pokok kelapa".
Pada masa tu, dalam hati berkata: Bohong budak ni, mana ada ombak setinggi itu sampai kat darat di Malaysia.
Ceritanya lagi, rumahnya dipukul ombak sehingga roboh, beliau tercampak ke atas bumbung rumah jiran.
Ibunya yang dipeluk hilang ke mana. Mayat ibu ditemui jauh di belukar - kira-kita 100m dari situ dengan mayat orang kampung lain.
Nak kata mamat ni bohong - saya lihat rumahnya hanya tinggal tapak simen saja! Begitu juga beberapa rumah sederetnya.



SELEPAS itu, beberapa hari kemudian, saya ke tepi laut Penang interview mangsa tsunami.
Dan saya ke Kuala Kedah dan Penang beberapa kali lagi dalam beberapa bulan selepas tu, interview mangsa yang dipindahkan ke rumah-rumah panjang, dan dengar komplen mereka macam-macam (tak berani tulis kat sini, sebab banyak tuduhan yang bahaya).


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KERETA LUXO 


TAPI ini bukan cerita tsunami tuan/datin.
Yang LEBIH memeranjatkan saya ialah lebih kurang 3-4hari selepas kejadian, berita tersebar "Agong nak datang" ke kampung buat kunjungan dan tunjuk simpati kepada rakyat. Nak pastikan kerja menyelamat dan membersihkan lancar.
PM Abdullah pun nak datang.
Maka ramailah para menteri, wakil rakyat dan pengampu lain pun berderet datang nak tunjuk muka (lepas tu, semua tak datang lagi).
Pendeknya jika tempat itu kena tsunami hari tu, setengah Kabinet Malaysia lenyap dan semua exco BN Kedah.


Yang surprised binte shocked saya ialah KERETA yang mereka pandu nak tunjuk simpati bersama rakyat ni.
Yang bawa Merc, BMW, Lexus tu biasa lah, walau tak sepadan dengan gaji menteri, MP/ADUN.
Yang paling memeranjatkan saya ialah kedatangan seorang menteri berdrebar dengan sebuah Range Rover (GAMBAR: top-end model) yang baru keluar di dunia.
Wooi, menteri ni dah beli!
Yang berenjin besar harganya masa tu ialah RM1 juta!
(Harga barunya di sini - dah 'murah sikit', sebab dah enam tahun keluar).
Eh, menteri ni gajinya lebih kurang RM18,000 saja.
Hahaha.

Maaf cerita dongeng saya panjang.
Sebenarnya, saya teringat cerita Range Rover ni apabila terbaca cerita rakan blogger Fared Isa di billyuniversal.blogspot.com. Beliau bertanya:
"Have u ever wonder how much the salaries of the minister in our country?
"With all the mansions, the BMW’s, the Jaguar’s, Lexus and etc, no one can stop from wondering how much they made every month."

Cerita remgold tentang gaji menteri Malaysia dan Singapoora di sini.

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Kogi Tribe, Shamans/Mamas, and The Elder Brothers Warning

Tairona - Kogi


The Tairona were a precolombian civilization in the region of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in the present-day Magdalena and La Guajira Departments of Colombia, South America which goes back to the 1st century AD and showed documented growth around in the 11th century. The Tairona people formed one of the two principal groups of the Chibcha and were pushed into submarginal regions by the Spanish conquest. The Kogi indigenous people who live in the area today are direct descendants of the Tairona.

Knowledge sources about the precolombian Tairona civilization are limited to archaeological findings and a few written references from the Spanish colonial era. A major city of the Tairona and archaeological site is today known as Ciudad Perdida (Spanish for "Lost City"), it was discovered by treasure hunters in 1975. The Tairona are known to have built terraced platforms, house foundations, stairs, sewers, tombs, and bridges from stone. Use of pottery for utilitarian and ornamental/ceremonial purposes was also highly developed.


Tairona Gold Pendants - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

The Tairona civilization is most renown for its distinctive goldwork. The earliest known Tairona goldwork has been described for the Neguanje Period (from about 300- 800 AD) and its use within the Tairona society appears to have extended beyond the elite. The gold artifacts made comprise pendants, lip-plugs, nose ornaments, necklaces, and earrings. Gold cast Tairona figure pendants (known as "caciques") in particular stand out among the goldworks of precolumbian America because of their richness in detail. The figurines depict human subjects - thought be noblemen or chiefs - in ornate dresses and with a large animal mask over the face. Many elements of their body posture (e.g., hands on their hips) and dress signal an aggressive stance and hence are interpreted as evidence for the power of the wearer and the bellicose nature of Tairona society.


Kogi

The tribe known as 'Los Kogui' are today's custodians of the Tairona culture. They have a population of approximately 12,000 people. The Kogi plant crops and live off the land. They prefer not to mix with outsiders. Few Colombians, or those from the outside worlds, are allowed to enter their mountain. They marry in their culture. The Kogi constantly move about from place to place, between their different abodes spread among the different levels of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. This is looked upon as taking care of their nutritional needs without abusing the environment.


The Mountain

The Sierra Nevada, in the shape of a pyramid, rises from the sunny coasts of the Caribbean tropics to the chilly, snow-capped peaks that reach a height of 17,000 feet above sea level, all in only 30 horizontal miles. Within just fifty kilometres the northern slopes descend from snow capped peaks to the turquoise waters, tropical jungle shores and coral reefs of the Caribbean ocean.


Day and night are of equal length all year round.

The area has every eco-system in its 17,000 km2 area (8,000 sq. miles) You can find coral reefs, mangroves, arid deserts, rain and cloud forest, and in the higher elevations, plains and snow-capped peaks with temperatures close to 20 degrees C. The highest peak is the Pico Simon Bolivar at 5,775 metres.

In 1965, archeologists found the remains of a lost Tairona religious center and called it the 'Lost City.' It is a three-day hike in dense jungle to witness a true wonder of the past. It is believed that there are two more lost cities.

These highlands are inhabited by the Gods and the spirits of the dead. A universe of signs and symbols, this territory is a veritable "open book" which is their bridge to the world and their collective history.

The Kogi believe the Sierra Nevada to be the 'Place of Creation' and the 'Heart of the World'. They call themselves the Elder Brothers of humanity and consider their mission to care for planet. They understand how the planet works as an integrated unit rather than the separation of all things in our worlds.

Much like other ancient tribal civilizations, that still exist on the planet, they believe themselves to be the custodians of the planet Earth here to keep things in balance.

Spiritual Connections

They achieve this through meditation wherein they communicate with all living things on the planet - humans, animals, plants, rock, etc.

They live in Aluna, an inner world of thought and potential. From Aluna they astral travel or remote view to places both on and off the physical planet. Their sacred lands are perceived as a metaphysical symbol of cosmic forces within the whole world - an oracle of the natural balance and health of the planet.

As with other indigenous tribes, Kogi society has changed little in the past five centuries. They survived as a culture because the Kogi focus all their energy on the life of the mind as opposed to the life of a body or an individual. Fundamental to that survival is the maintenance of physical separation from their world and the rest of humanity. They are very protective of their sacred space and the dense jungle is not kind to tourists.

They worry about the destruction of the rain forest as well as the planet itself. This area embraces some of the most biologically diverse tropical rainforests on the planet. The Kogi are inseparable from the rainforest habit in which they have lived since the dawn of time.

Through oracle propheices and message with Spirit, they are aware of a great change that is coming now to planet Earth. Their Mountain is dying, symbolizing this transition. Similar to what many other tribes around the world see is a world that was about to be destroyed by the misuse of consciousness. Then they saw the emergence of light consciousness as part of the process of humanity emerging as a race of beings in higher evolved light bodies. This strongly connects with the metaphysical teachings of our times.


Kankurua huts

To penetrate a Kankurua is to enter into contact with the nine worlds and the nine states of consciousness that make it up. Some say they have moved beyond verbal language, using tones to create colorful images in their minds rather than thoughts expressed as sentences. Some Kogi speak telepathically to each other.

According to Drunvalo Melchizedek ...

The Kogi do not see us as 'sleeping' as many of the Hindu and Oriental religions do. The Kogi see humans as dead, shadows of the energy of what they could be. This is because they do not have enough life force energy and consciousness to be classified by them as real people.

The Kogi set out to find out why the 'dead ones' were still on Earth. As they searched the living vibrating records of this reality, they found exactly where and why it had happened. Some of the 'dead ones' had become alive, and had created a dream with enough life force to save the world as we know it.

They created a parallel world where life could continue to grow, a world where the dead could become alive. The Kogi were so specific to locate exactly who these people were that were creating this change that had altered the world's destiny.

The Kogi see these people with living bodies with light around them, people who had activated their Light Bodies or in the ancient terms, their Mer-Ka-Ba.

Shamanic Practices - Coca Plant


Shaman are called Mamas

Kogi Mamas are chosen from birth and spend the first nine years of childhood in a cave in total darkness learning the ancient secrets of the spiritual world or Aluna. They are the priests and judges who control Kogi society.

All major decisions and shamanic work are done by Divination. All is the world of Aluna, so the Mamas see a reflection of the physical world first in the spiritual world. If Aluna is the Mother, then the Kogi listen to the Mother by divining. This lost technique of divination is what keeps the Kogi world in balance and order.

The Mamas - as with other spiritual tribal leaders around the world - are worried that the Younger Brother has not heeded the first warning. If the Sierra Nevada or the Mother dies, the world will also die.

They use the coca bush for many things. Myths reveal that it was the Aluna herself who instituted coca chewing among the Kogi and who gave a lime gourd to her first son, as a symbolic wife. Other myths tell that coca was originally discovered in the flowing hair of a young girl who let her father only participate in its use. An envious and jealous young man transformed himself into a bird and, after watching the girl bathing in the river, seduced her. When he returned home and changed back into human shape, he shook his hair and out of it fell two coca seeds.

Small plantations of coca shrubs are found near all Kogi settlements, and provide the men with tender green leaves, plucked by the women. All adult men chew the slightly toasted leaves, adding to the moist wad small portions of lime. Coca shrubs are planted and tended by the men but the leaves are gathered by women. Periodically the men toast these leaves inside the temple, using for this end a special double-handled pottery vessel. This ritual vessel made by a Kogi priest can be used only for the toasting of coca leaves.

When chewed with coca, lime is a substance which helps the mucous membranes in the mouth absorb the alkaloids in the leaves. The Kogi produce Lime by burning sea shells on a small pyre carefully constructed with chosen splints. The fine white powder is then sifted into a ritual gourd which is carried by all men.

The Lime container consists of a small gourd which is slightly pear-shaped and perforated along the top. While all lime gourds consist of the same raw material, the wood of the stick which is inserted into it, must correspond to the patriline of the owner. Each patriline uses a different wood taken from the trees belonging to certain botanical species. The length of the stick may vary from 20 to 30cms. and, together with the degree of surface polish, these various characteristics identify its owner. An initiated Kogi man will easily recognise the patriline of his companions, simple by looking at their lime sticks.

The symbolic importance of the lime container and its stick is manifold. In one, most important image, the gourd is a woman. During the marriage ceremony the mama gives the bridegroom a gourd with these words: "Now I give you a lime gourd; I give you a woman." He then hands the bridegroom the lime stick and orders him to perforate with it the gourd at its upper end, thus symbolising the act of deflowering the bride.

Both men and women say quite openly that coca chewing has an aphrodisiacal effect upon male sexuality, and newly wed couples are very outspoken about this. Male initiation, marriage, and habitual coca chewing are three elements which coincide at a certain period in a young mans life. Young men sometimes say that they dislike coca chewing but most of them, sooner or later, yield to the pressures exercised by the priests and the older generation, and adopt the habit.

While slowly chewing some twenty or thirty toasted leaves, the man will wet the lower and slightly pointed end of the stick with saliva and will insert it into the gourd. Withdrawing the stick again he will put the adhering lime into his mouth. Immediately he will rub the stick around the top of the gourd in a circular motion. Eventually, this daily repeated action of rubbing the stick on the gourd surface begins to form a thin layered crust of yellowish-white lime that covers the upper part of the container. Some old lime gourds display a disc shaped accretion of up to 10cms. in diameter, carefully fashioned by the gourd's owner.

The many symbolic meanings of coca chewing and of the physical objects involved in this act, form a coherent whole. In macrocosmic perspective, a lime gourd is a model of the universe; the stick when inserted, becomes a world axis, and knowledgeable men will be able to talk at great length, explaining the structure of the universe in terms of levels, rims or directions appearing on the gourd.

On another scale, the gourd can be compared to the Sierra Nevada; the lime-splattered upper part are the snow peaks, and the stick is the world axis. Certain mountain peaks, crowned with white, rocky cliffs, are the Sun's lime containers, and so are all the temples and houses.

The coca plant is an integral part of the Kogi way of life, deeply involved with their traditions, religion, work and medicine. Perhaps the most ancient use of coca in South America is its employment in shamanistic practises and religious rituals. The mild mental excitation induced by chewing the coca leaves enables the shaman to enter more easily into a trance state in which he could communicate with the spiritual forces of nature and summon them to his aid.

Large scale deforestation and clearing of the jungle is posing a massive threat to the natural habitat of the Sierra Nevada and its flora and fauna. In recent years the sinister illusion of the marijuana cultivation practised by settlers from inland and fueled by encouragement by the Columbian and International mafia has destroyed vast areas of the jungle.


Twentieth Century

As the world becomes 'smaller' - and 'old' meets 'new' - even the most ancient civilizations will become part of the evolution now occurring for all of humanity as a race. Nothing in human history ever remains the same as we move through our journey back to our spiritual origins.

In 1990 the Kogi decided they must speak out to the rest of the world. They had survived by keeping themselves isolated but they decided that it was time to send a message to the Younger Brother. They could see that something was wrong with their mountain, with the heart of the world. The snows had stopped falling and the rivers were not so full. If their mountain was ill then the whole world was in trouble.

The Mamas sent one of the Kogi who spoke Spanish to contact a British film maker who was in Colombia at that time. They asked the BBC to make a film to tell the Younger Brother about their concern. It was called 'The Elder Brother's Warning 'or' The Message from the Heart of the World'. Alan Ereira, the producer, has also written a book about the Kogi called The Heart of the World.

Since the film was brought out many changes have taken place. The film had a major impact on the Colombian Government and also on the grave robbers. The grave robbers felt that they should stop because they felt bad about disturbing their ancestors. There are now two Kogi members of parliament. The Tairona Heritage Trust was set up to support the Kogi and to buy back some of the original Kogi lands to give them a passage to the sea.

Source from: Crystalinks


From the Heart of the World: The Elder Brothers Warning

This documentary explores the culture and spiritual beliefs of the Kogi tribe -- a pre-Colombian American tribe once believed destroyed. The Kogi, who call themselves the Elder Brothers of the human race and us the Younger Brothers, are convinced we are destroying the balance of life on earth. Believing that our only hope is to change our ways, the Kogi have set out to teach us what they know of the balance of mankind, nature and the spiritual world.

Kogi Tribe, The Elder Brothers Warning - Part 1


Kogi Tribe, The Elder Brothers Warning - Part 2


Kogi Tribe, The Elder Brothers Warning - Part 3


Kogi Tribe, The Elder Brothers Warning - Part 4


Kogi Tribe, The Elder Brothers Warning - Part 5


Kogi Tribe, The Elder Brothers Warning - Part 6


Kogi Tribe, The Elder Brothers Warning - Part 7


Kogi Tribe, The Elder Brothers Warning - Part 8


Kogi Tribe, The Elder Brothers Warning - Part 9

Malaysia tinjau projek tingkatkan makanan

Saya pernah bual kosong (wong jowo kata 'ngobrol') tentang negara-negara Arab, Singapore, dan Indonesia nak buka tanah lebih banyak untuk meningkatkan food security - lebih banyak tanam makanan, lebih terjaga ekonomi negara, jika ada masalah besar dari segi makanan seperti yang berlaku pada 2008.

Cerita lama saya tentang Contract Farming, di sini dan sini.
Juga tentang New Global Battlefield - Food Farms di sini dan sini.
Di penghujung cerita, saya tulis tentang negara-negara yang dah pun ada projek tanaman di negara luar dengan menyewa tanah. Saya ulang di sini:

- Egypt runs farms growing corn in Zambia, rice in Niger, and vegetables in Tanzania. Now it plans to grow wheat in Uganda.

- Pakistan's Board of Investment plans to put about 9.1 million ha of farmland up for lease to foreign countries and companies.

- An Australian investment group, BKK Partners, says its client is targeting 100,000ha of Cambodian land to grow rice, bananas, sugar cane, palm oil and teak. Investments worth US$600 million (S$847 million) planned.

- Jordan is planning a joint grain venture with Kazakhstan, involving US$50 million in investments.

- Investment group Saudi Star is eyeing 350,000ha in Ethiopia to plant rice, maize, sugar cane and oilseeds.

- Indonesia is targeting 1.6 million ha on Papua island for agriculture projects.

- Libya is planning farmland projects worth US$500 million in Brazil.

- United Arab Emirates' Minerals Energy Commodities Holdings is in talks to lease 100,000ha of farmland in Kalimantan, where the company has a railway and coal project worth about US$1 billion.

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Hari ini, PM Najib kata Malaysia sedang meninjau kemungkinan mengadakan pakatan dengan negara lain hendak mengeluarkan makanan.
Tapi beliau juga berkata "there was no pressing need" - tidak ada keadaan mendesak - nak membuat projek ladang makanan ini.

Secara peribadi, saya harap sungguh bahawa kerajaan Malaysia mempercepat projekkan isu ni.
Takut pulak harga beras, bawang, kentang dan sebagainya dah naik mendadak, orang dah panik, dah marah kerajaan, baru nak sign itu dan ini.

Lagi satu - belum semua negara masuk bidang ini - bercucuk tanam di negara lain.
Jadi harga tanah yang nak disewa tu - baik di Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, mahupun negara Afrika - belum lagi tinggi sangat.
Takut lambat sangat tunggu, nanti banyak negara dah buat, makin mahal harga nak bayar. Ini belum masuk harga broker lagi.

Kita berdoalah semuanya dapat berjalan lancar di bidang ini.
Kita semua tentu ingat tahun 2008 tu dulu - teruk Pak Lah kena bantai sebab naikkan harga minyak, dan harga makanan tak terkawal. Bukan salah beliau, tapi orang kalau dah marah, tentu kerajaan kena hamun.



UNTUK maklumat, Singapork dah pun nak buat di China - ladang al-khinzir. Yum, yum.
Dan di negara pulau kecik ni, pendidikan dijalankan tambah sains permakanan, sedangkan petani Singapore - ya, kat red dot ni pun ada golongan petani, tapi sedikit sangat - diberi peluang dan dibantu wang nak kembangkan business pertanian mereka. Gambar-gambar tambahan dan cerita di sini.
Singapore import 90 peratus makanannya dari luar negara, jadi tentu takut jika ada problem.


PENJAJAHAN SEMULA = THE NEW COLONISERS
TAPI, isu sewa tanah di luar negara ni isu yang sangat sensitif.
Misalnya, katalah Malaysia ada ladang padi dan sayur di Papua beribu ekar. Terjadi pada tahun 2020 harga beras dan sayuran sedunia naik gila sehingga orang Indonesia tak mampu beli. Mereka pula tahu bahawa padi-sayur yang ditanam dan dibayar oleh Malaysia tu akan dibawa ke negara yang menyewa tanah.
Tapi mereka kelaparan, anak merengek.
Adakah mereka akan biarkan kapal-kapal bawa pulang beras-sayur, atau akan menyerang sebagai pirate?
Sama juga dengan khinzir Singapore di China dan seterusnya.

Ada yang menyifatkan cara bercucuk tanam untuk dibawa keluar tu sebagai Colonisation.
Penjajahan!
Macam British dulu jajah Malaysia, keuntungan tanam gambir dan getah, dan korek perak untuk dibawa ke London untuk Queen Victoria dan King George.
Detail apa yang berlaku dalam isu sewa tanah negara lain ini, ada di FarmlandGrab.org.

Friday, November 26, 2010

The Legend of the Poinsettia...







Maria and Pablo lived in
a tiny village in Mexico.
Because Christmastime at their house did not include
many gifts, Maria and Pablo looked forward to the Christmas festivities at the
village church with great joy and anticipation.


                  











To honor the birth of Christ, the church
displayed a beautiful manger that drew crowds of admirers. Villagers walked miles
to admire the manger, bringing lovely, expensive gifts for the Baby Jesus. As
Maria and Pablo watched the villagers place their gifts in the soft hay around
the manger, they felt sad. They had no money to buy gifts for their family and
no money to buy a gift for the Baby Jesus.




One Christmas Eve, Maria and Pablo walked to the
church for that evening's services, wishing desperately that they had a gift to
bring. Just then, a soft glowing light shone through the darkness, and the
shadowy outline of an angel appeared above them.




Maria and Pablo were afraid, but the angel
comforted them, instructing them to pick some of the short green weeds that
were growing by the road. They should bring the plants to the church, the angel
explained, and place them near the manger as their gift to the Baby Jesus. Then
just as quickly as she had appeared, the angel was gone, leaving Maria and
Pablo on the road looking up into the dark sky. Confused but excited, the
children filled their arms with large bunches of the green weeds and hurried to
the church.




When the children entered the church, many of the
villagers turned to stare. As Maria and Pablo began placing the weeds around
the manger, some of the villagers laughed at them. "Why are those children
putting weeds by the manger?" they asked each other. Maria and Pablo began
to feel embarrassed and ashamed of their gift to the Baby Jesus, but they stood
bravely near the manger, placing the plants on the soft hay, as the angel had
instructed.




Suddenly, the dull green leaves on the tops of the
plants began to turn a beautiful shade of red, surrounding the Baby with
beautiful blooms. The laughing villagers became silent as they watched the
green plants transform into the lovely star-shaped crimson flowers we call
poinsettias. As they watched the weeds bloom before their eyes, Maria and Pablo
knew they had no reason to be ashamed anymore. They had given the Baby Jesus
the only gift they could--and it was the most beautiful gift of all.




Today, poinsettias are a traditional symbol of
Christmas, thanks to young Maria and Pablo and their special gifts to the Baby
Jesus.









Rows upon rows of pink poinsettias.

Now don't push girls I believe there

will be one for all of us. Can you believe

it, pink poinsettia's just for us pinkies?

How thoughtful of the nursery. Oh my gosh,

let's see, oh that one. No maybe that one.

Oh gosh, I don't know. Maybe that one way

over there. Here it is just the one. Next...








SO many shades of pink too.

See the tiny centers, and look

at all the veins in the leaves. A

story to tell about each I'm sure.








So many pink styles. Just look at the 

edges and mixture of colors on these.

Looks like someone took their pinking

shears and went to work. What do you

think pinkies? Are one of you the culprit?








Just the right pink touch for a table.

Look how elegant they look.

On Dasher, on Dancer, on Prancer,

and Vixen. On Comet, on Cupid,

on Donder and Blitzen. Oh now

where has that Rudolph gone?








And in one mall, just look at the beautiful

display they made. A tree of poinsettias.

Pink poinsettias are so beautiful in the

assorted shades. Oh Christmas tree,

Oh Christmas tree... How beautiful.








Every home should have at least one pot.

Pink of course, or maybe two? They look

so elegant in a pot, just brighten any corner.

After reading the legend of the poinsettia,
how could 
we not have one in our home?
Have you bought 
yours yet?
I am going out tomorrow. 










I hope you have enjoyed my pink post today.


I am linking up for Pink Saturday.

Hosted by
Ms Beverly @ How Sweet The Sound.


Please pop over and see the other pinkies on the

McLinky and visit one, or two or three. They will

bless your heart. Thank you for hosting Ms Beverly.

You are the hostess with the mostess.










As always, thank you for stopping by,

my little piece of heaven,

here in the desert, 

that I so love to call home.

Country hugs and much love,














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2012 London Olympics, UFO, Mind, Mater, Consciouness, and 1111 - Rik Clay


Rik Clay aged 25, attended and completed both compulsory education (the national mind-control curriculum) and university, whilst working on a musical endeavour in which he released 2 albums nationwide, shot music videos and toured the UK & Europe religiously. His band 'FULC' received rave reviews and praise in the likes of Kerrang, Metal Hammer and Rock Sound magazine. The band occupied a good 6 years of his life in which he was lead guitarist and backing vocalist.

Due to his musical passion, he developed skills in graphic design / web design / flash and all other things multimedia, as an aid for promotion.

Shortly after FULC's demise in 2005, he began his own solo electronica project called 'Somewhere Not Here' and teamed up with the guys in 'Ten Seconds Of Chaos' from Leeds. Both were short-lived due to his surge for some true personal development.

He realised a 'real job' was needed to fund my aspirations. Seven years, working in local independent record stores had to come to an end, and so he moved on to what he thought was the dream job - but oh, how he was wrong.

Ethical travel company! Who thought of that one? An ethical travel company who's owner becomes a millionaire and buys a mansion in Greece, and then sells out to First Choice Holidays... poor poor gullible students. Never take an organised 'Gap Year' - do it yourselves!

And so his perceptions started to shift to cut a long story short...

He traveled to Egypt and took a boat up the Nile from Aswan to Luxor before moving on to Cairo to see the pyramids at Giza, Saqqara and Dashur. Meditating in the 'Kings Chamber' is one of those experiences you'll never forget.

On his return, he was introduced to Julia, a lady who was to become his Reiki Master. Over a series of weeks, Julia trained him to Reiki Level II - a life changing gift.

The summer of 2007, showed him the true meaning of synchronicity. Experiences, too long and complicated to explain, involved the crop circles in Wiltshire, Glastonbury, Daniel Pinchbeck (author of 2012: The Year Of The Mayan Prophecy), David Shayler (self-declared reincarnation of the Yeshua spirit), Stonehenge, Avebury and the islands of Malta and Gozo.

Along came winter, leaving him no option but to start his studies... oh and squeeze a trip to the Yucatan

Where he stands? There is a problem with the state of our environment. There is a problem with society. There is a problem with our governments. There is a problem with this corrupt pyramid of power enslaving our planet. But... there is hope!

It is his belief that, come the Olympics 2012, we are going to see one of the largest hoaxes ever perpetrated on man. This may involve extraterrestrial visitation alongside that of a biblical 'second coming'. All he can warn, is that when the time comes, do not be duped! Buy any of it!
He doesn't ask you believe in his truth... please, find your own... just don't allow the TV / magazines and press to find it for you.

2008
12th June 2008, Rik does the Redice interview. He's upbeat, happy, looking forward to revealing more stuff.

13th June 2008. 8.24am he's posting, happily

9.51am, he's posting again happily, promising 'full expose of the music industry coming soon'.

His father said that he suddenly came down with adrenal problems? and "it's total shutdown and he doesn't have the capacity to even contemplate going on the web.."

Yet Rik's blog came down on the 13th June 2008. So if Rik suddenly became so ill that day, after posting that he was going to reveal stuff, so ill that he didn't have the capacity to contemplate going on the web - then who took down his blog?

Rik Clay found dead in his bed, few days after his interview with Red Ice Creations on August of 2008.

Copies of his site and further information:
http://www.outlawjournalism.com/forum...

The whole video without the censorship of the first part as it is seen at YouTube can be found here:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?doc...



Introduction


2012, Royal Family and Symbolism 1 of 8
Isis, Mater and Consciousness.


2012, Royal Family and Symbolism 2 of 8
2012 Olympics, Trinity, Symbols, and Grid lines.


2012, Royal Family and Symbolism 3 of 8
Princess Diana (Isis), Gabriel, Torch, Flame of Liberty, and Prince William (Horus).


2012, Royal Family and Symbolism 4 of 8
Sun Disc, Sun City, and Olympics Announcement Day.


2012, Royal Family and Symbolism 5 of 8
Olympics Rings, LOTR, 11, and the New World Order Religion.


2012, Royal Family and Symbolism 6 of 8
Creating out of Consciousness, from Egypt, Rome, England and America.


2012, Royal Family and Symbolism 7 of 8
Reincarnation, Mind, Mater, and Consciousness.


2012, Royal Family and Symbolism 8 of 8
2012 Revelation.




Rik Clay - The Cosmic Mind: Q & A
June 12, 2008
http://www.redicecreations.com/

We invite Rik Clay from "The Cosmic Mind" back to the program to follow up on the show did last Sunday. This time we have a questions and answers session. We begin to talk about the some feedback on the last program we did and about "rules" and restrictions you have to adjust to when you're making the kind of connections that Rik is making. We discuss the Greek origins of the Olympic games, the opening ceremonies and the symbolism involved in the games. Topics Discussed: Tibet, Dalai Lama, The Orange, Rose and Saffron Revolution, Rituals, Ley lines, Energy, TV coverage, Age of Aquarious, Water, Global Warming, "X Marks the spot", 666 and XXX, Nazi Olympics 1936, Alien Contact, Movies, Diana, Project Bluebeam and much more. Join us in our second segment as we'll discuss more about project Bluebeam, the fake alien invasion, technological advancement, mind control and the different levels of reality. Don't miss our excellent continuation of this program with Rik Clay.

We continue our interesting questions and answers session with Rik Clay and talk more about project Blue beam, the fake alien invasion, how technological advancement varies in different fields, mind control technology, cell phone and tetra masts and the different levels of reality. Topics Discussed: 11, The Oscars, I am Legend, Ben Hur, Charlton Heston, Omega Man, Blood, Bloodline, The Knights Templar, Composite Characters, Lily Wave, Prince William, The "merger" of empires though marriage, Alien Technology, Flying Saucers, Airline Technology, Loose Change, 9/11, Different levels of Reality, Consciousness, The News, Georgia Guide stones, Depopulation and much more.

Rik Clay: Questions and Answers - Part 1


Rik Clay: Questions and Answers - Part 2


Rik Clay: Questions and Answers - Part 3


Rik Clay: Questions and Answers - Part 4


Rik Clay: Questions and Answers - Part 5


Rik Clay: Questions and Answers - Part 6


Rik Clay: Questions and Answers - Part 7




Digital Time Code Source from: Crystalinks
Physical reality is a consciousness program created by digital codes. Numbers, numeric codes, define our existence. Human DNA, our genetic memory, is encoded to be triggered by digital codes at specific times and frequencies. Those codes awaken the mind to the change and evolution of consciousness. 11:11 is one of those codes, meaning activation of DNA.

You will note that seeing 11:11 frequently creates synchronicities in your life.

The year 2011 will have great significance and consciousness will evolve in full swing. January 1, 2011 we find - 1/1/11 which could be seen as 1111. November 11 - 11/11/11. This promises to accelerate consciousness toward 2012.

The word crown was discovered in the year 1111
We are moving into the Aquarius the 11th astrological .
There was an Solar Eclipse clearly visible in Europe on the 11th August 1999 at 11.11 AM

1111x1111= 1234123 (a pyramid)
11 in binary is 3 (the trinity)
33 degree in Mason when divided with 3(the trinity)= 11

21-12 -2012 (add it all up) = 1111
2012 links to the Mayan Calendar end time at 11:11 UT, Universal Time. (December 12, 2012).

2012

month day hour

2012

month

day

hour

minute

month

day

hour

minute

Perihelion

Jan

5

00


Equinoxes

Mar

20

05

14


Sept

22

14

49

Aphelion

July

5

03


Solstices

June

20

23

09


Dec

21

11

11


11 is a double digit and is therefore considered a Master or Power Number. In Numerology 11 represents impractical idealism, visionary, refinement of ideals, intuition, revelation, artistic and inventive genius, avant-garde, androgynous, film, fame, refinement fulfilled when working with a practical partner. Eleven is a higher octave of the number two . It carries psychic vibrations and has an equal balance of masculine and feminine properties. Because eleven contains many gifts such as psychic awareness and a keen sense of sensitivity, it also has negative effects such as treachery and betrayal from secret enemies.

Many associate 11:11 with a wake-up code/alarm as they see it on digit clocks and watches. It can also be seen as a key to unlock the subconscious mind, our genetic encoded memories, that we are spirits having a physical experience, not physical beings embarking on a spiritual experience.

11:11 or derivatives of these numbers, 111 and 11, are digits that repeat in time thus a metaphor for reality as patterns that repeat in time for us to experience. This can refer to the rise and fall of civilizations, our personal experiences and lessons, loops in time. They are cycles of time that create and recreate following the blueprint.

Ellie and 11:11 .... In 1991, when I was hosting the talk show "The Metaphysical Experience", a woman named Solara was my guest. Her topic was Activation of the 11:11 Doorway. It was all about ascension and the beginning of awareness of the 11:11 code. In 1995, a Crystalinks' reader named Joe emailed about his experiences with the numbers 111:111, hence the file you are reading was first created and in so doing I took a long hard look at this phenomena experienced by those around me. Each time Joe was about to go through another major spiritual awakening, an epiphany of some kind, those numbers would appear in his physical experience to signal the upcoming change. The numbers say, "Pay attention!"

11 represents spiraling twin strands of human DNA moving into higher frequency of consciousness.

11 represents balance.

11+11=22=4=Time. 22 is a Master or Masonic Number.

Some souls see a Golden Age emerging, as told by the ancient prophets. Gold refers to Alchemy , the alchemical changes that are taking place in our bodies in the evolution of consciousness.

Reality as a geometric design is based on numbers (universal language) that repeat in cycles to create the linear time experiment. In Pythagorean Numerolgy, a cycle is based on 9. 9=End. 9/11= end of the DNA biogen(et)ic program running at the moment.

9+1+1=11
Twin towers looked like the number 11
1st plane to hit the towers was flight 11
Total number of crew on flight 11 was 11
New York state was the 11th state of the constitution
It took 11 years to build the towers from 1966 to 1977
11 September 2001 stands 11years from 2012
11 September 1990 9.09PM NWO Announcement by George Bush Senior at the UN
11 September 1941 soil was broken for the Pentagon

Terrorism and 11:
  • 09/11/01 - 9/11 - September 11 in NYC (Flight "Q33NY" in MsWord font it to wingding)
  • 03/11/04 - 3/11 - Madrid Bombings
  • 07/11/06 - 7/11 - Mumbai (formerly Bombay) train bombings
World War 1 was signed on the 11th day of the 11th month on the 11th hour and this year (2010) is 92 years since that day 9+2=11. Known as Remembrance Day, November 11th.

1911 November 11
  • A record cold snap hits the United States Midwest; many cities break record highs and lows on the same day (see The 11/11/11 cold wave).
  • An enormous fire strikes Visoko, Bosnia, burning over 450 houses and other objects. The upper city area is completely burned, as well as all the houses down the main street alongside Beledija.
Opening of carnival ("Karneval"/"Fasching"), on 11-11, at 11:11. ( Germany, the Netherlands, and other countries).

Barack Hussein Obama II (his father had the same name) is the 44th President of the United States 4+4= 8 (infinity). Elected into office in 2009 (2+9=11 and 9+2=11).

We all have one or more numeric codes that follow the blueprint of Sacred Geometry. It is about the spirals of consciousness, Fibonacci Numbers, the Golden Spiral, also found in perfection, in the exact proportions in the Great Pyramid.

Most digital codes that evoke memory are double digits or countdowns such as 1, 2, 3, 4 ,5 or 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, which goes to Zero Point Merge.

You will experience a sudden awakening after which reality is never the same. You are going to create clarity, healing and balance for yourself. Do not expect others in your life to be on this journey with you. It is yours alone as it is for most souls. You will have to seek new friends of like mind who are also being triggered by the digits. Once you open the Digital Door, there is no going back. Your soul will automatically and quickly move you from level to level of experience until you 'get it'. Your consciousness is expanding and therefore you will, manifest faster and with greater comprehension, becoming more aware of the meaning of synchronicities that will become more and more frequent. They are created by your soul creates to help you remember that you are a soul spark in a physical program that is about to end, evolve back to higher consciousness.

Once you see your numeric codes, you have activated something in your DNA codes and they will continue to appear until you 'get the message' ... it is 'time' to move on.

Upon seeing your digit encoded numbers, you may feel a sense of urgency or related emotions. Chill out! For NOW there is TIME!

The numbers usually signal changes in the patterns of your life.

They may confirm something that you are experiencing whenever the numbers appear to you.

You may dream also about the numbers, linked with things you do not as yet understand, or wake up at the same time every night with those numbers on your digital clock, ie. 11:11

Ben-Hur (1959), Titanic (1997) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) have all won 11 Oscars.

Amazing 1111 Facts to Consider by Rik Clay
Rik Clay walks us through some amazing facts that revolves around 1111 and 11 numerology.

11 and 1111 keep popping up throughout history with amazing undeniable accuracy.

From the September 11th attacks to birth of Christ and to the future with the Mayan Calendar ending at 11:11UT, this is one interview you do not want miss! For more information check out the entire interview at redicecreations.com and also http://www.september11news.com/Sept11

Numerology 1111 - Part 1 of 2


Numerology 1111 - Part 2 of 2




Project Bluebeam 2012 Rik Clay NASA NWO - Part 1


Project Bluebeam 2012 Rik Clay NASA NWO - Part 2




We have Ian Crane back on the program for a two-hour special to discuss the passing of Rik Clay, Integration, Information, Awakening, Spirituality, Conspiracy and much more. We begin to discuss Rik Clay, we talk about what we so far know happened to him and how he passed away. We talk about the rumors of Rik being murdered, we talk about paranoia and premature conclusions in the "conspiracy movement". We move on to discuss the importance of a careful approach to esoteric, occult and conspiratorial subject matters and the important of integration of knowledge about the conspiracy as well as the spiritual side to all of this. Topics discussed: Transpersonal State, Awakening Process, Change, Research, Internet, Communication, Soul Returning, Healthy Balance, Messiah Complex, Midlife Opportunity, Drugs, Shamanic Journey, Alcohol, Spiritual Entities, Temporary possession, Geopolitics, The Journey vs. Speed, Gurdjieff, Terrence McKenna, Time wave Zero, Jose Arguelles, 2012, Jeff Stray, Destruction of Knowledge, Christianity, Renaissance and much more.

Ian Crane - Rik Clay, Integration, Conspiracy & Spirituality - Part 1


Ian Crane - Rik Clay, Integration, Conspiracy & Spirituality - Part 2


Ian Crane - Rik Clay, Integration, Conspiracy & Spirituality - Part 3


Ian Crane - Rik Clay, Integration, Conspiracy & Spirituality - Part 4


Ian Crane - Rik Clay, Integration, Conspiracy & Spirituality - Part 5


Ian Crane - Rik Clay, Integration, Conspiracy & Spirituality - Part 6


Ian Crane - Rik Clay, Integration, Conspiracy & Spirituality - Part 7


Ian Crane - Rik Clay, Integration, Conspiracy & Spirituality - Part 8


Ian Crane - Rik Clay, Integration, Conspiracy & Spirituality - Part 9


Ian Crane - Rik Clay, Integration, Conspiracy & Spirituality - Part 10


Ian Crane - Rik Clay, Integration, Conspiracy & Spirituality - Part 11


Ian Crane - Rik Clay, Integration, Conspiracy & Spirituality - Part 12