Thursday, November 25, 2010

Jungle Boogie Bracelet and My Official Debut on Jewel School!


Follow this link to the JTV Blog to get the instructions for my Jungle Boogie Bracelet I showed on air last Sunday. Tune in to Jewelry Television on air or on the web today from 9-noon EST live for my OFFICIAL debut on Jewel School with the lovely Miss Kim Prentiss.

Happy Thanksgiving!

xoxo
Madge

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

ILovetoCreate Teen Crafts: Snow Bunny Holiday Scarf and Hat Set


Snow Bunny Holiday Scarf and Hat Set
Avalon Potter for ILoveToCreate Teen Crafts


Winter is coming fast and I made this scarf to keep me warm during the holidays. I had a lot of fun making this and I think you will too. This goes perfectly with any type of coat and is a breeze to create. I hope you enjoy and until next time wishing you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving.

Happy Crafting,
Avalon

Materials
Fleece hat and scarf in cream (I got mine at Old Navy)
Tulip Glam-it-Up Crystals Clear
Holiday Themed Stencils (Try The Holly Stencil from Tulip!)
Tulip Fashion Graffit Paint Taggers in Green and Pink
Tulip Dimensional Fabric Paint in Gold Glitter
Tulip Foam Sponge Pouncers
Aleene's Jewel-It Glue

1. Fold scarf in half and lay flat.
2. Apply stencil pattern on scarf using a paint pouncer. The leaves should be green and berries alternate between pink and gold glitter.
3. Add crystals to each pink berry using Aleene’s Jewel-It Glue.
4. Decorate the brim of your hat in the same pattern, adding a leaf and berry to each panel at the top as in photo. Decorate front and back of hat.
5. Allow to dry before wearing!

Wang kertas Malaysia & sang kijang

PEMBETULAN PENTING
- Kancil bertukar kijang!
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Ah kan, siapa suruh saya tulis malam-malam buta. Dah salah.
Terima kasih kepada Anon 08:27 (pagi-pagi dia dah bangun baca blog).
Itu bukan kancil, itu kijang! Hahaha. Tepat beliau.

Saya sengaja tidak betulkan entry di bawah ni - agar anda dapat baca sendiri logik saya yang tak logik. Tapi tolong tembak sang kancil kecik tu, masak merah.
Apa pun, mousedeer dan barking deer (kijang) ni adik-beradik lain emak.

Jika anda baca penerangan oleh auction house di bawah yang describe wang emas Kelantan tu:
"Obverse [ie depan syiling] a bull/kijang facing left with raised tail ending in a circle."
Saya taip perkataan "kijang" tu tapi tak nampak!
Aish buta sakan.
Ah ini logo negeri Kelantan sehingga hari ini: Dua ekor kijang ekor kontot, pegang keris (nasib baik depa tak hunus keris tu, nanti mengamuk kinisidertoday!).



Ini gambar Kijang (biasanya warna coklat saja, yang ini berbelang) - macam abang si Kancil, eh.



Logo Melaka yang ada Kancil di bawah (alamak, macam tak bijak saja dua kancil ni. Warna dia pun macam coklat cake tertinggal atas meja dari semalam, kena makan cicak. Tak hensome macam kijang Kelantan). Oooi, ada lima keris kontot dan sebatang pokok di tanam DBKL.



La baru ni saya teringat - kan BNM pernah keluarkan wang emas yang dinamakan Kijang Emas. Aish, bodoh tak kena tempat pak chic remgold tua nyanyu.
Terima kasih, pembaca!
(Headline pun saya dah tukar: Wang kertas Malaysia & sang kijang).

PENGAJARAN UNTUK SEMUA: Itulah, orang selalu kata, Jangan percaya semua yang anda baca di Internet! Hahaha. Tepat sungguh.
Kena tanya orang yang lebih berilmu. Tapi takpe, asal anda syiok baca dongeng dan ngobrol saya, OK what!

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POSTING ASAL

Saya sedang membaca itu dan ini tentang matawang, sistem kewangan, emas dan perak, tapi saya masih tak kaya.
Cuma kaya ilmu sikit.
Kerana takut esok tendang baldi (kick the bucket, kata omputeh), saya kongsi dua benda yang baru juga saya pelajari - walau mungkin cerita dah basi untuk anda.
Cerita kali ini banyak gambar jadi syiok baca.

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1) Agong wang kertas Malaysia.


Sejak Merdeka, Malaysia dah beberapa kali bertukar design matawang kertas - lihat sini sejarah syiling dan matawang kertas Malaysia. Scroll all the way down jika nak lihat gambar Agong di wang kertas lama dan baru.
Saya bukan orang utara, jadi walau saya tahu gambar tu gambar Agong, tapi siapa sebenarnya tuanku ni?
Dari design pertama hingga hari ini, masih gunakan gambar Agong yang sama juga.

Namanya ialah Tuanku Abdul Rahman dari Negeri Sembilan, Agong PERTAMA negara.
Gambar-gambar dan cerita detail Tuanku di sini. Cerita lagi di sini.

Jika anda masih ingat, wang kertas "lama" Malaysia ada RM500 dan RM1,000.
Tapi kerana krisis kewangan 1998, timbul cerita bahawa orang politik ternama dan orang korporat membawa lari berjuta-juta Malaysia ke Singapore dan Switzerland.

Jika ada wang RM1,000 dan saya nak larikan RM1 juta, saya hanya perlu membawa 1,000 helai saja! Senang nak simpan dalam haversack dan beg baju! Lebih lagi jika saya ada jet peribadi.

Hari ini, wang kertas tertinggi Malaysia hanyalah RM100. Jika saya nak larikan RM1juta, kena bawa 10,000 helai. Payah nak sembunyikan jika beg masuk scan kat airport dewasa ini!!!

Singapore masih ada wang kertas S$500, S$1,000, malah S$10,000 pun. Potret di duit Singapore tu ialah bekas Presiden Yusuf Ishak, presiden pertama.

Brunei pun masih ada B$500, B$1,000 dan B$10,000 kertas.


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2) Logo kancil Bank Negara.

Bila saya jadi wartawan kewangan (financial correspodent) di Singapore dan Malaysia zaman dulu, bila tengok logo bank pusat Temasek, aduhai boring-ngantuk. Yawn!
Hanya duit emas bulat dengan huruf "MAS" (Monetary Authority of Singapore).



Dari kecik, memang kerap saya baca buku cerita Melayu di mana sang kancil ni selalu disifatkan sebagai bijak.
Jadi apabila berkelana di negara Melayu - ini dulu; sekarang kalau kita kata Malaysia tu negara Melayu, macam nak kiamat kinisidertoday dan geng dia attack - nampak pula logo kancil (PEMBETULAN DI ATAS) ni di bangunan Bank Negara Malaysia.
Orang pasaran kewangan hanya panggil bank pusat ni "Negara" atau "BNM".


Si kancil Malaysia di logo ni ekoq dia panjang.
Lepas tu ada matahari dan anak bulan atas kepala dia.
Saya teka ini mesti bermakna BNM tak tidoq siang dan malam jaga sistem kewangan Malaysia.
Atau mungkin takut nanti jika tertidoq, ada datin tukar wang kat money changer nak bawa wang lari keluar, tak tahulah.

Tapi dari mana design kancil kaki, leher, ekoq panjang ni?
Baru-baru ini baru saya jumpa jawapannya. Jika salah tolong betulkan.
Rupa-rupanya BNM, katanya, dapat idea daripada wang emas Kelantan yang lama, yang dipanggil Kupang.



Cerita lanjut di sini.
Baru minggu lalu, beberapa Kupang Kelantan ni dijual dalam Lelong (Auction) wang kertas dan syiling dunia di Singapore.
Sebiji syiling di atas ni - kecik saja, hanya sebesar kuku jari hantu - dijual dengan harga US$300-US$320, kerana ada nilai sejarah.

Ini description Kupang emas ni yang ditulis oleh pakar dalam buku auction tu:
"Kelantan, Patani (circa 16th to 18th* century). Kupang (gold).
Obverse [ie depan syiling] a bull/kijang facing left with raised tail ending in a circle.
Reverse [belakang syiling] in Arabic "Malik Al Adil (The Just Sultan)".
Weight 0.7 grammes, diameter approx 9.2mm."

(*300-500 tahun dulu!!! Itulah kan saya kata ini dulu negeri Melayu - ini belum masuk bab kerajaan Melaka zaman Hang Tuah 500 tahun dulu tu).


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OK cukup ler.
Saya harap setelah baca ni, lain kali bila anda dapat wang kertas, belek dengan rapi. Bersejarah wang yang anda pegang tu.
Boleh cerita dengan anak-anak tentang sejarah negara.
Anak saya dah besau-besau, nampak duit bukan nak belek, tapi nak belanja!




Ah kan, syiok tak?
Dulu don't know, now dah jelas!
Nanti lain kali kita bual topik duit pisang Jepun, duit Malaya lama gambar King George, nak tak?

THE SHORT AND SWEET TWO LITTLE WORDS.........

24.11.2010
Tuesday
Dear Friends,
           Good Evening!
It was a misty morning and the sky was amazing with lovely blue shade mixed with white clouds.I don't know how long I was looking and admiring the clean and clear sky.A cool breeze was blowing gently.My heart was filled with gratitude and my eyes were moist with tender feelings.My Little Star has done this wonderful painting.
I feel so happy and excited.I am really taken care of with these wonderful visual treats.I feel blessed.
Let me take time to thank God for the simple things in my life.
Every morning,I wake up to see the vast and deep blue sea.The green hill is on one side.At night the illuminated ships paint the sea with various hues.These sights never cease to amaze me.The clear blue sky,my cute little sparrows,pigeons and crows,the colourful fragrant flowers in the garden make my days.What more can I ask for?
My God,I know each dawn ushers a new chance in life.I get to undo all the hurts and get the energy to relive my life.I have learned wellbecause some have opposed,corrected and encouraged me in time.
My heart is filled with gratitude.When we forget to live our lives in the right way,enjoying the simple pleasures of life.Do we thank daily to the wonderful gifts God has bestowed upon us?Why do we become forgetful to thank for the blessings we received?
I am so grateful for my loving and wonderful Amma and family without whom this blogging would have been impossible.:)
''I would thank you from the bottom of the heart,but for you my heart has no bottom''.
I 'm so hapy to dedicate this post to my friends across th globe.You must know,how grateful I'm to all of you and how much you mean to me.
I go musical when I think of you.Please add a suitable rhythm while sharing my feelings and thoughts.:)Look,my little blue birdie is listening.

It's Thanks Giving Time Of the year
A time to spread and share happiness and care.
Joy is doubled when we share it.
Minooty,your smile gives me happiness,
That takes me into an innocent world of joy.
You give me the sunshine for the day,
And your gentle touch changes my world.
 Showering all my love,hugs andkisses on you.
Dear my friends near and far,
 I am so touched by your thoughtfulness.
The thoughtfulness that knows no bounds
My appreciation is ever-growing,dear.
Your generosity has made me speechless.
Thank you so much for gving me,
The strength to go on.........
Your love warms my heart.
Thanks a bunch as you never let me  down.
Hope comes from love and trust.
You are always thoughtful in such a nice way.
Thanks for the memories you have gifted,
To be treasured for ever.
You were there through the stressful period of life,
Because of you I could overcome the difficult periods.
Thank you so much for your emails,sms and phone calls,
Inspiring and cheering me to the core.
Most of the time I forget to say,'Thank You',
For the beautiful pictures and images.
I am so happy you are my friend forever.
You trust me and always share with me,
What is bothering you.
Thanks a bunch for not letting time or distance
Affect our valuable friendship.
Thanks a lot for being honest with me
For the confidence you have in me.
I am sure,you won't let me,
To be left alone and get lost........
Thanks my dearies for your appreciation
And the pat on my back,
For my thoughts reached you.
You have repaid me in kind for my harsh deeds,
Henceforth I will be sensitive to others.
There is no time to argue and fight,
Hoping for the best,let me move along.
Let me kneel down now,and with moist eyes,
Let me say my silent prayers,
With a heart full of glee and gratitude.
Friends,believe me.....prayers and only prayers,
Have more power to grant our wishes.
Just for once,remove your mask,
And say the two little magical words...
''Thank You"!
Friends,
Let us congratulate Amity,the wonderful blogger[Dreams Are My Reality]on her second blog anniversary.I love reading your touching lines,dear!
It's Anu signing off........
''Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why,when I am in special need of help,the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim''.William Feather
Why do we find it difficult to say Thank You?Our friends may be waiting to hear these two short and sweet words.
''Every person is important.It does not matter you play the violin,the flute,the cello or the drums;you're still part of the orchestra''.
Friends,
Trust me.
'All that is given cheerfully and generously to another comes back to you and enriches your life in unexpected way''.
I have experienced this.
Thank you for being the great friend
In every possible way!
I hope my smile touches everyone.
I feel your love in my heart.
And tonight,before hitting bed,
Take time to think it over,
How many people you have ignored;
And reach out to them,
Make them feel nice,
They do make a lot of difference in your life!
Anu loves you more and more tonight,
Dil se,hamesha.............
Wishing you a beautiful and prayful night......
Let me go back to my amazing sea.
                                   Sasneham,
                                                Anu

The Galactic Truth, Direct Experience, Voices & Images in Hallucinogen, Plants, Logos, and Science - Terrence Mckenna



Terence McKenna
grew up in Paonia, Colorado. He was introduced to geology through his uncle and developed a hobby of solitary fossil hunting in the arroyos near his home. From this he developed a deep artistic and scientific appreciation of nature.

At age 16, McKenna moved to, and attended high school in, Los Altos, California. He was introduced to psychedelics through The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley and Village Voice. One of his early experiences with them came through morning glory seeds (containing LSA), which he claimed showed him "that there was something there worth pursuing."

After graduating from high school, McKenna enrolled in U.C. Berkeley. He moved to San Francisco during the Summer Of Love before his classes began, and was introduced to cannabis by Barry Melton in 1965 and tried LSD soon later.

As a freshman at UC Berkeley McKenna participated in the Tussman Experimental College, a short-lived two-year program on the Berkeley campus. He graduated in 1969 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Ecology and Conservation.

One of McKenna's most widely-promulgated ideas is known as Novelty theory. It predicts the ebb and flow of novelty in the universe as an inherent quality of time. McKenna developed the theory in the mid-1970s after his experiences in the Amazon at La Chorrera led him to closely study the King Wen sequence of the I-Ching. Novelty theory involves ontology, extropy, and eschatology.

The theory proposes that the universe is an engine designed for the production and conservation of novelty. Novelty, in this context, can be thought of as newness, or extropy (a term coined by Max More meaning the opposite of entropy). According to McKenna, when novelty is graphed over time, a fractal waveform known as "timewave zero" or simply the "timewave" results. The graph shows at what time periods, but never at what locations, novelty increases or decreases.

Considered by some to represent a model of history's most important events, the universal algorithm has also been extrapolated to be a model for future events. McKenna admitted to the expectation of a "singularity of novelty", and that he and his colleagues projected many hundreds of years into the future to find when this singularity (runaway "newness" or extropy) could occur. The graph of extropy had many enormous fluctuations over the last 25,000 years, but amazingly, it hit an asymptote at exactly December 22, 2012. In other words, entropy (or habituation) no longer exists after that date. It is impossible to define that state. The technological singularity concept parallels this, only at a date roughly three decades later. According to leading expert Ray Kurzweil), another concept called cultural singularity (essentially cultural dissolution, or language dissolution), parallels this as well. Terrence claimed to have no knowledge of the Mayan calendar, which ends one day before the Timewave graph does: December 21, 2012, this is likely to be true as Mckennas timewave theory was published in The Invisible Landscape 12 years before the book which brought the Mayan calendar into public consciousness; José Argüelles's The Mayan Factor


Intelligence, Galactic Truth, Audio & Light Hallucinogen, and the Knowledge Sharing.


2012: Information Geometric Harmony of the TRUTH! and Our Influence and Demand!


Classes, Division, Democracy, Institution, Language, Perceptions, and Confusion. No freedom because we are unable to change things basing everything on what is written! Grow up, Experience and Live and Life on Earth Freely.


Terence Mckenna: Science in a Postmodern World


Ideas, Knowledge, and Mission "Like Fisherman in Dark Ocean of the Mind"


Roman Empire, Science, Religion, and Uncertainty


Direct Experience and Liberate yourself!

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Over The River...






And thru the woods...








To:








Grandmother's House we go...








The horse know the way;

To carry the sleigh;

Through the white
 and drifted snow.


Oh...








Oh, hear the bell ring,
"Ting-a-ling-ling!"
Hurrah for Thanksgiving Day-ay!









Have you picked out your turkey?








Dug out your stuffing recipe?








Don't forget the potatoes.

That's the BEST part for sure.








A salad or two
On the menu?


I love apple salad.









Breads are a plus

With the grandkids.








And even though,

My Grandma has been

gone for many years now,

I can still see and smell

her rolls fresh from the oven.








Best for last:

Desserts. Pumpkin Pie

Anyone? Anyone?








I always make peanut clusters.

Did I mention that I LOVE

chocolate?








Wherever you are this holiday season,

With family or friends.

From My Home to Yours;

Happy Thanksgiving.

May you be richly blessed 

With So much LOVE,

HEALTH and HAPPINESS.



















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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Gaji menteri Malaysia & Singapore

Di sini, gaji PM Malaysia.
Di sini dan sini , gaji para menteri Singapore (ini tahun 2007).

Gaji Malaysia ni, saya tak tahu termasuk elaun travel, pakaian dan yang lain. Antaranya menteri Malaysia dapat cuti setahun dua kali (?) di mana satu famili dapat naik flight first class, return, ke mana saja.
PM Malaysia ada 1AirForce, Singapore naik scheduled flight biasa atau kena sewa.
Gaji menteri Singapore, jika tak salah, termasuk semua elaun.

Kedua-dua argument ada merit - jangan tinggi sangat kerana kata kamu nak khidmat kepada rakyat.
Atau - Kalau rendah sangat, takut corrupt pulak, dia kebas kat belakang kita.
Net-net tepuk dada, tanya selera.