Barack Hussein Obama, President, USA

His father from Kenya with east African (Kenyan) ancestry, his mother from Kansas with west European (British) ancestry, Barack spent his childhood years in Hawaii and Indonesia (where he went diving!). Mungkinlah dia bisa berbicara bahasa Indonesia & bercakap bahasa Melayu sikit, macam saya pulak. ;) Born American, yet comfortable internationally. He has much respect, though that is just the entry ticket, lots of issues to deal with.

I only hope his nickname does not become "Oh-Bomb-Ah", in the fashion of G. W. Bush's nickname "Bush-Whacker". Let Obama be known as the "Peacemaker". InsyAllah. God bless America.

Cheers to the President of the United States of America! Let freedom reign!

http://www.myspace.com/barackobama

I have one thing to say: Let this man do his job, he will most definitely earn his paycheck.

Freckles are cool; well, mine are anyways. hehe. Mahalo, Simba~Singa.

Congratulations to the democratic party, and the O bama family; we are the world!


ok that's enough patriotic political stuff. Back to nature & nurture. (^-^)

BOO!

(working on a grant proposal to Save the Redwoods foundation, my theme: "Can you save the forest for the trees?" a switch from the old saying "Can you see the forest for the trees?") http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Save_the_Redwoods_League

LOLrus found da bucket!

li'l minisaurus walking the woodland streets asking for sweets


Happy Halloween (see zoo animals munching pumpkins here: Hall-Zoo-Ween ) & Dias de Los Muertos ye'all! May the jack-o-lanterns light your path on this hallowed eve, and the costumed li'l goblins, witches, pirates and princesses get lots of snacks with their calls for "Trick or Treat!" (^-^)

Arts Alive Saturday night: Tuxford Gallery, Mexican theme, "the days of the dead", Brenda Gallery, Mongolian photos and paintings (I made a paper yurt!)

Maskibition show & awards

mask yg alien?

Quite a great collection of masks here at Arts Alive in the Gallery, perhaps 100 or more,personally crafted and decorated in numerous styles and fashions. Will add more pics later. The Darth Vader mask is cute, being made from kitchen utensils.

http://inkpeople.org/2008/10/03/maskibition-24-artsalive-at-the-ink-people-2/

Maskibition is sponsored by American Hydroponics, Dell Arte and Sun Valley Farms




The Coffee Opp coffee shop is up and rollicking (Kev, our Coffee Opp guest worker/Manager from Mauritia, managed to produce a volcano eruption in the coffee maker, the coffee and grounds looked like lava pouring down the sides of the machine and on the floor, he was too nervous, so many people came. All cleaned up now.)

And dekat sini, in the Municipal Auditorium, a bunch of kids are roller skating, singing and screaming to the music.

Tomorrow morning: live drawing (nude, not me la)
Tomorrow night, punk metal concert. Ear plug time.
Next night: watercolor landscape painting class, with Alan Sanborn

Also fiber arts (weaving), print making, Lunel's yoga class, etc.

"Kembali ke Bali"

Oh, Dell Arte is having their annual Bali study abroad class in mask making, wayang kulit, etc. FEBRUARY 9 - MARCH 12, 2009. I wanna go diving in Bali! Nak ikut? JOM kita pergi main menyelam & mensurfing kan! Full cost $5,000 US... nak duit raya ... sponsor anyone? [hint hint]
http://72.167.83.180/dellarte.aspx?id=13

Invisible cloak?

Little Red Invisible Riding Hood



honey_wheres_my_supersuit




Cultural perceptions: East & West

Holistic vs Analytical Eyes-mouth vs nose (Hat tip to Ed Yong)



Geophysics of ice cream


"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere."
- Albert Einstein, scientist (1879 - 1955)
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Flying to LA for lunch

priceless.

1,000 km for a sandwich & meeting a friend.

have a nice trip, lib, see ya tomoro!




ps. i got coffee crumbs in my Seattle blend coffee... no problemo

pps. punk rock concert tonite. last week folk-punk-metal-teen headbangers..

The Great American Soda Pop Controversy

http://popvssoda.com:2998/
Gene expression: Razib's map

In USA, some people call soft drink like Pepsi as 'pop', others as 'soda', others call it Coke (even if it's Pepsi or Root Beer).

This reminded me of coconut in Malaysia, some call it 'nyiur' (probable shared origin of the English word 'nut' and Latin word 'nux'), others call it 'kelapa', some 'kopyor'. It would be neat to see that mapped out like above.

In US, also, the word for the upturned water faucet for drinking is 'water fountain' in some areas, 'bubbler' in others.

basketree

virtual pool (sape takut air, bole mandi disini)

Linger

[Since the song is called linger, why did they cut off the last 15 seconds? hmm? hmm? alas...]

Portuguese translation of the pretty Irish lilting song Linger by the Cranberries

(P) prolongar = (E) linger = (M) berlengah lengah

(L) cor = (P) coração = (E) heart = (M) hati

(P) ~ meu coracao ainda bate forte cuando te veio
(E) ~ my heart still beats strong whenever I see you
(M) ~ hati saya masih memukulkan kuat bila bila saya nampak saudari
(M yg medical: plz see comments)

http://www.marilynvossavant.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=621

CRANBERRIES LYRICS "Linger"
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/cranberries/linger.html

If you, if you could return, don't let it burn, don't let it fade. I'm sure I'm not being rude, but it's just your attitude, It's tearing me apart, It's ruining everything. I swore, I swore I would be true, and honey, so did you. So why were you holding her hand? Is that the way we stand? Were you lying all the time? Was it just a game to you? But I'm in so deep. You know I'm such a fool for you. You got me wrapped around your finger, ah, ha, ha. Do you have to let it linger? Do you have to, do you have to, Do you have to let it linger? Oh, I thought the world of you.
I thought nothing could go wrong, But I was wrong. I was wrong. If you, if you could get by, trying not to lie, Things wouldn't be so confused and I wouldn't feel so used, But you always really knew, I just wanna be with you. But I'm in so deep. You know I'm such a fool for you. You got me wrapped around your finger, ah, ha, ha. Do you have to let it linger? Do you have to, do you have to, Do you have to let it linger? And I'm in so deep. You know I'm such a fool for you. You got me wrapped around your finger, ah, ha, ha. Do you have to let it linger? Do you have to, do you have to, Do you have to let it linger? You know I'm such a fool for you. You got me wrapped around your finger, ah, ha, ha. Do you have to let it linger? Do you have to, do you have to, Do you have to let it linger?