Miss Universe 2011 tonight!

Selamat datang

(welcome in Malaysian)

pronounced seh-la-mat dah-tan, the 'g' is silent

Miss Malaysia - Deborah Henry

Miss Universe 2011 competitor

Today I will be continuing to feature countries that have viewed my blog.

Since the Miss Universe 2011 competition is Sept.12,

I thought I would include a photo of the Miss----from each country.

Note, this does NOT include all 89 countries entered into competition!

These are only the countries that have viewed my blog!

There have been 46 different countries that have checked out my blog in the last 4 -5 months.

Here goes a BIG THANK YOU to the remaining ones.

You can find previous countries featured in my last couple of blogs.

Miss Hungary - Betta Lipcsei

Miss Universe 2011 contestant

Oh, and let me add that these are in

no particular order!

Miss Korea - Sora Chong

Miss Universe 2011 competitor

Miss South Africa - Bokang Montjane

Miss Universe 2011 contestant

Miss Philippines - Shamcey Supsup

Miss Universe 2011 contestant

Miss Poland - Rozalia Mancewicz

Miss Universe 2011 competitor

Miss Singapore - Valerie Lim Shu Xian

Miss Universe 2011 contestant

Miss Mauritius - Laetitia Darche

Miss Universe 2011 contestant

Miss Slovak Republic - Dagmar Kolesarova

Miss Universe 2011 contestant

Miss Thailand - Chanyasorn Sakorchan

Miss Universe 2011 contestant

Miss Portugal - Laura Goncalves

Miss Universe 2011 competitor

Miss Romania - Larisa Popa

Miss Universe 2011 contestant

Miss India - Vasuki Sunkavalli

Miss Universe 2011 contestant

Miss Italy - Elisa Torrini

Miss Universe 2011 contestant

Miss Vietnam - Hoang My Vu

Miss Universe 2011 contestant 

Miss Mexico - Karin Ontiveros

Miss Universe 2011 contestant

Miss Israel - Kim Edri

Miss Universe 2011 contestant

Miss Indonesia - Nadine Alexandra

Miss Universe 2011 contestant

It will be fun to watch the competition.

The Donald is rather a figure of fun to me,

but I'm glad he is sponsoring this pageant.

I have 6 more countries to say 'thank you' to,

but that will be another blog!

Sayonara!

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International Paper Doll Bonanza

Hello to all!

vintage magazine art

Today I have a splitting migraine, day 3.

ouch.

I thought you might enjoy some international paper dolls

whilst I try to either bang my head into unconsciousness,

or take enough drugs to pass out.

ick.

I have been gone for a week however, and really wanted to get back into the swing of things with my blog.

No fancy colors today - sorry. Not up to reading for quotes either, so let's get ON WITH THE PAPER DOLLS!!!

These colorful paper dolls are from Turkey:



I love all the texture, layering and colors in them!

Now let's have three vintage paper dolls from Finland...

c.1948

Next up:

National Dresses vintage paper doll from Denmark:

Here are is a lovely doll with costumes from Japan, China, Cambodia, Vietnam and Korea:



Here is a doll with 2 costumes based on pioneer New Zealand days:

Next is a doll with costumes for a Liberty! party in the USA:

Sorry friends, that's about all I can do today.

Tomorrow will be a better day!

"Future" paperdolls Isobel and Chloe!

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Trains = Death Too

     Thanks to Chief-Editing-Person-In-Charge Jay for pointing out another story to reawaken my snakophobia. This time it's on a train in a place where I spent some time: Vietnam. A lot of the headline writers have been having fun with it. "Snakes On A Train", you know.

     Anyway, here's the CBS TV Report about the discovery of living samples of the world's largest venomous snakes in a bag under a seat on a passenger train.

     I couldn't find any pictures of the snakes in the story, but this is me in Vietnam in 1970, and I kinda look like I'm wondering what's causing the ripples near my feet. I was young then, and had not yet developed my mature snakophobia...explaining why I am willingly standing in water that is surely infested.

(The photo also explains why I was never drafted into my unit's basketball team, and why the team has such a short season.)

This day in history - April 28, 1970: Nixon authorizes the invasion of Cambodia

By R.K. Barry

On April 28, 1970, President Richard Nixon authorized American combat troops to invade Cambodia to engage approximately 40,000 troops of the People's Army of Vietman (North Vietnamese army) and the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietman (NLF, also known as the Viet Cong) who occupied the eastern border regions of Cambodia.

A total of 13 major operations were conducted by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN or the South Vietnamese army) between April 29th and July 22nd and by U.S. forces between May 1st and June 30th.

The stated goal for the U.S. was to strengthen the position of the South Vietnamese army to enable it to carry on military operations on its own, after the withdrawal of the American military -- the so called "Vietnamization" process.

Some things never change.

In response to American military action, demonstrations erupted on American university campuses, with protestors expressing opposition to the expansion of the Vietnam War into another country. On May 4th, Ohio National Gaurdsmen shot and killed four unarmed students (two of whom were not protestors) during what became known as the Kent State shootings.

(Cross-posted to Lippmann's Ghost.)