Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Qur'an 20211125

 In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

186.  To such as Allah rejects from God's Guidance, there can be no guide.  God will leave them in their trespasses, wandering in distraction.

187.  They ask you about the Hour: when will be its appointed time?  Say, "The knowledge thereof is with my Lord.  None can reveal as to when it will occur.  Heavy is its burden through the heavens and the earth.  Only all of a sudden will it come to you."  They ask you if you were eager in search thereof.  Say, "The knowledge thereof is with Allah, but most humans know not."

188.  Say, "I have no power over any good or harm to myself except as Allah Wills.  If I had knowledge of the unseen, I should have multiplied all good, and no evil should have touched me.  I am but a warner, and a bringer of glad tidings to those who have faith."

The Heights 7:186-188

Sorry folks

 

Hi Natty!  How are you, Honey?  I hope you are feeling good over there.  Please don't be so concerned about what other people want and say.  High school never ends.  Or is that a sorority?  Whatever.  I think it's OK to focus on our happiness together.  You are MY girl, and I don't want any other girl.

That being said, I'm still too poor to be married, so please forgive me.  I'm so sorry about that.  And I'm sorry that Mary was late today.  That was my fault, I had to complete an unfinished task.  Poor Mary had to wait all that time.  But we are a team, and she won't do anything without me.








Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Movie night

 

Hi Natty!  What's going on, Honey?  I hope you're having a great time over there, and feeling great too.  It's a little more relaxed here for me today.  Just a lot of kicking back and listening to music.  And watching a movie!

That drummer is a dinosaur!  Let's watch a movie, Natty!  tonight's movie is "Jurassic World" (2015).  Oh, you've seen it already?  Let's watch it again!  There are a lot of movies I like to watch over and over again, and never get tired of.  In fact this movie is on my death list, meaning that it's one of the movies I want to watch while I'm dying.  So where are we at?  We are at the part where the scientist explains to the boss about the makeup of the monster.  The monster is a cat!  Meow!







Monday, November 22, 2021

Hectic day


 Hi Natty!  How are you, Honey?  Are you getting ready for the holidays?  I saw in the news about that incident in Wisconsin, at the parade.  I'm sorry that happened, I hope it didn't bring you down.  InshaAllah, you will have a wonderful season.

It's been a busy day for me.  I drove my mother around in the morning, and I drove my mother around in the evening.  I still haven't had my dinner yet.  It's ramen, the soup is on the stove top and I haven't added the noodles yet.  If I could get this post done, I might have time to eat dinner after I get back from the mosque.  Good thing I had a big lunch!  I got some "putu mayong" for my mother at the night market.  It's sweet stuff as you can see above, with special hand made noodles and brown sugar.  Anyway, gotta go!  I love you!







Sunday, November 21, 2021

Fried noodles

 

Hi Natty!  Sorry I'm running late, Honey.  I've been joining the congregational prayer at the mosque more frequently, so please expect me a little later than usual.  How are you, by the way?  I hope everything is awesome for you over there.  You are MY girl, and I love you with all of my heart.

Would you like some fried noodles?  Fried noodles are actually quite easy, if you wanted to try and make it.  I can get fresh noodles over here because everybody uses noodles here, so I don't have to bother with dried noodles.  The key to fried noodles is the sauce.  Everybody who fries noodles has their own routine.  The video above is OK, I guess.  I personally wouldn't bother removing the heads and tails of bean sprouts, and I certainly wouldn't fry them up first.  Today I started with chopped garlic, then I add my pickled soybeans.  Oh no, my pickled soybeans went rancid!  How is that even possible?  It must be the protein in the beans.  I hope my entire batch didn't get ruined, but I didn't have time to deal with it today.  Next batch I'll put in a LOT of salt.  So I skipped the soybeans and added water.  Oh, the fire is medium high today.  For the sauce, I put Mae Pranom tom yum paste in the water.  I just happened to have a lot of it right now.  It needs salt, so I added a teaspoon of anchovy bouillon.  Then I chopped up some of my generic roast beef and put it in the water.  Next, the noodles went in.  This particular brand is a bit bitter, and the bitterness needs to be cooked out, so I left the whole mess alone on the fire while I cleaned the litter box.  When I got back the noodle mix had dried up, so I turned down the fire and cracked an egg in there and mixed it up to thicken it up.  I had already chopped up the scallions and green hot chilli peppers.  This stuff goes in last after I switch off the fire, because it need to stay as raw as possible.  If I had bean sprouts, they would go in last.  It's a successful batch of fried noodles.  Mae Pranom makes a good sauce, I didn't even need soy sauce.  Want some?








Saturday, November 20, 2021

Qur'an 20211121

 In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

158.  Say, "O humans!  I am sent unto you all, as the messenger of Allah, to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth.  There is no god but God.  It is God that gives both life and death.  So believe in Allah and God's messenger, the unlettered prophet, who believes in Allah and God's Words.  Follow him, that you may be guided."

The Heights 7:158

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I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship other than Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.


Yet another average day

 Hi Natty!  How are you today, Honey?  I hope all is calm and easy-going for you.  Have you had dinner yet?  Want some fries?  You absolutely must try this ranch dressing.  I could eat the whole jar by myself, but that would make me sick.  My mother gave me some deep fried banana bites.  A traditional recipe called "cucur kodok".  Let's see if YouTube has an example...  Ah, here we go:

My mother's look different, but I'm sure they both taste like banana.  Do you like bananas?  I'm kind of ambivalent about them, care or don't care it doesn't really matter.  I do have a lot of banana trees outside my front door, though.  That's where my mother got the bananas from.  They're quite sweet.  Anyway, I'm stuffed right now.  I think I'll take a nap.  You take care now, Precious!  I love you!