Mango dip

Hi Natty!  How are you today?  I hope everything is going well for you, and that you are feeling happy and healthy.  I feel a bit silly: after preaching all that love philosophy, I forgot to post a photo of a flower yesterday.  Of course you would notice something like that.  Going back and reposting doesn't change the fact that I forgot, so please forgive me.  I have one for you today, though: a sesame flower.

It is mango season today.  There are no Harumanis mangoes in the yard this year.  The old tree is being fussy, and the young trees don't want to give me any fruit yet.  But the huge hybrid is full of fruit and flowers.  Green mangoes are great for dipping, one particular local recipe is called "garam belacan".  Literally translated means "salt and belacan (fermented shrimp paste)", but the stuff I made today is thick soy sauce, sugar, belacan (fermented shrimp paste), and chillies.  Something's missing though: it's too runny.  I've decided it needs crushed peanuts.  So I guess I have to go buy some before I enjoy my mango dip.

OH NO!!!!  I'M SO EMBARRASSED!!!! 😠
Malaysia is top plastic polluter in Asia says WWF

Sunday

Hi Natty!  How are you today?  Oh it's been so busy, and you're finally getting some time to relax?  Well, I hope so.  It's Sunday here for me, and every Sunday morning I clean my mother's bedroom.  It's just a typical Sunday, with nothing special going on.  The food is boring, which means that my tummy is happy.  It's been very hot and muggy lately, the rain is teasing but won't come down.  My room is stuffy and I don't have air conditioning.  At least I have 3 fans blasting in the room.  To have them all pointing at me is not working.  I had to point one fan towards the window to move air out of the room, so it's bearable in here right now.  Last night I couldn't work much at all, it was so stifling in here.  I didn't want to drink more Coca-Cola even though freezing cold Coke is pure bliss in this weather.  Iced tea is just as blissful plus I drink it without sugar, so I have a large jug of iced tea chilling in my freezer.  I want some!  Take care Natty, get lots of rest.  I love you.

Qur'an 20200216

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

92.  And to rehearse the Qur'an.  And if any accept guidance, they do it for the good of their own souls, and if any stray say, "I am only a warner."

93.  And say, "Praise be to Allah, Who will soon show you God's signs so that you shall know them."  And your Lord is not unmindful of all that you do.

The Ants 27:92-93

I love you everyday, not just one day a year

Hi Natty!  What's going on?  How are you spending your weekend?  Oh, that's such a cute photo of you and Elmo!  It's February 15, so I can get back to saying sweet loving things and posting snapshots of pretty flowers and such.  Natty, I love you and I will marry you inshaAllah.  I did something for myself even!  I switched my cooking oil jug from the "Buruh" (labor) brand to the "Murni" (pure) brand.

Natty, you are my honey now.  The old master told me last Tuesday to go buy some honey, so I went and bought a bottle of honey collected from jungle bees in the local jungles here in Perlis.  If you were to wander around in the jungle, you wouldn't see that many flowers.  That's because the flowers are small, or high up in the trees.  You know how honey tastes like the flower it's collected from?  Like apple blossom honey tastes like apples, orange blossom honey tastes like oranges etc.  Well, this honey tastes like pomegranates.  Pomegranates don't grow here, especially out in the jungle.  This stuff that I bought is expensive, because it's pure honey not colored sugar water.  It is medicinal honey, so you don't use it to sweeten your tea, or consume it in heavy gobs.  It's very potent.  I just dip the tip of a bamboo skewer in the bottle, and that's the dose I take once a day on an empty stomach with no water.

I want you kids to know that I love you all, and you are beautiful.

Location, location, location

Where are you right now, Natty?  I thought you were in France, but it looks like you're in Canada.  It's not raining here right now.  It rained a tiny bit just now, a drizzle, which means that it's hot and humid right now.  Gag!  Yeah, home is where the heart is.  I pray someday you will call you and me home.  I've always been alone and God has been my only friend for the most part, so my heart is in the hereafter but I'm working to find some happiness in this world, in marriage.  I hate tropical weather, hot weather, I've fantasized many times about living in Canada, where it never gets hot.

But you will have to admit that Asia is where it's happening right now.  Asia has the people, the bugs, and the drama.  Allah chose this location for me, put me here, and ordered me to stay here and do rock and roll business.  It may be seem an odd place for my business, but with the Internet it makes perfect sense.  It may seem that other places have less drama, but one can die anywhere.  Thus I have to stand my ground here and work, and I pray that you will give your heart to us together, in this place.  And it does rain a lot here.  Right now is the dry season.

Goodbye, Yoolie

Great job, Natty.  The only way to make a change for the better in the climate crisis, is to make those who care larger than those in power.  It's clear that those in power don't care about the environment, but they don't like to be overpowered so please prepare for that.  I love you, Natty.  Please take good care of your precious self, and please pray.

Little Yoolie died today.  She never really got out of her first heat: when the heat subsided a little, she would get hit with another wave.  But all female cats go into heat...  She was still able to eat and move around, albeit getting orgasms while doing so.  She was fine while Mary Unknown7 sang today, seeming content and enjoying herself as usual.  Then the session was over, and I had to move the cats out of my office for feeding time.  When I picked Yoolie up, she got a massive orgasm, had a heart attack and died quickly.  She died still growling from her orgasm.  What a really strange way to die.  So the Cat of Death is dead.  This may seem weird and funny to you folks, but I loved her.  She was like an angel.  Why do I keep cats anyway?  I hate love sometimes.

Qur'an 20200213

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

65.  Say, "None in the heavens or on earth except Allah knows what is hidden, nor can they perceive when they shall be raised up."

66.  Still less can their knowledge comprehend the hereafter: no, they are in doubt and uncertainty thereat, no, they are blind thereunto!

67.  The unbelievers say, "What!  When we become dust, we and our fathers, shall we really be raised?"

68.  "It is true we were promised this, we and our fathers before: these are nothing but tales of the ancients."

69.  Say, "Go you through the earth and see what has been the end of those guilty."

70.  But grieve not over them because of their plots.

71.  They also say, "When is this promise, if you are truthful?"

72.  Say, "It may be that some of the events which you wish to hasten on may be in your pursuit!"

The Ants 27:65-72