Stuffed wontons

 

Are you wearing eyeliner in bed in the morning?  You don't really need makeup to match the clothes you're wearing, plus you are already too darn pretty.  Try putting on a cocktail dress instead.  Makeup shouldn't distract from your natural beauty.  If you really wanted to match makeup with that outfit then just use foundation, powder and Chapstick.  I love the riff!  You have become so fluid.  I envy your skill.  Stay fluid on the guitar!  Flow like a river or swell like the ocean.  No interruptions!

On the menu for dinner last night was stuffed wontons.  You would like my wontons, Grace.  Stuffed wontons are very dainty, perfect for girls!  However, there's nothing dainty about eating 100 of them in a sitting, which I could.  But last night I only ate 57.  I didn't put any pig in the stuffing like the guy in the video.  Instead I used fish cake and tofu.  I like the way he shaped his wontons, though.  I think I'll try that next time.

Basil

 

Hi Grace!  Are you having problems with fake friends again?  Well you are kinda social, so you're always going to have that problem.  Or you can be a hermit like me: I don't have any fake friends because I don't have any friends besides Allah.

At least I know how to cook.  Allah taught me how to cook, because Allah is my only friend.  I had to harvest my basil, so last night was spaghetti night.  It wasn't anything fancy, I just added lots of basil and some tomatoes to canned spaghetti sauce.

Keow teow kerang

 

Hi Grace!  Are you feeling OK?  Things have been manically paced lately on both sides of the world, so I hope you know how to give your heart a break.  After all, you're not under any contractual obligations or deadlines, not any I'm aware of at least.  Time should be on your side so act like a boss Honey, and let them know that you do business according to your own pace and comfort.

I'm spending these days in the kitchen.  I ate other people's cooking for a month, and I really miss my own cooking.  Sure I'm grateful alhamdulillah (praise God), but I've had enough.  Today, I fried up some "Keow teow kerang" (flat noodles with cockles).  Cockles aka blood clams is risky food.  That's because they love sewage.  But the flavor is so thick that humans love to eat them.  I have to make sure they're cooked thoroughly twice, and not eat too much.  This type of recipe is best when the quality is slightly above average.  That's because the goal is a familiar flavor.

Selamat Hari Raya

 

Happy Eid to Muslims everywhere!  This means the fasting month is over, and I get to drink coffee in the afternoon again.  I thought about giving up coffee since I didn't need it for a whole month but nah, I decided against that.  I will treat coffee like a medicine: I'll take it when I need it.

East doesn't meet West

 

Looks like you're doing young people things...  Seems like fun!  I got a different scene here, lots of death.  But I'm OK.

East doesn't meet West.  But both belong to God.

More than you can chew

 

When you bite off more than you can chew, hide in your bedroom, Grace.  Tell them to pay attention to me, and I will distract them.  Send them to me, and I will deal with them.  Sure, it's Rock and Roll.  Ride the snake, and whatever.  But you don't know what to do nor how to act.  Don't fake your way through.  When you get overwhelmed, send them my way and say, "I am his wife inshaAllah".

Again, don't fake it.  Be sincere even with your mouth full of food.

Jazz exploration

 

Hi Grace!  It's marvelous that you hung out with Dave Stewart.  You're meeting all my teenage music heroes while I will never meet a single one.  That's my fault, I guess.

I'll bet you do a lot of jazz odyssey jamming with Mary, I know I would.  That big, clunky guitar is suited for blues and jazz.  You should do a new guitar collection video.