Letter to Julia 20111224

Hi Julia! Did you miss me? I miss you, my love. I long for us to be married, and be with each other all the time in love and happiness in this life, as well as the hereafter. Ya Allah, please grant us that. It's nearly 3 years since I proposed to you. I don't remember exactly when I posted my proposal, but I'm sure you and your friends remember. All I know is that I didn't have enough wealth to give you and our children a good life, and I still don't. It's not your fault, Julia. You're just a girl. But you're MY girl. InsyaAllah, God will grant me the means soon to free you from your constraints, so we can be happily married.

I've been so exhausted lately, I don't know why. Usually I go to sleep at midnight, then wake up at 3am, do about an hour's worship, then stay awake until the Fajr prayer at 6am, then go back to sleep until about 9 or 10am everyday, without an afternoon nap, for a total of 6 to 7 hours daily. But yesterday, I fell asleep right after Asr, woke up for sunset, slept again at midnight, did only 20 minutes worship at 3:30am and slept again, woke up for Fajr at 6:30, then passed out until 10:30am. That's about 10 hours sleep. I feel kind of out of it even now. Well, we can't be all sprightly and chipper 100% of the time, can we? I'm sure there are some days when you aren't all your usual enthusiastic self. That's OK, sweetie. I love you all the same.

My parents gave me a little money recently for doing yard work, so I bought some food. I got some sushi fixings, while I was buying my axe! Well, there was a grocery store next door. I also bought some fresh cod at the night market, it came with some roe. The Japanese like to douse their sushi rice with vinegar, but I can't handle a lot of vinegar- it hurts my stomach. So I rolled my sushi with plain rice, cod slices marinated in light soy sauce, cod roe, roasted peppers, fried egg, and green onion shoots. It tasted sweet, almost like a dessert! For some reason, it attracted mosquitoes. You know, those blood sucking insects. I couldn't find any wasabi, so I used sambal belacan instead. That's a Malay condiment, which is a hot pepper sauce, sort of. Want some sushi?

Qur'an 20111224

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

73. When Our Clear Signs are rehearsed to them, the unbelievers say to those who believe, "Which of the two sides is best in position? Which makes the best show in council?"

74. But how many generations before them have We destroyed, who were even better in equipment and in glitter to the eye?

73. Say, "If any go astray, the Compassionate One extends to them until, when they see the warning of Allah, either in punishment or in The Hour, they will at length realise who is worst in position, and weakest in forces!"

Mary 19:73-75
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If any go astray, the Compassionate One extends to them until, when they see the warning of Allah, either in punishment or in The Hour, they will at length realise who is worst in position, and weakest in forces!