Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Letter to Julia 20121219

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

Hello, my precious Julia.  Yes you are very precious to me, my beloved.  You are my life, and you give me something to look forward to.  You also give me someone to miss, someone to maintain a routine for.  I pray that you are healthy, and feeling good.  You are my girl, and I love you.

I've been feeling a bit feverish lately, but I should be OK with a few aspirin.  InsyaAllah.  I always have something to do, so I don't like to be bogged down by a fever.  What to do, eh?  Ya Allah, thank you for our good health, and please maintain our good health for us, as we cannot.  It was raining everyday last week, so little Chee Cheah had a relapse of her skin infection.  So I had to take her to the vet for an antifungal shot.  Oh, it's so hard to get out of the door every morning.  Creaks and groans!  The hammering I gave my body when I was young has caught up to me!  Especially in the morning, adding that I'm  not a morning person to begin with.  Anyway, I skipped breakfast, which I really shouldn't do, but I did, because I thought that I would be OK until lunch.  All I had to do was drive the cat for a quick shot.  Then I went to the day market to buy some salted fish.  This particular type crisps up nicely when fried, and not too salty either.  I enjoyed it with my cheeseburger and fries for lunch.  I generally wake up at 9am everyday, because I wake earlier at 3 or 4am and go back to sleep after I perform the dawn prayer at about 6am.  So I have to get all morning business done by 12pm, so I can eat and take a nap before I pray then voice train at 2pm.  This nap has become crucial, because I'm able to put myself into a near coma.  Damned lullabys!  And why do I voice train at the same time everyday?  Because the world is listening, insyaAllah.  At 4pm, I quickly tidy up my parents' kitchen.  I feed the cats again, and after the Asr prayer, I do yard work until sunset.  I try to cook and eat dinner before the last prayer, then after that I write to my sweetie.  I love my sweetie Julia.  She's very important to me.  I want to marry her.

Qur'an 20121219

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

5.  The similitude of those who were charged with the Mosaic Law, but who subsequently failed in those, is that of a donkey which carries huge tomes.  Evil is the similitude of people who falsify the Signs of Allah, and Allah guides not people who do wrong.

6.  Say, "O you who stand on Judaism!  If you think you are friends to Allah, to the exclusion of mankind, then express your desire for death, if you are truthful!"

7.  But never will they express their desire, because of what their hands have sent on before them!  And Allah knows well those who do wrong!

8.  Say, "The death from which you flee will truly overtake you.  Then will you be sent back to the Knower of things secret and open, and God will tell you the things that you did!"

9.  O you who believe!  When prayer is proclaimed on Friday, hasten earnestly to the Remembrance of Allah and leave off business.  That is best for you, if you only knew!

10.  And when the prayer is finished, then you may disperse through the land, and seek of the Bounty of Allah often, that you may prosper!

11.  But when they see some bargain or some amusement,they disperse headlong to it, and leave you standing.  Say, "That from the Presence of Allah is better than any amusement or bargain!  And Allah is the Best to provide!"

Friday 62:5-11
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O you who stand on Judaism!  If you think you are friends to Allah, to the exclusion of mankind, then express your desire for death, if you are truthful!

The death from which you flee will truly overtake you.  Then will you be sent back to the Knower of things secret and open, and God will tell you the things that you did!

That from the Presence of Allah is better than any amusement or bargain!  And Allah is the Best to provide!