Friday, May 24, 2013

Letter to Julia 20130525

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

YOOOOOOOLIIIIIIEEEEEEE!!!!!!

Hi Julia, my darling.  How are you feeling today?  I pray you are feeling healthy and confident.  I'm sure you know that Perlis is susceptible to flooding.  It hasn't flooded for the past 2 years, but you know how the weather can change in a blink of an eye.  This means that Casa de Julia cannot have a basement.  In fact, the foundation floor has to be about a meter from the ground for the house to have the best possibility of staying completely dry.  A massive deluge can flood the cesspool, and you can't flush the toilet (unless your toilet is on the 2nd floor, even though it would affect the toilets on the ground floor) until the water recedes.  Well, you CAN flush, but I'm not going to clean it.  I want to prepare the house for floods, but flooding is nothing to really worry about unless the rice fields turn into a miniature sea.

Please don't be so trustful of the people you encounter, and their example of how you should conduct your religion.  It is best that you establish your own relationship with the Qur'an, and God.  If you are sincere, then Allah will guide and befriend you.  If you need an example, then study prophet Muhammad (peace be on him).  Please maintain your prayers, as you are my girl, and we are Muslim.