Qur'an 20121118

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

41.  The companions of the left hand: what will be the companions of the left hand?

42.  In the midst of a fierce blast of fire, and in boiling water.

43.  And in the shades of black smoke.

44.  Nothing to refresh, nor to please.

45.  For that they were wont to be indulged before that, in wealth.

46.  And persisted obstinately in wickedness supreme.

47.  And they used to say, "What, when we die, and become dust and bones, shall we indeed be raised up again?

48.  And our fathers of old?"

49.  Say, "Yes, those of old and those of later times,

50.  All will certainly be gathered together for the meeting appointed for a Day well known."

The Inevitable 56:41-50
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Yes, those of old and those of later times, all will certainly be gathered together for the meeting appointed for a Day well known.

Letter to Julia 20121117

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

Oh my dearest Julia, I love you, and I long for you so much.  I know I'm not supposed to whine, but I can't help it.  I WANT MY SWEETIE!!!

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**Sniff**  Don't you just love cut and paste?  Modern romance!  Well, I pray you are trying to slow down, and are taking good care of yourself.  I won't talk business today, but I did see the preview to the Victoria's Secret fashion show.  Lily and Doutzen look exhausted!  They just had babies?  Doesn't anyone help them with the children?  I don't know how useful I would be at raising children, but it wouldn't bother me at all to do the night shift, so you can sleep all the way until dawn.  I usually wake up at 3 or 4 am everyday anyway to do worship.  I might have to pray while holding the baby with my right arm, but I've seen other parents do so.  Mind you, I'm a late riser because of it, and because I hate mornings.  I'm just not a morning person.  But last night, I had to sleep all the way until dawn.  Yeah, I had an active day, and was tired.  But more than that, I just want my sweetie.

Letter to Julia 20121115

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

Hi there Julia, my beloved.  I am so longing to see you, even though it may only be the convergence of some spots of light on my TV screen, but alas!  I am denied...  Oh my love!  Oh my dearest princess of my heart!  I managed to regain most of my Victoria's Secret fashion show collection.  So, I shut down the Sailor Moon marathon on Shadowplay TV in favor of an encore of the Victoria's Secret fashion show marathon.  I love it every time Candice walks into a mirror!  But I always feel bad for her as well.  Oh, please don't hurt yourself!

Now, I do like some of the musical performances on the show.  I think the trumpet player on the 2005 show was very tasteful.  Usher was great on the 2008 show.  I like the Spice Girls on the 2007 show.  And the Black Eyed Peas were hilarious!

Letter to Julia 20121114

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

Oh, the drama!  Let's not talk about the drama happening here Julia, but let's talk about us.  Because I love you, and I want to marry you.  I'm not able to watch the latest Victoria's Secret fashion show on Youtube because of 3rd party copyright restrictions.  Oh, I'm so sad and lonely!  I want to see my sweetie!  It's bad enough that I'm such an idiot and accidentally deleted my entire Victoria's Secret fashion show collection.  Now don't get me wrong, I have utmost respect for copyrights, and if for some odd reason I perform sold-out concerts in public venues here, I would gladly pay a reasonable fee to the local performing rights society for them to distribute to the respective copyright holders, but as it is right now, I'm just a lonesome old loser singing to myself in my bedroom while watching a slideshow of a beautiful German model I've fallen in love with.   Can someone out there please upload the latest show without any audio?  I'd rather listen to Billie Holiday, Janis Joplin, Karen Carpenter and Doris Day instead of Rihanna, Justin Bieber and Bruno (is that the right guy?)  I have no interest in their music, so I don't need to hear it.  And if by chance Rihanna, Justin Bieber and Bruno (is that the right guy?) signed away their names and likenesses to BMG, then please just blur them out, because I don't want to look at them, plus the integrity of the copyrights will be maintained.

If you won't allow me to look at your half-naked friends anymore, then I won't.  But you have to realize, you are one of your half-naked friends, and it's you who I want to marry!  And since I don't have you here with me, then I only have pictures of you.  Oh, how sad and lonely!  Ya Allah, please have mercy on me, and grant me my love Julia in marriage, security and happiness soon.

Letter to Julia 20121113

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

Hello there, my beloved Julia.  It's nearly the end of the Islamic year, and tomorrow I have to get a new prayer schedule.  I arrange my life around the prayers.  I'm not as good as an imam who is at the mosque for every prayer, but at least I don't miss my prayers.  InsyaAllah.  So tomorrow I'll stop by the local office of the Department of Islamic Affairs and pick up a new calender/prayer schedule.  I think tomorrow is Deepavali, though.  Deepavali is a Hindu celebration, and a public holiday.  I hope they're not closed.  They should be working.  I have to work, and everyday.  Oh, whatever.  It's none of my business if they want to celebrate Deepavali just because everybody else does.  Let Allah be the judge.  I just want a new calender/prayer schedule.

Oh, please do take good care of yourself as you work hard, my dearest Julia.  I love you, and I want you to enjoy our life and love together.  Please remember that the goal of our marriage is to slow down, and build our happy family.  InsyaAllah.  I don't try to chase after mass media work protocol anymore.  I intend to dismantle it, and glorify Allah at the same time.  I like to be lazy, I like to snuggle with my sweetie, I like to veg out in the kampung.  Right now, I'm watching the Sailor Moon marathon on Shadowplay TV.  Even these cartoons say that showbiz pros have to constantly give everything and more, only then can they say they did their best.  And what was that for, again?  The international entertainment industry is saturated with evil and idolatry, and completely disrespectful to Allah.  I think I'll play a video game, and take a nap instead.  Wanna kiss and snuggle?

Letter to Julia 20121112

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

Hi Julia, my beloved!  How are you feeling, my dearest?  I love you!  I pray you are trying to stay calm and collected, and that you are patiently waiting for Allah's decree.  At least you have your friends with you, who happen to share the same business.  I am a lone wolf in my business.  Hah!  That reminds me of a Shadowplay song... "No one can save me from the wolf, because I am the wolf."  But that's not entirely true.  God has saved me over and over again.  You know Julia, you are in better position than me to make money out of our family business of music and fashion.  If anybody bugs or irritates you, news bias for example, just have your agent charge them an "annoyance fee".  Give a percentage to a reliable collection agency, and voila!  Instant income!  I don't have that kind of power.  I can only pray that Allah will squash them out in some weird, horrible and costly way.

Meanwhile, how about you occupy your thoughts and emotions by working on your avatar?  Getting the right wardrobe and look for your avatar is very time, thought and resource consuming.  Choosing clothes, makeup, skin, animations etc, can be as complex as professional modeling.  Oh that's right... it is your profession.  Just remember- the raiment of righteousness is the best.

Letter to Julia 20121110

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

Hello Julia, my beloved.  How are you feeling today?  You must be busy as usual, so please take good care of yourself.  I have been quite busy, and I was thoroughly drained when I woke up this morning, so I couldn't do much in terms of chores.  But today was a good day for cooking.  My bamboo shots fried rice was a resounding success!  It's quite simple, really.  Bamboo shoots can be very strong in flavor if you save some of its natural bitterness, so the fried rice should center on the bamboo shoots, and everything else you add in should taste neutral.  I slice up the bamboo shoots into coin shapes, then fried it up with the onion and garlic fond, then douse it with light soy sauce.  Cook it until the bamboo shoots attain the flavor you desire, then add the rice and everything else, and cook as a regular fried rice, but don't add so many vegetables that they drown out the bamboo shoots.  No need for any meats or seafood!  An egg, at the most!

At night, my chicken liver curry was another resounding success.  You would cook it as a normal curry with whatever vegetables, but the advantage of liver is that it can be tureened.  A tureen is between a paste and a solid.  Spice up the sliced liver in this case with curry powder and salt, then fry it up until it changes color.  Then remove it from the heat into a bowl, where you can mash it up with a spoon.  Then add the liver into your curry, and you will have a strong tasting liver curry with smooth texture.  I saved some curry for you, but since you didn't show up for dinner, I put your portion in the cooler.  I hope you start coming to dinner soon.