Letter to Julia 20140312

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

Loving greetings, my beautiful Julia and Erin.  Oh, how I long to be with you, to be married to you.  I haven't much to report other than I love you, I love you.  I went to pay respects to Cikgu (which means "teacher") Pin, my neighbor, who passed away yesterday.  He was 78 years old.  His widow said he had no complaints other than his chronic back ache, he simply checked out suddenly and quietly.  A few years ago he lost all of his children in a car accident.  From Allah is our origin, and to Allah is our return.

Letter to Julia 20140309

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

Hello again, my beautiful Julia and Erin.  It's 5:30am right now as I type this letter.  I have to get up early today as I have some stuff to do, but it's too early for me.  Yawn.  Ouch.  Yesterday was more hectic than I anticipated, but I managed to hold my patience somewhat, mashaAllah.  It was my Dad's 77th birthday yesterday.  I gave him some squid jerky.  Oh, no!  Now the international squid market is flooded!  Everybody, deploy the submarines and hunt for Archeteuthis!  Want some birthday cake?  I pray that you are able to be patient as well, and that you are maintaining your prayers.  As you know, I've had to change my blogging habits, and my evenings have become busier.  Events have become very interesting, huh?  We should be together.  I'm sorry you have to lag behind, but that's the way God set it up.  So please be patient.  I love you, and I need you.

Qur'an 20140309

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

118.  If your Lord had so willed, God could have made humankind one people, but they will not cease to dispute.

119.  Except those on whom your Lord has bestowed God's Mercy, and for this did God create them, and the Word of your Lord shall be fulfilled, "I will fill hell with jinns and humans all together."

120.  All that We relate to you of the stories of the messengers, with it We make firm your heart.  In them there comes to you the Truth, as well as an exhortation, and a message to remember to those who believe.

121.  Say to those who do not believe, "Do whatever you can: we shall do our part!"

122.  And wait you, We/we too shall wait.

Hud 11:118-122
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Do whatever you can: we shall do our part!

Letter to Julia 20140308

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

Hello my beloved Julia and Erin.  How are you feeling?  How are those precious emotions?  It has been a rather mundane day for me.  Just a bunch of cleaning house and yard for my parents.  My Mom gave me some spaghetti.  Mundane is actually romantic, provided you are here with me.  Planning meals, watching TV together, doing shopping, etc.  Kissing goodnight, saying "I love you."  Floofy was late coming home for closing time today.  She was hiding out at Casa de Julia inshaAllah.

So the both of you, please be patient, and maintain your prayers.  Do not follow the behavior and the path of those who have no faith.  Goodnight.  I love you.

Letter to Julia 20140306

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

Julia, please allow me to say Happy Birthday to Erin.

Erin, my sweet, beautiful, precious dear heart.  I forgot your birthday on the 3rd.  I'm so sorry.  I'm such a moron, I'm just a stupid, senile old man.  Please forgive me.  This is so odd, because your birthday and my birthday is pretty much the same.  This is also so very odd, because I've been lookng for something appropriate to post for your birthday for quite some time already.  It's bad enough that I'm so dirt poor and not there with you.  Then yesterday I found something perfect, then I went home thinking, "Cool, I found the right thing for Erin's birthday."  Then I thought, "Oh shit, her birthday was 3 days ago!  Oh my God, she's so sensitive, I'm such an idiot! Oh my God, I'm in deep shit!"  Then I bought a sack of onions.

For what it's worth, please forgive me, and I promise with all my heart never to forget your birthday ever again inshaAllah.  I just have to remind myself, "My birthday is the same as her birthday."  I hope you like what I found for you.  I just tested Kalles Frakturer on my computer, and it's not dead yet.  It's a new program so inshaAllah, our computers will be OK.  Again, I'm so sorry.  I don't deserve someone as beautiful and wonderful like you.  Please, please, please forgive me.

Happy Birthday, my beloved Erin.  I love you, and I need you.  I want to marry you.

Letter to Julia 20140305

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

So can you see the connection of us, music, and food?  I didn't see it years ago in the kitchen of a pizza joint, it's probably because my feet hurt too much.  They still hurt.  I can see why you want to move the kitchen in my little house outside, and so be it.  Some food smell awful powerful when cooking.  Hey, some stuff smells strong when raw.  Durians are popular in the US now, but I hardly eat the stuff.  My Mom chugs copious amounts of that fruit, so it's probably her fault that it's so popular.  I love you, Mom!  Someone must pay my mother an endorsement fee.  Yeah, we'll move that kitchen outside by the time you get here inshaAllah, but like I said, that area needs work.  Just the burners: all storage should stay indoors.

I picked up some huge cuttlefish at the night market on Monday.  Big ones, about half a kilo each!  I fried the heads up with garlic and onions, and a lot of oil, then froze the rest.  I thought it might be too oily, but squid is mostly water so it balanced out nicely.  Plus the innards made a great sauce.  I also bought some mackerel for my sushi.  Yes, there are better fish, but did you know that sushi used to be considered poor man's food?  Think about it: mackerel, egg, rice, seaweed, spring onions.  I made a man's sized portion.  Hey, don't touch my sushi!  I'll make you your own portion.  I love you, I love you.

I went to wait for the butcher on Tuesday morning to pick up some tenderloin.  But the sirloin looked soooo good, I spent my money on that instead.  There was some lean meat in the chunk I got, but that's OK.  I'll use it for beef and potato curry for my morning bread.  In the end, I managed to get 4 man-sized sirloin steaks.  Hey, don't touch my steak!  I didn't know models ate steak.  I'll cook you your own steak.  A man and his food.  Oh God, I can't believe I've become so macho.  Ya Allah, thank You for the knowledge and the bounty that You've provided for me.

Letter to Julia 20140303

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

Hello there, my beloved Julia and Erin.

I'm sitting here doing my taxes.  Yeah, I still have to file taxes even though I have a company income of zero.  Because Shadowplay is a legitimate business based in Malaysia, that specializes in music and global mass media.  More importantly, I seek to please Allah with music.  Therefore I must keep my business alive.  Who knows what Allah might do to global markets if I ceased to operate.  The banks might go kaboom!  I'm sorry you had to lag behind, but what to do?  I guess it's preordained, even if we were already married.

When we are married inshaAllah, you can file your taxes under me as my wife.  Of course this pertains to income you make after we marry.  Because the goal of our marriage is to slow down and stay put, you must understand and accept that we must stick together and avoid travel.  Make your business come to you.  No, I don't want to consume your hard earned money.  It's supposed to be my job to provide for you, so please make sure you keep your own bank accounts.  Again, I'm am trying to build a tourist attraction here and cannot travel, and you are my wife.  Any travel must be planned far in advance.

I love you, and I need you.