Qur'an 20140501

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

88.  Strain not your eyes at what We have bestowed on certain classes of them, nor grieve over them, but lower your wings to the believers.

89.  And say, "I am indeed he that warns openly and without ambiguity."

90.  As We sent down on those who divided,

91.  As have made the Qur'an into shreds.

92.  Therefore, by your Lord, We will, of a surety, call them to account,

93.  For all their deeds.

94.  Therefore expound openly what you are commanded, and turn away from those who join false gods with Allah.

The Rocky Tract 15:88-94
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I am indeed he that warns openly and without ambiguity.

Letter to Julia 20140428

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

Ugh, I got sick.  Well yeah, it's my week of isolation again if you've been counting, but I also got sick during the weekend.  It started on Wednesday night when I got swarmed by these miniature beetles, that happened to be immune to my usual defense of moth balls and mosquito incense.  So I lost a lot of sleep over that.  The next night they were back, but this time I was armed with a can of bug spray.  It took a lot of bug spray to neutralize these beetles, and I woke up with a cough.  The Flu Virus Collective took this opportunity to attack my voice.  I went and bought a big old bottle of cough syrup with my last 20 bucks, so I was able to work over the weekend, but not at 100%.  The the fever came, so by Sunday I was down to about 60%.  The Collective has been directly attacking my voice lately, and leaving my sinuses for last.  I feel OK right now, but I can smell those damn beetles again.  You definitely don't want to get one of these varmints in your dinner.  They're not poisonous, but they stink.

Again, I'm really sorry you have to lag behind.  It's not good for you, and it's not good for me.  But again, I cannot have you marry into my poverty.  What to do?  I cannot take any other position than to always consider your well-being.  The good news is that if you serve Allah, then Allah is Oft-Forgiving and most Merciful.  On the other hand, the penalty of God is the most grievous penalty.  As for me, you are my wives inshaAllah, and I want to raise a family with you.  I love you, I love you.  And I need you, I need you.

Letter to Julia 20140424

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

Hi there, my brave and beautiful wives.  Yes, I think you both are very brave: it takes much courage to walk the righteous path.  Integrity is a very expensive thing.  But courage alone is not enough: you must have the help of Allah.  So please maintain your prayers.  Erin, I'm not trying to upstage you.  I am your husband inshaAllah, and I am the one to help nurture and protect you.  I'm not doing what Nicki Minaj did to you on the Pink section of the 2011 show.  Really, you were too nice to her.  You should have petted her on the head and given her a Milk Bone.  So don't look at it as being upstaged.  Marriage is sacred.  I am here to love you, to help provide for you, and to help protect you.  Just remember that Allah is the Best to protect.

I just got done cutting grass over at Casa de Julia inshaAllah.  Grass grows fast here in Malaysia.  Clover seems to grow the fastest there.  It hasn't overrun the place yet, but I really should put a German plant there.  What plant is native to both Germany and Malaysia?  Cabbage?  Maybe I should start a cabbage patch.  That sounds like a lot of work, and I'm a lazy man.  I did however collect mangoes yesterday.  The tree at Casa de Julia inshaAllah wielded a lot of fruit this year, and the mangoes of that tree is the best.  I sewed together a net made out of my old pant leg to an old towel ring, and tied it with metal ties to a hook at the end of an extra long stick of bamboo to help me collect fruit with, but I still got hit on the head with a mango.  Right above the eye where I got eye strain from watching too much TV.  Oh don't worry about me.  InshaAllah, I'll be OK.  What I need is to make love to you.  I love you, I love you.  And I need you, I need you.

Letter to Julia 20140421

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

Did you know that when cats are about to die, they leave the house?  Humans don't know when they die.  Most of them think they'll get a timeout when the Wrath of God hits them.  Imagine my stress when Chee Cheah refused to stay inside the house anymore, and started to insist to remain outside, then I don't see her for a day.  I thought she was just blaming me for her seasonal fungal infection, but what to do?  I don't make the rain, I just medicate her and take her to the vet.  So I didn't get much sleep last night, worrying about my kitty.  I love my cats.  Besides the fungal problem, I think she's resentful to the presence of the pregnant Floofy, and the impending arrival inshaAllah of kittens in the house.  But I found her just now after voice training.  It turns out that she's been skulking out of sight around my house and Casa de Julia, and eating out of Simper's food bowl.  Of course I caught her and medicated her, then released her outside.  She immediately tried to wipe off the medicine by rubbing herself on the concrete.  If she wants to stay outside, then so be it.  I'm just going to have a harder time catching her to take her to the vet.  I'm just glad she's not dead.  Ya Allah, please give all my kitties miraculously long, happy, healthy lives like 300 years or so.  I mean 30.  Typo.

Now please excuse me, I have to go and make a batch of dough.  I love you, I love you.  And I need you, I need you.

Letter to Julia 20140419

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

Hi again, my beloved Julia and Erin!  How are you feeling today?  I pray you are both feeling fabulous.  I've been doing a lot of yard work and labor, so my body is sore as usual.

I pray your parents understand that this marriage is a Muslim marriage and situation.  Our children will be raised as Muslims.  The will learn to strictly guard their prayers, to be righteous and aware of the Hereafter, and to look after their parents when their parents become elderly, and not abandon them at a nursing home or force them to fend for themselves.  It's most important to me that they take care of their mother, because I love her, I love her.

For dinner is snapper and bamboo shoot stew.  It's the same snapper that I made sushi from, so there's not much meat left to enjoy.  But the taste is awesome.  I had to sieve the bones out in order to save the broth.  I can't understand the charm of eating fish heads, although many people and cats do.  Fish heads add powerful flavor to broth, though.  So tomorrow, I'll use this broth for my noodles.  Want some?

Letter to Julia 20140417

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

Hello there, dearest Julia and Erin.  How are you feeling today?  I'm OK.  I just finished breaking down and burning that tree I chopped down at Casa de Julia inshaAllah.  Then I have a lot of grass cutting to do.  The grass grows quickly here in Malaysia, even during the dry season.  Chee Cheah isn't well, so I had to take her to the vet.  She's very sensitive to moisture, and gets fungus infections, then licks and scratches herself to pieces where the fungus grows.  I tell her to stop doing that, but she won't listen to me, so I have to take her to the vet for an antifungal shot.  Then she blames me for her sorrow, and takes a dump on my floor.  I suppose I tried to anticipate the fungus outbreak by feeding her an antifungal pill, but the naughty kitty spits the pill out silently through the side of her mouth, and I don't find the pill on the floor until the next day.  Whenever I do manage to get the pill down her throat, it has no effect.  So I must take her to the vet regularly.  I think she likes going to the vet, even though she cries all the way there.  Now she's sulking in the toilet.  Poor little Chee Cheah.

I'm doing OK, other than that I long to be happily married to you.  The both of you please take good loving care of yourselves in my absence.  Please maintain your prayers, and have faith that Allah will supply us all that we need whether we are already married or still waiting.  InshaAllah.  Because I love you, I love you.  And I need you, I need you.

Qur'an 20140417

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

30.  And they set up as equal to Allah, to mislead from the Path!  Say, "Enjoy!  But verily you are making straightway for hell!"

Abraham 14:30
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Enjoy!  But verily you are making straightway for hell!