In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
20. So if they dispute with you, say, "I have submitted my whole self to Allah and so have those who follow me." And say to the people of the Book and to those who are unlearned, "Do you submit yourselves?" If they do, they are in right guidance. But if they turn back, your duty is to convey the message. And in Allah's sight are God's servants.
(The Family of Imran 3:20)
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Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Letter to Erin 20160309
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
Hello, my beloved. How are you feeling today? It's still awfully hot around here, it has been since the New Year, and the nights are not much better. So I've been indoors in the AC as much as possible. There's nothing much going on here either, just the usual. I like it nice and slow. I did have to step outside to take care of my crops, then in the evening I had to continue breaking down all that debris left from all that chainsawing I did around your house inshaAllah. Tonight I and my computer will be busy encoding for Shadowplay TV. Just the usual stuff.
I know you're busy, so please make sure you're well rested and eat properly. Please pray. I want you to know that you are loved. I'm the one who loves you, and needs you.
Hello, my beloved. How are you feeling today? It's still awfully hot around here, it has been since the New Year, and the nights are not much better. So I've been indoors in the AC as much as possible. There's nothing much going on here either, just the usual. I like it nice and slow. I did have to step outside to take care of my crops, then in the evening I had to continue breaking down all that debris left from all that chainsawing I did around your house inshaAllah. Tonight I and my computer will be busy encoding for Shadowplay TV. Just the usual stuff.
I know you're busy, so please make sure you're well rested and eat properly. Please pray. I want you to know that you are loved. I'm the one who loves you, and needs you.
Qur'an 20160309
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
15. Say, "Shall I give you glad tidings of things far better than those? For the righteous are gardens in nearness to their Lord with rivers flowing beneath, therein is their eternal home with companions pure, and the good pleasure of Allah. For in Allah's sight is God's servants."
(The Family of Imran 3:15)
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15. Say, "Shall I give you glad tidings of things far better than those? For the righteous are gardens in nearness to their Lord with rivers flowing beneath, therein is their eternal home with companions pure, and the good pleasure of Allah. For in Allah's sight is God's servants."
(The Family of Imran 3:15)
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Monday, March 7, 2016
Letter to Erin 20160308
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
Hi there, Boss Model! You are MY girl, so you are the most beautiful girl in the world. I hope you are having a great time, and not overworking. My sleeping schedule has gone back to normal since last week. A few days ago, I slept almost 7 hours straight! Oh, don't worry about me. I always sleep in chunks, which usually add up to 7 hours a day. I'm a noisy sleeper, just to warn you. I get all my dreams and rest regardless, so I don't consider myself as having a sleep disorder. I don't know if you would be able to tolerate it, though. But you're an angel, right? I'll handle the night shift with the baby, so you can go ahead and sleep through the night.
There's nothing out of the ordinary going on here. I cleaned my bedroom. I used the engine blower to blow all the dust out. It's so handy and so much more convenient than sweeping or vacuuming, and my bedroom has never been cleaner because of it. The 8th of March is my Dad's birthday: he's 79. Happy Birthday, Dad! It's also the day that plane disappeared, do you remember that? My guess is that the plane carcass can be found at the bottom of the sea between Thailand and Langkawi. Yes, the Qur'an does provide much information for those who sincerely seek to know. We believe in the Book: the whole of it is from our Lord.
This morning, I visited the taxman to pick up some forms. I also visited the pharmacy to get some anti fungal pills for Bat Cat. That cat loves to sleep in the mud for some strange reason. I told him to clean himself because I'm not doing it, and he does a fair job of it. I hear that mud cleans skin, but it gives Bat Cat fungus. I had lunch today at Omar's. Dinner today was a block of fresh tofu swimming in marinara sauce with chopped scad meat and basil leaves. Kind of an Italian Oriental meal, but very tasty. It's only a single serving so I don't have any left for you. I do love you though, and I need you.
Hi there, Boss Model! You are MY girl, so you are the most beautiful girl in the world. I hope you are having a great time, and not overworking. My sleeping schedule has gone back to normal since last week. A few days ago, I slept almost 7 hours straight! Oh, don't worry about me. I always sleep in chunks, which usually add up to 7 hours a day. I'm a noisy sleeper, just to warn you. I get all my dreams and rest regardless, so I don't consider myself as having a sleep disorder. I don't know if you would be able to tolerate it, though. But you're an angel, right? I'll handle the night shift with the baby, so you can go ahead and sleep through the night.
There's nothing out of the ordinary going on here. I cleaned my bedroom. I used the engine blower to blow all the dust out. It's so handy and so much more convenient than sweeping or vacuuming, and my bedroom has never been cleaner because of it. The 8th of March is my Dad's birthday: he's 79. Happy Birthday, Dad! It's also the day that plane disappeared, do you remember that? My guess is that the plane carcass can be found at the bottom of the sea between Thailand and Langkawi. Yes, the Qur'an does provide much information for those who sincerely seek to know. We believe in the Book: the whole of it is from our Lord.
This morning, I visited the taxman to pick up some forms. I also visited the pharmacy to get some anti fungal pills for Bat Cat. That cat loves to sleep in the mud for some strange reason. I told him to clean himself because I'm not doing it, and he does a fair job of it. I hear that mud cleans skin, but it gives Bat Cat fungus. I had lunch today at Omar's. Dinner today was a block of fresh tofu swimming in marinara sauce with chopped scad meat and basil leaves. Kind of an Italian Oriental meal, but very tasty. It's only a single serving so I don't have any left for you. I do love you though, and I need you.
Sunday, March 6, 2016
Letter to Erin 20160307
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
Hi there, my beautiful Sweetheart! Have you been super busy? Work doesn't do much for the heart, though. Please don't be blue, because I love you. I will marry you, inshaAllah. Please make sure you don't overwork, and rest your precious heart. Treat yourself as gold, for you are so precious to me. You are my wife inshaAllah, and I need you.
Whenever I ask you to make a donation together with me, you don't have to give 10 grand and your first born child. Just a dollar (or Euro). It's not to show, though you may have noticed how some people make a big stink about a lousy dollar (or Euro), not necessarily because they have to give it, but because they didn't receive it. It's not that. It's because you are me, and we make the donation together.
My pizza dough has become unusable. My pizza tonight was not crispy, but hard. When did I make that batch of dough, anyway? It must have been Wednesday morning, after I checked my Dad into the ward. No, it was the day before. It seems that my dough has a life of 5 days in the cooler without freezing it. That was a perfect batch. But I'm pizza-ed out. No more pizza for a while.
Hi there, my beautiful Sweetheart! Have you been super busy? Work doesn't do much for the heart, though. Please don't be blue, because I love you. I will marry you, inshaAllah. Please make sure you don't overwork, and rest your precious heart. Treat yourself as gold, for you are so precious to me. You are my wife inshaAllah, and I need you.
Whenever I ask you to make a donation together with me, you don't have to give 10 grand and your first born child. Just a dollar (or Euro). It's not to show, though you may have noticed how some people make a big stink about a lousy dollar (or Euro), not necessarily because they have to give it, but because they didn't receive it. It's not that. It's because you are me, and we make the donation together.
My pizza dough has become unusable. My pizza tonight was not crispy, but hard. When did I make that batch of dough, anyway? It must have been Wednesday morning, after I checked my Dad into the ward. No, it was the day before. It seems that my dough has a life of 5 days in the cooler without freezing it. That was a perfect batch. But I'm pizza-ed out. No more pizza for a while.
Saturday, March 5, 2016
Letter to Erin 20160306
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
Greetings, my dearest love. How are you feeling? How about you? You know that I feel the same way. We're all waiting for something, and I've been waiting longer than you. So please stay positive, and pray. After all, you are at the top of your profession. Heaven is for the next life. So enjoy where you are, and know that I love you and need you.
I have to admit that I enjoy the way I feel nowadays. It would be awesome if I could slow down even more, but hey life isn't perfect. The cats pee faster than I can prepare mop water. But at least I don't need to attribute how I feel to a substance or lack thereof. Besides not have my girl, that is.
There's a lot of debris around your house inshaAllah due to all the chainsawing I did lately, plus the scrub that the neighbor helped clear (thank you) that needs to be broken down for systematic burning, so I worked on that in the evening. Besides being an amateur fire marshal, I need to generate earth so I have to burn in a place where I can collect the ash. The monsoon still hasn't arrived, so the mango trees have no flowers thus no fruit yet. This means the price of harumanis is going to skyrocket. InshaAllah.
As I write this letter, I'm frying up some anchovies for my snack mix. Unlike you girls, I prefer savory over sweet. I do like sweet, but not everyday. Dinner was a sausage and tofu pizza. Awesome! Alhamdulillah. The key is fresh tofu. There's an excellent tofu maker at the market downtown, nice and soft and milky white. Really, I'm not the type that eats pizza everyday. It's that a batch of dough yields 5 pizza doughs, and become unusable quickly if the quality is high. Oh, I guess I could always freeze them. But it's so tasty! Want some pizza?
Please make a donation of a minimum of one US dollar or one Euro to a worthwhile charity.
Greetings, my dearest love. How are you feeling? How about you? You know that I feel the same way. We're all waiting for something, and I've been waiting longer than you. So please stay positive, and pray. After all, you are at the top of your profession. Heaven is for the next life. So enjoy where you are, and know that I love you and need you.
I have to admit that I enjoy the way I feel nowadays. It would be awesome if I could slow down even more, but hey life isn't perfect. The cats pee faster than I can prepare mop water. But at least I don't need to attribute how I feel to a substance or lack thereof. Besides not have my girl, that is.
There's a lot of debris around your house inshaAllah due to all the chainsawing I did lately, plus the scrub that the neighbor helped clear (thank you) that needs to be broken down for systematic burning, so I worked on that in the evening. Besides being an amateur fire marshal, I need to generate earth so I have to burn in a place where I can collect the ash. The monsoon still hasn't arrived, so the mango trees have no flowers thus no fruit yet. This means the price of harumanis is going to skyrocket. InshaAllah.
As I write this letter, I'm frying up some anchovies for my snack mix. Unlike you girls, I prefer savory over sweet. I do like sweet, but not everyday. Dinner was a sausage and tofu pizza. Awesome! Alhamdulillah. The key is fresh tofu. There's an excellent tofu maker at the market downtown, nice and soft and milky white. Really, I'm not the type that eats pizza everyday. It's that a batch of dough yields 5 pizza doughs, and become unusable quickly if the quality is high. Oh, I guess I could always freeze them. But it's so tasty! Want some pizza?
Please make a donation of a minimum of one US dollar or one Euro to a worthwhile charity.
Friday, March 4, 2016
Letter to Erin 20160305
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
Hello Sweetheart. Hello Luscious. I'm sitting at home again writing this letter, for hospital duty has ceased for now. I'm writing late today: it's almost 10 pm, and I'll be going to sleep soon. I've been awfully busy, and I didn't get much sleep in the ward. I just came back from the mosque. I watched a young couple get married.
I spent the evening in the kitchen, processing a fish, making marinara sauce, making sausage, making a pizza. This time it's sausage and oyster mushroom. I've been really enjoying pizza lately. I'm grateful to Allah for giving me some knowledge of cooking. Tomorrow, I'll be grilling a fish! I wish you were with me to enjoy it. My parents gave me a fish Tuesday, but it's been in the freezer because I've been so busy. I'll be stuffing it with tofu and tom yam paste, maybe some cilantro or basil. I will wait for you, because I love you and I need you. I'll need to get another fish, though.
Please make a donation of a minimum of one US dollar or one Euro to a worthwhile charity.
Hello Sweetheart. Hello Luscious. I'm sitting at home again writing this letter, for hospital duty has ceased for now. I'm writing late today: it's almost 10 pm, and I'll be going to sleep soon. I've been awfully busy, and I didn't get much sleep in the ward. I just came back from the mosque. I watched a young couple get married.
I spent the evening in the kitchen, processing a fish, making marinara sauce, making sausage, making a pizza. This time it's sausage and oyster mushroom. I've been really enjoying pizza lately. I'm grateful to Allah for giving me some knowledge of cooking. Tomorrow, I'll be grilling a fish! I wish you were with me to enjoy it. My parents gave me a fish Tuesday, but it's been in the freezer because I've been so busy. I'll be stuffing it with tofu and tom yam paste, maybe some cilantro or basil. I will wait for you, because I love you and I need you. I'll need to get another fish, though.
Please make a donation of a minimum of one US dollar or one Euro to a worthwhile charity.
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