Sardines

Hi Honey!  How are you doing today?  I hope everything is going smoothly and absolutely great for you.  I've never been much of a one for the holiday season myself, even when I did spend the money to buy presents for the occasion.  Now I simply adhere to Muslim and family occasions, not just for because I know who I am.  Which makes you much more marketable for the USA than me.  Sure Allah makes me somewhat interesting mashaAllah, but you are my wife inshaAllah.  You're my girl.

Hey Natty honey!  How are you?  I do hope you're not overworking.  How's your big brother, by the way?  I don't really keep up with what he does, my interest is in you.  I sure hope he goes for being the next James Bond like I suggested.  In showbiz, there's really no respect for the piddly roles so he might as well go straight for the big parts.  But he is his own man, of course.  No Honey, you are not upstaging him.  You're getting married, that's all.

Sardines are certainly common man's food, but unlike mackerel the bones are soft, and can be chewed.  The innards are easy to eat too.  Sardines go great with tomato sauce, thus they go great with Italian food.  You must have noticed that sardines are cooked and canned in tomato sauce.  So I went to buy a can of sardines for my dinner.  There were so many different brands to choose from, the 400g portion ranged from RM3 to RM7.60.  But what's the difference?  Sardines are sardines, there is no gourmet type of sardine- it's just an ordinary fish.  The price difference must be in the sauce the fish is cooked in, and whatever sauce it is, the sardines must impart most of the flavor.  So I bought the cheapest brand.  For dinner, I had baked fettucine with sardines in a spicy marinara sauce.  The black sprinkles you see are crispy sardine bones.  Delicious!  Filling!  Alhamdulillah!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is it delivery?

Hi Honey!  How are you feeling today?  You must be very busy, after all it is the season for shopping, so your bosses must need you badly.  It's the same old usual for me here today.  I spent some time with my baby mango trees after my usual morning chores, and I still had some extra time before voice training.  I didn't fill that time with anything useful- I took a nap, then watched TV.  It rained in the evening, so I didn't do any yard work.  I had an early dinner, then I watched a movie.

Hey Natty honey!  You are awfully quiet.  Is big business scaring you or something?  Well, please put your fear in the right place- put your fear in God.  Once you become used to that, you will never be paralyzed by fear inshaAllah.  You have so much going for you right now- you're beautiful and you're my girl.  So enjoy your career, have fun, and keep safe OK?

No it's not delivery, it's a pre-made pizza crust.  I made this pizza crust a couple of days ago, and I let it sit in the cooler for a few days to see how it would cook later.  It's obviously not the same as freshly cooked bread, but it's still quite good.  A bit chewy, but crunchy in the right places.  So do you all understand that, people?
1.  First you prepare the crust.
2.  At the point of sale, you put the sauce on and cook the toppings.
3.  When the toppings are cooked, you put the cheese on and melt it.
Quick and easy peasy!

By the way, do you like my Dolce and Gabbana jacket?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sing

Singing is not just a physical ability, but also a gift from God.  It should make sense that Janis Joplin's voice would come from a small woman from Texas, but we should also wonder why God gave the voice to Janis and not some other small woman from Texas.  Other physical conditions are like being in shape and healthy, and not making mistakes like drinking a cup of ice cold coffee right in the middle of the set (which I did today, so I had to warm up all over again: I'll have to start leaving my coffee to cool down at room temperature, if I could figure out a way so the ants don't get it).  Then there is the emotional connection- you have to mean what you say, otherwise it would sound wrong.  This is also true when reading the Qur'an: there has to be sincerity.  Therefore singing well is both skill and sincerity.  And only Allah can make the dead to speak.

I wanted to make spaghetti and meatballs for dinner, but the supermarket was out of spaghetti!  I guess the only pasta the locals understand is spaghetti.  They were also out of linguini.  I didn't want to drive all the way downtown just for spaghetti, so I made fettuccine and meatballs instead.  It was nice.  I would have rather had spaghetti, though.

Also, you may notice that I had a wardrobe meltdown right in the middle of dancing last night.  What was supposed to be a gold outfit turned out to be badly made, so I had to switch to a black skirt.  I had to change the shoes, too.  I hate having a wardrobe dilemma right when I'm trying to work.  At least I didn't have any problems changing clothes.

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Honey

How's it going today?  How's business?  It's just another average same old day for me.  I vacuum cleaned my Mom's house and scrubbed her front porch this morning.  Yeah I do house cleaning, but I'm not good at it, and I have so much other stuff to do.  I've started eating only 2 meals a day lately.  I find that preparing and eating breakfast is so time consuming, plus I could lose some weight, and become lean and mean.  Right?  Ha!  I've decided to stop eating heavy lunches, because I feel the best when I have noodles and soup or similarly light dishes for lunch.  Then for dinner, I eat something very satisfying.  So for lunch, I cooked up the Spanish mackerel bones and head that I kept in the freezer for soup, separated the meat from the bones, then added rice vermicelli with some veggies.  Dinner was a couple of deep fried calzones, or folded over pizzas.  Want one?

Hey hey hey Nattikins, how are you , you beautiful girl?  You are awfully quiet lately.  I guess you are super crazy busy, living the glamorous life, and forgetting about little old me.  Well, I always think of you.  I always think about my wife, she is my future.  Would you like a calzone?  Lots of pizza and greasy Italian food on the menu this week.  Oooh, I need to buy some spaghetti.  Well you make sure you get plenty of rest, and drink lots of water.  Please pray.

 

 

 

 

Yes ma'am

Hi Honey!  How are you?  I'm OK, just a little tired so I slept early last night and slept in this morning, plus took a nap before voice training.  Almost 8 hours sleep!  I completed my daily chores early- it rained yesterday, so I didn't have to water all of the plants.  Then I did some shopping for my Mom, then she wanted me to trim a papaya tree.  Papaya trees are much easier to cut than coconut trees.  After that, I finally got around to making a batch of my home made halal beef spicy beef sausage.  Perfect for pizza, nice and fresh.  For dinner I made 3 pizzas, one for my parents and 2 for me and you.  I was tempted to eat them both, but decided to save one for later.

Hi Natty honey!  Living the high life?  Keep your feet on the ground, sweetie.  Want some pizza?  I made sausage and basil pizza, thick crust!  It's really awesome, if you like pizza.  I love pizza!  Especially now that I don't have to work in a restaurant anymore.  I've managed to duplicate or better my results from the restaurant to making pizza at home, and without a professional oven.  Sorry folks, this pizza is for family only.

 

 

 

 

 

Comedy

Hi Honey!  Oooh, looks like you're going about town.  I hope you are having lots of fun.  I love comedy too.  I'm not a comedian, if I joke around it's most likely because it goes with the flow, and joking around is definitely not something I can do as a career.  I don't know how comedians can stand it everyday.  That's because reality isn't very funny.  Being an adult isn't very funny.  Growing old isn't funny whatsoever.  I liked Gallagher, I used to think he was funny.  I was going to post his appearance on the Tonight Show, but I couldn't find it- well, not the one I wanted anyway.  But when he got older, I didn't think he was funny anymore.  Do you notice that, comics getting too cynical when they get older, then start blaming God for everything and stuff like that?  Sure I disagree with that, but mostly because they are very unfunny when they do that.

Hey Natty, you are looking super cool today.  Cool shades too, but I think they would be cooler without that bar across the top.  Are you keeping warm?  This week's project is pizza, and you're more than welcome to have some of my pizza!  I made marinara sauce just now.  Oh my God, time has become so cramped for me.  This evening I had so much to do in the kitchen, that I had no time to cook my dinner.  Ironic, huh?  So I bought some rice takeout.  I'm still not done, tomorrow I have to make spicy sausage but it's looking like thick crust pizza for dinner tomorrow!  InshaAllah!  Come have dinner with me!

 

 

A break

Ho Honey!  How's it going?  I assume you are very busy right now, so please eat properly and get enough rest.  I've run out of data for this billing period, so you're not going to find me on Second Life today.  I think I'll watch a movie tonight.  I think I'll watch "Hero".  You know, that choreographed Chinese martial arts flick.  Sure looks cool.

Hey Natty, super crazy busy, huh?  Well don't be a such a big rush!  Slow things down as much as you can, so you can enjoy these exciting times.  I always think of you and check up on you, so please talk to me often.  Be safe and drink lots of water.

That male fish killed 5 females in 2 days with his libido.  So I went out and bought him 3 females that were at least his size.  We'll see what happens.  I have no idea how the last 2 survived him.  God's Will, I guess.