Fermentation

 

Oh cute!  Natty, you look adorable!  And your skin is nice and smooth and pretty.  I hope you enjoy sailing!  It looks like Mary is going to wear red and black next.

Hm, it looks like my mango marinara sauce has fermented.  I can smell and taste the alcohol in it.  Don't worry, I'm not going to chug the whole lot down.  I'm not an alcoholic.  I will have to cook it up to use it up, and that should cook out the alcohol in it.  And make it taste better, too.  Like adding wine.  Tomatoes don't ferment like this.  Is that a plus or a minus?  There is a local concoction called "tapai", and it always sells out around here.  It's basically fermented rice.  My parents love the stuff, but they have never admitted to the alcohol in it.  No, I don't eat it.  There is a difference to consuming alcohol to get drunk, versus consuming alcohol.  Is there?  I have a bottle of rubbing alcohol which I use to disinfect wounds and tooth problems, but I don't drink it.  It's medicinal.  If you were to consume alcohol but don't get drunk, is that medicinal?

Yet another average day

 

Hi Natty!  How are you today, Honey?  Is everything OK with you over there?  I hope life is easy for you there, and that you are enjoying yourself.  I want you to know that I love you with all of my heart.  You are the most beautiful girl in the world to me, and I will marry you inshaAllah.

Oh, it's another normal day around here for me.  After cleaning my office/bedroom, I rearranged my sound system to plug the subwoofer back in.  I don't use the subwoofer regularly, but now I'm in the process of recording the second part of a 4 part series that began with "Woo Hoo", called "Rise of the Horizon Creature".  I'm thinking about renaming it "Search for the Beast", I guess we'll find out when it's ready inshaAllah.  I had to listen to "Woo Hoo" again because I'm in competition with myself and boy, do I hate the singing I did.  It's a good thing Mary is the singer for Shadowplay now.  I just can't sing as well as her, and people really like her singing.

I made spicy mango dip this morning called "garam belacan".  The usual recipe uses so much damned sugar, I needed a solution that wasn't as sweet.  I harvested and replanted my lemongrass plant in the evening.  I got a bigger harvest than I anticipated, so I'm going to have to give some away.  I'm going to use it to make sauce.  And I discovered that Adolf Kitler doesn't like it when I hold him by the butt and give his balls a good shake.  He responds by giving my big toe a solid chomp.  My big toes aren't as strong as yours, so I can't avoid the punishment.  Serves me right, huh?

Mary's avatar looks like Scarlett Johansson today.  Do you agree?

Just another average day

 Hi Natty!  How are you feeling today, my beloved?  Yes Honey, I always think of you everyday, because I love you.  Aw, don't you worry about a thing,  Everything will work out just great for us inshaAllah.

It's just another average day for me here.  I started off the morning sweeping the area and tidying up after the cats.  Oh, Lily came back to me last night about 3 hours after I posted my blog.  She still seems to be un heat, so I guess she didn't find anyone to impregnate her.  Maybe I just can't tell.  Anyway, my mother sent me downtown to get some king sized hot dogs.  Hot dogs are all made from chicken around here, sometimes beef.  Some are better than others, especially the big ones.  I dunno.  I'm not much of a hot dog person.  I usually buy them when they're cheap and generic.  I had cheeseburgers with cashew relish for lunch.  Cashew relish is tasty, Natty.  You should try some.  It's also great with rice dishes.  I cut the grass in the evening, so I bought takeout rice and fried chicken for dinner.  No time to cook.  I going to take a nap after I pray, then do more time on the computer.  I hope you are keeping safe and healthy.  I love you!

Market confusion

 Hi Honey!  Sorry I'm a little late today, the bugs come out this time of year and swarm around the light, so I had to shut off all the lights inside the house including the computer monitor.  Otherwise my bedroom would be a lot of bugs to clean up, plus I can't work with all those bugs in my face.  Also at the same time while I was praying, Lily escaped the house by ripping through a hole in the screen.  The last I saw of her, she was making a dash across the yard.  She's in heat too, and of course when I went outside to get her she became totally quiet.  She's at full strength now, so inshaAllah she'll be OK.  If she were to come back to me, it will most likely be with kittens.  How are you doing, Natty?  I hope all is well with you.

I had a dream last night that I was shopping at an American clothing store, and the lady at the counter refused to sell me a cheap shirt.  But the shirt was made in Cambodia!  I don't know if the dream were about racism, but Mary isn't Asian folks.  I'm the one who's Asian.  But I've never found another white girl who can sing Asian songs like Mary.  That's why I brought her here.  America isn't the place to be anymore for global music influence, especially during these Internet times.  Not because of racism, Asians are racist too (which makes racism not because of racial pride but human nature, thus the motivator is jealousy).  We can blame the business execs, owners and financiers who have lost touch with what generates revenue.  They think that they themselves generate revenue.  Asia is the center of the world now.  Because of population, language and location, location, location.  We are servants of Allah, and Mary is here to sing.

I love this guy's work!  He's excellent at what he does!

Sunday

 Hi Natty!  How are you today?  I hope everything is great with you.  It's Sunday over here for me.  I'm busy all day every Sunday, so I'm in between tasks waiting for the sunset prayer coming up soon.  I don't have much to say or report, just tired is all.  It will be the fasting month soon.  2 Tuesdays from now, beginning April 13.  Only Muslims need fast during Ramadan, so if you're not a Muslim then don't fast.  Not even to be polite or political.  Anyway, I'm going to go shower up.  I just got done cutting the grass by the side of the road.  I love you!

Green heron

 

Hi Natty!  So how's your gardening coming along?  Oh, you don't garden?  Natty, I'm shocked!  You love the clean environment but you don't contribute by nurturing plants?  You should start your garden right away.  Try some potted plants, whatever they may be, and give it your love.  Perhaps you will become a better gardener than me.  I'm just an OK gardener.

A green heron was guarding my driveway all morning!  I don't know why it was so interested in my driveway, there's no fish, frogs or rodents that I can see.  By chance, I was wearing green all day.  Neither Mary nor her avatar wore green, though.  But she looks so adorable today.  So sweet!  Especially the full length snapshots.

A miniature harvest

 Hi Natty!  How are you feeling today, my darling?  Are you as beautiful as ever?  I'm sure you are!  Please keep yourself healthy and safe.  Do you like gardening?  Some who loves green and nature as you must also love gardening.  I'm an OK gardener: some plants thrive, others don't.  Usually the ones that thrive, I don't eat.  But sometimes I get blessed.  Today is a miniature harvest, so let's go!  By the Will of Allah!  I have no power other than the Power of Allah!

First up is a cashew!  It looks like a good cashew harvest this year, and it looks like it will get better and better every year inshaAllah.  This is the first ripe fruit of this season, and I think it's pretty handsome.  I prune all my fruit trees so the branches hang low, well the ones that I planted at least.  The cashew nut is what you see at the bottom.  You never find the flesh outside of its originating country because it doesn't last, thus I have this bad boy sitting in my cooler.  I have no talent in processing the nut, so the flesh is what I eat.  I'm going to make relish out of this, to put on my cheeseburger for lunch tomorrow.

I have 4 types of mangoes in the yard, this one is directly translated as "egg mango".  As you can see, it's bigger than a grade D egg, but that's as big as the fruit gets.  It's best eaten as is, and you peel it with your teeth then suck the flesh off like you would slurp an oyster.  Something like that.

I have absolutely no talent growing tomatoes!  This is the only fruit from my last crop of tomato plants and as you can see, they are whoppers!  I don't know what to do with these.  Maybe I'll plop them into my noodle soup.