Hi Natty! How are you today, Honey? I'm sure you are busy, so please take care of your health and safety. Get lots of beauty sleep after all, you are a beauty. I hope doing Christmas politics isn't bringing you down too much. We have to do politics even though we're not politicians, and it sucks. I hate politics but you are a sociologist, so perhaps you might find some enjoyment in the process. Isn't it annoying about people who don't give a shit about God unless the situation is in their favor? C'est la vie, such is life. God be the Judge.
What else did I do today? Not much that is different or interesting. I did my laundry in the evening, because tomorrow morning I have errands to run. This morning, I had errands to run. So I had lunch downtown, rice vermicelli in soup. Good stuff, you must try it someday inshaAllah. Dinner was eggs and beans with sliced bread. Convenient with laundry. Want some?
Hi Natty! Whatcha doin', Honey? I assume you are busy being a Christmas figurehead, running around doing all sorts of festive things. Well you're gorgeous my darling, and I love you with all of my heart. Oh, my parents came back! I guess they didn't like it over there. Looks like I have to go back to the old schedule. I'm glad I put down those drum tracks yesterday...
I thought of you somehow when I was making coffee this morning. Coffee makers are hard to find here, because nobody uses them. What rules here are instant coffee and coffee grounds. Can't find coffee filters here, either. I recall the days when I was a 20-something musician in SLC, when coffee filters were cheaper than toilet paper. In fact, we used them as toilet paper. But over here I use coffee grounds, because instant coffee is overpriced for something that tastes and smells awful. I just add water to a teaspoon of coffee grounds, then filter it with a steel strainer. It doesn't get all the grounds, but they sink to the bottom. And that's how most people here drink their coffee, is to let the grounds sink to the bottom and drink the top. Espresso makers? I think I've seen that at the supermarket, but no coffee makers. The brand of coffee I use is the same one as the video below. I love the fragrance.
Hi Natty! How are you today, Honey? I suppose you are getting into the spirit of the holiday season. I hope you are having a great time Sweetheart, and enjoying good health as well. I spent the evening today doing drum tracks. Ah, there's nothing like live acoustic drums. My main drum is something I made out of an old water reservoir, known locally as a "tempayan". It sounds so good, Natty. I mean, it sounds scary. For the rim, I used the cage of an old fan which I noticed to be just about 20", the size of the drum head. As you can see, I had to make some adjustments. In lieu of tension rods, I found some tension hooks at the hardware store which I presume is for pitching tents. I had them hooked up with steel wire to the grill of another old fan at the bottom of the reservoir. I love this drum! And there's still more I can do to make it perfect, but it already sounds so good.
I have decided that I can't rely on online shopping for the work that I do. I'm certain that I would be wasting a lot of money online, especially in pursuit of name brands. The only way to shop for name brands is to go to a brick and mortar store. More than being ripped off, I have found it very entertaining to build my own musical instruments. Not just in itself, but also to avoid "buying a new engine without a having a car." You know what I mean?
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
38. Say to the unbelievers, if they desist their past would be forgiven them, but if they persist the punishment of those before them is all ready.
39. And fight them on until there is no more tumult and oppression, and there prevails justice and faith in Allah altogether and everywhere. But if they cease, verily Allah does see all that they do.
Oh Natty, that's precisely why they're jealous of you! Oh Honey, you're caught in a feedback loop! You poor, precious princess. And you're so pretty! I just want to take care of you. Don't worry about a thing Honey, everything is going to work out absolutely fabulous for us inshaAllah. It is December, huh? We will come together, Natty. I won't abandon you, inshaAllah. Please be patient and pray. Ya Allah, please protect my Natty.
Are you hungry? I was so pleased with my ramen this afternoon. I wish I could have shared it with you. I didn't take any snapshots of it. Like I said before, I don't want people selling ¥1,000,000 bowls of Zam-style ramen. But if you folks want to try selling your own ¥1,000,000 bowls of ramen, here's a recipe from YouTube:Oh dear, I don't use pork. I used just one chunk of beef shoulder bone. I boiled it with some fresh ginger from my yard on Wednesday, along with a spice pack like this:
It's actually a generic pack around here, and I reuse it. I put the soup in the cooler when it was done to be used on Friday. Whoops! I forgot to put salt! No big deal, on Friday I fried up some garlic and potato slices then added the soup back in. I used the seasoning packet from a pack of ramen for the salt. Then I heat it up, and add tofu strips, Vietnamese coriander leaves, a little more beef chunks from my latest batch of roast beef, and some fish cake. When it was hot enough, I put the ramen brick in. Just long enough to soften up a little, then I moved the noodles into my soup bowl to rest on a little soy sauce, and I cracked an egg over it. I poured the hot soup in while taking care not to break the yolk, then topped it of with dried fried onions, salted radish, and home made hot sauce. That's a good batch of hot sauce I made today alhamdulillah. I used lots of pickled soybeans. I nearly choked the blender, it was so thick. Come share my ramen with me, Natty!
How are you, Honey? Aw don't you worry about a thing, everything will work out just great for us inshaAllah. You are MY girl, and I love you with all of my heart. You are at the top of the world! So enjoy your place, and don't worry so much OK! You are the most beautiful girl in the world to me. Please be patient and pray.
Today is Thursday over here for me. In the morning I went downtown to the pharmacy to get pee suppressant pills for Lookie. Life in this house is tough for my female cats somehow, I think it has to do with Mary's singing. Now there's a male cat in the house, but he's biding his time with producing kittens. I guess he knows that kittens generally outrank other cats. At first Lookie seemed to heal from her urge to pee with Adolf in the house, so I took her off the drug. But she can't do without it. Wah! My kitty is drug addict! I'm hoping that a batch of kittens would help her out, but that remains to be seen. Ya Allah, please heal and protect my kitties.
Don't you think it's fascinating that a Biblical date palm came back to life? The Prophet (peace be on him) loved dates, but I don't like them. Ya Allah, please forgive me! I am managing though to plant fruit trees in my yard that I do eat, and it's a slow process. I cut the grass this evening, and it's been a while since I did so because it's been very wet here. Now that my sister is taking care of my parents, I want to try cutting the grass in the mornings, since I usually buy takeout lunch. Today I had beans ready in the cooler, which is a quick fix for dinner along with a burger and a sunny side up egg. Want some?
Hi Natty! I like that hat, Honey. Say, you're not letting the jealousy of others get to you, are you? It's not something that you can get rid of. It's a Biblical thing: brother has been killing brother because of jealousy ever since the dawn of humans. Even if you were to be down and out, then they will kick you when you're down then get bored with you, and find someone else to be jealous about. Idiots. So don't let them spoil your fun. Be careful and pray yeah, but don't be a doormat.
Are you hungry? I decided to harvest some of the ginger that had been growing like mad in my yard, and that's what a freshly dug up and washed ginger looks like above. Those large tendrils have the same texture and scent as the meaty parts, but the joint where they join up is a bit tough. I thought about eating the tendrils, but I didn't. Fresh ginger doesn't really need to be peeled, and it's so fragrant Natty! It's almost like perfume. I made a fresh batch of my generic roast beef this morning plus broth for my ramen on Friday, and I wanted to add ginger to the stuff. It worked, just like the usual stuff plus ginger. I boiled my potatoes for fries in the broth but when I fried them up, I couldn't taste that much difference. Oh, I forgot to add salt to the broth. Want some fries, Honey? I offered a fry to Lookie, but she prefers to steal them. Cats.
I really like Mary's avatar's outfit today, even though I don't prefer jumpsuits for her. I set up the cigarette holder just right, so it looks great! Alhamdulillah!
Azham Abdullah. I blog about the Qur'an, I own a business named Shadowplay, and I am the guardian and representative of a singer named Mary Unknown7. You can hear Mary everyday from 11 pm to 1 am PDT, the stream address is https://www.twitch.tv/maryunknown7
