Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Letter to Julia 20120718

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

**It's still the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show marathon on Shadowplay TV**

And how are you coping, my beloved?  Too much attention?  Please try to slow down and enjoy whatever it is you are doing, and please be patient with others who only long to see you.  Sure, when a mosquito demands attention, you would get the bug spray.  But most people lack understanding and patience.  So you just compensate with your own patience, and not be in any sort of hurry to please others.

Qur'an 20120718

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

86.  Say, "No reward do I ask of you for this, nor am I a pretender."

87.  This is no less than a Message to the worlds.

88.  And you shall certainly know the truth of it after a while.

(The letter) Sad 38:86-88
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No reward do I ask of you for this, nor am I a pretender.

Monday, July 16, 2012

Letter to Julia 20120717

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

**It's still the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show marathon on Shadowplay TV**

**sniffle**  Yes, I still have the sniffles.  I thought I beat it last week, but it came back for round 2.  It must be this freaky weather here lately.  I managed to burn the trash today which had been accumulating for the past week, with much effort, but much of it is still wet.  And it's raining slightly right now.  I'm certainly not in the mood to cook.  Thank God I have some curry made by one of my favorite cooks.  I bought some fresh buns at the night market, and had bread and fish curry for dinner.  A very intelligent and calculated curry, perfect in flavor and texture.  I got slight heartburn, but I do have the sniffles after all.  **sniffle**  I'm curious as to how the chef chose the fish.  It looks like cod, but I'm not sure.  I'm still mastering my fishes.  I haven't had sushi in a while, mostly because I can't find any wasabi in Perlis.  I don't have my own curry recipe, even though I eat it often.  That's because I'm too lazy to learn the local recipes.  What I do is buy curry then jazz it up if I'm not satisfied with it.  **sniffle**

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Letter to Julia 20120716

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

**It's still the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show marathon on Shadowplay TV**

Hi Julia, my beloved beautiful young bride!  How are you feeling?  I love you with all my heart!  The fasting month starts on Saturday the 21st of July.  ARE YOU READY TO ROCK??!!!  Well, I'm getting ready to fast.  I need to maintain my daily schedule as best as possible, plus there is an additional group prayer every night throughout Ramadan which I attend, insyaAllah.  Which means I don't have to do the hour's worship I do about 4am every morning throughout the rest of the year: I eat instead.  I plan to eat light or quickly for breaking fast, then pigging out in the wee hours of the morning.  Shadowplay TV will be going back to regular programming in less than a week, too.  But don't worry: I'll be seeing the fashion show whenever Allah takes over the randomizer and picks that show.  I'll get to see my sweetie!  Hi Sweetie!  Say, do those wings actually work?  I mean, if I wore those wings and then jumped into the Grand Canyon, would I die?  No, I don't wanna die like that!

But all joking aside, if you call yourself a believer, then Allah will test your faith.  That is as certain as death.  Do you believe?  Then Allah will test you.  Perfection is a reward in the next life.  What we can pray for is that Allah make our journey together an easy one.  Ya Allah, please grant Julia and I love, beauty, good health, safety and happiness together in this life as well as the hereafter. Please don't divorce us.  Please grant us long, happy, healthy lives together with beautiful, happy, healthy and pious children.  Please protect us.  Please forgive our sins, make us great Muslims, make us faithful to each other and to You, grant us the highest place in heaven, and make our journey together easy.

Qur'an 20120716

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

65.  Say, "Truly I am a warner: no god is there but the One God, Supreme and Irresistible."

66.  The Lord of the heavens and the earth, and all between, Exalted in Might, Able to enforce God's Will, Forgiving again and again.

67.  Say, "That is a Message Supreme."

68.  From which you do turn away!

69.  No knowledge have I of the chiefs on high, when they discuss among themselves.

70.  Only this has been revealed to me: that I am to give warning plainly and publicly.


(The letter) Sad 38:65-70
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Truly I am a warner: no god is there but the One God, Supreme and Irresistible.

That is a Message Supreme.

Friday, July 13, 2012

Letter to Julia 20120714

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

**It's still the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show marathon on Shadowplay TV**

Hi Julia!  How are feeling today, my love?  My beloved!  My girl!  Are you still close by?  I can't tell.  If you are, then you are very good at being invisible.  I made some eggplant sauce today.  Such a handy sauce, it can be used for dipping, on chicken, beef or seafood, used in lieu of cheese in a sandwich etc etc.  It's actually eggplant and liver sauce.  I've become very fond of liver lately.  For this sauce this time (I'm a go-with-the-flow kind of cook), I had 6 medium eggplants.  First I sauteed some chopped onion and garlic in a little grease in a saucepan until brown.  Then I added the eggplant, peeled and diced, gradually, and I add more oil as I add eggplant.  Eggplant absorbs oil, so the balance between eggplant and oil is very tricky!  Oh, but before that, please prepare the chicken liver.  I used one chicken liver.  Liver can be sliced when frozen, which is convenient.  I marinade the sliced liver with curry powder, then I fry it up in a little oil until it changes color.  Don't overcook the liver!  Take it off the heat quickly!  The liver is for flavoring the sauce, and it's easy to mulch with a spoon into a paste after you lightly fry it.  Use the leftover grease to saute the onions and garlic.

Anyway, the eggplant is ready to mulch when it has softened.  Add the liver, a cup of chilli paste and one cube of chicken bouillon.  Cook and mulch the mix until it becomes a sauce.  Yummy!  Don't forget to add the eggplant and oil together gradually!

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Letter to Julia 20120712

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

**It's still the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show marathon on Shadowplay TV**

I got a new kitten, Julia!  Aw, he's such a cutie.  Last week, I think about Thursday, I was awoken early at 7:30 am by a loud, high-pitched squealing and crying amidst the noise of the daily traffic on the road to the elementary school.  Even though I was half asleep, I immediately realized that a kitten was playing chicken with the cars and motorcycles during school rush hour.  So I got out there as quickly as I could, to see some guy on a motorcycle screaming at a tiny black and white kitten by the side of the road, who was crying his little heart out.  So I waved at the little thing to catch his attention, and he followed me, and he kept on following me around for the next half hour, until I shacked him up at my grandfather's old house.

He managed to get out while I was voice training, and started squeaking at my window.  Which eventually caught the attention of my Dad, and he decided to adopt the little guy.  But my Dad got bored with him a few days later, so now the kitten is mine!  He's a black and white kitten, with huge ears and small eyes, and looks kinda like a bat, so I named him Bat Cat.  Chee Cheah isn't pleased of course that Batty is around, so I keep Batty in the cage where I keep my motorcycle, so the house belongs to Choo Choo.  I took him to the vet a couple of days ago, and the vet said that he was a fine cat.  Batty is such a polite little kitten.  Whenever I let him into the house, he plays around a little, then asks to be put back in his cage.

Such a tiny little baby.