In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
I don't really know what drives little Fluffy's craving for carrion. I think Fluffy used to be a market cat, those cats always ate the leftover, rotting stock. Perhaps it's just a desire for variety. Muslims are not allowed to eat carrion. I do enjoy ripened and fermented foods, but as they are prepared, then they should be OK inshaAllah. I love blue cheese and gorgonzola, not just for dipping sauce for chicken wings, but just to snack, to nibble while I watch TV. I can't find blue cheese here in Malaysia, especially with my current economics, so for years I have been craving it. Then I found a worthy substitute: cured salted fish. Yum! It took a while to discover, but it was was worth it. Now I have something to nibble.
How's business, Julia? I hope they are not making you feel like a clown. There is no need to be divided about the hypocrites. Just squash them. Unless they refuse to fight, and they keep their peace. And no, I'm not comparing Fluffy to you. You are my queen, I am so proud of you, and I want you to be happy and confident. I try with all my heart not to say words that would hurt your feelings. Sometimes I like to joke, so you can perhaps smile a little, but I'm not perfect, and I can make mistakes, so please have mercy on me if I slip. But otherwise, I take great care not to say things that would make you feel bad. I love you. You are the most beautiful girl in the world, and I want to marry you.
Friday, September 6, 2013
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Letter to Julia 20130904
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
YOOOOOLIIIIIIEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
Not just to vindicate the weak and the innocent, but to vindicate them for the love of Allah. That is what is important.
Fluffy is such a little barbarian, Julia. You wouldn't think so from looking at her. She's such a miniature little kitty, and she's so cute with her fluffy, long, blond and white fur, but she's a barbarian. She refuses to use the cat box, so don't ever let her into the house if you don't intend to keep an eye on her. And her appetite is out of control... she'll eat anything! She's been having diarrhea lately, and I've been wondering why. But today, I saw her eat a 3 day old lizard carcass. Bleah! No wonder her tummy hurts!
YOOOOOLIIIIIIEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
Not just to vindicate the weak and the innocent, but to vindicate them for the love of Allah. That is what is important.
Fluffy is such a little barbarian, Julia. You wouldn't think so from looking at her. She's such a miniature little kitty, and she's so cute with her fluffy, long, blond and white fur, but she's a barbarian. She refuses to use the cat box, so don't ever let her into the house if you don't intend to keep an eye on her. And her appetite is out of control... she'll eat anything! She's been having diarrhea lately, and I've been wondering why. But today, I saw her eat a 3 day old lizard carcass. Bleah! No wonder her tummy hurts!
Qur'an 20130904
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
77. Have you not turned your vision to those who were told to restrain their hands, but establish regular prayers, and spend in regular charity? When the order for fighting was issued to them, behold! A section of them feared men as, or even more than, they should have feared Allah. They said, "Our Lord! Why have You ordered us to fight? Would You not grant us respite to our term, near?" Say, "Short is the enjoyment of this world. The Hereafter is best for those who do right. Never will you be dealt with unjustly in the very least!"
78. Wherever you are, death will find you out, even if you are in towers built up strong and high! If some good befalls them, they say, "This is from Allah." But if evil, they say, "This is from you." Say, "All things are from Allah." But what has come to these people, that they fail to understand a single fact?
The Women 4:77-78
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Short is the enjoyment of this world. The Hereafter is best for those who do right. Never will you be dealt with unjustly in the very least!
All things are from Allah.
77. Have you not turned your vision to those who were told to restrain their hands, but establish regular prayers, and spend in regular charity? When the order for fighting was issued to them, behold! A section of them feared men as, or even more than, they should have feared Allah. They said, "Our Lord! Why have You ordered us to fight? Would You not grant us respite to our term, near?" Say, "Short is the enjoyment of this world. The Hereafter is best for those who do right. Never will you be dealt with unjustly in the very least!"
78. Wherever you are, death will find you out, even if you are in towers built up strong and high! If some good befalls them, they say, "This is from Allah." But if evil, they say, "This is from you." Say, "All things are from Allah." But what has come to these people, that they fail to understand a single fact?
The Women 4:77-78
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Short is the enjoyment of this world. The Hereafter is best for those who do right. Never will you be dealt with unjustly in the very least!
All things are from Allah.
Monday, September 2, 2013
Letter to Julia 20130903
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
Rain, rain, rain. It's raining again, Julia. I'm writing my love to you, and it's raining. Well, I pray that Allah is pleased with me. I had some beef tenderloin in my cooler, which is awesomely tasty and tender, so I cooked it up for dinner. I picked up some oyster mushrooms at the night market. Oyster mushrooms don't cook evenly, so I separate the stems from the caps, and I blast the heat on the stems, in this case, when I cooked the steak. The stems actually had the taste and texture of the steak. All the caps needed was hot water and salt, for mucho flavor. Don't forget to drain them.
Before that, I tended to Casa de Julia inshaAllah. Cutting grass and vines by the ditch. I've been missing coconuts lately, I sure hope there isn't coconut thief about. Not that I use them all that often. I have a few more trees to chop down, but it's been so wet that I may not have the chance to burn them. I started a lemongrass patch about a week ago, and it's coming up nicely. You should check out my aloe vera patch. Aloe grows wild in Arizona, but not here in Malaysia. I think it's because it's way too damp, so I planted the aloe on a little hill, so water doesn't coagulate, and now the plant is multiplying nicely.
Some people are confused as to whether or not a population is being oppressed. It is deluded to think that young children can be members of a subversive organization. The correct thing to do is to vindicate them for the love of God. To help and rescue them for the love of Allah.
Rain, rain, rain. It's raining again, Julia. I'm writing my love to you, and it's raining. Well, I pray that Allah is pleased with me. I had some beef tenderloin in my cooler, which is awesomely tasty and tender, so I cooked it up for dinner. I picked up some oyster mushrooms at the night market. Oyster mushrooms don't cook evenly, so I separate the stems from the caps, and I blast the heat on the stems, in this case, when I cooked the steak. The stems actually had the taste and texture of the steak. All the caps needed was hot water and salt, for mucho flavor. Don't forget to drain them.
Before that, I tended to Casa de Julia inshaAllah. Cutting grass and vines by the ditch. I've been missing coconuts lately, I sure hope there isn't coconut thief about. Not that I use them all that often. I have a few more trees to chop down, but it's been so wet that I may not have the chance to burn them. I started a lemongrass patch about a week ago, and it's coming up nicely. You should check out my aloe vera patch. Aloe grows wild in Arizona, but not here in Malaysia. I think it's because it's way too damp, so I planted the aloe on a little hill, so water doesn't coagulate, and now the plant is multiplying nicely.
Some people are confused as to whether or not a population is being oppressed. It is deluded to think that young children can be members of a subversive organization. The correct thing to do is to vindicate them for the love of God. To help and rescue them for the love of Allah.
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Letter to Julia 20130902
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
Hi Julia Mow are you today my love? Wow, it's September already, huh? Next month will be October, and then it will be..... November!!! I'm sure you are busy, so please take good care of yourself. You must be having your photo taken for Voggooey magazine and showing off the latest Hot Cooter. I'm sorry! That was stupid, I know. But I couldn't resist it. Just trying to make you smile! Has the fashion biz become weird and scary? We'll be OK, inshaAllah. You're MY girl. I love you.
It's raining right now. It started raining after 4pm, beginning with a perpetual rumbling of thunder, kind of like someone holding down on of the low keys on a synthesizer. The sky was growling. I'm watching Shadowplay TV.
Hi Julia Mow are you today my love? Wow, it's September already, huh? Next month will be October, and then it will be..... November!!! I'm sure you are busy, so please take good care of yourself. You must be having your photo taken for Voggooey magazine and showing off the latest Hot Cooter. I'm sorry! That was stupid, I know. But I couldn't resist it. Just trying to make you smile! Has the fashion biz become weird and scary? We'll be OK, inshaAllah. You're MY girl. I love you.
It's raining right now. It started raining after 4pm, beginning with a perpetual rumbling of thunder, kind of like someone holding down on of the low keys on a synthesizer. The sky was growling. I'm watching Shadowplay TV.
Friday, August 30, 2013
Letter to Julia 20130831
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
As you know, there is a cherry tree outside my bedroom window. The leaves spread outwards towards the road like a big portabella mushroom, and it effectively hides me from the elementary school traffic like a curtain. I trimmed it last week, and it looks great right now. I usually peer outside while watching Shadowplay TV while voice training, and observe the passers by. The windows don't open up all the way because they're old, I don't turn on the lights, so theoretically I can't be seen, except by an infrared camera of course. There were these 2 birds perched on one of the branches, staring at me through the cracks of my window while I was voice training today. They were sitting in the shadows side by side, watching me, shrouded in darkness. Very creepy.
Freedom is great alhamdulillah, but really, we are not free. The wise are aware that there are consequences to actions, and if you don't want to taste the consequences, then your actions are restricted. Unlike the poor man, whose life is a prison of his poverty. All my musical career, I've been restricted by my finances, by my enemies for the most part. Now it's come to this, where I have turned to Allah, and Allah has rendered the media groups and consultants irrelevant. Glory to Allah! Perhaps they should have given me all the money I wanted, and maybe they would have got the results they desire? But I don't really want their money anyway. So instead of practicing sorcery, how about they free one of their slaves? Or stop their car to feed someone who will work for food? No, don't poison them. Or perhaps they could aid one of their relatives who happens to be an orphan?
Ya Allah, please grant me wealth that is 100% halal and comes directly from You, to give my Julia a happy and secure married life, and to obtain all the tools and instruments I want to create music that pleases You.
As you know, there is a cherry tree outside my bedroom window. The leaves spread outwards towards the road like a big portabella mushroom, and it effectively hides me from the elementary school traffic like a curtain. I trimmed it last week, and it looks great right now. I usually peer outside while watching Shadowplay TV while voice training, and observe the passers by. The windows don't open up all the way because they're old, I don't turn on the lights, so theoretically I can't be seen, except by an infrared camera of course. There were these 2 birds perched on one of the branches, staring at me through the cracks of my window while I was voice training today. They were sitting in the shadows side by side, watching me, shrouded in darkness. Very creepy.
Freedom is great alhamdulillah, but really, we are not free. The wise are aware that there are consequences to actions, and if you don't want to taste the consequences, then your actions are restricted. Unlike the poor man, whose life is a prison of his poverty. All my musical career, I've been restricted by my finances, by my enemies for the most part. Now it's come to this, where I have turned to Allah, and Allah has rendered the media groups and consultants irrelevant. Glory to Allah! Perhaps they should have given me all the money I wanted, and maybe they would have got the results they desire? But I don't really want their money anyway. So instead of practicing sorcery, how about they free one of their slaves? Or stop their car to feed someone who will work for food? No, don't poison them. Or perhaps they could aid one of their relatives who happens to be an orphan?
Ya Allah, please grant me wealth that is 100% halal and comes directly from You, to give my Julia a happy and secure married life, and to obtain all the tools and instruments I want to create music that pleases You.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Letter to Julia 20130829
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
They say that lonely people love cats. Well, I'm lonely without my Julia, and I have 5 cats. Do you know them?
Highest in rank is Chee Cheah. She's been with me for 5 years already, and she kind looks like my Dad. She's a Siamese cat look alike, and she's about 10 years old, according to the estimate my Mom gives me. She pretty much shared the same suffering I did since I returned to Malaysia, and now she rules the house. She only eats the best cat food, and I won't let her leave the house at night anymore. The law of the house to all cats here is "Don't bug Chee Cheah". Or they get kicked out.
Next in seniority is Bat Cat. I first met him 2 Ramadans ago when he was a tiny kitten wandering the road crying during school rush hour, so I called him over to me, and he's been with me since. He's a black and white tom cat, and he's become strong and beautiful. He looks like a black and white feline Rottweiler. I feed him only fresh fish, and low salt cat food, because he's a working cat. And how rare is that? He's the only mouse killer here, so mice avoid my house as long as he's home. He's also the only male cat at my parents' house (where my brother lives with his cats), and at Casa de Julia inshaAllah. So he has quite a harem to choose from.
Last Ramadan somebody dumped little Fluffy Ramadan on my porch. She's a blond and white long-haired calico. She was a hammered little kitty, covered in fungus, lost most of her whiskers, and very depressed. She's improved a lot since then, she's so sweet, energetic, she follows me all the time, and she always waits for me. Isn't that cute? She still has some stubborn fleas though.
When I moved into this little house, my brother left 4 cats here, who I named Scruffy, Scrawny, Frick and Frack. They were not my cats, so I only fed them. The males have died since then, so only the twins Frick and Frack are left. Frick is that drug addict cat I told you about. She somehow acquired a mouth injury, so I have to feed her drugs daily to control the swelling, otherwise she would be salivating uncontrollably, and would be unable to eat. Both Frick and Frack are grey short-haired striped cats, but Frick has darkened to a brown since her illness. I decided to rename her Slobberina Droolsella. Yeah, it could be a demeaning name, but she's a cat. The name endears her to me, and anything endearing is good when it comes to Slobby.
I also gave Frack a new name: Simper. It's because of the way she smiles. I never paid much attention to the cats my brother left other than to feed them, but somehow Simper has become very beautiful. Her coat has become bright and shiny. How is that possible? To be unloved, yet become beautiful?
Anyway my Julia, please try to be focused when you pray. If you are 100% focused when you pray, and can understand every word, that already makes you better than me and most other Muslims.
They say that lonely people love cats. Well, I'm lonely without my Julia, and I have 5 cats. Do you know them?
Highest in rank is Chee Cheah. She's been with me for 5 years already, and she kind looks like my Dad. She's a Siamese cat look alike, and she's about 10 years old, according to the estimate my Mom gives me. She pretty much shared the same suffering I did since I returned to Malaysia, and now she rules the house. She only eats the best cat food, and I won't let her leave the house at night anymore. The law of the house to all cats here is "Don't bug Chee Cheah". Or they get kicked out.
Next in seniority is Bat Cat. I first met him 2 Ramadans ago when he was a tiny kitten wandering the road crying during school rush hour, so I called him over to me, and he's been with me since. He's a black and white tom cat, and he's become strong and beautiful. He looks like a black and white feline Rottweiler. I feed him only fresh fish, and low salt cat food, because he's a working cat. And how rare is that? He's the only mouse killer here, so mice avoid my house as long as he's home. He's also the only male cat at my parents' house (where my brother lives with his cats), and at Casa de Julia inshaAllah. So he has quite a harem to choose from.
Last Ramadan somebody dumped little Fluffy Ramadan on my porch. She's a blond and white long-haired calico. She was a hammered little kitty, covered in fungus, lost most of her whiskers, and very depressed. She's improved a lot since then, she's so sweet, energetic, she follows me all the time, and she always waits for me. Isn't that cute? She still has some stubborn fleas though.
When I moved into this little house, my brother left 4 cats here, who I named Scruffy, Scrawny, Frick and Frack. They were not my cats, so I only fed them. The males have died since then, so only the twins Frick and Frack are left. Frick is that drug addict cat I told you about. She somehow acquired a mouth injury, so I have to feed her drugs daily to control the swelling, otherwise she would be salivating uncontrollably, and would be unable to eat. Both Frick and Frack are grey short-haired striped cats, but Frick has darkened to a brown since her illness. I decided to rename her Slobberina Droolsella. Yeah, it could be a demeaning name, but she's a cat. The name endears her to me, and anything endearing is good when it comes to Slobby.
I also gave Frack a new name: Simper. It's because of the way she smiles. I never paid much attention to the cats my brother left other than to feed them, but somehow Simper has become very beautiful. Her coat has become bright and shiny. How is that possible? To be unloved, yet become beautiful?
Anyway my Julia, please try to be focused when you pray. If you are 100% focused when you pray, and can understand every word, that already makes you better than me and most other Muslims.
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