Sunday, August 3, 2014
Letter to Julia 20140802
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
Hey there Julia, my most beautiful queen. What a magnificent looking woman you are. Are you feeling like one of those big cats, a leopard maybe? Or as hungry as one? Or just riding one? Ah, you are so intense. I love that about you. We need to be married. Perhaps I can help ease your hunger. I love you so much, and I need you as much. I will never abandon you, inshaAllah. And how about you, Sad Eyes? Please don't be melancholy. Always know that I am here to love you, to look after you, and to help protect you. What a beautiful and wonderful girl you are. I will never abandon you, inshaAllah. I love you, and I need you.
As Ramadan is over, I am back doing work on the internet. There was simply no time for such during the fasting month. I will be hanging out at my usual spot on Second Life, if you wish to seek me out there. I just wanna dance. I also have to watch videos from the Internet. Part of the duties of a mass media company. But only the ones that I like, of course. I also have to watch the latest X-men movie. Everything else looks kind of boring. I much prefer the Uncanny X-men comics from the 80's to 1994. But what movies ever follow the comic book anyway. **yawn**
Life isn't supposed to be perfect. Every soul shall have a taste of death. Perfection is a reward in the next life. Meanwhile, we are instructed to keep our faith in Allah, be firm, and consistent. Of course you will find people who oppose you because of the spiritual and material wealth that Allah gives you for your sincere Islam. So follow the example of the Prophet, peace be on him. His conduct is the conduct to copy in the face of a dangerous enemy.
Qur'an 20140803
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
39. If only the unbelievers knew when they would not be able to ward off the fire from their faces, nor yet from their backs, and no help can reach them!
40. No, it may come to them all of a sudden and confound them. No power will they have to avert it, nor will they get respite.
41. Mocked were messengers before you, but their scoffers were hemmed in by the thing that they mocked.
42. Say, "Who can keep you safe by night and by day from the Most Gracious?" Yet they turn away from the mention of their Lord.
The Prophets 21:39-42
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Who can keep you safe by night and by day from the Most Gracious?
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Letter to Julia 20140731
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
There is a feedback loop going on in my cooler. At the same time, my cooler is a dead end for food. My cooler is like one of those fractal deep zooms, but not as pretty. I live alone with my cats, so if I don't eat it, and the cats don't eat it, then it goes into the trash. Perhaps I could give it away, but that's easier said than done, especially since I already give away much food in the form of raw foods. I don't have many friends. And I accumulated a lot of food over Ramadan.
My cooler isn't very big, about 3/4 or less the size of a typical one door cooler you would find in a modern home. So what's in the cooler? Let's see: steak, chicken breast, a snapper head, 3 chicken ribs, 2 containers of sambal udang (prawns in a hot pepper sauce), rendang (beef in spicy coconut and lemongrass sauce), snapper roe, burgers, butter, coconut milk, pastry dough, sliced cheese, fried anchovies, chocolate chips, bamboo shoots, tamarind, 2 containers of mole sauce, sardine dip, soybean milk, chrysanthemum tea, rose tea, 3 big bottles of water, 2 containers of Mom's sweet pickle, ginger, turmeric, hot peppers, oyster mushrooms, yeast, sourdough starter, 2 containers of salted fish, leftover shepherd's pie, 2 eggs, a bottle of Worcestershire sauce, a bottle of dipping sauce for fish crackers, home made mayo... is that it? Oh yeah... a kilo of sugar, 5 kilos of rice, and 2 kilos of Atta flour which I have to keep in the cooler because the bugs have figured out how to get through the packaging. I'm sure I missed some items.
So I had to stop accepting food, and start eating all the food in the cooler, or it would go to waste. So for dinner just now, I made a stew of most of the bamboo shoots with garlic, onions, seaweed, mushrooms in anchovy broth. I put the snapper head in there, and let it simmer. Then I took the fish head out, and added ramen noodles and chopped hot peppers. I dismantled the fish head and removed the flesh. The stuff behind the eyes is awesomely tasty. I put the stew in a large bowl, then sprinkled the fish meat on top. Oh no! I made too much food! I have leftovers!
You must join me regularly for eating. Please? I love you, I love you! And I need you, I need you.
Qur'an 20140731
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
23. God cannot be questioned for God's acts, but they will be questioned.
24. Or have they taken for worship gods besides God? Say, "Bring your convincing proof. This is a Message of those with me and the Message of those before me." But most of them know not the truth, and so turn away.
The Prophets 21:23-24
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Bring your convincing proof. This is a Message of those with me and the Message of those before me.
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Letter to Julia 20140729
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
You know, I'm quite used to being lonely. It could be that I'm just a loner, but like anything else you get used to it, whether you like it or not. God has been my only friend on countless occasions. I've had glimpses of happiness like most people, but I don't know what happiness is. Plus, I have to work everyday. So I don't share the same attachment others have to public holidays. And the Eid, for that matter. I love Ramadan, but I'm not very sentimental about the Eid. And Muslims don't celebrate Christmas.
I don't think it's the same with you. You need your friends and your social circles, while I am promising you a family you can call your own, you will have to be the main power in making the Eid a sentimental occasion for our family. It's not like you will have to abandon your friends, I'm just saying that I don't have many friends. You could probably make new friends, however difficult that may be to find sincere ones while living in the public eye, being as beautiful as you are. I'm trying to point out how helpful it is to each other, to have both Julia and Erin as my wives. I love you, I love you. And I need you, I need you.
You know, I'm quite used to being lonely. It could be that I'm just a loner, but like anything else you get used to it, whether you like it or not. God has been my only friend on countless occasions. I've had glimpses of happiness like most people, but I don't know what happiness is. Plus, I have to work everyday. So I don't share the same attachment others have to public holidays. And the Eid, for that matter. I love Ramadan, but I'm not very sentimental about the Eid. And Muslims don't celebrate Christmas.
I don't think it's the same with you. You need your friends and your social circles, while I am promising you a family you can call your own, you will have to be the main power in making the Eid a sentimental occasion for our family. It's not like you will have to abandon your friends, I'm just saying that I don't have many friends. You could probably make new friends, however difficult that may be to find sincere ones while living in the public eye, being as beautiful as you are. I'm trying to point out how helpful it is to each other, to have both Julia and Erin as my wives. I love you, I love you. And I need you, I need you.
Qur'an 20140730
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
1. Closer and closer to humans comes their reckoning, yet they heed not, and turn away.
2. Never comes to them of a renewed Message from their Lord, but they listen to it as a joke.
3. Their hearts toying as with trifles. The wrongdoers conceal their private counsels: "Is this more than a man like yourselves? Will you go to witchcraft with your eyes open?"
4. Say, "My Lord knows every word in the heavens and the earth. God is the One that Hears and Knows."
The Prophets 21:1-4
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My Lord knows every word in the heavens and the earth. God is the One that Hears and Knows.
1. Closer and closer to humans comes their reckoning, yet they heed not, and turn away.
2. Never comes to them of a renewed Message from their Lord, but they listen to it as a joke.
3. Their hearts toying as with trifles. The wrongdoers conceal their private counsels: "Is this more than a man like yourselves? Will you go to witchcraft with your eyes open?"
4. Say, "My Lord knows every word in the heavens and the earth. God is the One that Hears and Knows."
The Prophets 21:1-4
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My Lord knows every word in the heavens and the earth. God is the One that Hears and Knows.
Qur'an 20140729
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
133. They say, "Why does he not bring us a Sign from his Lord?" Has not a Clear Sign come to them of all that was in the former Books of Revelation?
134. And if We had inflicted on them a penalty before this, they would have said, "Our Lord! If only You had sent us a messenger, we should certainly have followed Your Signs before we were humbled, and put to shame."
135. Say, "Each one is waiting. Wait you therefore, and soon shall you know who it is that is on the straight and even way, and who it is that has received guidance."
Ta Ha 20:133-135
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Each one is waiting. Wait you therefore, and soon shall you know who it is that is on the straight and even way, and who it is that has received guidance.
133. They say, "Why does he not bring us a Sign from his Lord?" Has not a Clear Sign come to them of all that was in the former Books of Revelation?
134. And if We had inflicted on them a penalty before this, they would have said, "Our Lord! If only You had sent us a messenger, we should certainly have followed Your Signs before we were humbled, and put to shame."
135. Say, "Each one is waiting. Wait you therefore, and soon shall you know who it is that is on the straight and even way, and who it is that has received guidance."
Ta Ha 20:133-135
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Each one is waiting. Wait you therefore, and soon shall you know who it is that is on the straight and even way, and who it is that has received guidance.
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