Letter to Julia 20140818

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

My dearest, beloved Julia, you are my beautiful Queen.  Are you enjoying the show?  I truly and deeply appreciate your Islam, it really means my life and afterlife to me.  Please remember that you don't have to be extreme.  Just be chaste and compassionate, study the Qur'an and do the best you can with the situation that Allah has given you, maintain your prayers with sincerity, and that would put you way ahead of most people who call themselves Muslim.  I love you, and I need you.  Of course I love you too, Erin.  You are truly a beautiful and wonderful woman.  So please don't feel blue, because I want to marry you.  All I ask is your chastity and piety to Allah, never assigning any partners to God.  The whole world already knows how lovely and sweet-hearted you are.  Now it's time for truly spiritual love.  I love you, and I need you.

My dearest wives, once we are married, I intend for us to do everything and go everywhere together.  I want for us to never be seen without each other.  InshaAllah, I will never abandon you.  I do have to perform my Hajj, which is a mandatory workload upon all Muslims who is able and can afford the journey.  Which would be a minimum of 12 days if I get VIP status, not including travel time.  And I pray that Allah will allow me my Hajj while I'm still strong.  The same duty is also imposed on you, if you are able and can afford it.

Letter to Julia 20140816

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

Hello there, my darlings Julia and Erin.  How are you feeling today?  How are those precious emotions?  How does it feel to be the most beautiful girls in the world.  You are, because I think you are.  Because you are MY girls.  MINE, MINE.  MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE, MINE.  Don't you just love cut and paste?  I love you, I love you.  And I need you, I need you.

For dinner tonight, I'm having sliced chicken breast, avocado, tomato, cheese, mayo and black pepper sandwiches.  My Dad got me some avocados when he went to the mall in Alor Setar last week.  They were rock hard, and they took over a week to ripen.  But they tasted good when they did.  I love avocados.  I wonder if they'll grow.  I pray that they do.

Letter to Julia 20140814

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

Hello there, my beloved Julia and Erin.  How are you feeling today?  How are those precious emotions?  I pray that you are feeling great, and having a blast of a time.  Just don't forget to pray, and get adequate rest and food.  Because I love you, I love you.  And I need you, I need you.  For dinner, I prepared fried flat noodles with cockles and bean sprouts, known locally as "Keow Teow Kerang".  This is nostalgia food for me.  I could probably eat a whole wok full at a sitting, but I don't, so I don't get bloated and sick.  I used to make it perfectly every time, but not lately.  It's the right balance of grease, garlic, soy sauce, cockles, egg, bean sprouts and spiciness.  Nothing else!  Tonight's meal was almost there, but I screwed up the egg and the soy sauce.  I might have to start using precise measurements.  Me?  Be calculated?  Oh no!

Kitten TV is going so far, so good.  The kittens are so cute, especially when they wrestle with each other when feeding.  And when they wrestle with each other when sleeping.  Ya Allah, please protect and heal all my kitties.  I'm so grateful that Allah gave me Bat Cat and Bob Cat again.  And I finally have names for the 3 calicoes   Should I tell you?  I don't think I need to, because you're so smart.  You should be able to guess their names for yourselves.  Shall I give you a hint?  Nah!  YOU CAN GUESS!  It's easy!  I hope you get their names, because these kittens could be every bit as famous as you!

Letter to Julia 20140812

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

It's time for another season of Kitten TV!  SubhanAllah!  Alhamdulillah!  LailahaillAllah!  Allahuakbar!  Floofy just had another batch of kittens on Sunday night, right as they were calling the night prayer.  She had been in labor since my voice training session in the afternoon.  Floofy is very active all the way up to labor, jumping and running and playing around.  She's also very territorial, and got into a cat fight 3 hours before labor, which I suppose triggered it.  I was voice training when she started howling for attention.  I asked her if she were in labor, and she said "Meow."  I told her to find a place to park, and just wait.  I was busy all the way into nightfall, cutting grass, etc.  After sunset I was cooking my dinner, and she kept on begging for attention.  She had already chosen a spot, so while my potatoes and bamboo shoots were sizzling away, I went with her and stroked her head until the kittens came out.  At that point she didn't need me anymore.  Then the rain started to fall, and I knew right then that this gang of cats is special.  Now there's a full moon outside.  I love kittens!

Kitten TV had always been one big life threatening crisis, so I pray that this time it will be a happy show.  Ya Allah, please protect and heal all my kitties.  This time the mother cat had a flu vaccine right before she became pregnant like the vet recommended, plus right now since she gave birth, I'm giving her some antibiotics: very little, about half dose per day for 10 days.  InshaAllah there will be no tragedy this time.  When I last peeked at the little cuties, they were sleeping and neatly arranged in a row.  Bat Cat, Bob Cat, and 3 females who I haven't named yet: a white and blonde calico, a white and grey calico, and a calico/tortoiseshell .  A miracle, huh?  Ya Allah, thank You for the kittens.

P.S.  My Julia and Erin, I love you, I love you.  And I need you, I need you.

Qur'an 20140812

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

108.  Say, "What has come to me by inspiration is that your God is One God.  Will you therefore bow to God's Will?"

109.  But if they turn back, say "I have proclaimed the Message to you all alike and in truth, but I know not whether that which you are promised is near or far."

110.  It is God who knows what is open in speech, and what you hide.

111.  I know not but that it may be a trial for you, and a grant of livelihood for a time.

112.  Say, "O my Lord!  Judge You in Truth!  Our Lord most Gracious is the One whose assistance should be sought against the blasphemies you utter!"

The Prophets  21:108-112
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What has come to me by inspiration is that your God is One God.  Will you therefore bow to God's Will?

I have proclaimed the Message to you all alike and in truth, but I know not whether that which you are promised is near or far.

O my Lord!  Judge You in Truth!  Our Lord most Gracious is the One whose assistance should be sought against the blasphemies you utter!

Letter to Julia 20140811

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

Julia darling, I love you so much.  You are so beautiful.  I long to taste your delicious cooking.  I hope you will someday enjoy my strange concoctions, made with love for you.  How about you, Erin darling?  Please don't feel left out with all this food talk.  It just means that you will be well fed when you get married to me, inshaAllah.  Please make sure you both stay fit, so you don't lose your self-esteem.  I love you, I love you.  And I need you, I need you.

I want to reaffirm right now, that I am devoted to you, and seek no other.  So I want you to feel secure in my devotion to and commitment to you, and not have your emotions swayed by the many women out there in the Public Eye.  I belong to you, you belong to me, and we belong to each other.  I have made my decision, and it is you.  I love you, I love you.  And I need you, I need you.

Letter to Julia 20140809

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

Hello there, my beloved darling wives.  You know, I don't really have a certain style of cooking.  I'm more or less a go-with-the-flow kind of cook.  A harvester of chaos, I suppose.  But it's not even that: I just take what Allah gives me, and pray for the best.  So if you were to take formal training as an Italian chef, and served many patrons Italian food, that would make you a more superior Italian chef than me.  It's like an imam with formal training would be better at leading people in matters of Islam than me.  I'm just a musician.  Ya Allah, please forgive me, accept my worship, and bless my work.  When I was young, I never wanted to work food business, and when I did, I never really liked it.  What I wanted is to be pretty, be with pretty blondes, and be a Rock Star.  But Allah granted me experience and knowledge of cooking, for which I am grateful.  But I'm not an Italian chef, not a Chinese cook, not a Malay food expert, not a Japanese chef... none of the above.  I just worked for a long time in the food business, and served many patrons.  So I guess I got most of my culinary wisdom from the Department of Health and Human Services.  Plus watching Iron Chef.

For instance, I finally got around to making chicken pot pies today, because the Chinese store didn't have cream cheese on Monday.  I swear, anyone who opened up a cheese specialty store in this community would make a bundle.  Anyway, I had never made chicken pot pies before, and the pastry dough kept shrinking on me.  My filling of chicken cooked in milk, potatoes, blended egg whites with chicken and milk, and cream cheese tasted pretty good.  My pies are cooling as I write this my love letter to you.  I'm sure that they'll taste fairly good, and not too messy.  InshaAllah.  Would you care to join me for dinner?  I love you, I love you.  And I need you, I need you.