Letter to Erin 20150209

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

When I was heading back home after blogging my last love letter to you, I was crawling along on my motorcycle at my usual 30 kmh when I was passed by another motorcycle, and the rider was wearing a T-shirt where it was printed on the back, "It's never all about you."  You know, I agree with that.  I kind of lost my attention temporarily, may Allah forgive me for my lapse.

I guess what that motorcycle rider was trying to say to me (whether he meant to or not), is that I need to pay more attention to Allah when I speak.  And that is my purpose, is to draw attention to Allah.  Let Allah be the center of attention.  Let them fear and worship Allah.  It's all about Allah.

What I meant the last time is that you keep popping up on my TV station, and you are the love of my life, so from that perspective, it's all about you.  But it's still all about Allah, because Allah made the situation where we can marry, Allah is the One Who made you love me, and only Allah can grant me the means to give you the best married life.  I give my heart and best to make our connection enhance your business, but it is Allah Who makes it so.  And your money remains yours: I don't want to consume it, and I don't want you to feel any resentment about having to finance our family.  That is MY responsibility, and since it is my responsibility, I cannot feel any resentment for doing so.  And Allah can kill me off at any time.  You would have to walk the world stage without me.

If you are sincerely grateful to Allah for the advantages given to you then please pray.  Actions speak louder here than words or intent.  Don't show off to people.  Lock the door, and pray in private.  Pray for our love and lives together.  I love you, and I need you.

Letter to Erin 20150207

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

Hi there, you gorgeous girl!  Ah, my beloved, beautiful Erin.  How are you feeling, you precious little sweetheart?  Did you know that you're taking over my TV station?  It used to be the Victoria's Secret channel, now it's the Erin channel.  It's all about Erin.  Because you are MY girl.  I love you, and I need you.

My parents are out of town for a while, so I have less house cleaning to do.  I still have to clean my own house, though.  I hate house cleaning.  I had to iron my pants this morning, too.  I hate ironing, too.  I can't seem to get it right, and it took me half an hour to iron 3 pairs of pants.  I would rather do yard work.  In the evening, I cut the grass around your house. Grass grows quickly here in Malaysia, even though it's the dry season right now.  I don't have enough time to do adequate yard work.  There's so much other stuff to do, plus I need more tools.

It's sirloin steak for dinner!  Plus my Mom have me some sweet corn before she left, so I made some croquettes,  The batter being corn, garlic, onions, egg, milk, salt and pepper.  My Mom has a version of this too.  Hers is more savory.  Perhaps it's because I use milk.  Next time I'll put the salt on after I fry them.  Would you like some?

Qur'an 20150207

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

12.  Truly do you marvel, while they ridicule.

13.  And when they are admonished, pay no heed.

14.  And when they see a Sign, turn it to mockery.

15.  And say, "This is nothing but evident sorcery!"

16.  "What!  When we die and become dust and bones, shall we be raised up?"

17.  "And also our fathers of old?"

18.  Say, "Yes, and you shall then be humiliated."

Those Ranged In Ranks 37:12-18
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Yes, and you shall then be humiliated.

Letter to Erin 20150205

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

Hello again, my beautiful Erin.  How are you feeling today?  I feel you are feeling absolutely great, healthy, and confident.  Because you are MY girl, and I love you, and I need you.

I'll be the first to admit that I'm not much of a sports fan.  My favorite sport is Ladies Figure Skating, and I don't really keep up with it.  So I apologize for not knowing when the Superbowl was, which teams competed, and who won.  I do know that the Seahawks was one of them, and the game was in Phoenix.  Please forgive me!  A bigger issue is how you will be able to keep up with the games once we're married inshaAllah.  We're going to have to download the games somehow, or perhaps there might be a satellite feed.  Then I can snuggle with you under one of those huge, colorful blankets and watch the game.  It's too damn hot here to wrap ourselves up in a blanket, but we can crank up the AC.  I'll make pizza and chicken wings.  Go Bears!

Letter to Erin 20150203

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

Hi, sweet beloved Erin.  It's 6:10 am, I'm up early today because performed some additional worship, and I want to go to the market to restock my cooler.  I have one of those ancient coolers which is about 30 years old, that used to belong to my Mom.  I remember using it when I was a kid.  This type of cooler accumulates frost, so right now I'm defrosting it so I can restock it.  I still have a couple of sirloin steaks, so today I definitely want to get some chicken, and perhaps some seafood.  The problem with raw foods is that they need to be processed and portioned before storage, and some foods like shellfish can't be stored.  By the time I get back, I'll be exhausted.

Now it's 4 pm, and I just finished voice training.  This morning I bought 2 kilos of chicken wings, a kilo of chicken breast, and a 2 kilo snapper.  Big fish.  I saw 5 blue marlin at the market.  Wow!  Who would eat that?  Huge fish!  All I would be able to handle is one steak.  I was pretty tired when I got back from the market, after all, I had been up since before 5 am.  But I managed to whip up the energy to process, portion, clean the freezer, then put everything away and clean up.  After that I had my lunch, which was almost a half kilo of snapper sashimi, then I took a nap.  I'm still learning to be a sushi chef, but I'm getting the hang of decorating the plate with fish slices.  I had to coop up the indoors cats all this while, and ---- was bawling her heart out.  She considers herself the most feminine of all the cats, so she cries the loudest and most persistently.  Crying doesn't make you feminine.  Anybody can cry.  ---- was quite pissed off at me for imprisoning her, and she bit my toe when I released her.  After she received her snackipoo, of course.

Erin, I told you before that it's very lonely at the top.  So please be patient, and pray.  And don't despair.  If you despair, it means you have no faith, not just in God, but in our love.  And I love you, Erin.  I will marry you, inshaAllah.  I love you, and I need you.

Qur'an 20150203

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

78.  And he makes comparisons for Us, and forgets his own creation.  He says, "Who can give life to bones and the decomposed?"

79.  Say, "God will give them life, Who created them the first time."  For God is Well-versed in every kind of creation.

Ya Sin 36:78-79
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God will give them life, Who created them the first time.

Letter to Erin 20150202

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

Ah!  Congratulations on your promotion!  I'm not an avid collector of the SI swimsuit editions, but I know who the girls were, and I'm absolutely sure you are totally deserving of the work, because you are more beautiful than all of them.  You are the most beautiful girl in the world, because you are MY girl.  I hope you won't start wearing a swimsuit all the time, like to the grocery store, or to shovel snow.  I accept that you are under contract to work, but please dress modestly when you are off-duty.  "Off-duty" means that you're not being paid.

It's definitely not snowing here.  It's hot and dry, and the wind is blowing hard.  I spent the evening pruning and chopping down foliage around your house, then dragging them to the burn spot next to the old mango tree, which is in range of the hose.  For dinner it was fried calamari.  I still had all that cuttlefish meat, so I fried up calamari and filled a large plate with a stack of squid 4 inches high.  It's nice to chow down on calamari until you're stuffed, instead of just a wimpy sized appetizer costing 10 bucks.  Ya Allah, thank you for the knowledge and the bounty You have given me.  Want some?

Erin my love.  I love you, and I need you.