In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
Hi Erin Sweetie! How are you feeling, Darling? You must be traveling around as usual, so please make sure you enjoy what you do and please get lots of beauty rest. I woke up early, and have been busy all day. Baby mangoes take a lot of attention, so that's what I did at 7 am. Then I had to go to Friday prayer, and in the evening I went back to stuffing peat pots. But I did have time before sunset to harvest mangoes from that big tree in my front yard. Not harumanis, but tasty enough especially when refrigerated. Ooh, I think I'll have one right now.
Yummy! You want one? I'll slice it up for you! Nice and sweet! Just like you! Ow, I'm sore all over. It's all that physical labor. I finally got around to putting those ear drops in. What a weird feeling. It was odd that my ear cleared up when I left the clinic, before I bought the ear drops. I think I'll start taking it easy right now. Maybe I'll work on your house plan a little. I love you, Erin. And I need you.
Friday, June 5, 2015
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Letter to Erin 20150605
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
Now for the top story on Cat News: Floofy becomes an indoors cat for good! I took her to the vet this morning for an anti fungal shot and for a contraceptive shot. The anti fungal shot went OK, but there is currently a bureaucracy on the availability on cat contraceptives, so the only one I had available to me at the moment was an oral contraceptive which is effective for only 2 weeks. Now I'm not skilled at making a cat swallow a pill: the pill usually winds up somewhere on the ground five feet away, while I get mauled with a frenzy of claws. I had the option of returning to the vet after scheduling a contraceptive shot, but I'm kind of like a cat in that I hate going to the vet, and I had already gone this morning, so I don't want to go back there unless I absolutely have to. So Floofy is staying indoors for good. Good thing she's a well-behaved cat, and a sweetheart to boot. Let's see what happens when she goes in heat.
I did manage to make hot sauce and fry up some chicken wings for myself last night. I've come with a standard recipe hot sauce, which I duplicated after analyzing a bottled sauce. Cheaper, tastier, fresher, spicier and more plentiful than buying! The curious thing is that my indoor cats loved my chicken wings, while the boys outside didn't touch them (even though they begged for them). I guess they have frogs and snakes to snack on. The menu today wasn't that special. Noodles for lunch, a spicy Thai variety. Mangoes. My pea and potato concoction rolled into a calzone, deep fried for dinner, with my home made hot sauce for dipping. Quite tasty, but normal. I want to buy a fish, but I'm too lazy to process it. I'm still busy with my baby mangoes, but today I had to cut grass. I have a nursery now, so my yard always has to look pro.
All this work makes me look like a workaholic, doesn't it? But I'm not! I'm a lazy butt! I wanna snuggle with my Erin all day and make the love! Erin, I love you and I need you.
Now for the top story on Cat News: Floofy becomes an indoors cat for good! I took her to the vet this morning for an anti fungal shot and for a contraceptive shot. The anti fungal shot went OK, but there is currently a bureaucracy on the availability on cat contraceptives, so the only one I had available to me at the moment was an oral contraceptive which is effective for only 2 weeks. Now I'm not skilled at making a cat swallow a pill: the pill usually winds up somewhere on the ground five feet away, while I get mauled with a frenzy of claws. I had the option of returning to the vet after scheduling a contraceptive shot, but I'm kind of like a cat in that I hate going to the vet, and I had already gone this morning, so I don't want to go back there unless I absolutely have to. So Floofy is staying indoors for good. Good thing she's a well-behaved cat, and a sweetheart to boot. Let's see what happens when she goes in heat.
I did manage to make hot sauce and fry up some chicken wings for myself last night. I've come with a standard recipe hot sauce, which I duplicated after analyzing a bottled sauce. Cheaper, tastier, fresher, spicier and more plentiful than buying! The curious thing is that my indoor cats loved my chicken wings, while the boys outside didn't touch them (even though they begged for them). I guess they have frogs and snakes to snack on. The menu today wasn't that special. Noodles for lunch, a spicy Thai variety. Mangoes. My pea and potato concoction rolled into a calzone, deep fried for dinner, with my home made hot sauce for dipping. Quite tasty, but normal. I want to buy a fish, but I'm too lazy to process it. I'm still busy with my baby mangoes, but today I had to cut grass. I have a nursery now, so my yard always has to look pro.
All this work makes me look like a workaholic, doesn't it? But I'm not! I'm a lazy butt! I wanna snuggle with my Erin all day and make the love! Erin, I love you and I need you.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Letter to Erin 20150604
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
"Loving you is easy because you're beautiful". Sweet Erin, you are certainly beautiful. You are the most beautiful girl in the world to me. Because you are MY girl, and I love you very much. I can't sing like Minnie Riperton, though. More accurately, I can't squeal like Minnie Riperton. Those high notes! Reaching those notes (which is impossible for me) would put my voice out of action for at least a day. Would you say that Minnie Riperton is the most feminine singer ever? Well, she can sing very high notes, does that make a singer feminine? Did you know she died of breast cancer? I think she was only 30 years old.
My right ear is plugged up with wax, so I thought I'd go to the government clinic to have them clean it out. But the place was packed with people, and I sat there waiting for almost 2 hours, and I never got to see an intern. I had to go (I'm on a schedule, you know), so I went to the pharmacy and bought some ear drops. But somebody at the clinic gave me the sniffles! **sniffle** It is the rainy season after all. I was able to sing somewhat OK, though. Damn, I left my card there! I stopped at the market, might as well you know. I was pleased to discover there was a stack of chicken wings! So I bought 2 kilos. I'm craving chicken wings, but I might have to put it off and see what these sniffles do to me. **sniffle** Besides, I need to make chicken wing sauce first.
Last night, I never got around to loafing around. I got caught up making chocolate because as you know, I didn't have any snacks so I was drawn to the chocolate. When I left the chocolate last, it still tasted of cooking chocolate so I worked on removing the oil they put in there. My technique worked but not perfectly, because I could still taste that oil even though it's very slight. Plus I put too much milk powder, so it turned out crumbly. Still snappy, but crumbly. Does that make sense? One more treatment should make the chocolate tasty, but now I have too many steps so when I start over again, I'm going to have to remove the oil first before adding other stuff. **sniffle**
You are certainly beautiful, my beloved Erin. But you do me no favors by embracing Islam. You are not the One Who saved my life, and saved my life over and over again. Rather, Allah conferred a favor upon you by guiding you to the faith. While you have intelligence and wisdom in your youth, there is still much you need to accept (not understand) before you truly understand. I love you, and I need you.
"Loving you is easy because you're beautiful". Sweet Erin, you are certainly beautiful. You are the most beautiful girl in the world to me. Because you are MY girl, and I love you very much. I can't sing like Minnie Riperton, though. More accurately, I can't squeal like Minnie Riperton. Those high notes! Reaching those notes (which is impossible for me) would put my voice out of action for at least a day. Would you say that Minnie Riperton is the most feminine singer ever? Well, she can sing very high notes, does that make a singer feminine? Did you know she died of breast cancer? I think she was only 30 years old.
My right ear is plugged up with wax, so I thought I'd go to the government clinic to have them clean it out. But the place was packed with people, and I sat there waiting for almost 2 hours, and I never got to see an intern. I had to go (I'm on a schedule, you know), so I went to the pharmacy and bought some ear drops. But somebody at the clinic gave me the sniffles! **sniffle** It is the rainy season after all. I was able to sing somewhat OK, though. Damn, I left my card there! I stopped at the market, might as well you know. I was pleased to discover there was a stack of chicken wings! So I bought 2 kilos. I'm craving chicken wings, but I might have to put it off and see what these sniffles do to me. **sniffle** Besides, I need to make chicken wing sauce first.
Last night, I never got around to loafing around. I got caught up making chocolate because as you know, I didn't have any snacks so I was drawn to the chocolate. When I left the chocolate last, it still tasted of cooking chocolate so I worked on removing the oil they put in there. My technique worked but not perfectly, because I could still taste that oil even though it's very slight. Plus I put too much milk powder, so it turned out crumbly. Still snappy, but crumbly. Does that make sense? One more treatment should make the chocolate tasty, but now I have too many steps so when I start over again, I'm going to have to remove the oil first before adding other stuff. **sniffle**
You are certainly beautiful, my beloved Erin. But you do me no favors by embracing Islam. You are not the One Who saved my life, and saved my life over and over again. Rather, Allah conferred a favor upon you by guiding you to the faith. While you have intelligence and wisdom in your youth, there is still much you need to accept (not understand) before you truly understand. I love you, and I need you.
Qur'an 20150604
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
14. The Arabs say, "We believe." Say, "You have no faith, but you say, 'We have submitted our wills to God,' for not yet has faith entered your hearts. But if you obey Allah and God's messenger, God will not belittle aught of your deeds, for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
15. Only those are believers who have believed in Allah and God's messenger and have never since doubted, but have striven with their belongings and their persons in the Cause of Allah: such are the sincere ones.
16. Say, "What! Will you instruct Allah about your religion? But Allah knows all that is in the heavens and on earth: God has Full Knowledge of all things."
17. They impress on you as a favor that they have embraced Islam. Say, "Count not your Islam as a favor upon me. No, Allah has conferred a favor upon you, that God has guided you to the faith, if you be true and sincere."
18. Verily Allah Knows the secrets of the heavens and the earth, and Allah sees well all that you do.
The Inner Apartments 49:14-18
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You have no faith, but you say, "We have submitted our wills to God," for not yet has faith entered your hearts. But if you obey Allah and God's messenger, God will not belittle aught of your deeds, for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
What! Will you instruct Allah about your religion? But Allah knows all that is in the heavens and on earth: God has Full Knowledge of all things.
Count not your Islam as a favor upon me. No, Allah has conferred a favor upon you, that God has guided you to the faith, if you be true and sincere.
14. The Arabs say, "We believe." Say, "You have no faith, but you say, 'We have submitted our wills to God,' for not yet has faith entered your hearts. But if you obey Allah and God's messenger, God will not belittle aught of your deeds, for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
15. Only those are believers who have believed in Allah and God's messenger and have never since doubted, but have striven with their belongings and their persons in the Cause of Allah: such are the sincere ones.
16. Say, "What! Will you instruct Allah about your religion? But Allah knows all that is in the heavens and on earth: God has Full Knowledge of all things."
17. They impress on you as a favor that they have embraced Islam. Say, "Count not your Islam as a favor upon me. No, Allah has conferred a favor upon you, that God has guided you to the faith, if you be true and sincere."
18. Verily Allah Knows the secrets of the heavens and the earth, and Allah sees well all that you do.
The Inner Apartments 49:14-18
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You have no faith, but you say, "We have submitted our wills to God," for not yet has faith entered your hearts. But if you obey Allah and God's messenger, God will not belittle aught of your deeds, for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
What! Will you instruct Allah about your religion? But Allah knows all that is in the heavens and on earth: God has Full Knowledge of all things.
Count not your Islam as a favor upon me. No, Allah has conferred a favor upon you, that God has guided you to the faith, if you be true and sincere.
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Letter to Erin 20150603
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
Hello again, my dearest Erin. How are you feeling today, Sweetheart? I pray you are feeling healthy and confident. It's just another normal day for me here. I woke up early again, rather I didn't go back to sleep after the dawn prayer, ate a mango then spent most of the morning with my baby mangoes, separating the twins, triplets and quadruplets. Then I had to make a quick run to the Tuesday market. Lunch was one of my quick fixes which I pulled out of the freezer, you know the concoction with peas that I made the other day. It rained all evening so I couldn't do any yard work. So instead, I made some dough and marinara sauce. I didn't cook dinner though. Instead I went out to have rice at Ina's. Just now when I took my evening shower, there was a leech in my bathroom. I haven't seen a leech in decades! The last time I saw a leech was in the jungle when I was a kid. I dumped some salt on it, and that took care of the sucker. Now I'm in the mood to just be lazy, if you don't mind. Veg out and watch TV. Oh no, I don't have any snacks! What a travesty! What an injustice! I hope you are having a good time Erin, and taking sweet loving care of yourself. Wish you were with me. I love you, and I need you.
Hello again, my dearest Erin. How are you feeling today, Sweetheart? I pray you are feeling healthy and confident. It's just another normal day for me here. I woke up early again, rather I didn't go back to sleep after the dawn prayer, ate a mango then spent most of the morning with my baby mangoes, separating the twins, triplets and quadruplets. Then I had to make a quick run to the Tuesday market. Lunch was one of my quick fixes which I pulled out of the freezer, you know the concoction with peas that I made the other day. It rained all evening so I couldn't do any yard work. So instead, I made some dough and marinara sauce. I didn't cook dinner though. Instead I went out to have rice at Ina's. Just now when I took my evening shower, there was a leech in my bathroom. I haven't seen a leech in decades! The last time I saw a leech was in the jungle when I was a kid. I dumped some salt on it, and that took care of the sucker. Now I'm in the mood to just be lazy, if you don't mind. Veg out and watch TV. Oh no, I don't have any snacks! What a travesty! What an injustice! I hope you are having a good time Erin, and taking sweet loving care of yourself. Wish you were with me. I love you, and I need you.
Monday, June 1, 2015
Letter to Erin 20150602
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
People should appreciate my beautiful Erin more. Because she is my wife, inshaAllah. And she would be much nicer to the press than me. I do so loathe the press. All they care about is their agenda. So they don't need me, and that's fine by me. I don't want anything to do with them. If it be the Will of Allah that the people be enlightened, then they will be enlightened regardless of me. As for me, I don't care so much about explaining myself, and this letter is as close as people will get to an autobiography. Why should the crowd give a shit about me anyway? I doubt their sincerity. It's better that they fear and worship Allah.
About your house inshaAllah, you may have noticed that there is already a concrete foundation present in that old, abandoned house. But it is not a square foundation. The dimensions I gave before were square. I thought that demolishing and rebuilding into a new foundation that is square would make work easier, or perhaps you would want to design within the confines of the square. But there are bathrooms and toilets that jut out of the square in the old foundation, and we must pay attention to old sewage lines. Mostly because the is no sewage system here, only cesspools. But any skilled builder can overcome that, right? Maybe. I'm also thinking that building on the shape of the old foundation could be cheaper. Not that anything about this marriage project will come cheaply. Sigh. Ya Allah, please grant me the means to give Erin a stable and happy married life. Erin, I love you and I need you.
People should appreciate my beautiful Erin more. Because she is my wife, inshaAllah. And she would be much nicer to the press than me. I do so loathe the press. All they care about is their agenda. So they don't need me, and that's fine by me. I don't want anything to do with them. If it be the Will of Allah that the people be enlightened, then they will be enlightened regardless of me. As for me, I don't care so much about explaining myself, and this letter is as close as people will get to an autobiography. Why should the crowd give a shit about me anyway? I doubt their sincerity. It's better that they fear and worship Allah.
About your house inshaAllah, you may have noticed that there is already a concrete foundation present in that old, abandoned house. But it is not a square foundation. The dimensions I gave before were square. I thought that demolishing and rebuilding into a new foundation that is square would make work easier, or perhaps you would want to design within the confines of the square. But there are bathrooms and toilets that jut out of the square in the old foundation, and we must pay attention to old sewage lines. Mostly because the is no sewage system here, only cesspools. But any skilled builder can overcome that, right? Maybe. I'm also thinking that building on the shape of the old foundation could be cheaper. Not that anything about this marriage project will come cheaply. Sigh. Ya Allah, please grant me the means to give Erin a stable and happy married life. Erin, I love you and I need you.
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Letter to Erin 20150601
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
Hi Erin! Busy, busy? Well, try to relax, and get enough rest. There's always something to do around here. This morning, I cleaned my mother's bedroom and bathroom. It's hard getting started, because I always sleep late every night then get up early. Sometimes I get up extra early to do extra worship. Then when I wake up, I have to warm up my feet then take care of my cats and plants first. Now it's mango season, so I have a mango for breakfast, otherwise I just put off eating until lunch. I'm so swamped nowadays. But for what? I'm already where I'm supposed to be. I wanted to fill up more peat pots this evening, but it rained heavily. All this weather distortion, the credit goes to Allah. Me, I have to take the elevator to get to the same floor: I can't even get started! Ya Allah, please be gracious to me in my case, and make my path easy.
I didn't get around to making sausage and chili last night because I was totally worn out, so that's what I did this evening instead of yard work. My sausage wasn't red enough: I need to buy dried hot peppers. The chili was good. I had to have 3 bowls. The cats didn't respond at all to the sound of a can of beans being opened. They just had a bored look on their face. What's the difference between beans and peas? What a mystery. I think I have an explanation, but it's nothing I would print here. But now my freezer is full with quick meals, and tomorrow for dinner is steak and fries. Come on over, Erin! I'll split my dinner with you. Mwah! I love you, and I need you.
Hi Erin! Busy, busy? Well, try to relax, and get enough rest. There's always something to do around here. This morning, I cleaned my mother's bedroom and bathroom. It's hard getting started, because I always sleep late every night then get up early. Sometimes I get up extra early to do extra worship. Then when I wake up, I have to warm up my feet then take care of my cats and plants first. Now it's mango season, so I have a mango for breakfast, otherwise I just put off eating until lunch. I'm so swamped nowadays. But for what? I'm already where I'm supposed to be. I wanted to fill up more peat pots this evening, but it rained heavily. All this weather distortion, the credit goes to Allah. Me, I have to take the elevator to get to the same floor: I can't even get started! Ya Allah, please be gracious to me in my case, and make my path easy.
I didn't get around to making sausage and chili last night because I was totally worn out, so that's what I did this evening instead of yard work. My sausage wasn't red enough: I need to buy dried hot peppers. The chili was good. I had to have 3 bowls. The cats didn't respond at all to the sound of a can of beans being opened. They just had a bored look on their face. What's the difference between beans and peas? What a mystery. I think I have an explanation, but it's nothing I would print here. But now my freezer is full with quick meals, and tomorrow for dinner is steak and fries. Come on over, Erin! I'll split my dinner with you. Mwah! I love you, and I need you.
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