Letter to Erin 20150730

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

Aha!  I caught Bat Cat I eating the cat food!  So much for his pride and independence.  This is the first time in years I caught him eat my food.  Of course he ran away at top speed when he heard me.  But I guess It's somewhat gratifying that he relies on me a little.  But this batch of cat food has some worms in it.  Both ------- and ---- laid some fresh stools last night and I inspected them when I saw some white specks, and they were worms.  Now of course one can't expect purity in cat food.  Do you think that the humans would use fresh red snapper and bluefin tuna for processed cat food pellets?  Of course not.  Even the top brands like Friskies. Meow Mix and Iams get their bulk fish from slave boats, probably days or perhaps weeks old by the time they get it.  So this morning while I was waiting for my Dad to see the eye specialist, I swung by the vet to pick up some anti worm medicine.  By the way, the vet was packed and so was the eye specialist.  Anyway, they had run out of anti worm pills, so I went to the pet shop in the evening after it stopped raining to get the medicine.  When I got back, little ------- was crouching at the cat food, then went to lay a fresh stool.  No worms!  Where did the worms go?  I wasted RM22 on worm syrup?  I didn't want to give the cats drugs they don't need, so I put off the medicine for now.

I don't have a standard recipe for mole sauce.  The batch I made for dinner was made out of my failed attempt at making a palatable chocolate bar out of cooking chocolate.  As you know, I can't find cocoa butter anywhere around here, so I have to use cooking chocolate.  My chocolate bar attempt tasted good, but it had turned into Nutella (could it be that Nutella is actually a hazelnut bar failure?)  Actually, it tasted like mole sauce before I even added the hot chilli puree in.  Maybe the spoon wasn't properly washed.  The hot chilli puree had onions and Thai peppers in it, so my mole sauce today had some kick.  I slow cooked a chicken breast in the sauce, so the sauce also has chicken broth in it.  Then I made chicken mole burritos with lettuce, tomatoes, and black mushrooms sauteed in butter.  I made one for you, but I ate it since you didn't show up for dinner.

If you're trying your hand at cooking (and you should, but please have fun at it OK?) then please make sure that you put your stomach before your taste buds.  What I mean is make sure that what you cook doesn't hurt your stomach, regardless of the taste.  The flavor will follow naturally inshaAllah.  Also just use no bigger than medium heat until you have total confidence.  But I don't want to compete with you in cooking.  I have to eat whatever you serve me without complaint, because I love you and I need you.  But my stomach is very sensitive, so please have mercy on me.

Letter to Erin 20150729

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

Hi there, my dearest Erin. How are you feeling today, my beloved?  Are you excited?  Well, don't be.  It's all the same old day, you know.  Then will come Judgement Day.  At least when we are married inshaAllah, we will share the day together.  Today I took it slowly, did all my chores slowly, and tried to get as much rest as I could.  There's always something to do around here.  I went downtown for dinner, and had some fried noodles for takeout.  Quite a big helping too, so now I'm stuffed and watching TV.  It's a James Bond movie, "The Living Daylights".  I'm going to set my bed now, rather it's a sheet covering a carpet on the floor.  Don't fret, I like sleeping on the floor.  I may never give that up, no matter how wealthy I may become.  Remember that the goal is to stay put, settle down, and raise a family.  Doesn't that sound better than throwing the illusion of a party to give the illusion of having fun to give the illusion of prosperity?  Would you care to join me on my bed?  Well, we have to be married first.  I love you, and I need you.

Erin. please give a donation of a minimum of one US dollar to a worthwhile charity.

Letter to Erin 20150728

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

Hi Erin!  Sweetheart!  I'm watching the first episode of Sailor Moon right now.  Have you been watching the Japanese version of Sailor Moon like I asked you to?  It may not matter so much to you, you sports fan you, but it really matters to the Sailor Moon junkies worldwide.  Because you are MY girl.  It's almost like a secret society like the Illuminati, but bigger.  Really, they should worship Allah.  Remember to watch Sailor Moon in the sequence I told you: the first season first (also known as Sailor Moon), then the 3rd season (SMS), the 4th season (SMSS), the 5th season (SailorStars), and the 2nd season (SMR) last if you feel like it.  If you can't find an episode, then wait until you find it before you move on to the next episode.  I have all 200 episodes, but you're going to have to wait until we're married before you get any Sailor Moon out of me.  What's my favorite season?  SMSS.  But my favorite Moonie is Hotaru Tomoe.

Dinner tonight is pepper steak on white rice, and I made enough for 2, so you're welcome to share my dinner.  I learned the pepper steak idea from Andre, but he used jalapenos while I use the Thai peppers I grow in my garden.  It's yummy and super hot, and a perfect match with white rice.  Meanwhile please take good loving care of yourself, because I love you and I need you.

Letter to Erin 20150727

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

Hi Erin!  My letter of the day before yesterday didn't post because of a Google error, so my letters are out of sequence.  I'll have you know that I write to you everyday, so please don't be bummed out that I missed a day, because you mean the world to me.  Of course anything can happen at anytime, but for now I promise you that I'll write everyday, because I love you, and I need you.

Chee Cheah went missing again for about a day.  I think she's feeling guilty about all the damage she did to herself.  Poor little kitty.  She's an old kitty but I love her so much as I love all my kitties.  I can't imagine my life without cats.  She showed up after cats dinner while I was watering my eggplants, asking for food.  So she was late for dinner, but she ate a lot of food.  I groomed her a little after that, and she seems to be settling down again inshaAllah.  But she must not take that collar off!

Yesterday wasn't a good day for cooking for me.  I burned the sauce for my steak, and lunch was leftovers.  It's not that I don't have better ingredients to prepare, but I don't want to waste these leftovers.  Lunch today was simple: eggs and beans, because I had just cleaning my Mom's bedroom and I didn't have much time, energy or motivation to cook.  Dinner was those curried potatoes I made the other day, with leftover slices of steak.  Only single portions today, please forgive me.  Are you trying your hand at cooking?  You might as well pick up cooking as a new hobby.  You can't expect me to do all the cooking, plus you might want to prepare something for your kids.  Also mashaAllah, as my wife you are automatically a professional endorser of food products.  Do some commercials for food service!  Get paid.

Letter to Erin 20150725

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

Hi Erin!  How are you feeling today, Sweetheart?  I pray you are feeling healthy and confident.  You are the most beautiful girl in the world to me.  I love you, and I need you.

For dinner tonight is cheeseburgers!  I happened to be downtown this morning getting an appointment with the eye specialist for my Dad, so I bought a loaf of bread and some sliced cheese.  Yeah I've had a craving for cheeseburgers lately, but tonight it's more a case of using up the lettuce and tomatoes, because they were wilting.  I've had cheeseburgers for dinner 4 out of 5 nights.  That's 8 cheeseburgers total.  I couldn't possibly eat them all at once.  That would make me sick.

So yeah, I need to work on your happiness.  This evening I cut the grass over at your house inshaAllah.  The rain was pelting down at 4 pm, and I didn't think I would get a chance to do any yard work.  Then the sun suddenly came out, in a most surreal fashion.  Yeah, I need to work on your happiness.  It sucks that I don't have the cash to do it.  Please be patient with me, and pray that Allah grants me what I need to give you a happy and secure marriage.

Letter to Erin 20150726

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

Chee Cheah finally showed her face to me after hiding for 2 days.  I was watering my Mom's flowers when there she was, sitting casually behind me, licking away at herself.  Oh my God, what a mess.  She was almost bald all over, after having scratched and licked almost all her fur off.  She couldn't have escaped her restraining collar by herself, otherwise she would have done so long ago.  She's an old kitty, so I was worried.  Cats leave home to die, unless of course they're trapped inside.  Chee Cheah isn't an indoors cat.  She has never treated the house with any respect.  She's always been like that, it has nothing to do with being old, just ask my Mom.  But she doesn't have to leave. because I love her.  I will bury her when she dies, inshaAllah.

Dinner was steak and cheese sandwiches.  It's not a cheeseburger, it's a steakburger!  I burned the sauce, so it wasn't that great.  I would share it with you, but I burned the sauce so I can't serve it to you.  I'm sorry.  I'll make it again properly.  I need to buy more mushrooms.  When I do, I'll make you one inshaAllah.  I love you Erin, and I need you.
 

Letter to Erin 20150724

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

Hi Erin!  How are you feeling right now, my love?  I'm watching Iron Chef Potato battle right now.  I had a whole lot of chicken curry leftover from the Eid, so I drained it and separated the chicken and potatoes from the gravy.  Then I cubed up 5 more potatoes into the gravy, then stewed them up until almost soft.  Then I strained the gravy again, then deep fried all the potatoes, french fry style.  Awesome!  I probably sprinkled on too much salt, but great anyway.  Alhamdulillah!  It was so good that I forgot my steak.  But not for long.  I'm starting to think that rib meat is superior to tenderloin.  It's because of all that creamy fat.  Oh my God!  I have a small sauce pot with lid, so I pan fried the steak in my teriyaki sauce (light soy sauce, black pepper and sugar) and butter until medium rare, made sure all sides were equally blackened, turned off the heat, put the cover on and let it sit for half an hour.  Oh my God!  Alhamdulillah!  I would have shared it with you, but you didn't show up for dinner.  Besides, I guzzled it all down very quickly.  I'm sorry.  I do love you, and I need you.