In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
Hi Erin, my darling! Are you in the mood for love today? I wish I were with you, just for us to be together. I love you, and I need you.
It's been a busy day today for me. A lot of running around, paying bills. My power bill, Internet bill, phone bill, water bill... so I had lunch downtown. Flat bread and curry. I'm feeling a little groggy, because I worked late on the Internet last night. I'm a groggy doggy! But I didn't sleep all day obviously. After voice training, I tended the garden, and scraped dirt out of the fire pit. It's tough to get any work done with a Bat Cat perched on me like a feline parrot. He would be a lot cuter if he didn't dig his claws in. Shoo! I spent so much today, I didn't want to go to the night market. So I harvested the eggplant in my garden, and for dinner I had flat bread with beef and eggplant marinara sauce. Want some? Oh, I forgot to work out! I'll catch up tomorrow inshaAllah.
Monday, September 28, 2015
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Letter to Erin 20150928
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
Hi Erin. How are you today, Sweetie? I'm sure you are busy from now to the end of the year with the holiday shopping season, so please get sufficient rest and eat properly. You probably don't have much time to work out, but try to do a little anyway. I did my workout today even though I hurt my elbows the day before, but I didn't have much problem doing my push ups. I guess I can get back to playing bass tonight. It's been raining here since the afternoon prayer, so I'm writing this letter earlier than I usually do. I can't do anything outside when it rains, so I cleaned my bedroom instead. No cooking either, because I have too many leftovers. So I'll just kick back and watch TV. I want you to have fun with your work, and be assured that I love you. And I need you. Take care, OK?
Hi Erin. How are you today, Sweetie? I'm sure you are busy from now to the end of the year with the holiday shopping season, so please get sufficient rest and eat properly. You probably don't have much time to work out, but try to do a little anyway. I did my workout today even though I hurt my elbows the day before, but I didn't have much problem doing my push ups. I guess I can get back to playing bass tonight. It's been raining here since the afternoon prayer, so I'm writing this letter earlier than I usually do. I can't do anything outside when it rains, so I cleaned my bedroom instead. No cooking either, because I have too many leftovers. So I'll just kick back and watch TV. I want you to have fun with your work, and be assured that I love you. And I need you. Take care, OK?
Qur'an 20150928
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
20. Say, "I do no more than invoke my Lord, and I join not with God anything."
21. Say, "It is not in my power to cause you harm, or to bring you to right conduct."
22. Say, "No one can deliver me from Allah, nor should I find refuge except in God."
23. Mine is only to convey what I receive from Allah and God's messages. For any that disobey Allah and God's messenger, for them is hell: they shall dwell therein forever.
24. At length, when they see that which they are promised, then will they know who it is that is weakest in helper, and least important in numbers.
25. Say, "I know not whether that which you are promised is near, nor whether my Lord will appoint for it a distant term."
The Jinns 67:20-25
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I do no more than invoke my Lord, and I join not with God anything.
It is not in my power to cause you harm, or to bring you to right conduct.
No one can deliver me from Allah, nor should I find refuge except in God.
I know not whether that which you are promised is near, nor whether my Lord will appoint for it a distant term.
20. Say, "I do no more than invoke my Lord, and I join not with God anything."
21. Say, "It is not in my power to cause you harm, or to bring you to right conduct."
22. Say, "No one can deliver me from Allah, nor should I find refuge except in God."
23. Mine is only to convey what I receive from Allah and God's messages. For any that disobey Allah and God's messenger, for them is hell: they shall dwell therein forever.
24. At length, when they see that which they are promised, then will they know who it is that is weakest in helper, and least important in numbers.
25. Say, "I know not whether that which you are promised is near, nor whether my Lord will appoint for it a distant term."
The Jinns 67:20-25
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I do no more than invoke my Lord, and I join not with God anything.
It is not in my power to cause you harm, or to bring you to right conduct.
No one can deliver me from Allah, nor should I find refuge except in God.
I know not whether that which you are promised is near, nor whether my Lord will appoint for it a distant term.
Saturday, September 26, 2015
Letter to Erin 20150927
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
Hello Erin. Wow, it's a hot day here right now. I'm writing this letter sooner than usual, staying inside watching TV in the air conditioned room. Yeah, I'm lazy. But I'll get back to work eventually. I hurt my elbows playing bass last night, playing the same riff over and over again. It's the only way to play bass, is to be flawless. Bass hates imperfection. If I make a mistake, then I feel it. Everyone feels it. So I have to practice bass with headphones on. But yeah, I overdid it last night so my elbows hurt. I'm taking it easy right now. Yeah I'm lazy. I do have to go out and buy cat food later. I think I'll eat out tonight.
The spiritual life is a strange reality. I have been living this way for a long time already, so I'm used to it. But people around me don't understand or have a fear of death or have no faith, so the twisted reality freaks them out. I'm not out to change their agendas. I don't care about their agendas, as long as they don't conflict with mine. I'm just trying to please Allah with music. Oh wait... the entertainment business. Yeah, I think it's saturated with evil, and I want to dismantle it. But Allah is the One with the power to do so. Since you are my wife inshaAllah, this reality may be too much for you at times. But it is more interesting, and it does kick you upstairs. Oh, I didn't do anything. Allah helped you, then you put in the work. Try to get used to it, OK? Scrapper! Have fun with your career. I love you, and I need you.
Hello Erin. Wow, it's a hot day here right now. I'm writing this letter sooner than usual, staying inside watching TV in the air conditioned room. Yeah, I'm lazy. But I'll get back to work eventually. I hurt my elbows playing bass last night, playing the same riff over and over again. It's the only way to play bass, is to be flawless. Bass hates imperfection. If I make a mistake, then I feel it. Everyone feels it. So I have to practice bass with headphones on. But yeah, I overdid it last night so my elbows hurt. I'm taking it easy right now. Yeah I'm lazy. I do have to go out and buy cat food later. I think I'll eat out tonight.
The spiritual life is a strange reality. I have been living this way for a long time already, so I'm used to it. But people around me don't understand or have a fear of death or have no faith, so the twisted reality freaks them out. I'm not out to change their agendas. I don't care about their agendas, as long as they don't conflict with mine. I'm just trying to please Allah with music. Oh wait... the entertainment business. Yeah, I think it's saturated with evil, and I want to dismantle it. But Allah is the One with the power to do so. Since you are my wife inshaAllah, this reality may be too much for you at times. But it is more interesting, and it does kick you upstairs. Oh, I didn't do anything. Allah helped you, then you put in the work. Try to get used to it, OK? Scrapper! Have fun with your career. I love you, and I need you.
Qur'an 20150927
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
1. Say, "It has been revealed to me that a company of jinns listened. They said, 'We have heard a wonderful recital!'"
The Jinns 67:1
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It has been revealed to me that a company of jinns listened. They said, "We have heard a wonderful recital!"
1. Say, "It has been revealed to me that a company of jinns listened. They said, 'We have heard a wonderful recital!'"
The Jinns 67:1
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It has been revealed to me that a company of jinns listened. They said, "We have heard a wonderful recital!"
Friday, September 25, 2015
Letter to Erin 20150926
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
Hi Erin! Hi Sweetie! How are you feeling today? I pray you are feeling great. I'm sitting here writing this letter while waiting for them to call the sunset prayer. I had one steak left, so I just cooked it up and now it's sitting, waiting for me to cut it up after I finish prayer, to be eaten with a tortilla and some of my Mom's "rendang" sauce. I chopped down some trees over at your house inshaAllah, so I have to burn them down not just to get them out of the way, but also to generate soil. So I saved all the soil that was in the fire pit, so tomorrow I can burn all that stuff down. It takes a lot of organic matter to make soil. I have been generating soil since May, and I got 20 gallons of dirt. That's 40 young mangoes.
Well, I'm sure you are doing well with your career, so praise be to Allah. I want you to know that I love you, and I need you. Please take good, loving care of yourself in my absence.
Hi Erin! Hi Sweetie! How are you feeling today? I pray you are feeling great. I'm sitting here writing this letter while waiting for them to call the sunset prayer. I had one steak left, so I just cooked it up and now it's sitting, waiting for me to cut it up after I finish prayer, to be eaten with a tortilla and some of my Mom's "rendang" sauce. I chopped down some trees over at your house inshaAllah, so I have to burn them down not just to get them out of the way, but also to generate soil. So I saved all the soil that was in the fire pit, so tomorrow I can burn all that stuff down. It takes a lot of organic matter to make soil. I have been generating soil since May, and I got 20 gallons of dirt. That's 40 young mangoes.
Well, I'm sure you are doing well with your career, so praise be to Allah. I want you to know that I love you, and I need you. Please take good, loving care of yourself in my absence.
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Letter to Erin 20150925
In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.
Hey there, my beautiful Erin! How does it feel to be the most beautiful girl in the world? All those other girls are so jealous of you, huh? I didn't want to get involved in supermodel politics, but you are MY girl, and I want to take care of you. And since you are MY girl, that makes you the most beautiful girl in the world to me. Those other girls look like men to me. I guess that's the advantage of being a male chauvinist pig, is that I like what I like, and I don't need to explain why. So don't let them sway you with their jealousy, and rest assured that I love you and I need you. Ya Allah, please protect my Erin.
I spent the evening chopping trees around your house inshaAllah. A tree is a very heavy object. Have you ever tried to lift one? I could only manage the skinny trees just now. There are a couple of huge trees that need to come down, but I will need the pros to take those down with chainsaws from the top down, as opposed to my hacking it at the trunk and not knowing where it's going to fall. Actually there's a whole lot of trees I want to remove, because I want to build a brick wall. Like Pink Floyd, I suppose.
My Dad gave me a whole chicken the other day. Well it was chopped into smaller pieces, but not the usual cut I normally get. I prefer white meat. So after portioning it out and separating the meat from the bones, I had the liver, stomach and feet left. I gave the feet to the cats, I threw away the stomach, and I had to use the liver immediately. So for dinner, I chopped up the liver and mixed it with chopped Thai peppers, garlic, turmeric, salt and pepper. I made 2 hash brown pancakes, and sandwiched the liver mix between them. It was OK. It would have been perfect, but I used too much salt. Oh well.
Hey there, my beautiful Erin! How does it feel to be the most beautiful girl in the world? All those other girls are so jealous of you, huh? I didn't want to get involved in supermodel politics, but you are MY girl, and I want to take care of you. And since you are MY girl, that makes you the most beautiful girl in the world to me. Those other girls look like men to me. I guess that's the advantage of being a male chauvinist pig, is that I like what I like, and I don't need to explain why. So don't let them sway you with their jealousy, and rest assured that I love you and I need you. Ya Allah, please protect my Erin.
I spent the evening chopping trees around your house inshaAllah. A tree is a very heavy object. Have you ever tried to lift one? I could only manage the skinny trees just now. There are a couple of huge trees that need to come down, but I will need the pros to take those down with chainsaws from the top down, as opposed to my hacking it at the trunk and not knowing where it's going to fall. Actually there's a whole lot of trees I want to remove, because I want to build a brick wall. Like Pink Floyd, I suppose.
My Dad gave me a whole chicken the other day. Well it was chopped into smaller pieces, but not the usual cut I normally get. I prefer white meat. So after portioning it out and separating the meat from the bones, I had the liver, stomach and feet left. I gave the feet to the cats, I threw away the stomach, and I had to use the liver immediately. So for dinner, I chopped up the liver and mixed it with chopped Thai peppers, garlic, turmeric, salt and pepper. I made 2 hash brown pancakes, and sandwiched the liver mix between them. It was OK. It would have been perfect, but I used too much salt. Oh well.
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