Ice cream

A-L-L-A-H.  One would think that that name would come up often in Scrabble.  I believe the Scrabble value of that word is 8.  But where am I going to find concord grape and roasted pear flavored ice cream in this town?  You're teasing me.  I bought a vanilla and chocolate cone anyway.  You show off.

MashaAllah (by the Will of Allah) I am well known in China.  When the time comes for you to go to China, make sure you prepare your stomach and bring your mom along.  You're a beautiful girl, Nat.

Working hard? Being strong?

Hi Natty!  How's business?  I hope you are keeping safe, and having fun with your career.  I want you to please be patient now that big business is coming your way.  You're a sensitive girl, so please don't be greedy.  Wait until the food cools down a little before you put it in your mouth.

I've had a lingering cough from my fever last week.  I would have whipped it, but I ran out of cough medicine, so the phlegm regenerated and clogged up my lungs.  It's been raining all day every day lately, so I didn't get to buy more cough syrup until yesterday.  I still had a voice, so I had to voice train as usual.  The show must go on.  Stand my ground.  Sing for the sake of Allah.  Sing or die.  So I hacked and dry-heaved my way through voice training.  It must have sounded awful.  But I can't make excuses not to be strong, then make people pity me.  What kind of a man uses pity as a tool?  I'm sorry if it sounds macho, but I would rather fight than have people feel pity for me.  My enemies would laugh, then wipe out my family anyway.  People would think I'm impotent.

One egg means ramen

Aw Erin, you're so pretty.  It must be nice to be a natural beauty.  I love you.

One egg means ramen, or some sort of noodles in soup.  Today's lunch was rice vermicelli in soup.  Can you spot the egg?  Right now, there are plenty of greens in my yard so I stocked the soup with mustard greens.  Want some?

I LOVE American girls

Especially my bootiful Erin.

Hi Hi Hi

How are you today?  I hope you are feeling great, and having a great time.  Just please be safe, eat properly and get sufficient rest, and don't forget to pray.  Don't worry so much about gossip, just as long as you are protecting your chastity because God knows how you are and feel.  Of course, I believe in you.

Nothing special going on here today.  I made a whole bunch of curry pups stuffed with hummus, because I want some ready-to-eat food tomorrow, because I have to clean my mother's bedroom tomorrow morning and I don't want to be bothered with lunch.  Dinner tonight is steamed rice with bamboo shoot curry and crispy anchovies.  Yeah, it's difficult to create variety when you don't have money to spend on food.

Did you mean forgiveness?  I try to be nice, but when it comes to protecting my loved ones, I can get  very militant.  Yeah there's a lot going on out there, but it's mostly God's business not mine.  People should ask God for forgiveness.

Back to work

I'm finally at the tail end of the flu: it turned out to be only a 4 day problem, alhamdulillah.  Time to get cooking again.  I did have to suffer a coughing fit during voice training which spoiled an otherwise good set, but I think I should be A OK tomorrow inshaAllah.  I wanted to cut grass in the evening, but it was raining, plus I had to run to the supermarket for cat food.   So I cooked my dinner instead.  I had 8 potatoes worth of fries for lunch, and I was stuffed.  I'm totally fried out right now.  Fries should be a maximum of 4 potatoes I think, but I had to use up the potatoes.  Last month my Mom gave me some cheap beef, and that was the most expensive element of my dinner.  So dinner was sliced steak and hummus croquettes on an omelet.  It was awesome, even without any sort of sauce.  Alhamdulillah.  Tasted like steak and hummus and fried eggs.  The mustard green flowers are edible, of course.  Tastes like mustard.  What do you think?  Do you think that if I had sold my dinner, I would have been able to afford 10 more dinners just like it?  Nah.  I ate it.  Want some?

I hope you are being safe and taking sweet loving care of yourself.  Please pray, and have some fun OK?

Fruit

Hi there!  How are you?  I hope you are feeling great, healthy and confident.  I'm almost over this flu inshaAllah.  Meanwhile, I've been quite busy on Second Life.  No big bucks, mostly toxic tech talk.  I'm not that great at computer tech, just adequate.  Tech banter has a neutral connotation in general.  But when tech talk gets snooty, then it acquires an emotional connotation, which attracts my interest.  Not that I can match them in technical knowledge, but I'm sure I would be able to trace and match the emotional value placed on it.

The fruit is called "Dukong".  Sweet.  Like grapes.