Sorry I'm late

Internet outage.  Erin, you must still be busy.  Are you overworking?  Are you managing to cope with all the suitors you get?  Please take time for yourself, to wind down, and just relax.  I hope you are eating properly, and getting enough sleep.  Overwork can affect your beauty as well as health, so please relax and take it easy. 

Hi there, Natty beautiful Natty!  Sweetheart, are you studying hard?  I wonder what classes you are taking, you don't tell me.  Whatever it is, please do well and make me proud.  You must have a crowd of guys wanting to marry you, asking to marry you.  Now that they know you are my girl.

Ugh.  I have so many guys chasing me around Second Life.  What kind of a moron falls in love with an avatar?

A cat in heat can be quite funny, but even though she uses all her passion and strength, I must still be very gentle to her.  But she can get so obnoxious, I have no choice but to chase her away with the newspaper, and lock myself up in my bedroom.  Doutzen is in heat right now.  She's the naughtiest kitty I've ever had, she communicates by being naughty.  But what to do, she was born into my family, so I love her.  And she's so beautiful.  When she is in heat, she amps up the naughtiness.  What would you do with a cat that pees wherever she pleases?  I get tired of following her around with the mop.  She's not allowed in my bedroom.

Pina, go home.

Hello there

How are you doing today, Erin my love?  Are you still very busy? I hope you are taking time for yourself to eat properly, and get plenty of rest.

And you Natty dear, you must drink more water.  There's always time for water, and you need to settle your tummy.  Carry around a big bottle of water with you everywhere, and make sure you finish it off everyday.

The vicious lives of fishes
The last time I checked, I had one male guppy, 3 adult female guppies, and 2 baby fish.  Papa fish was looking old, and had no lust anymore so I thought his days were numbered.  He was active and eating yesterday, but today he was dead.  So I changed the water and cleaned up the fish bowl, and I found one of the females dead too.  She was fine yesterday.  That leaves me with 2 adult females and two babies, and the babies look like they're female as well.  So 4 females.

I had curry pups for dinner today.

Hitch a ride

People steal ideas from me so often, after all I do get a lot with my train of thought.  It's like copying recipes: since I don't use recipes, then there's nothing to steal, right?  In the Malay language it's called "tumpang" (hitch a ride).  So when I give out the idea to package software and digital products as objects in Second Life to be bought and sold and downloaded and saved like saving a snapshot, it is not within human nature that anybody would give me credit let alone money.  But let's give them another one, and see how they treat me: will they ban me, ostracize me, grief me, or just call me insane?  Business as usual.  That Second Life be an operating system, that runs programs for both Mac and Windows.  I seek to please Allah with music, and I expect my reward from Allah.  Thus Allah will reward the humans with what they deserve.

Today, Allah rewarded me with steak.  I went to the butcher early this morning, and bought a kilo of tenderloin and a kilo of sirloin.  I dare not show snapshots of the cuts I bought for fear that they be sold out the next time I want them, but needless to say I want to share them with my wife.  But here's a snapshot of a filet mignon marinated in black pepper, sugar, and soy sauce then cooked in butter until medium rare, and dipped in its own juices.  Heaven on earth.  Alhamdulillah.

Qur'an 20140804

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

49.  Say, "O humans!  I am to you only to give warning."

50.  Those who believe and work righteousness, for them is forgiveness and a sustenance most generous.

51.  But those who strive against Our Signs, to frustrate them, they will be companions of the fire.

The Pilgrimage  22:49-51
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So there

So you see, Erin?   I have had plenty of experience with people telling me "No", "You can't do that", "Not interested", etc etc.  But I keep trekking on.  I have no one to comfort me, to tell me that everything will work out, other than my trust in Allah.  There are some people who have authority over me as in the Book of Allah, but Allah has taken care of the details regarding that matter, and I have learned that God certainly works in mysterious ways, and that God tests my perseverance.  So when people tell you "No", "You are wasting your time with him", "It won't happen" etc etc, you must ask them why they want you to be separated from me.  It can't be that they care about you.  There must be something in it for themselves.  I can honestly say that I do it for you and me and am guided by God, can they say the same?  Please patient my love, and ignore them regarding the matter.  You will be my wife inshaAllah.  I love you.

Natty, did you spend your Sunday at school?  Those iron arches look like something an Ivy League school would have.  Nice photo, though.  You are a very beautiful girl.

Pina, I'm not pleased with you.  My source tells me that you blew your advantage in Milan by choosing New York, but you can find out if this true for yourself.  I want you to go home, where you can have an easier life.  A hard life makes people ugly, and it will show in your face.  You need to be treated like a princess in order to feel like a princess.

Dinner was spaghetti with marinara sauce and spicy sausage, with melted cheese and chopped basil.

Wet, wet, wet

For some reason, after voice training and the Asr prayer today, I decided to go to the big supermarket of the far side of town, close to the McDonald's.  It wasn't raining when I left, so I thought maybe I could get there and back on my motorcycle with getting rained on.  But After I finished my shopping and came out of the building, the rain was coming down, and everywhere was grey, grey, grey.  So I sat at one of the tables outside and ate my dinner, which was 5 chicken curry pastries.  Right when I finished, there was a break in the rain, so I left quickly.  But half way home, the rain really began to come down, the water hitting the ground loud as hammers.  Visibility was about zero, so there was no way I could continue home so I took shelter at a closed restaurant, and watched the rain.  It was right about sunset, and the rain didn't let up and was very heavy for about an hour.  When the noise finally came down in volume, I continued home, even though it was still very wet.  But I made it home obviously, took a shower, prayed the sunset prayer, fed the cat, and wrote to my Sweetie.

Busy, busy, busy

So please take some time for yourself!  Please look after yourself my darling, because I love you so much.  All those people can be a drain, but having to be nice all the time is a bigger drain, right?  Thank God for the digital age: now that you have a pad, you can bring your TV everywhere with you, lock yourself up in your hotel room, and order room service.  Did you bring your cat along with you?

I used to sell magazines over the telephone.  We used to call people up at their homes (no cell phones yet then), tell them they have a chance to win 100 grand, then sell them a magazine package.  Some of the people we called were cold turkey, but most had been harassed by telemarketers over and over again.  "How did you get this number?'  "Put me on your do not call list!"  Etc etc.  We were given a script to narrate, at times I would read the script verbatim, sometimes I would improvise, sometimes I would talk over them, most of the time I would argue with them etc etc.  I think I was most productive when I had the smoothest tone of voice, I listened to what they had to ask, and was most matter-of-fact in demeanor.  Good telemarketers don't last long, though.  It's such an emotional job.  Then they start to know who you are, and it's all over.  I did learn how to maintain an argument from it though, plus I acquired a very thick "skin" for public speaking.

I worked late on Second Life last night, so I went back to sleep after dawn prayer and woke up late.  After my usual daily chores in the morning, I went downtown to pay my bills and get gasoline.  I got home in time to make chicken broth from the bones I portioned, then my lunch which was rice vermicelli in soup.  After voice training and the Asr prayer, I cut the grass by the side of the road.  Then I showered and went downtown to buy a new litter box.  I stopped by Ina's to buy some iced tea, now I'm writing to you after the sunset prayer.  I haven't made my dinner yet.  I'll probably make my dinner when I get back from the mosque after the night prayer.  Then it's back on Second Life.

Natty, I advise you not to participate in Varsity sports.  You can be a spectator, but not a participant.  I'm afraid someone else has taken that niche.  I suggest that you take an acting class instead, and participate in theater.  You will find that to be very productive and profitable indeed inshaAllah.  If you are taking business classes, please focus on food business (international sales and distribution).  And please try not to consume interest.