Cashew

Hi Honey!  How's it going with you today?  I hope that you are healthy, and feeling absolutely great.  You are so precious to me, and I love you.  There's nothing much going on around here for me.  I did go and vote, but otherwise it's just another average day.  I went early to vote, but there was a long line and I got a bit sunburned.  Then I did my laundry.  I usually do my laundry in my Mom's washer every Wednesday.  I think later on I'll practice bass a little.  Playing the same stuff over and over again, you know, so I don't make any mistakes.

Hi Natty Honey!  How are you, my darling?  What did you eat today?  I have a 5 year old cashew tree in my yard, and it's already bearing fruit.  Last year I got 5 fruit, and this year it looks like I'll be getting 4.  It's just a baby tree.  I picked my first ripe cashew for this year's season.  Alhamdulillah!  The seed is outside the fruit for a cashew, and the seed is where we get cashew nuts, that you normally see.  The seed pod is filled with a sticky yellow resin around the nut, so I don't know how they roast it.  I eat the fruit, sliced with onions, hot pepper, and salt.  Today, I ate that with my Mom's fried rice.

This is my apprentice, Gwen.

One day left

Hi Honey!  How are you feeling today?  It must be a nice change for you to watch instead of be watched, I reckon.  As much as it is possible, that is.  It's not easy for me and my family to escape the Public Eye.  Speaking of which, tomorrow is Election Day and thus the end of the political season.  Thank God!  Alhamdulillah!  I hate politics.  I will never run for office nor climb the Islamic hierarchy, inshaAllah.  I have a bad reputation, and no ambition.  I am not a politician, nor an imam.  I am merely a rock star.

Happy Birthday to your brother, Natty Honey.  He seems like he's doing OK.  I can't recognize where you are in that photo, but it looks like a movie set, maybe southern Utah or New Mexico.  Just guessing.  Don't worry so much about your big brother, Honey.  He's a grown man, and wants his own choices.  Yeah, entertainment business is dangerous.  But if a man has powerful enemies, then he should seek refuge with Allah.  There is none more powerful than God.  Have faith, and pray.

If you are curious about the mentality of my parents, then you should watch more P. Ramlee movies.  Natty Honey, today the computer wants you to watch "Anakku Sazali" (My child Sazali) from 1956.  Just in time for the General Elections!  This one is on YouTube, and has subtitles.  Since it's a drama, it's much easier to follow, and has no ethnic/insider humor.  Some people still live like that in the deep rural areas, in poverty and such.  Sure we have cell phones and slumlords now, but some things didn't change in spite of the "progress".

Life of a hermit

Hi Honey!  Many kisses and much love to you.  Wishful warm snuggles if it be cold.  I hope you are doing well, I always think of you.  I'm still trying to stay out of sight.  So there's really not much to report today.  I dug up a root for my mother.  I cut the grass over at your house inshaAllah.  Lots of clover there.  Then my Mom made me go to the night market and buy some fish sausage.  It was crowded there.  Ugh.

Hi there Natty Honey!  Aw, don't be blue and count your fingers... you are so beautiful and you have a charmed life.  You're doing well in business, and I will marry you inshaAllah.  So don't you worry, just have tons of fun and enjoy your awesome life.  My Rock and Roll Princess.  Beautiful girl.

Life of a hermit

Hi Honey!  How are you feeling today, my beloved?  You are my beautiful love, and I long for you everyday.  Today is Sunday, and I'm still trying to keep out of sight and stay in the house.  I had to clean my parents' bedroom as usual on Sundays.  And I had to cut the grass, and take out the trash, so I couldn't completely stay out of sight.  My house is on the street to an elementary school, which will be the polling station on Wednesday, which is where the voters will cast their votes.  I took the snapshots below right outside my front gate, facing away from the elementary school which is 5 houses behind me:

The areas of thick grass is government property.  I'm sure the government cares about the voters, and will remove the environmental hazard before Election Day.  If the government refuses to do it, then perhaps the opposition will give a couple of guys with grass cutters RM100, have them wear T-shirts with party logos, and they can remove the tall grass in less than an half an hour.  It would sure make them look good.

Hi Natty Honey!  How's life today, you beautiful precious girl?  I'm about to make my dinner.  I have some burger buns to use up before they get hard, so I'll be making a cheeseburger and an egg burger.  Nothing too fancy.  Lunch was a surprising success, I wasn't even trying- eggplant omelet burgers!  Hey, they were awesome!  You must try one.

This is my apprentice, Gwen.

Life of a hermit

Hi Honey!  How's it going with you today?  I hope you are feeling good, and work and everything is going nice and easy for you.  Nothing much going on here.  As you know, I'm trying to keep out of sight until after the elections.  So I stayed inside the house mostly, mostly listening to music.  I'm quite used to life as a hermit, in fact I quite enjoy it.  I cut the grass in the evening.  Grass sure grows quickly around here.  Nothing special on the menu either.  Ramen for lunch, and my Mom gave me fried noodles for dinner.  I think after this letter, I'll go make some bread and butter and sugar sandwiches.  Yummy!

Hi Natty Honey!  How's life going for you?  I'm sure you are doing lots of exciting things.  Please have tons of fun and make lots of money for yourself while you can OK?  I want you to know that I'm always with you and always check up on you, so please talk to me about whatever, I'll be sure to answer.

Oh, it's so hard to get isolated

Hi Honey!  How are you feeling right now?  I hope your routine is trouble-free and enjoyable.  It's almost Election Day around here, and I'm trying my darndest to avoid people.  But today was the Friday prayer and I had to attend that.  And I can't avoid my parents- they're right next door.  Then I had to get gasoline, plus I didn't have enough burger stuff.  But after today, I should be able to totally avoid (most) people until after Election Day inshaAllah. Well, I have to cast my vote of course.  Wish you were here.  I already had my dinner.  I had a cheeseburger, and an egg burger with cheese.  I'm just a burger type of person, I guess.

Hi Natty Bunny Honey!  Ah, it's nice to see you so confident.  And yes, you do look rather annoying.  That cat looks expensive.  Make sure it gets plenty of fresh, clean water.  Right now, I'm watching "Josie and The Pussycats".  No, you don't have to watch it.  The computer will let me know when it wants you to watch a movie.

Have you ever seen the rain?

Hi Honey!  How are you today?  I'm sure the world loves you, but not as I do.  I don't have many words today.  It's just an average day, I guess.  Just a lot of chores and errands.  I haven't had dinner yet, so after this I'll cook up some potatoes and onions and garlic with chicken liver and eat it with fry bread.  I like rice, but I prefer bread for some reason.  After the rain, I cut the grass.  Cutting wet grass is not enjoyable (less enjoyable than usual unenjoyable), but I wanted to do it today, so I did it.  I guess the song actually goes, "Have you ever seen the rain coming down on a sunny day?"  It rained much harder than the snapshot I took, but I was slow in getting the camera.

Hi Natty Honey!  How are you, gorgeous girl?  I hope you are having tons of fun being a Rock and Roll Sweetheart.  I want you to know that I check up on you all the time, so please feel free to chat with me in our own special way, that no one else can do but me and my wife inshaAllah.  Why be afraid to express yourself?  What else is there to do anyway?