Red

Hi Honey!  How are you feeling today, my beautiful love?  I love you so much.  I hope you are taking life easy, and having a great time.  It's been raining all day today, so the weather is nice and cool.  Which is a good thing for me, because I heat up so easily, plus I'm kind of antsy today for some reason.  I still have lingering chest congestion from the flu, which is very frustrating, but it generally takes 3 weeks to clear up.  The rain stopped in time for voice training, then the birds came out to play.  I decided to make chicken chow mein for dinner, so I went to the night market for the noodles and scallions.  Oh they had cuttlefish going for only RM20 per kilo, but I couldn't even afford that.  Fried calamari would have been so nice.  But I made chicken chow mein instead.  It looked dark red in the wok, but I guess it's not so bad in the bowl.  It didn't taste red.  It tasted quite creamy, actually.

You want some chicken chow mein, Natty?  I think you would like my fried noodles, and today's batch is very tasty.  I was about to finish the entire wok, but I guess I shouldn't.  Too many people my age are bloated beyond return.  I guess I should be too, if I want to be average, but I never really got that greedy.  Or is it that I can't afford to be...  I started out in white when getting ready for the dance club, then it turned red.  Great outfit though, I am quite happy with my look last night.  The down side is that I attracted a lot of creeps.  How about you Natty?  You are gorgeous, after all.  Mwah!

Hi Honey

How are you feeling today, my love?  It's a Sunday, I hope you haven't been working too hard.  Take some time to relax and enjoy what you've earned, because you deserve it.  It is a Sunday, and I always clean my mother's bedroom every Sunday morning.  But otherwise, nothing all that special happened today.  Not even on the menu.  Just home fries for lunch, and I had rice at Ina's for dinner.  I could have done more yard work, but I didn't.  I'll be back doing the dancing queen later on, inshaAllah.  I'll be there if you want to talk to me.

You too, Natty Honey.  But you do a great job with your Instagram.  I want to do more food projects, but I'm low on cash for the rest of this month.  I'm getting really tired of bland food, so I have to figure out how to go gourmet on small budget.  Maybe it's time to dig for herbs and roots.  Anyway, please try not to walk around paradise naked.  😜

Pepper steak with steamed rice

Hi Honey.  How are you, my love?  I long to be with you, because I love you.  A lot of money would definitely speed up our marriage.  But I am the last to be paid for what I do, and I cannot ask the humans to give me money.  Because I cannot serve the humans, because I serve Allah.  The humans would pay me for working for them, we would marry, then they would separate us. 

There are some banana trees growing right in front of my front door.  I don't eat these bananas: I planted them there years ago for my mother.  Sometimes there are too many bananas, so she has me give them away to the neighbors.  Like today, I harvested a bunch of bananas to give the neighbor, then cut down the tree because it's useless after bearing one bunch of bananas.  I was bending over to remove the tree, when I was attacked by a swarm of mud wasps that had been nesting in the tree.  Those things hurt!  It's a good thing that rubbing alcohol has an immediate effect on mud wasp stings.  The moral of the story is that since the music generates revenue for the community and I don't ask to be paid, some people regard that I remain a slave and do what they please because they think that I belong to the people.  But I don't belong to the people.  I belong to Allah.

Hi Natty Honey!  Are you excited?  Well relax Honey, and take your time.  Are you hungry?  For dinner I made pepper steak with steamed rice.  Andre showed me this recipe.  He played guitar for Shadowplay, he died in 2002.  I had some steak in my freezer, and it's a good day to make pepper steak.  The peppers (called chillies here) are more sweet than hot, like red bell peppers with some heat.  I cooked the steak separately from the onions and peppers.  You can't overcook the veggies, because they need to have some crunch to them.  So cook the meat apart from the veggies, then mix them together later.  I enjoy steamed rice the Western way, which is rice and one entree, like you would buy at a Western Chinese restaurant.  The locals here enjoy their white rice with several entrees.  They call it "nasi campur" ("rice mixed" is the literal translation).  You want some?  Sweet!  And hot.

Eating contest

Hi Honey!  How are you today, my darling?  Has your schedule calmed down a little?  I hope you take time for yourself to just relax and enjoy.  No need to be speedy- big wheels turn slowly.  Ugh, those eggs and beans I ate last night gave me heartburn.  Imagine that!  They were so bland and boring, but they gave me heartburn.  Maybe it's my stomach's way of telling me to next time turn it into chili.  There are so many strangers in town, it's as if the tourists never left.  You can hear them putting around and about the streets at 2, 3, 4 am.  Who knows how they entertain themselves, maybe they cross the border to look for transsexual hookers or something.  They most certainly eat, and new eateries are popping up like mushrooms.  Word of advice to restaurant owners from someone who has experience: just because there is a crowd, that doesn't mean they want to eat the food you sell.  You have to be GOOD.  You have to be SPECIAL.  You have to be UNIQUE.  All of the above.  And clean.

Hi Natty Honey!  How's it going?  Are you planning your next fantastic post?  It's so impressive to me how clever your posts are, albeit naughty.  Here's something you probably don't know: Google really likes your Instagram page.  So have fun with your posts, and don't go looking for fame because you don't need to.  Today the computer wants you to watch "X-Men: Days Of Future Past" (2014)  This story first appeared in the comics back in the 80s, and it was Kate Pryde that went into her younger self, plus it featured my favorite mutie Rachel Summers who got forced into the past.  But after doing all they did to ruin the X-men stories, and completing the destruction, Marvel will probably never make a success out of my Rachel.  Not even on TV.  Is it over for the movie career of X-Men?

Eggs and beans

Hi Honey!  How's it going today?  How's work?  I hope you are feeling great, and everything is easy for you.  Me, I'm doing OK I guess.  I woke up feeling normal, so I thought I was going to be in good shape today.  But after some activity the fever came back, especially right after voice training, when I got hit hard.  Strange fever, this is.  I do have an appetite, the trouble is that nothing tastes good right now.  Even drinking water doesn't taste the same.  So I've been keeping it extra bland.  For dinner, I had eggs, beans and bread.  It's nothing special, but would you like to have some?

Hey Natty Honey!  Oh you look so cute!  Seriously, that's a great outfit.  It looks so normal too, every normal girl would want to wear something like that.  The computer wants you watch "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith".  This is where Anakin Skywalker becomes Darth Vader.  There really is no wrong or right way to this story, it's very arbitrary.  It's made for fans of the franchise, and no one else.  The best part of the movie for me has to be the beginning, the space battle involving all those huge ships.  That was impressive.

Happy 4th of July

And a happy 4th of July to you Honey, my sweet and beautiful wife inshaAllah.  How are you doing today, my wonderful American Princess?  Aw Erin, don't you cry.  I love you so much, and I will marry you inshaAllah.  I will not abandon you inshaAllah.  I hope you have a great day today, and don't work so hard.  Kick back, relax and enjoy the fireworks show.

Natty, are you a hungry girl?  I haven't been doing any cooking projects recently because of the flu.  My Mom asked me yesterday what I was cooking, and I said "Curry pups".  She said, "Again?"  Yeah, I really don't feel like cooking up anything creative right now.  I just want to stuff my face and get it over with.  Today's dinner was cheeseburgers.  Just the burger, cheese and bun.  It totally hit the spot.  I have to remember that for flu food.  But here's a picture of a pizza for you, Natty Honey!  Oh those tennis outfits are so cute!  I like your "snapshot of a snapshot" style- turn it into an art form!  It sure looks like you all are modeling tennis clothes.  Everything's so clean and new and bright.

Fever

Hi Honey!  How are you today?  I hope you are feeling great and doing great.  I'm doing a little better than I was yesterday.  I can think a little better, and I am motivated to do so.  The sniffles have set in firmly now.  Whenever I used to get the flu before, it always attacked my nose first.  But recently the flu always goes for the lungs first.  I used to just empty out the sinus cavity, but it's such a gross thing to do.  Antihistamines are much more civilized, especially if used early in the disease.  But since my body is weakened from the other attacks, the runny nose has anchored in.  I have all these antihistamines, but I think antihistamines are subject to the Law of Diminishing Returns, so it looks like I'm going to have to drip dry my sinus cavity.  I guess my fever broke when I woke up this morning.  It's still here, but I need less fever reducers.  Someone told me that it's better to sweat out a fever than use fever reducers, but I don't buy that.  Fever may be a symptom of something, but the fever itself is a disease if it prolongs and causes brain damage.  Permanent brain damage.  Epilepsy.  So get that fever down with all means.  But what about babies?

Hey Natty Honey!  Oh, are you going shopping?  I want to go shopping too!  I wonder what it is you buy with your money.  More clothes?  You should be getting your clothes for free!  I would love to go shopping, but I need the money first.  What would I buy, if I could?  Hmmm...  I would probably just spend slowly, so I can keep track of everything.  You know, you should really get yourself a hobby.  You don't look like you have a hobby, something to pass the time, other than hiking.  You need something intellectually stimulating.