Sunday

Hi there Natty honey!  How are you feeling today?  Are you having a nice weekend?  Hugs from me too, my love.  I do so long to embrace you, my beautiful lady.  Today is Sunday, and I always have a busy Sunday.  Sunday mornings I have to clean my mother's bedroom.  Then I make my lunch, and try to get some rest before voice training.  In the evening, I continued to dismantle the mango farm.  Only the bigger trees are left, so I will fire up the chainsaw tomorrow inshaAllah.  I kind of spent too much time so I was late making my dinner, which was steamed rice with fried chicken and onions.  I just barely got done with the sunset prayer before I post this letter, and now it's almost time for the night prayer.  I don't wear a watch.  I used to check the time on my cell phone, but that died recently so now I don't have a watch nor a phone.  😊  Anyway, I hope you are having tons of fun.  I love you, and have a great weekend.

Sunday is PINK!!!

Power and excitement

Hi Natty honey!  You look so beautiful, my beloved.  And you look like you are getting wealthier.  That's awesome.  Please try to save the money you are making now for when you are older.  If you can, do it without consuming interest.  Perhaps people are pressuring you to spend money, but you don't have to do what they say.  You don't.  Perhaps people are pressuring you to get plastic surgery, perhaps they say that you should "share the wealth" or something like that.  Don't buy into that.  You don't need plastic surgery.  Even as you get older, you don't need it.  Don't worry about me, I won't abandon you inshaAllah.  Age with dignity and grace.

Power and excitement is sexually arousing, we all know that.  If it seems to follow you everywhere, I'm sorry about that.  It's the nature of our marriage.  Holding back your lust is painful, I know that.  I really do, you not the only one who has to abstain.  You might think that I'm used to it, but we never get used to it.  Pain turns into anger.  We either abstain, or we don't.  You are a grown woman, if you were to give into your lust, nobody will stop you.  But it won't be something you would be able to hide.  Please have faith in our marriage, and be patient.  Protect your chastity.  I love you, and I will marry you inshaAllah.

Announcement of Endorsement Withdrawal

Hi Natty honey!  How are you feeling today, my precious love?  I'm guessing that you are feeling better and calmer.  I want you to have a great life and a great time, because I care for you so much, my beautiful Princess.

I have decided to officially withdraw my endorsement of the Perlis Harumanis mango.  I had spent 5 years or more nurturing trees and raising them in the compact space which is my yard, and had gotten the knack of it.  Although this type of mango is expensive, I was more into the research and endorsement of it.  My baby mango trees, though growing in peat pots, had become thick, strong, heavy and dark green.  I managed to fit at least 30 trees in my front yard, and it was looking like I was seriously able to make a productive mango farm.  This land belongs to my aunt, and she wants me to remove the mango farm.  At first my usual stubbornness activated, and I didn't relish the thought of giving up on my attempt of making a "halal" (lawful) income.  Then I realized, "What if I were successful?"  30 trees bearing quality fruit means about 20 grand a year income!  Of "halal" money!  That would certainly attract greedy relatives.  So I saw my aunt's logic, and I will destroy the mango farm.  But more than that, I'm supposed to be a chick singer, not a mango farmer.  It dawned on me that I'm actually too lazy to maintain a farm.  I would rather be making love to my beautiful wife.

Soy

Hi Natty honey!  How are you feeling today?  I hope you are feeling good...  Please don't be sad, because I love you and care for you.  How about you watch a movie?  The computer wants you to watch a movie today.  "The Devil Wears Prada" (2006).  I'll admit that's it's not much of a distraction, but it is a good movie.  Lots of beautiful shoes in this movie!

My food project for this month is to conquer the legume, specifically lentils, red beans and soybeans.  Because beans are cheap!  I had soaked half a kilo of soybeans yesterday, and they bloated quite nicely.  I wanted to try making tofu and soybean milk.  I didn't get much tofu from half gallon of soy milk that I had.  It didn't harden up too well, either.  It tasted like tofu, but it was a tofu pudding.  Perhaps I used the wrong lecithin.  The label didn't say magnesium chloride, so perhaps that was the problem.  My soy milk turned out gritty.   My strainer wasn't fine enough, I needed cheesecloth.  What I had left was a lot of soy meal.  I had never cooked with soy meal before, but I do know that it's supposed to be healthy food.  Cattle eat it.  So what could go wrong with soy meal, garlic, onion and salt?  I fried it up and it tasted good, but it disintegrated.  I guess I need to add flour.  How do they make veggie burgers and soy cheese?  I need to study that, they must add some real flavoring somehow.  Anyway, my stomach didn't like it.  Health food.  Back to the old drawing board.  I still have a lot of soy meal left.  The good news is I didn't spend a cent today!

Ah... Ramen

Hi Natty honey!  How are you feeling today?  I hope you are coping well and feeling great.  Few words today, but lots of pictures!  I'm going to show you and the world how I make Ramen.

You have to add vegetables to balance the salt of the seasoning packet.  What I have on hand are (clockwise from top left) pickled peppers, kaffir lime leaves, pickled bamboo shoots, fish cake, an egg, and a leftover seaweed sheet from when I made sushi back in January.  Yikes, it's October already!

First, heat up the water on medium low heat.  I have one and a half pints of water today, which is a lot, but I'm adding hot sauce to the soup for some extra kick.  One pint or less should be right if you not adding more flavor besides the seasoning packet.

When the water is hot, add the seasoning.

I added a tablespoon of "sambal tumis" which is chillies, onions and "belacan"(fermented shrimp) blended then fried in oil until saturated.  You can use whatever sauce you prefer like Tabasco or Sriracha, just make sure your stomach agrees with it, and it doesn't screw up the flavor of the soup.

Then add your greens and fish cake.  You can get fish cake at your local Asian supermarket.  The Japanese make awesome fish cake that look like flowers, it can really make your soup look pretty.

Next is the noodle brick.

When the noodles soften, push everything to the side of the pot to make room for the egg.  This is to help allow the yolk to not get squashed.  Gently, gently!

Pour it all into your bowl, with the egg yolk going in last.  Don't break the yolk!  Oh, it's so yummy I can't stand it!  I have to sit and eat my lunch.