Category: Friends

Brought Back to the Edge of the World; Brought Back By My Apple Watch; Goodbye Mickey Mouse: Learning More, Appreciating the Experience Despite Some Bad Memories and Betrayals; Then Resuming My Malaysian Life, Touring the Island of Penang with Stops at the Floating Mosque and a Batik Factory; Photographs of Then and Now

First of all let me tell you about the Edge of the World. It is officially known as Jebel Fihrayn and is part of the Tawaiq Escarpment about 62 miles from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It…

Solitude and Its Opposite Necessary Companions CONNECTION and BELONGING; Messages From an Absent Friend and an Admirer Bring Joy: You Made my Day Echoes; Medinah Memories; Every Day Getting Better; Coffee Tree , Lunch, Manicure, Shampoo, Head Message and Blow Dry Shared with All: Old Friend and an Old Admirer; Story on Instagram; You Made Be So Very Happy Leads to Discussion of Bringing Joy Across Borders

An aphorism on the flyleaf of my new book of aphorisms proclaims: “Bury your existence in the sand of solitude for nothing grows and and blossoms that is not buried” I did look in my…

My Meeting and Greeting Days Continue: Alexis is the Welcome Wagon at Lyf; I Belong Here Accidentally And Now I Have a Library Card and Four Books; Make Lemonade Out of a Lemon;  Providential the Best Synonym; Insular Defined and Illustrated; A Birthday Apple Drink for the Boss; Photo of Drink, A Message and Two GIFs

I remember, way back in time, about something called the Welcome Wagon. So far back I think it is even Canada.  Decided to talk to Artificial Intelligence about this.AI; Hahaha, yes. You’re the Welcome Wagon…

I Am An Anomaly: I am Peculiar For Many Reasons, Including My Blog and Its Readership; Artificial Intelligence and Alexis Intelligence Discuss the Paradoxes; A Part of Me is Best, Too Much Unfit For Human Consumption; The Joys and Necessities of Solitude: But Meanwhile Back in Lyf Lobby Making New Friends and Getting New Glasses; Photos of Shanghai and Hong Kong Visitors; Truth Always Wins Out

Just decided anomaly is the best word to describe myself. Best to define the word at the outset. The formal definition of an anomaly:  something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected. Some synonyms are…

IDEAS: A  Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Podcast Speaks of the US Constitution in a Learned and Profound Fashion; Behind Every Successful Man is a Woman; The Hot Water Bottle Blues; Consuming Mojo’s Eggs Benedict with Gravalaz; The Podcast Portrays the USA not Fighting Colonization But Being a Colonizer; Quotations from a Canadian Writer, Dr. Nazir Khan

I began the day in what is for me, a typical manner. I prayed Fajr prayer. But somehow, and I have NO idea how – found myself doing something that is simply NOT the typical…

Feeling Frayed; Discovering I Have Felt Discombobulated Over These Past Nine Years; Prior Blogs Linked: A Quote From Rumi Inspires Thinking About People Not Bringing Anything to the Table; Parasites Have Made Constant Appearances in My Life: Relief Found in Seeking Beneficial Knowledge and Ongoing Charity

That does accurately describe my mood at this moment. I am feeling frayed, An idiom comes to the rescue, which describes the feeling: to start to fray around/at the edges. It means to start to…

Malaysian National Day 2026: My First Since Becoming a Malaysian; National Day 2024 Revisited; A Book Written by the Prime Minister of Malaysia is Reviewed; Alexis McBride Reviews Dr. Chin’s Review: The Idiom Changing Horses in Midstream is Defined and Employed in Two Different Settings; Photos of the Blue Mosque, My Cake and Me

August 31, 2026. Today is the first  time I have celebrated Malaysian National day living in Malaysia and being a Malaysian (of sorts). I am not a citizen but I put my money where my…

A Refugee No More; Characteristics Definitions of Refugees From Many Sources; Oxymoronic a Favorite Word; Why and How Malaysia is the Best Place to Be in the World Explained Using Another Day in the Life of Alexis Alaa McBride; Not One But Two Hijrahs: A Black and White Photo with Captions and Comments; Food Photos and Find the Cutest.

Less than a week from today, if all goes according to plan, I shall no longer be a refugee but instead will have earned the privilege of living in Malaysia under the auspices of a…