Category: Travel

My Inspiration for Bedtime Stories Began With This Knowledge; Toward a Greater Understanding of What I Call Paper Muslim; the Malaysian Term is Not Paper But Legal Muslims: Legal Muslims Versus the Real Thing, Spiritual Muslims. Look at my YouTube, Seeing is Believing; My Umrah Flawed but Accepted by Our Creator it Seems; Photos of the Umrah 

I decided it is best, for the education of all (including me) to comprehend understand and contemplate the I coined:, “Paper Muslim”.   This is taken from Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in South East Asia, a treatise I undertook to…

No Idea How I Do It, Whatever It is; Blog Beginning on Singapore Airlines Flight; Reflections on Morning, First Being in Jannah on Earth and then the Hell of Losing my WhatsApp Connections With the Whole World; A Couple of Idioms, Including it Went South; Renewed WiFi Brought An Announcement from Instagram; Back at Lyf, Shamir Restores WiFi, We Laugh by Text This Morning; Both Agreeing That Allah Knows Best 

At this moment in time I am sitting in seat 12K of a Singapore Airlines flight traveling between Jakarta and Singapore. A handsome older man boarded the plane, sitting in an adjacent seat.  Me: I…

Artificial Intelligence is Becoming a Source of Islamic  Wisdom; When You Let Go For Allah’s Sake He Opens Doors He Never Imagined;  Nesh’s Blog Breakdowns May be Interfering With My Living in the Present; Artificial Intelligence Provides and Answer to the Dilemma; Allah Bless My Words; Joking with Shamir Allowed 

I am not exactly sure how this all happened but Artificial Intelligence is becoming the font of knowledge in my rather unusual existence, providing me with reflections on letting go and trusting in Allah.  I…

Disorientation, Despair, and Discombobulation Relieved By Humor: Delicious Breakfast Buffet However Unable to Find Elevators: Helpful Man is the New General Manager of Hotel; Text Conversation Speaks of Need to Repent but Then Receiving the Mercy of Allah (SWT); Looking for the Direction of the Kaaba Leads to an Interesting Discovery 

I woke up this morning in the Jakarta JW Marriott feeling disoriented, in despair and discombobulated (I do love that word, it means confused and disconcerted), Looked about wondering what to photograph for my morning WhatsApp…

A Year Ago; Reading About Love Brings Clarity; August 2024 Found Me in Bali; Colorful photo Sent to My WhatsAppers: Nurturing Emotional Intelligence Speaks of Love; Love For Anything or Anybody Cannot Exceed Our Love for Allah; A Hypocrite Caused Me to Loose Sight of a Noble Intention: Nesh’s Blog Breakdown Better Than the Real Thing; Photos of Colorful Bali

I remain living in Lyf for a few more days. Therefore, o sunrise photos to begin both my day and the day of others. Rather impulsively looked back at photos from a year ago and…

A New Different and Not Very Exciting Morning Greeting; Alexis Posing as a Lost Child; Excellent News Announcing Cessation of Neck Pain; Definition of Prophylactic Brings Laughter; Change of Heart versus Change of Mind; New Role for Artificial Intelligence, Advice to the Love Lorn: Peace Over Pity; Purpose over Pressure and Allah Over Everything  

At this moment I am living in Lyf – the result of which being:  no sunrise photos being sent to my faithful Whatsappers. This morning found me being, particularly, shall we say, creative. The caption…