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…

Books are Essential for My Existence and Always Have Been; Living With the Quran Recommended a Dikher Counter That Bought Peace of Mind; Reconciliation Explored: Reconciliation of My Past Being Somewhat Achieved; A Further Book Review of Nakhoda: Back at Lyf International Housekeeping Week Celebrated

Books are essential for my existence. Always have and always will be. I turned to them for solace as a child, spending hours in my room reading; transported via them and my imagination to a…

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…

Going Backwards In Time Because an Event of Great Importance Was Not Given Sufficient Attention on this Blog; An Instagram Reel’s Language is Rather Powerful; However, More Powerful is the Poem Secrets to Being Brave with Its Islamic References; The Relaxation Found in the Words Led to Reportage of a Fun Day, Yet Again at Alexis Restaurant; Photos to Bring Joy and Laughter

I need to go backwards in time. I guess I should be blogging every day because I have not been speaking of important news – not emphasizing the most important thing I have done in…

Where Am I Now?? Hoodwinking My WhatsAppers; My First Day at Domitys Bangsar; Meeting Many Residents Over a Delicious Breakfast; Quick/Slow on the Uptake; Making New Friends; Precious Help Finding the Kaaba; Speaking to and Learning of Old Friends; The Heart of Mecca Reappears Thanks to Artificial Intelligence: Retrieving My Baseball Cap; Sharing An Evocative Preface

Where am I now??? Fortunately I know, and you shall find out in due time. What is that phrase? I was total reassured – it is a proper English idiom meaning : eventually at an…