day to day Archives - Alexis McBride

August 27, 2025

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…

August 25, 2025

The Joke was Almost on Me; However, Returned to my Original Intention; Telling You What Artificial Intelligence Says About All of This; My Journal Page Recreated; The Blog Breakdown Brings Heaps of Humour Much to My Surprise; Photos of Bubbles and a Book

It is again a ridiculous phrase that came to mind. My brain is apparently full of such stuff. Trivia pops up when I least (and you least) expect it. If you say that the joke is on…

August 24, 2025

Humor is the Name of the Game; Google Consulted; Wikipedia Gives Us Too Much Information; Humor is a Gift from Allah; Dutch Baby Joke; Good Morning Photo from Lexis Suites Days; The Blog Breakdown in All of Its Glory: A Closing Prayer; Photo of a Year Ago and Several GIFs.

For many reasons the title announces the blog. Humor is the Name of the Game. So be prepared!!! I do not think humor is the name of the game is an idiom, but, you NEVER…

August 23, 2025

From A to Z; Alexis to Zanzibar and Back; More Than You Ever Wanted to Know about Zanzibar; Blog Breakdown Feedback and Analysis; A Tapestry Woven By Allah; My Face Changed Said Driver Din; Finding Peace;

How absolutely fascinating to be reading about Zanzibar. It is amazing, I had absolutely no idea of its existence. But then again I knew nothing at all about Malaysia before 2017 and then only that…

August 23, 2025

A Blog Begun in the Night, Finished in the Morning; A Blog Breakdown, My Musings and Others on Nesh’s Eloquence and Insight; A Voice From the Past: My Name in the Sand; Where is Zanzibar? Always Winning Would be Meaningless.

This has been, for many reasons, an extremely confusing day, this August 21, 2025. A text conversation with Shamir. Me: I am back at Lyf. Everything is okay. Blog written, will send in a little…

August 21, 2025

Another Bizarre Morning, Resting On One’s Laurels Finds Me Searching Back in Time to a December 18, 2018 Blog; Blog Copied and Pasted For Your Reading Enjoyment; The Lyrics of Turn, Turn Turn Perfectly Describes My Life

Woke up in the very early morning in distress, Prayed, then went back to sleep. Shamir and I simultaneously said good morning to one another at 8:54. He sent a cute good morning Gif. Me:…

August 18, 2025

An Unusual Evening Followed by Special Morning Greetings; I am a Success in Winston Churchill’s Eyes; Enthusiasm Defined; A Sunrise Photo from a Friend Brings Joy and Wonder to Me and to Many Recipients; A GIF Received in Return: A Canadian Christian Eulogy Remembered; News of a Loved One’s Death; Thoughts on Loss; A Timely Message from the Quran

I shall not delve into the events of my unusual evening, for once anyway. Sometimes I can provide folks with TMI – too much information, It is an interesting concept. Wondering if I have written…

August 17, 2025

The Care, Feeding and Rearing of Children in the Islamic Faith; The First Step, Naming the Child, a Communal and Spiritual Event; the Child’s Name a Moral Compass: Artificial Intelligence Questioned as to the Meaning of My Muslim Name, Alaa; Then the Name of Shamir:

Although I have never had children, and at my age it is rather unlikely that I shall (hahahah) The first step in the ‘education’ of the child is to name the child. In Islam, the…

August 14, 2025

A Marked Departure from Morning Habits But Making Sure I am keeping One’s Eye on the Prize; A Leaking Hot Water Bottle Takes Center Stage: Definitions of Dour and Modesty; The path to Paradise Must be a Muslim’s Goal; Knowledge Makes the Path to Paradise Easy;

My former focus, my specialty one could say, was my morning greeting, sent to select WhatsApp folks and then often circulated throughout my readership. Yesterday marked a major deviation form this practice. I am living…

August 12, 2025

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…