Category: day to day

Words Cannot Express My Joy: Morning Ritual Brings the Prophet’s Smile; He Smiled More Than Anyone Else: Chef Grandson Cole is My Major Competitor for Smiling More Than Anyone Else; My New Identity; I am a Writer Who Came Out of the Closet;  Attending the Georgetown Literary Festival on November 27-29; My Blog Card Describes Me as Writer, Scholar, Feminist and Seeker; My New Moniker; Blogger, Muslim, Comedian; Humor Opens the Door, Ideas Walk In; Canadian Friend Jay’s Video; My Photo Becomes an Instagram and Reel; Photos of Smiles

Words cannot express my joy; the joy found in the reading of Life with the Prophet Muhammad.(Al-Turairi, Abd Al-Wahhab, Life with Prophet Muhammad, Translated by Adil Salahi, Dakwah Corner Bookstore, 2026.). Although words cannot express…

How Could I Live Without You; The You is Allah; Comforting Words from the Doha Airport; I Just Called to Say I Love You; My Home is Home to a White Robot: On the Cutting Edge; Life Gave Me Lemons, I Made Lemonade; A Lunch Encounter Inspires Malaysian History Exploration:  How Could I Live Without You Also Mentioned on Prior Blogs

Most unusual occurrence. The song How Could I Live Without You played on the soundtrack of Mojo Restaurant as I was about to leave. I listened to it, mesmerized Than began to weep, the heaving…

Books, Books and More Books; Borrowing from the Penang Library; A Beautiful Coffee Table Book Above Penang; The Floating Mosque From the Sky Will Lead to Another Visit; The Three Remaining Library Books Speak to Mundane Matters; Explanation of the Dewey Decimal System; Now Learning British Sign Language; My Morning, Meeting a New Family and Forgetting My Phone

October 26, 2026. An incredible “coffee table book”, could not quite remember the definition so asked Handy Dandy, which is my nickname for my Artificial Intelligence helper.AI: Coffee-table book means a large picture-heavy book meant…

October 20, 2026 The  Sixth Anniversary of My Shahada, Story of my More Formal Introduction to the Faith in Abu Dhabi; A Photo from October 20, 2025 Showing How Lonely I Must Have Been; My Anniversary Through the Day Beginning with Fajr Prayer, Breakfast, the Wearing Apparel of the Owner; My Observant Use of a Allah Remembrance Counter; A Two Year Old Darling Girl; Her Indonesian Grandmother Tells Us About the Fires: the Alchemist Appears Again; Photos of the Day

Today is the sixth anniversary of my reversion  to the Islamic Faith. I said this to a dear Muslim friend, saying that it seemed like a lifetime. Some devout Muslims would say that it has…

Gratitude and Then  More Gratitude; Two Gratitude Wisdoms; You Do Not Have to Care, We Care; A Poem Self Esteem; A Bedtime Story, Allah Made Them All Says it Al; The Reasons for My Immense Gratitude Revealed with the Numbers; 2.38K World Wide Viewers in 28 Days; The United States Ranks Number One: The City Kuala Lumpur, MY Soar in Numbers, Photos of the Statistics and the Bed Time Story Book

October 14, 2026. I woke for Fajr prayer feeling enormous gratitude for reasons you shall soon be appraised of. I prayed in reverence and thanks – my attention was drawn to my ‘bookshelf’. There was…

Blessed to Be in Penang For Many Reasons Particularly Since It is the Home of Penang Floating Mosque; Its History; The Old Mosque and the Floating Mosque Under Construction Were Spared in the December 2004 Tsunami; Learned That the Aceh Mosque in Indonesia Was Also Spared; In Shaa Allah, the Story Shall Be Told Along with the Telling of a Whale of a Tale Told; Artificial Intelligence An At Will Part Time Employee: Photos of the Mosque Taken in 2025; A Trip There in 2026

October 9, 2026. Yesterday morning I sent a photo taken almost a year ago. It was of the Penang Floating Mosque, with Home written upon it. This was the greeting sent to my WhatsAppers. “Going…

Getting Sidetracked; Into and Onto PickleBall of All Things; How it Got Its Name; My New Found Abilities Surprised All, Including Me; Concentration on the Ball My Secret Weapon; Funny Responses from My WhatsAppers; The Day Held Exercise for the Spirit, a Temple for the Body and Chocolate For Everything Else; Photos of the Day

Admittedly I got sidetracked which means my attention was diverted from what I originally intended to do. The expression comes from railways; a train moves off the track onto a side track. My train took…

Living and Loving the Lyf: Announcement that Georgetown Penang is Included in the Michelin Guide; Words from the Michelin Guide Speaking of Vibrant Social Living; Artificial Intelligence Suggests I Should be an Amenity; A Surprise Announcement of More Community Involvement Including Pickleball; A Description of October Events Ending with an Artificial Intelligence Knock-Knock Joke; Photos of Announcements and Photos of Penang Botanical Gardens

Received a WhatsApp message the other day with the cryptic message: Happy Day ❤️❤️.Then a photo which announced: “CONGRATULATIONS Lyf Georgetown Penang by the Ascott Limited has been included in the MICHELIN guide, which recognizes…

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…