Category: Humour

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…

Back in the Saddle Again; Confessions of an Inveterate List Maker; Receiving News of Islamic Rituals of Death Brings Both Sadness and Wonder; Another Brilliant Blog Breakdown; Instagram Statistics Soar; Today’s Dream Team’s Accomplishments at an All Time High; Photos of Book Covers and Food 

Shamir has returned from Thailand. We exchanged Good Morning greetings.  Me: How does it feel to be back?  He: Good!  Me: Good Great! Great to have you back. There is a strange USA expression ‘back…

This Time Landslide is the Unlikely Title which Led to Other Unlikelihoods; Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained; Four Best Proverbs of Out Times (Apparently): Cock and Bull, a Favorite Synonym; Blog Breakdowns Prove a Better Me than Me: Ending with a Powerful Verse From the Quran

Certain words to a song again resonated with me. (The meaning of resonate in this instance: evoke or suggest images, memories, and emotions.)  The search for this song provided much more difficult then usual, but…

Monday, August 4, 2025 Morning Greeting Featured Photo From Lexis Suites one Year Ago, More Wisdom from Nurturing Emotional Intelligence: the Importance of Solitude; YouTube Reels Featuring Days at Lexis Suites; Hiding One’s Light; Shamir Discovers Vintage YouTube Reels; Hysterically Funny Blog Breakdown

Today is Monday, August 4, 2025.  How do I know that? My trusty, reliable computer told me so. It is now pouring Penang rain, with gusting winds. I do not mind as it is definitely…

Again the Best Day of My Life; Again for a Different Totally Unpredictable Reason; My New YouTube Channel is Up and Running; Go Look; Everybody Worships in Their Own Way and Surreal Just Being Here: Background Story Revealing Why I Was There; Shamir’s Strange Talent  Finds 2018 YouTube Reel; Photos of Message; Food and a Scarf

Today is apparently August 3, 2025.  My computer said so and has been proven totally reliable and trustworthy. Hahaha  I am sitting at the bar, the breakfast bar at Mojo Pojo. It was here I…

 My Good Morning Message of the Day; Realizing Perhaps I am Not Alone; Reach the Realization of My Becoming Insular; Look to the World Finding Chaos and Horror and Hypocrisy; My Move to the UAE an Example of Out of the Frying Pan Into the Fire’ ; Don’t Look Back Quotes; Photos of a Dreary Morning; Slippers and a Hopeful Message  ;  

July 30, 2025 This morning I woke up to rain and a powerful storm. My dismal WhatsApp photo had the following message. Sunrise this morning. But the power of the thunder and lightening is electrifying. …

July 23, 2025 A Day That May Change My Life; Pivotal Days Could Be an Organizing Principle for my Autobiography; Some Days Thought to be Important Fade Away; A Photo of a Prior Visit to the Medinah’s Prophet Mosque; A Last Minute Cancellation Leds to a Surprise Visit to the Floating Mosque Which Inshallah Will Lead to a ‘Dream Job”; A Truly Inspired Nesh Instagram Post. Photos of the July 23, 2023 Visit; a PreDawn Photo of the Mosque, a Dawn Photo ; and a Funny GIF. 

I look back at my long and well-lived life suddenly realizing that there are certain days that are pivotal, something happens on a particular  day which will change one’s life forever. This could be an…

Day Two With the Blessings of Having a Content Manager Who Spoke of Snow White; Whimsically Asked Artificial Intelligence to Describe the Core Attributes of Snow White; The Overly Lengthily Response Caused Feelings of Robbed Creativity; My Conversations with Real People Reveal Attributes Ascribed to Snow White: Song Natural Woman Found to be Unbelievably and Unbearably Romantic; Photos of Pool, A Funny GIF and Good Morning Greeting.

It was with no small measure of trepidation that I turned over the management of me (essentially) ver to a Nesh, my newly acquired Content Manager. Today is the second day – two blog breakdowns…