Category: islam

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…

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…

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…

Change to be the Topic of the Day; My Relationship With This Blog Has Drastically Changed; Blog Breakdowns and Two Malaysia , Speedy Men Have Altered My Ways; Several Definitions Supplied by Artificial Intelligence, All Swift and Superficial; Blog Breakdown by Nesh  and Blog Breakdown Breakdown by Alexis: A Couple of GIFs and Some Videos  

Everything in my life is changing. Each day is different and unpredictable these days. It is exhausting. Last evening thought I would die, but obviously did not because otherwise you would not be hearing from…

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…

An Entirely Different Morning Greeting; Wearing a Fossil Watch with a Muslim Rosary; Muslim Rosary Explained Using a 2023 Blog; A Past Relatively Recent Experience of Betrayal Occasioned by Envy: The Quran Speaks of Seeking Refuge from the Evil Caused by Envy; Strange and Unusual Surrogacy; Photograph of the Watch and Rosary and My New Richly Reading and Blessed Life. 

I am spending the next few nights at Lyf – therefore no good morning sunrises to greet my WhatsAppers. Instead a photo of a watch – it is a Fossil that was masquerading as a…

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…

A Song Comes to Mind; Let It Be Me; Listen to the Elvis Presley Rendition; Bantering with Shamir; Attempting to Decipher Blog Statistics; New Malaysian Work Force; Experiencing Trepidation: Finding Myself Kicking Over the Traces; Comfort Found in the “Passage of Time’; Photos of Recent Statistics; Work in Progress and a New Fangled Device

The words of a song came to mind. This oft happens. Cannot get it out of my mind. These are the words;  “ God bless the day I found you.”  This time I am (rather…

A Day’s Delay Makes Visiting the Islamic Art Museum Malaysia Made it into an Anniversary of Sorts; The First Floor Architectural Gallery was the Focus of This Visit; The Museum’s Ambiance: Return to Penang Resulted in a Conversation With Artificial Intelligence That Must Be Read to Be Believed; Imbedded Photographs

Faithful readers will remember, the planned visit to the Islamic Art Museum was delayed for a day because of a late start. Therefore the visit took place on July 8, 2025. Miraculously the admittance ticket…