Category: lifestyle

Learning of Jakarta on the Eve of Departure; Mashallah and Ostensibly Defined; Interesting Facts from a Wikipedia Article with Commentary: Improbability of Self Coming to this Country Briefly Discussed; Surprise Greeting at Airport Lounge; You Made My Day; Photos and Conversation of my First Morning in Jakarta; Photo of Me on Way to Canadian Embassy and Breakfast Beverage

I am leaving for Jakarta tomorrow, Wednesday January 21, 2025, ostensibly for a visa run. This morning decided to explore my (at least eight day) destination. Mashallah. It is time for word definitions. Ostensibly: apparently…

The Song Count Your Blessing Comes to Mind; So Off to Chatgpt with an Inquiry Which Led to Inquiry of Importance of Counting Blessings in the Islamic Faith; Further Conversation to be Revealed in Subsequent Blog; Decision to Begin Counting my Blessings; Began with Physiotherapy; Then Driver Din; Next Vani from the Beach; YouTube Mystery Discussed; Ending in a Magnificent Sunrise; Shared with Friends; Some Responses; Photos of Shell, Beer, Prayer Rug and Sunset

The words to what I remembered was a song came to mind. So I used my intelligence to ask Artificial Intelligence (hahaha)Me: Count your blessings instead of sheep comes from what song?AI: “Count Your Blessings…

Good News; The Diagnosis and Potential Treatment of my Neck Pain Utilizing Traditional Medicine; A Home Visit from a Malaysian Doctor Provides Hope and a Diagnosis: Treatment Requires Physiotherapy, Not Slouching and Being Happy: Enough About Me: The Quran Provides Inspiration: Acquiring Martin Lings’ What is Sufism:

The word is out. The pain in my neck, which has haunted me for months, is actually underlying dyslipidemia and cervical spondylosis and anterolisthesis. It look many months to discover those big words (much less…

A Most Unusual Morning; Pedal to the Medal; Filling the Void Left by Mere Mortals; A Spectacular Sunrise Gives Rise to a Video Circulated Amongst Friends; Their Responses; An Email From Fazil Brings Forth Another Response; Link to a Bangkok Post article; Teeth Cleaning and Inspiration at Skye Dental; Not All Muslims Are Created Equal; Photos of Books and the Sunrise Video

This Sunday April 27, 2025 has been a most unusual morning, and it has only just begun. I awoke before my Fajr prayer alarm sounded. Routinely and usually the feelings upon waking can best be…

Back to Fame Briefly; BloggingBrooke and I Have Many Differences But Both Find Meaning in our Creativity; A Scholar Speaks of the Perils of Fame; Overcoming Rancor is Essential; During Ramadan and with Help from Unlikely Sources Allowed Me to be at Peace; Photographs of a Sunrise, a Sunset, Me in a Precious Dress, a Wallhanging Lovingly Constructed by my Mother and a Message from Allah’s Messenger Sent by Yasmine

BloggingBrooke, known to faithful readers, posted a reel on Instagram announcing that she had gone viral (whatever that is). She was understandably joyous. I replied, posing a serious question.Me: Does it add meaning to your…

The Truth; Quran Chapter 103; Believers are Exhorted to Hold Fast to the Truth; Ayn Rand’s Perspective on Truth; Humanity is in Grave Loss, Shown by the Bombing of a Hospital; July 24, 2024 Blog Also Spoke of Truth; Words of a Song; a Treasure Trove of Blog Business Cards; Learning about the Human History of Religion; Back to the Chinese Physician; Photos of Masjid’s Qurans; Business Cards, Alina and Me

I am, this April 13, 2025 seized with the need to write about the truth. I am not sure why, there is often more than one why, more than one explanation – often there are…

Short Trip to Kuala Lamper First Brings Sorrow But Solace and Redemption Found in Email From a Friend: Accenting the Positive, Eliminate the Negative; The Luxuries of Business Class Travel and Limousines; Spilt Satay Mars Trip; Photos of Limousine Handsome Men; Strange Book Titles; An Urban Sunrise, Reels of a Fiery Luncheon Concoction

April 8, 2025 I write from Kuala Lumpur, been here since April 3, 2025. It has been a very strange and unusual trip but that appears to be the ongoing story of my life. Plans…

2025: A New and Different Ed-al-Fir; Cultural Night Inspiring and Joyful; Dress For Success, Power Dressing, Then Power Napping; Overcoming My Resistance to Napping; The Joy of Discovering the Prophet Muhammed was a Power Napper; Learning About the Originators of Anything Worth Doing is Worth Over Doing. Photos and Reels of Cultural Night

March 31, 2023. I awoke to this news from the Hindustan Times: Eid 2025 moon sighting: Malaysia officially proclaims the date for Eid-ul-Fitr 2025, says the crescent moon will be visible to the naked eye…