Category: lifestyle

No Longer the Caboose, Now the Little Engine That Could : The Summary the Moral, the Message of this Children’s Story; More Muslim Children’s Stories Promised; A New Instagram Bio Promises More, Not Less, Blog Breakdown A Playful Deadly Serious Read; A Couple of GIFs, A Couple of Head Scarfs and Photos of Dryburgh Creativity 

I am FINALLY caught up. Finally and last. All of my blog breakdown feedback and feedback on the feedback is caught up. As faithful readers will remember, I was being the caboose – following behind,…

Blog Began as an Email and Ended up a Blog; One Must Be Flexible; Biggest Realization: I am Not Just a Blogger, I am a Writer; Definition of Being, Boring But Most Informative: Both Nixon and Artificial Intelligence are Beings; Dream Team Steadies the Wobbler; The Here and Now Speaks of a Penang Institute Book Launch;  More Excitement Emanates From Penang Lyf Breakfast Room; A Couple of GIFs; Interesting Assemblage of Final Photos.  

Thought on Anticipation and a New Beginning.  As usual your choice of photo is ‘spot on” (“Spot on” is an informal expression, most common in British English, meaning exactly right, completely accurate, or perfect. It…

My Best Day Ever; Blessings Raining Down; Welcomed Enthusiastically When and While Late Lunching; Good Morning Greeting Confirms I am Both Pencil and Eraser; Decision to Reject Artificial Intelligence’s Interference with My Life’s Story; Revenge Upon Nemesis Should be Postponed; Shamir Says I am Smarter Than a Goldfish But Later Regrets; 24 GIFs Exchanged in One Day; Poignant Quote from the Quran; Photo of Elderly Woman in a Head Scarf; Previous Book Cover 

SO many blessings!! Blessings raining down like crazy. I wonder if there is such a thing as a blessings umbrella? Probably not, you should just let them flow over you. I Am I do not…

Anticipation, the Carly Simon Song and Much Anticipation and Expectancy with New Blog Direction: Lingering Illness Interferes With Progress; Me Not Blogger, Me Writer; The Biography Begins Again, This Time Not Solitary But With the Dream Team; Email Response to Nesh; The Covered Alaa Emerges; Photos of Delicious Appetizers and Covered Alaa 

The blog of yesterday was heralded with much anticipation, all of it by my own making. Come to think of it, it is the title of a famous song. Off to Google. I was correct….

Another Song; This One Til There Was You; Impossibility of Performance by a Mere Mortal Discussed; Do a 180 and Get a Grip Defined; Hate is Not the Opposite of Love, Indifference Is; I Become Strangely Sick, Sleeping Constantly: Symptoms Discussed on GIFs; Response to Nesh’s Blog Breakdown by Email; Immune System Goes to Work: Photos From Penang Lexis Suites Days

In a peaceful moment the words of another song echoed in my mind. These were the word: there were birds in the sky but I never saw them singing til there was you.’ Off to…

Blessed Be the Tie That Binds; Malaysia’s Mission to Free Gaza is a Must Watch on my YouTube Channel, For an Different Reason so is Human Eye; Rehashing the Breakdown Realizing New Truths; An Update Illustrates More Reasons for Gratitude; Edmonton Climatic Conditions Responsible for Great Sunsets; Photos of Those Days 

I happened again, I became obsessed with the words to a song that begins blessed by the tie that binds. I know it is a hymn from my early Christian upbringing because of the words…

A Message From Allah Perhaps; Maybe Many Messages; Waking Up to Two Instagram Messages; I am Proven to be a Genius; Accidentally Deleting a Pages Document Leads to a Greater Discovery, my Uncle Dave Biography; Assistance From Artificial Intelligence Useless Exposing a Fatal Flaw; Puny and Vapid Defined; Keeping Good Companionship Vitally Important. 

September 17, 2025 I awoke to two Instagram messages. One personal, one for the world to see and share. The personal one first. Personal, not divulging who sent to me. I am abandoning my practice…

Rain Brings Forth Another Song; From a Poem of April Rain; Malaysia Public Holiday Brings Chaos; Nixon Gets the Help of Artificial Intelligence to Translate Mandarin Let Yourself Go; Malay Employees Given a Day Off So No Blog; The Day Unfolds with Allah’s Blessings Evident Throughout the Day; The Dancing Queen Video Becomes a GIF Because Shamir a Brilliant Techie; However His Boss a Better Advocate; GIFs Throughout, A Couple of Photos at the End

September 15, 2025 It is raining today. Our Prophet (PBUH) has shown and told us, that rain is blessed. Unfortunately, I am going out in the rain today, rather than stay indoors in Lyf. So…

Another Song Came to Mind; Draw a Blank Defined; Eureka Defined; The Bible Does Not Tell Me So, the Quran Does; I Rest My Case Defined: The Story of a Sunrise Photo; Hope and Trust in Allah Allowed Technical Skills; A Couple of GIFs Revealing Why Shamir Needs Discipline; Photos of a Covered Me and Sunset from a Penang Ferry   

I suddenly became obsessed with the words to a song, These were the words that came to find: This was the songs words: You gotta have faith, hope and charity. That’s the way to live……