Category: lifestyle

My Birthday, The Best Ever with One Possible Exception; Fêted Beyond Belief at the Kuching Hilton Hotel; Details Shall Follow; Balloons, Rose Petals, Happy Birthday Bed; A Cake; Videographer Allowed an Instagram Reel Which Collected 1.7K Views; My Twenty First Birthday; What I Was Doing at 38: The Sin of Overthinking

I have never in my entire life had a better birthday. I was feted beyond belief. Feted is a strange word – off to look it up (to be fêted) verb [with object] honor or…

The Last Day, Forces Used to Combat People with Insight; Condensation Proves a Blessing When Photographing the Morning Sunrise; The Words of Have You Ever Been Mellow Leads to Immense Gratitude for My Good Health Which Enabled My Reversion to the Islamic Faith in My Later Years; My Ten Year Visa Funded Allowing Me to Live in Peace in Malaysia

May 28, 2026 So far it has been a great day. It is not quite sunrise on this the last day I shall be 82. Tomorrow is my birthday and I shall have advanced to…

A Morning of Immense Gratitude; Which Turned to Pity for Canada and the United States Which ‘Blossomed’ Into Third World Countries; Casting a Blind Eye Both Causes and Perpetuates the Immense Problem; The Vistas From Societe Reveal the Wealth and Productivity of Malaysia; Photos to Substantiate My Words

My gratitude abounds. – wow what a great word – abound. I must look it up. Abound: exist in large numbers or amounts. Abounds synonyms overflow: full of. teem with, be packed with, be crowded…

Back to Love Stories Charity Exhibition; Three Love Stories Featuring Young Woman’s Epiphanies; Onto the Dregs of my Personal Life; Men with No ‘There’ There and Catfish; Concluding By Offering  Gratitude to Allah For Keeping Me From Wrong Doing People; Photos of the Young Women’s Art and Flowers

Today is Sunday – two days ago was Friday; when the Love Stories; Illustration & Writing Charity Exhibition was held here in the lobby of Lyf’s Penang. A previous blog spoke of two of the…

Its Raining Violets; There’s Always A Reason to Look Up; Meeting a Man in an Elevator Which Proved Beyond a Reasonable Doubt That It is a Small World;  in the Lyf Lobby  Sitting With the Art Found in Love Stories Illustrating and Writing Charity Art Exhibition; Creativity Also Found at Mojos; Creativity Served Warm; Taste and Talent.

Dateline: Penang,  Malaysia Saturday May 16 Its raining this morning. Thought of the song. It isn’t raining rain today its raining violets. Where is that from? Reached out to Gemini. Gemini: That beautiful, optimistic line…

Staying Alive and Still in Penang; An Invitation to A Middle School Art Gallery Exhibition Extends my Penang Stay; Also a Wine Tasting Featuring Japanese Wines; Reminding Myself and Others That I Gave Up EVERYTHING For My Religion, Not For Good Times; : Two Meaningful Invocations: Photos of a Blue Day

I am here in Penang staying alive and staying around. Thought of the song so got in touch with Gemini to find out more. Gemini: The song is “Stayin’ Alive” by the Bee Gees, released…

The Joys of My Return to Penang. But Did Encounter Some Evil;  However The Joy Feels FAB When Good Prevails Over Evil and I am the Good; Old Blogs Talking About Good Prevailing Over Evil: Do Keep Running Into Evil But I ALWAYS Win in the Long Run; Apparently Absence is Making the Heart Grow Fonder; Fun Filled Photos

Thursday May 10 had to be one of the best days of my life. Began the day with Fajor prayer as usual but then after getting dressed and putting on makeup went to Kenny Hill’s…

Leftovers From the May 4 Blog: More Than One Sunrise Photo With WhatsApp Messages Going Back and Forth; Some Focusing on Ice Skating of All Things: Many Idioms Analyzed As You Shall Read; The Prophet (PBUH) had a Sense of Humor; Photos of The Beautiful Sunrises Provided by our Creator

Suddenly realized that a most poignant and inspiring test message has been accidentally omitted. A dear woman friend responded to one of my moon shots with these words.She: “Oh Allah, bring this moon over us…