Category: lifestyle

The Ever Evolving Story of West Wemyss That Rhymes With Dreams; My Scottish Ancestry and Connections; A Story Written to a Second Cousin Brings Back Memories of My Abandoned Dream; All The Miracles Leading to My Discovery of Robert Baxter’s Grave: Cause of his Death was Greed; West Wemyss Historical Facts: More Photos of the Graveyard, Flowers

Faithful readers are aware that the previous blog concluded with a mention of West Wemyss coupled with a photo of a churchyard. Obsessive readers (should there be any) are aware of my motto: “Anything worth…

Continuation of the Momentous Malaysian Decision; Foot Loose and Fancy Free: Impromptu Conversation Leads to Malaysia is My Second Home and an Affirmation of Window Shopping: Now Nickname is NMMM;  Instagram Tallies: Quran Quote for the Day; Bountiful, Beautiful Breakfast Photographed and Posted; West Wymess, Scotland Photo

The last blog left off with my deserting the Australia retirement scheme, deciding instead to make Malaysia my second home. Actually, technically,  I do not have a first home as neither US or Canada is…

Why I Love Malaysia; The Constitution Promises Freedom of Religion and the Government Practices What it Preaches; It is Not My Destiny to Live in Australia, Shown in Incremental steps; Shared Inspiration From the Quran; Photos and Reel of of Blue-Eyed Successful Cataract Surgery

Today  is a public holiday, declared by the government.  The public holiday honors Dawali the yearly Hindu festival of lights with variations celebrated in other Hindu religions. It symbolizes the the spiritual victory of light…

REPOST May 20th 2021: I Fear I am Not Done With Serious Stridency But At Least A Slightly Different Perspective on the Israel Atrocities: Devil Incarnate Defined: Bernard Avishai’s Brilliant Expose of Netanyahu: Wonderful Words from Instagram; Wisdom from Wise Man; Photograph of Lilac the Unicorn and Falcons

Today I am reposting a blog  and a very short reel. I found this old blog by quite by accident. I was contemplating the nature of evil for  today’s blog, knew I had spoken of…

The Afternoon My Whole World Fell Apart; Future Plans and Portions of Blog Disappeared; Bouncebackability Found by Following the Truths of  Tawakkul; Messages Sent to MBS May Bring Solution to Gaza; A GIF With a Blinking Joke Sent; An Instagram Reel Announced Cruise Cancellation; An Immediate Response from a Muslim Sister; Our Photo from Medina

It was this afternoon, the afternoon of October 22, 2024. If anyone would have told me yesterday about the calamitous events of today I would have been unable to accept themi. – How could I…

How is Malaysia Treating You? Alexis: Censorship by Instagram Because of My WhatsApp Deletion: Learning More About Malaysia Leads to Greater Appreciation of Their Values; Comments and Photos of Malaysian Sisters; Post Cast Both Enlightening and Frightening; An Email of Pride Sent to Blog Master

That question: ‘How is Malaysia treating you?’  was asked by an Instagram follower. I had uncharacteristically sent a reel as a story to a group of people who were somehow labelled close friends. I had…

Around the World; Announcements, Announcements, Announcements; But First to the Lexis Suites Breakfast Buffet; The Early Bird Get the Worm; Cummins Company Malaysian Training; An Invaluable Lesson Learned; Overcoming Unsurpassable Odds; Peace Boat Here I Come; Photos of Shirts, Me and My Muslim “Instructor’, the Lobby and Skyview Terrace Lounge

October 19, 2024 As happens to me on several occasions, a song echoed in my mind. There are times when I cannot recall why the melody, accompanied by a few words.  This time it was…