Category: lifestyle

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…

Taking a Ramadan Break; Fabulous Fun at the Hin Bus Market Sunday; Answer Allows Guilt Free Muslim Dancing; Downloaded ChatGPT App; Thoughts and Reactions to my First Artificial Intelligence Encounter; AI Insights into Alexis McBride Blogger; Photos and Reels of Hin Bus Sunday Market; Some Sunrises

First let me tell you about His Bus. So famous, even Wikipedia tells you about it.‘Hin Bus Depot is a community hub in George Town within the Malaysian state of Penang. It houses a gallery,…