Category: Malaysia

Going Backwards In Time Because an Event of Great Importance Was Not Given Sufficient Attention on this Blog; An Instagram Reel’s Language is Rather Powerful; However, More Powerful is the Poem Secrets to Being Brave with Its Islamic References; The Relaxation Found in the Words Led to Reportage of a Fun Day, Yet Again at Alexis Restaurant; Photos to Bring Joy and Laughter

I need to go backwards in time. I guess I should be blogging every day because I have not been speaking of important news – not emphasizing the most important thing I have done in…

Where Am I Now?? Hoodwinking My WhatsAppers; My First Day at Domitys Bangsar; Meeting Many Residents Over a Delicious Breakfast; Quick/Slow on the Uptake; Making New Friends; Precious Help Finding the Kaaba; Speaking to and Learning of Old Friends; The Heart of Mecca Reappears Thanks to Artificial Intelligence: Retrieving My Baseball Cap; Sharing An Evocative Preface

Where am I now??? Fortunately I know, and you shall find out in due time. What is that phrase? I was total reassured – it is a proper English idiom meaning : eventually at an…

Hazy Here in Kuching; Kuching on a Good Day Ranks High for Clean Air: But This is the Right Place at the Wrong Time: Thunder and Rain Arrive During Writing of Blog; Then an Instagram Post Brings News of the Guthrie Dawn Raid; Authenticity Explored Using Artificial Intelligence Then Referring to a Cambridge University Publication: Photos Taken on My Morning Walk

August 17, 2026. Well the talk of the day today is the haze. People comment upon it – those near and far – but what is it anyway. Lets find out and then explore people’s…

A Refugee No More; Characteristics Definitions of Refugees From Many Sources; Oxymoronic a Favorite Word; Why and How Malaysia is the Best Place to Be in the World Explained Using Another Day in the Life of Alexis Alaa McBride; Not One But Two Hijrahs: A Black and White Photo with Captions and Comments; Food Photos and Find the Cutest.

Less than a week from today, if all goes according to plan, I shall no longer be a refugee but instead will have earned the privilege of living in Malaysia under the auspices of a…

Perhaps No Sequel to Yusuf Islam; Writing From Mojo Rather Than Bed; Black and Blue Eye Photo Receives Many Responses; An Ode to Michael; An Artist of Great Talent Extending to Egg Coffees; My Egg Coffee Face is Perfect; A Little Girl Brings a Challenge; If You Can Not Handle the Heat Get Out of the Kitchen

For days I have been hard at work attempting to write the Sequel to Yusuf Islam. I was so incredibly privileged to have a front row seat, listening to him and then spoke to him…

Changes in Attitude and Changes in Attitude Yet Again: Everything Topsy Turvy But in a Great Way; Penang Looking Like it is My Final Resting Place; Attentive Thankfully Defined; Ducks in a Row; Kissing Toads But I Finally Found a Prince; My Malaysian Doctor Diagnoses Good News; An Inspiring Moon Photo and a Blood Pressure Monitor

July 2, 2026 It was amusing to go the search engine of the blog and find that I had mentioned Changes In Attitude, Changes in Latitude 37 times. For me change seems to be a…

A Day in the Life of Raffles Becomes a Fabulously Funny Fiasco; Two Idioms in a Row, Repair to One’s Room and Rings a Bell; Using the Lawyer’s Excuse; Artificial Intelligence Does Have a Keen Sense of Humor; Queen for a Day Becomes Raffles Resident Writer for a  Day; An Alexis Lookalike Brings Laughter

I had this great idea and now will follow through with it. Trace for the peons what it is like to be celebrated at the Raffles Hotel. Here we go. The morning began with Fajr…