Category: Malaysia

Mashaallah May Allah Put Barakah in It and Your Time Here: Learning the Meaning of Barakah: A New Chapter is Unfolding; A Chance Encounter Brings Back my Ikebana Days; Guiding You to My Ikebana Book on the Blog; Oops My Last Visa Run is Sooner Rather Than Later; Photos of Flowers and a Prayer Dress

I gleefully sent messages to friends announcing the successful transfer of funds from my US bank to my Malaysia band  A dear Muslim friend responded.Me: Major bank transfer. My 10 year visa almost entirely funded….

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…

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…

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…

Numbers CAN be Meaningful;  Wait Until You Hear About Mine; My Blog is My Everything: Apparently I am a Force to Be Reckoned With; 100,000 Strong: Being the Heart and Soul Meant I Could Not Weep Openly;  Photos of My Special Common Man Coffee, My Indonesian Jewels and Two T-shirts

First of all let us get meaningful out of the way. (Hahaha) We will be exploring the word through its synonyms. There is more than one meaning, combining them explains what I mean. (Hahahaha). Synonyms are…

Rancor; So Important in the Islamic Faith; I Must Rid My Heart of Rancor and Did So With My Hall of Shame or Rogue’s Gallery; The Scumbags and Hypocrites Are Flushed Down the Toilet Into the Pipes, Never to Be Thought of Again; Then  Out of a Clear Blue Sky; Beyond My Wildest Dreams; A Gift From Chef Ton

I fortunately posses many books on the Islamic Faith. One of my most favorites is one, originally gifted to me by a Saudi Driver. I gifted it to a hypocrite, not knowing he was one…

Having a Lot on My Plate; Nail on the Head; Awash in Idioms and Blessings; The Trump Solution, First Providing His Diagnosis and Then Putting Him in Involuntary Treatment; So Happy Not to Be in the USA But Instead Utterly Blessed to be in Malaysia; Being Classified as the Heart and Soul of Societe to my Initial Chagrin: Catch the Photos of Siri Nagari and Travel to my Pinned Instagram Post

From the outside looking in – it may seem that I have a life of ease and luxury. But that is not the way it is at all. I have a lot on my plate…

New Statistics Reveal Many New Readers; Help, by the Beatles: Again Changes in Attitude Changes in Latitude: My Existence Divided into Pre and Post Ramadan Days; Stupendous  News from Post Ramadan Being Called MaMa by a Young Indonesian Muslim Sister; Learning of Its Significance: Finding the Photo That Began it All; Photos Illustrating Look At the Light I Have Found

The other day I asked Blog Master Chris for my statistics. An entirely unique feature emerged. The statistics proclaimed that there were 27,086 new visitors and 7,253 returning visitors. No idea how that was determined…