Category: People

How Could I Live Without You; The You is Allah; Comforting Words from the Doha Airport; I Just Called to Say I Love You; My Home is Home to a White Robot: On the Cutting Edge; Life Gave Me Lemons, I Made Lemonade; A Lunch Encounter Inspires Malaysian History Exploration:  How Could I Live Without You Also Mentioned on Prior Blogs

Most unusual occurrence. The song How Could I Live Without You played on the soundtrack of Mojo Restaurant as I was about to leave. I listened to it, mesmerized Than began to weep, the heaving…

October 20, 2026 The  Sixth Anniversary of My Shahada, Story of my More Formal Introduction to the Faith in Abu Dhabi; A Photo from October 20, 2025 Showing How Lonely I Must Have Been; My Anniversary Through the Day Beginning with Fajr Prayer, Breakfast, the Wearing Apparel of the Owner; My Observant Use of a Allah Remembrance Counter; A Two Year Old Darling Girl; Her Indonesian Grandmother Tells Us About the Fires: the Alchemist Appears Again; Photos of the Day

Today is the sixth anniversary of my reversion  to the Islamic Faith. I said this to a dear Muslim friend, saying that it seemed like a lifetime. Some devout Muslims would say that it has…

Gratitude and Then  More Gratitude; Two Gratitude Wisdoms; You Do Not Have to Care, We Care; A Poem Self Esteem; A Bedtime Story, Allah Made Them All Says it Al; The Reasons for My Immense Gratitude Revealed with the Numbers; 2.38K World Wide Viewers in 28 Days; The United States Ranks Number One: The City Kuala Lumpur, MY Soar in Numbers, Photos of the Statistics and the Bed Time Story Book

October 14, 2026. I woke for Fajr prayer feeling enormous gratitude for reasons you shall soon be appraised of. I prayed in reverence and thanks – my attention was drawn to my ‘bookshelf’. There was…

A Disappointment at the Floating Mosque But Somehow I Was Able to Live the Moment, A Poem, A Quranic Verse, Hadith and Pearl of Wisdom Instructs, My Thoughts on the Day; A Purchased Map on the Way Allows Me to Take You on the Journey with Help from Artificial Intelligence and Sandman’s Knowledge; Relic Defined; Photos of Floating Mosque, Calm of the Sea and the Map

Yesterday did not turn out as planned. Destination of the day was the Floating Mosque, This was announced to my WhatsAppers with a photo I had taken of the Floating Mosque at night with his…

Getting Sidetracked; Into and Onto PickleBall of All Things; How it Got Its Name; My New Found Abilities Surprised All, Including Me; Concentration on the Ball My Secret Weapon; Funny Responses from My WhatsAppers; The Day Held Exercise for the Spirit, a Temple for the Body and Chocolate For Everything Else; Photos of the Day

Admittedly I got sidetracked which means my attention was diverted from what I originally intended to do. The expression comes from railways; a train moves off the track onto a side track. My train took…

Books, Books and More Books; A Discussion of Sensitive Truths in Malaysia, a Book Borrowed from the Penang Library; A Decision Made Not to Learn Malay Based on Facts Found in the Borrowed Book; Defining Quixotic; Bookworm Explored: Alexis Alaa Devours Books; Then A Day in the Life of Alexis McBride Described When Released from the Books

I am surrounded with books. A young staff member walked me to my room last evening helping me with my possessions. He could not believe his eyes.He: Look at all of these books.Me: I love…

Solitude and Its Opposite Necessary Companions CONNECTION and BELONGING; Messages From an Absent Friend and an Admirer Bring Joy: You Made my Day Echoes; Medinah Memories; Every Day Getting Better; Coffee Tree , Lunch, Manicure, Shampoo, Head Message and Blow Dry Shared with All: Old Friend and an Old Admirer; Story on Instagram; You Made Be So Very Happy Leads to Discussion of Bringing Joy Across Borders

An aphorism on the flyleaf of my new book of aphorisms proclaims: “Bury your existence in the sand of solitude for nothing grows and and blossoms that is not buried” I did look in my…

Books are Essential for My Existence and Always Have Been; Living With the Quran Recommended a Dikher Counter That Bought Peace of Mind; Reconciliation Explored: Reconciliation of My Past Being Somewhat Achieved; A Further Book Review of Nakhoda: Back at Lyf International Housekeeping Week Celebrated

Books are essential for my existence. Always have and always will be. I turned to them for solace as a child, spending hours in my room reading; transported via them and my imagination to a…

IDEAS: A  Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Podcast Speaks of the US Constitution in a Learned and Profound Fashion; Behind Every Successful Man is a Woman; The Hot Water Bottle Blues; Consuming Mojo’s Eggs Benedict with Gravalaz; The Podcast Portrays the USA not Fighting Colonization But Being a Colonizer; Quotations from a Canadian Writer, Dr. Nazir Khan

I began the day in what is for me, a typical manner. I prayed Fajr prayer. But somehow, and I have NO idea how – found myself doing something that is simply NOT the typical…