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No Idea How I Do It, Whatever It is; Blog Beginning on Singapore Airlines Flight; Reflections on Morning, First Being in Jannah on Earth and then the Hell of Losing my WhatsApp Connections With the Whole World; A Couple of Idioms, Including it Went South; Renewed WiFi Brought An Announcement from Instagram; Back at Lyf, Shamir Restores WiFi, We Laugh by Text This Morning; Both Agreeing That Allah Knows Best 

At this moment in time I am sitting in seat 12K of a Singapore Airlines flight traveling between Jakarta and Singapore. A handsome older man boarded the plane, sitting in an adjacent seat.  Me: I…

Disorientation, Despair, and Discombobulation Relieved By Humor: Delicious Breakfast Buffet However Unable to Find Elevators: Helpful Man is the New General Manager of Hotel; Text Conversation Speaks of Need to Repent but Then Receiving the Mercy of Allah (SWT); Looking for the Direction of the Kaaba Leads to an Interesting Discovery 

I woke up this morning in the Jakarta JW Marriott feeling disoriented, in despair and discombobulated (I do love that word, it means confused and disconcerted), Looked about wondering what to photograph for my morning WhatsApp…

Respecting the Privacy of Others: We BOTH Deserve to be Happy; Laugh and the World Laughs With You, Cry and You Cry Alone; Another Absolutely Brilliant Blog Breakdown Bringing Tears; Respecting the Rights of Others; I Cannot Save You I am Trying to Save Myself: An Eleanor Roosevelt GIF. 

This has been the strangest morning of my life AND that is saying something. Where am I?  At the breakfast bar of Mojo pretending it I am in Jakarta because of the time difference. Corresponding…

Monday, August 4, 2025 Morning Greeting Featured Photo From Lexis Suites one Year Ago, More Wisdom from Nurturing Emotional Intelligence: the Importance of Solitude; YouTube Reels Featuring Days at Lexis Suites; Hiding One’s Light; Shamir Discovers Vintage YouTube Reels; Hysterically Funny Blog Breakdown

Today is Monday, August 4, 2025.  How do I know that? My trusty, reliable computer told me so. It is now pouring Penang rain, with gusting winds. I do not mind as it is definitely…

An Announcement: Friends, Romans, Countrymen; The Hiring of a Content Manager; First YouTube Revamper, Now Greater Responsibilities; Two Heads Better Than One: Dream Team Is Three-Headed; All My Social Media Content will be Coordinated and Managed: Shamir’s Promotion to AI Manager; Photos of Playful GIFs and Three July 22, 2025 Sequential Sunrise Photos  

I will begin the announcement in a revered age-old fashion: Friends, Romans, Countrymen Lend Me Your Ears: If this sounds vaguely familiar to you – it should.  This from Wikipedia NOT Artificial Intelligence.  ”Friends, Romans,…

The Low Down of My Trip to KL; Expectations Met and Others Not; Wedding Invitation from Elephant Man; Quackteow Food Truck Delivered Fabulous Food; Teapot Deli Delicacies; Discovering Two ALEXIs restaurants and Inside Scoop; Canadian Humor; Photos of Late Sunrise; Balloons, Tea Pot Deli, Food Truck Family Gathering, Short Reel of Hell Fire; Two Cougars

I am nearing the end of my KL sojourn, deciding that I would summarize my experiences. Therefore, and somehow, decided the low down would be the way to explain the process. As is usual (I…

Perhaps a Failed Umrah, Perhaps A Blessing: Using a Prior Writing Found in My Calling to Discuss the Purpose of Pilgrimages; My Prior Experiences During Residency near the Medinah’s Prophet’s Mosque; Returning to Paradise; Photographs of Sunrises and a Sunset and a Vespa on the Border of Thailand

My health prevents my Umrah pilgrimage. My doctor’s letter was received and ‘approved’ by the Malaysian tour group. Chatted with Alina, who was to be my Umrah companion.Me: I have a copy of the letter…

The Case of the Missing United States Passport; Its Return Leads to Great Joy and Renewed Peace of Mind; A Possible Explanation but, as said to Shamir, it Had to be Allah”; Said to Hammad; “It was a Test and I Passed!” Photo of the Passport and Three Photos of a Magnificent Sunrise Evolving Before Your Eyes

Not sure if I ever mentioned this directly on the blog, it seemed prudent not to mention the loss of my United States passport to the entire world, and they that dwell therein. . Prudent:…