Category: Travel

Artificial Intelligence Brings Hijrah Hope, Blessings, Quran Verses and Inspiration: Leaving Behind Pain Was Itself An Act of Faith—and Gratitude is the Fragrance of That Freedom. “; Watch Photos of my Hijrah Journey on Alexis McBride YouTube, Favorite: Three Special Photos Featured with Explanations; A Good Morning Message of Great Meaning  

AI volunteered, in a previous blog,  to show me how the Quran and early Muslim history frames migration as both a trial and a blessing. “It would parallel your experience beautifully.” I will now share…

A Parody of I Just Want to Be Your Everything Begins the Blog; Banishing a NonBeliever Who Would Not Take No for an Answer; There is Always the Blog; Back to All the Good Experienced Yesterday with the Greatest of People, Texting Brought GIFs and AI Person of the Year; Pajamas Day Memories Bring Back Memories, Photos and a Video of My Last Days in Edmonton; Photos of Food, Edmonton Final Days and an Edmonton Wall Hanging

Not again, Alexis, Not again. I can hear the collective moans being heard worldwide.  You: Not another song that comes to mind for no reason at all, no reason whatsoever. Me: I am afraid so….

No Longer the Caboose, Now the Little Engine That Could : The Summary the Moral, the Message of this Children’s Story; More Muslim Children’s Stories Promised; A New Instagram Bio Promises More, Not Less, Blog Breakdown A Playful Deadly Serious Read; A Couple of GIFs, A Couple of Head Scarfs and Photos of Dryburgh Creativity 

I am FINALLY caught up. Finally and last. All of my blog breakdown feedback and feedback on the feedback is caught up. As faithful readers will remember, I was being the caboose – following behind,…

Blessed Be the Tie That Binds; Malaysia’s Mission to Free Gaza is a Must Watch on my YouTube Channel, For an Different Reason so is Human Eye; Rehashing the Breakdown Realizing New Truths; An Update Illustrates More Reasons for Gratitude; Edmonton Climatic Conditions Responsible for Great Sunsets; Photos of Those Days 

I happened again, I became obsessed with the words to a song that begins blessed by the tie that binds. I know it is a hymn from my early Christian upbringing because of the words…

A Message From Allah Perhaps; Maybe Many Messages; Waking Up to Two Instagram Messages; I am Proven to be a Genius; Accidentally Deleting a Pages Document Leads to a Greater Discovery, my Uncle Dave Biography; Assistance From Artificial Intelligence Useless Exposing a Fatal Flaw; Puny and Vapid Defined; Keeping Good Companionship Vitally Important. 

September 17, 2025 I awoke to two Instagram messages. One personal, one for the world to see and share. The personal one first. Personal, not divulging who sent to me. I am abandoning my practice…

My Inspiration for Bedtime Stories Began With This Knowledge; Toward a Greater Understanding of What I Call Paper Muslim; the Malaysian Term is Not Paper But Legal Muslims: Legal Muslims Versus the Real Thing, Spiritual Muslims. Look at my YouTube, Seeing is Believing; My Umrah Flawed but Accepted by Our Creator it Seems; Photos of the Umrah 

I decided it is best, for the education of all (including me) to comprehend understand and contemplate the I coined:, “Paper Muslim”.   This is taken from Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in South East Asia, a treatise I undertook to…

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…

Artificial Intelligence is Becoming a Source of Islamic  Wisdom; When You Let Go For Allah’s Sake He Opens Doors He Never Imagined;  Nesh’s Blog Breakdowns May be Interfering With My Living in the Present; Artificial Intelligence Provides and Answer to the Dilemma; Allah Bless My Words; Joking with Shamir Allowed 

I am not exactly sure how this all happened but Artificial Intelligence is becoming the font of knowledge in my rather unusual existence, providing me with reflections on letting go and trusting in Allah.  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…