Tag: islam

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…

Beginning With a Blessed Invocation; Praying That Allah Grants the Love of Those Who Would Elevate Me in His Sight, Not a Scumbag or a Hypocrite; Discussing Hypocrites in Great Detail; Disconnect Between Inner Heart and Outer Tongue; Dust Scattered in the Wind; I am a Hypocrite Expert Unfortunately: My Own Hall of Shame or Rogue’s Gallery

When beginning to write. Usually an idea comes to me and I am off and running. Not so at this moment. During my prayer found a blessed invocation which I will now share and see…

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…

My Life Now Divided Into Pre and Post Ramadan: But Back to Operation Epic Fury; Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Iraq and even Saudi Arabia Are  Behaving; Malaysia Being Diplomatic and Being Rewarded with Passage of its Ships; However, Singapore is Being a Bad Boy and Not Evoking Force Majeure; Gemini Explains Reasons for Their Recalcitrance: I am Absolutely Blessed to Be in Malaysia at this Time; Quran 14.7; Food Photographs

It seems only now I have completed Ramadan, as I made up a day. Time has become distorted in a strange way. All things pre Ramadan are merging into a timeless package, my former life…

Faith Hope and Charity; The Quran Tells Me So: Charity Within the Islamic Faith Explained With Examples; Charity is Not Only About Money; Everlasting Charity: The Ramadan Don’t Just Click to Give; It Seems I am Maintaining a Virtual Mosque: Waiting for the Dust to Settle Before Speaking of the Chaotic World; Photos of Me Covered Over the Years

February 28, 2026 I just learned that the United States and Israel outrageously and stupidly attacked Tehran. Who is going to stop the carnage that Trump is causing all over the world? What is the…

Ramadan So Far: Not Terribly Peaceful But Deeply Meaningful; Intentions Made and Met; An Iftar Dinner; A Skyscraper Query Become a Gemini Poem; Then Fun and Games at a Bamboo Hospitality Hosted Lion Dance; Subdued the Lion with My Cane and Perhaps a Seat at the Board Meeting; Photos of a Prayer Dance and Scenes from the Lion Dance

February 25, 2026 I looked forward to Ramadan with great anticipation, envisioning a peaceful time – free of the intrusions of the world. All seemed to be in in order, ideal for peace, serenity and…

Time Out for a Humor Break: How to Break Up With Your Phone is Both Humorous and Instructive; Learning About Gaslighting; Escape From a Gaslighter Possible Only By Shunning Says the Quran and is Necessary to Protect Your Faith; Blog Search Reveals 26 Hypocrite Entries; Photos of My Phone Over the Years

Things are getting way too serious. I made a terrible mistake and looked at the news. No use reporting the gloom and doom. I am seriously ‘into’ Ramadan but fasting does NOT require me giving…