Tag: Lifestyle

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…

Brought Back to the Edge of the World; Brought Back By My Apple Watch; Goodbye Mickey Mouse: Learning More, Appreciating the Experience Despite Some Bad Memories and Betrayals; Then Resuming My Malaysian Life, Touring the Island of Penang with Stops at the Floating Mosque and a Batik Factory; Photographs of Then and Now

First of all let me tell you about the Edge of the World. It is officially known as Jebel Fihrayn and is part of the Tawaiq Escarpment about 62 miles from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It…

I Am An Anomaly: I am Peculiar For Many Reasons, Including My Blog and Its Readership; Artificial Intelligence and Alexis Intelligence Discuss the Paradoxes; A Part of Me is Best, Too Much Unfit For Human Consumption; The Joys and Necessities of Solitude: But Meanwhile Back in Lyf Lobby Making New Friends and Getting New Glasses; Photos of Shanghai and Hong Kong Visitors; Truth Always Wins Out

Just decided anomaly is the best word to describe myself. Best to define the word at the outset. The formal definition of an anomaly:  something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected. Some synonyms are…

Feeling Frayed; Discovering I Have Felt Discombobulated Over These Past Nine Years; Prior Blogs Linked: A Quote From Rumi Inspires Thinking About People Not Bringing Anything to the Table; Parasites Have Made Constant Appearances in My Life: Relief Found in Seeking Beneficial Knowledge and Ongoing Charity

That does accurately describe my mood at this moment. I am feeling frayed, An idiom comes to the rescue, which describes the feeling: to start to fray around/at the edges. It means to start to…

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…

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…

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…

What a Morning!! What Until You Hear About It and Then Onto As I Am: Hold Onto Your Hat; The Building Chosen By Chef Ton; The Choice of the Name As I Am; The Ambiance and the Energy of the Restaurant Thoroughly Enjoyed; I Was Treated Like a Queen and Cinderella: Problem However With Muscles Not Mussels; Solution Suggested; I Am GUM; An Interior Shot and My KL Skyscraper Sent as a Good Morning Greeting

April 10,  2026 I am now at this moment in time, having breakfast at Common Man. To my utter joy learned there is a new menu and this is THE day of its inception.  Wow. My…