The Curse Of The Male Species

 The Curse Of The Male Species

I. Humankind

Wars, rape, genocide, honor killings, unwanted pregnancies. . . 

II. Cats

Spraying urine all over the place - doors. walls, refrigerators, TV screens, anything with a vertical surface. . .

Snippets Of Islamic Wisdom

Why do some of us follow our dads in appearance while the rest of us follow our mothers or maternal grandparents in appearance?

My dad's origins were Portuguese settlement-related whereby his ancestor from Spain theoretically tagged along with his Portuguese buddies and set sail for the East and landed in Malacca on the west coast of Malaysia where they established a trading colony and settlement about five hundred years ago.

My half-Indian-half-Chinese mom's parents came from India and China respectively probably at the turn of the century or thereabouts, a time when immigrants from those two countries were brought in mainly to assist in the development of the nation's pioneering tin mining and rubber industries.

I am the second eldest in a family of six siblings, four of whom follow my dad's side in the looks department, two brothers and two sisters, while the other two, myself included, follow my mother's parents in appearance, my Chinese maternal grandmother in my case to the extent my granddad's nickname for me was 'Korean Boy', and my Anglo-Indian maternal granddad in the case of the youngest sibling.

A typical mixed bowl of fruit, you might say.

And guess what? Islam has the answer for this mixed bowl of fruit, and how it came about.

Vol. 4, Book 55, No. 546.

When Abdullah bin Salam heard about the arrival of the Prophet at Medina, he came to him and said, "I'm going to ask you about three things which only a prophet knows about."

(skipping to the third question)

"Why does a child resemble its father, and why does it resemble its maternal uncle?"

Allah's Apostle said, "Gabriel has just now told me of their answers."

(skipping to the third answer)

"As for the resemblance of a child to its parents, if a man has sexual intercourse with his wife and gets his discharge first, the child will resemble the father, and if the woman gets her discharge first, the child will resemble her."

(ref. source: Sahih Bukhari Book 55)

Voila! And that was why I was my maternal granddad's 'Korean Boy' as a child.  A product of an orgasmic race in which my mom won. That's me!

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Georgetown, Penang, Thurs.:- "Plain toasted whole meal bread for breakfast, lunch and tea. Dinner? Optional. Whatever you like, in moderation of course," said Jack Sprat Could Eat No Fat, a pseudonym a local resident uses for fun mostly.
   "Tell us more," said our intrepid interviewer, "exactly how this discovery came about, by accident as you claim," she went on.
   "Well, truth be told, out of sheer laziness actually," he explained, "from wanting something to nibble on while checking up on the latest news reports of the day, as in the case of most of us gadget-dependent folk, via the Internet, something fuss-free and easy to prepare, like instant noodles but minus the high calorie content, lbnsl, code for 'laughing but not so loudly', in case you didn't know," he went on.
   "Excellent for losing weight though," he continued, "plain toasted whole meal bread for breakfast, lunch and tea, and then sit back and watch your body fat literally melt away, theoretically untested of course, something I'll bet your nutritionist might advise against, but who's probably twenty pounds overweight in any case I'm guessing and could use some plain toasted whole meal bread herself, for losing some of those extra unhealthy pounds, that is," he concluded.
   

Just Look At You

 Just look at you.
God must've been so pleased with himself the day he made you,
He would've declared that day a holiday.

Just look at you.
God must've been so pleased with himself the day he made you,
The look of satisfaction on his face would've lasted from sunrise until sunset.

Just look at you.

God must've been so pleased with himself the day he made you,

He would've summoned everyone from the four corners of his kingdom

For a day of feasting and merriment.

Beatitudes: Unfinished Business

A life without challenges results in a dull mind and lethargic senses. A life full of challenges results in a sharpened mind and alert senses. Blessed is he whose life is full of challenges whether he likes it or not.

Observations # 27

In real life, in movies, in hostage situations, you hear it all the time...the United States does not negotiate with terrorists. Britain swears by it as well. Even Israel said it following the October 7th attack and the taking of more than two hundred hostages, most of whom were Israelis, native or otherwise.

But now, both master and puppet, what the opposition likes to call them, are doing exactly what they have sworn never to do, negotiating with whom they have branded as terrorists, a label which the same terrorists have now been exonerated from and who have now attained a new level of legitimacy and recognition on the diplomatic stage of global affairs.

How the mighty have fallen. Weakness has seeped into their bones and their strength has begun to ebb like blood from a bleeding wound.

With the right amount of arm-twisting, it now seems like, from the river to the sea, a free Palestine was not too unrealistic a dream.

More Proof Islam's Prophet Was Not The One Who Was To Come After Jesus

 John 14: 16

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever.

Islam's prophet died in the year 632 A.D. He was 62 years old when he died. He did not even make it past his 63rd birthday. Jesus said the one to come after him would be with us forever.

Counsel for the defense rests, your Honor.