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Showing posts with label sons and daughters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sons and daughters. Show all posts
Thursday, June 12, 2014

THE HOUSE OF A FRIEND IN JANDA BAIK... and the Reality that you choose, and that has chosen you

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"It is so green here, Papa." After 2 weeks of no-holiday-holiday (according to Mikhail), we finally managed to br...
Sunday, March 16, 2014

COFFEE, COMPANY AND A HAPPY ROUND OF ARCHERY - 4 observations on traditional archery

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"Dammit... Papa is taking another picture!" Struggling with Father. I found it absolutely confounding why my 10 year old son,...
Sunday, January 12, 2014

APPLES & ARCHERY... of life, love, parenting and cliches

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93. Muhammad Mikhail May he be a servant of God, A lover of the Prophet, A  friend of the Angels, A mureed of the Masters, A ...
Friday, December 6, 2013

A FATHER'S MEMOIR - the shy doctor

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A Memoir.  My father is writing his memoir. After the unexpected passing of my brother, Abang Chik (a.k.a. Poone) last September, my da...
Saturday, August 10, 2013

From the Transient Artifice to the Prose of God: True Love - of life, death, grandparents and the divine nexus of Allah (s.w.t.) and His Muhammad (s.a.w.s.)

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Jasad & Pertemuan Jasad bersemadi didalam bumi,  Namun jasa baktimu kekal di hati,  Pemergianmu bagaikan baru sehari,  Seor...
Thursday, July 11, 2013

THE SAD SUFI CLOWN - The Ramadan Story, Part 2

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Action-Figure. Not a Doll.  My partner, Alex, is a collector of dolls. Oops, sorry, my bad, I mean action-figures. And in the pursuit o...
Friday, July 5, 2013

BIG FAT CLOUDS - clouds, kittens and a 9-years old son seeking a restraining order against his mother

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Distant Thunder I hear the rumbling of a distant thunder, Light is veiled behind a plume of cloud, But rain is come The seeker is now the...
Saturday, March 23, 2013

POSTURES IN PRAYERS. GOD IS GOOD TO ME - Pictures tell Stories

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Going... Going... Barely keeping upright... Going... ( Ooh... I am so tired... ) Leaning back now... ( Much better! This...
Monday, March 11, 2013

Great Days Now, Great Days Ahead - Mika and his sampin

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" ... I knew I should have tied his sampin tighter..." My nine-year old son, Mika, insists on wearing the full traditional M...
Friday, February 22, 2013

God bless the Invisible Thread! - fathers and mothers, sons and daughters...

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The Invisible Thread There is an invisible thread Between your heart and your child's, And every tremor, every passion and pea...
Friday, December 14, 2012

THE SURGEON WHO IS PAID IN CHICKEN - and the Pen-Man, the Magic Songkok, Imam Mahdi and Jesus, Prince of Peace

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The Pen-Man and the Surgeon who is paid in chicken.  I was with Mikhail and told him that I saw the Pen-Man. The Pen-Man is an old Indi...