Month: January 2004

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Elders Lawrence and Woo came over tonight

When Fahim was at church last Sunday, Elder Woo asked Fahim if they could come over, and…

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Holidays in Sri Lanka ARe . . . WEll, COOl.

Next week, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday are holidays. Cool! I’ll fill in the details for you later,…

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No Staples or Office Depot here, man!

On the way home, I tell Mervyn I need to stop off at a bookshop. I need…

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Uh, OOOOPS!!!!

I got an email from Leena today asking what happened because my blog was no longer on…

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Back pain.

I saw the acupuncturist again this morning, and while I’m still stiff and the soft tissue is…

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Howdy

I’m still alive, just been experiencing severe back pain for the last week and a half.  No…

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And Fahim came to church

But not to listen to my talk – no, he refused to come early enough for that….

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I’m in charge. Oh no!

Of Relief Society. I have no counsellors yet, so I’m running the show. And I’m forgetting half…

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Water Outages

On the news today, it was announced that there would be scheduled water outages every day until…

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political parties merge

When we saw that on the news, Fahim’s comment was that it meant that an election would…

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I was sustained as Relief Society President today

For those of you who are LDS, you understand the implications. It’s a huge job with a…

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Races

Not races as in color of skin. Nope. As in running. On the way to church, I…

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Battlestar Galactica – original series

Fahim and I watched the first two episodes, even though all three episodes form the series opener….

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“Planet Run” by Gordon R. Dickson and Keith Laumer

Published 1982. “The last virgin planet in this sector of the galaxy is about to bust wide…

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Signs I’ve Been Living in Sri Lanka Too Long. . .

When I run out of curry powder, I freak out and wonder how I’ll ever manage to…

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Religious tension and attacks . . .

23 churches were attacked here in Sri Lanka between 24 December 2003 and 31 December 2003, and…

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What the heck are inverted lines?

While doing a load of laundry this morning, the power blew. The first clue was a loud…

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I read my first word!!!! In Sinhalese!!!!

It may seem obvious, but there’s no guarantee that they’d use the same sound for the brand…

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“Wolfling” by Gordon R. Dickson

First published 1968. 157 pages, which gives a publisher’s word count of 39,250 words. Considering I read…

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Sinhalese. . . Yay!!!

I’m learning it. That I’ve been taking lessons every now and then is not a surprise to…

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Battle Star Galac Tica

Bat Tul Star Gah Lak Ti Kah Somehow, breaking it up like that doesn’t make it any…

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But now I’m really getting ahead of myself.

I woke up late this morning. 7:05 am. And yes, that’s sleeping in. Tuesday, I woke up…

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And now I’ll resume an earlier thought.

Or something like that. I got to play on the internet today. Added a red meat page….

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And for the record, I’ve now been here in Sri Lanka for 5 months.

Which also means that today, Fahim and I have been married for 5 months. It also means…

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It also means I get internet today

Today being a holiday, no one was working. I got internet. Heppy heppy heppy. So we played…