Month: February 2004

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Acupuncture Again

My back problems didn’t appear overnite, so they won’t likely go away overnite, either. They started when…

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Guest Book is removed

I have to find one that is not FrontPage template – in other words, something that I…

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I read my first newspaper . . . ever!!!

In Sri Lanka. I bet that got your attention! Yeah, Fahim got me a copy of last…

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Blog is bare

Between the severe back problems I’ve had dating back over a month ago, and the cold I’ve…

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Tellulah is Gone

She’s been gone since Sunday, she hasn’t come back, and when I call out her name, there…

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5 Reports of Pre-Election Violence

What kind? How serious? I have no idea. Fahim says it’s the usual thing, and it’s probably…

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Tellulah, the Great Disappearer

We saw her last on Sunday evening. She hasn’t been back for food, affection, or anything else….

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The Frozen North

One person’s comment about Ice Highways in the frozen north of Canada and the US: I think…

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Cows Stampeding

It’s true, I lived a mere two or three hours from the annual Calgary Stampede, and yet,…

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Chicken Tagrine

We had our first taste of it today, and Fahim’s comments were that it was okay. Drat!…

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Sinhalese lessons continue

With the books we got, and with Fahim mercilessly correctly my pronunciation, I’m learning more words. I…

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Short Asian Guys Arrive With Bed

The Damro delivery guys show up with the bed and put it together in the bedroom. I’ll…

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Back to Pres Sunil. And then on to the Hussains. . .

Oh, and Wednesday, we’re meeting with the Hussian’s – short version of the story is that they’re…

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Chicken Tagrine

I made Chicken Tagrine – Modified tonight. Look in the poultry recipes – it’s there. While making…

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Damro’s. It’s time to buy a bed.

Mervyn’s waiting for me, so I hop in the trishaw and we head to Damro’s. I SMSed…

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I’m a computer geek, yes I am!

I received a call yesterday from Sister Griffiths to see if I could come over to their…

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Id-Ul-Alha (Haj Festival Day)

It showed up on the calendar yesterday, but because of new moon issues, it was actually celebrated…

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It’s my birthday!!!

Yay!!! After we played on the internet – and I tried fixing my srilanka site – this…

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Sinhalese

And I start working on the book – the Sinhalese book – we got for me. I…

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Water Outage Today

And it lasted until 10 pm. Oh my goodness!!!! And we had no advance warning, except for…

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My back is better, but . . .

It’s still having problems. Nowhere near as bad, thank heavens. Oh well.