Author: LMAshton

Howdy! I'm a beginner artist, hobbyist photographer, kitchen witch, wanderer by nature, and hermit introvert. This is my blog feed. You can find my fediverse posts at https://a.farook.org/Laurie.
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From India: Live Clothed Girls May Be Stripped of Their Dance Jobs

Linky. —–Begin Quote: At Azad Maidan, where Gandhi once led a sit-down strike against the British Empire,…

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India Generous?

Um, that would be a resounding no. Keep this in mind while reading the article. 1 India…

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The Great Firewall of China

From here. —–Begin Quote The complex system that the Chinese government uses to control the flow of…

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Bollywood Musicals 101

We buy them by the truckload. Bollywood movies are subtitled in English, or at least, every single…

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Sand Art

This is seriously cool. Seriously. I think my favorite has got to be the one with all…

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Applying for a residency visa

Just for a laugh, I went to the Canadian government’s website to check out the Skilled Worker…

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The Canadian government pisses me off

Fahim and I went to the Canadian High Commission here today to renew my passport. I hand…

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Internet? Really?

Yeah. Last time the internet went down completely, it lasted for a week and a half. I’ll…

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Lie to me. Please.

Is it fixed? I don’t know. I’m hesitant to jinx it by saying that it is. But…

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And it continues.

Given that this is Sri Lanka, the country where, if you take your computer in for technical…

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It’s still broken. Ack!

And even though you lot don’t care, I’m upating y’all anyway. [Razz] The internet is still broken….

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Cows are loud

When cows go wandering past our house, they frequently Moo! very loudly. Some are quiet, and just…

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The internet is broken. Again.

Remember back when the Olympics were being held, and an Indian ship off the coast of Sri…

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How does ones internet “run out”?

If, like me, you live in Sri Lanka, it could be caused by a ship dropping anchor…

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Maps at Google.com

It has no idea what to do with Sri Lanka. It found Vancouver, British Columbia fine. Queen…

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No Electricity for HOW Many Days?

We went out and about today, like we frequently do on Mondays. On our way out, we…

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Japanese Siblings Live With Dead Parent

Because that’s always a good idea. . . Linky. —–Begin Quote TOKYO Mar 8, 2005   Police on Tuesday…

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More on Mt. Lavinia Hotel

The room itself was wonderful. A/C worked beautifully, hot water for a shower was heaven, and I…

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Mt. Lavinia Hotel

So my next assignment for Travel Sri Lanka the magazine is to review the Mt. Lavinia Hotel….

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Monsoon Blues

Summer’s in full swing here.  Well, except we don’t have summer.  We have the South-East Monsoon season,…

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Tamatje’s Indian Restaurant

Well, we ordered take away from Tamatje last night, and they’ve gone the way of the typical…

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Charitable goods coming into Sri Lanka

Because of the tsunami, there are all sorts of aid agencies here who are trying to help…

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Mosquitoes

Are you at all curious about mosquitoes? There are quite a few varieties. Anopheles carries malaria, another…

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Power outages a political move?

Lately, we’ve been having upwards of 4 power outages a day, sometimes lasting as long as a…

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More things that fall under the label of “Too much time on one’s hands”

And yet, it’s disturbingly cool. In short, it’s a cake partially eaten by rats made from brownies….