Author: LMAshton
Monsoon Season is Seriously Here
I’m experiencing what Fahim talked about. We think it may have been raining all night, but as…
The cake, boss. The cake.
I told Fahim that he wasn’t allowed cake before breakfast, so what does he do? You guess…
Laundry hung up to dry outside doesn’t get dry very quickly during monsoon weather.
That makes sense, right? Right. Well, it’s not like I hang up the laundry under the open…
Today was REALLY monsoon weather. And yesterday, too.
Yesterday, it rained three times, the shortest rainfall lasting for 45 minutes. The last one lasted for…
Prophet Mohamed’s Birthday
Mohamed being the guy who started the whole Muslim religion. I say this to Fahim, to confirm…
On another note, we watched a Hindi movie.
I made the cake in the middle of it. It wasn’t a typical Hindi movie. There was…
Gross Cooking Day
Breakfast was fine – nothing eventful, thank heavens. Lunch and dinner was also fine. I cooked chicken…
On another note. And not at all related.
Fahim made a mistake. A potentially serious mistake. He introduced me to RPGs. And what are RPGs,…
The Tamil Tigers want to be the sole representatives of the Tamil people.
This wouldn’t be a problem if the Tamil people actually wanted this. But at this point, no…
Monsoons are here to stay.
For a little while, anyway. And it was announced on the news this morning that water reservoir…
The President is Power Hungry
But that’s not news. What is news is that she wants to change the constitution. See, she’s…
Day Two of District Conference
Royce from Negumbo and his computer first. At conference today, he said he went home, did what…
Day One of District Conference
In parts of the world where we have stakes, we have Stake Conference. Where there are districts,…
Have I talked about the music these ice cream bikes and trishaws use to attract customers?
No? Then why don’t I? Christmas music. More specifically, jingles like "Jingle Bells, Christmas smells, a million…
Fahim eats with his fingers.
This is not, in fact, news. I’ve mentioned it before. Perhaps I should state it again? Okay….
Fahim’s Baby Tooth Fell Out
Nope, that’s not a typo. Yep, it’s true. It really happened. And no, we’re not talking about…
More on Family History. . .
We had the same presentation to give today in Colombo 1st branch, meaning my branch, that we’ve…
Sri Lankan cats are puny
I was out and about today, and finally I remembered to take pics of some local cats….
Trishaws are a handy thing.
And I finally took one – a close up picture, that is – of a trishaw with…
On another note. . .
I think most of you know by now that Fahim’s a little, uh, strange. Which is perfect…
Day prior to Sinhala and Tamil New Year Day
Fahim seriously doesn’t work a whole lot this week. And that, above, is exactly how it’s worded…
Sinhala and Tamil New Years can be a pain in the butt
See, most people are taking the entire week off. Most shops are closed for the entire week….