Author: LMAshton
Good Friday.
There are religious processions everywhere. Major ones. Never mind that only something like 7.4% of the population…
Hair the Musical
Not quite, unless you count me humming away as I chopped Fahim’s hair. All without scissors. What?…
And as another note, today is Bak Full Moon Poya Day.
In other words, another day Fahim doesn’t work.
Elections are done and we still don’t know who won.
See, out of 225 seats, the President’s party won 105. Not a clear majority. For that, she’d…
Church Cancelled Due to Elections
It was decided a week ago – too much uncertainty about how much violence there would be….
President’s party is winning
So far. And I don’t like it. The voting took place yesterday, and no, the results aren’t…
Today is also a holiday.
Other than those manning the polling stations or monitoring the elections has the day off. This, of…
Jaffna and other areas controlled by the LTTE – otherwise known as the Tamil Tigers
In the news, it’s announced that the government doesn’t believe it can guarantee the safety of individuals…
Sri Lanka votes today
There are 225 seats in Parliament, with 24 parties and 200 independent parties all vying for those…
Coolness. Blessed Coolness.
It stayed cool all night. We had the fan on a fairly low setting – 2 out…
Pre-Election Violence
Is sitting at 6 dead and over 1400 counts of violence. Yeah, much more exciting than Canadian…
Eight monks quit running. In the election, that is.
One of the monks appeared on television explaining why he was dropping out. It seems that, when…
It rained today.
And I don’t mean a wussy little pitter patter of gentle droplets. Oh, no. Not gentle at…
I’m breathing again.
It wasn’t my imagination. The ayurvedic medicine DID work that quickly. I woke up this morning, and…
Ayurvedic Medicine
Got sick – again. Caught a cold, most likely from Fahim, and it decided to turn nasty…
I’ve been AWOL
Got sick – again. I had so many problems breathing yesterday that it was all I could…
More on Sri Lankan Government. A bit of history.
Here’s some history on the whole thing. Originally, the presidency was merely a figurehead position – the…
And you know how Canadians sometimes – and only sometimes – have fruit trees in their back yards?
And it’s usually apples, but occasionally, especially if it’s the Okanagan valley, it’ll be peaches or pears…
This country has too many cows. Way too many. Way way too many.
And I keep taking more pictures of them. What can I say? Even after more than half…
More on cows. Serious cows. Or maybe very happy cows?
I’m really not sure. This is still on the way back from the acupuncturist, and there were…
Rail Road Stations
One day on the way to the acupuncturist doc guy, I took this pic. Or rather, on…
Sri Lanka’s version of door to door salespeople
This guy was carrying around rugs on the top of his head. People here DO walk around…
More on Sri Lankan Elections
And then I find out that Sri Lanka will be holding provincial elections this year, as well….
Actor’s Death Predicted
A Sri Lankan actor was on the news today talking about the political situation here. Let me…