Donations – 26 Dec 2004 Tsunami Relief
Donations I’ve had a lot of emails from people asking where to donate, so I have consolidated all the information…
Countries
About the Author
Howdy, y’all! I’m Laurie Ashton Farook and I’ll be your guide on this crazy adventure in Sri Lanka. 😀 I’m…
The Internet’s Broken!
For us, at any rate. It started yesterday morning when we suddenly lost the ability to access sites like Google,…
Twilight by Stephenie Meyers
So. I whined about how I figured I’d never be able to read Twilight by Stephenie Meyers because it’ll never…
On books in Sri Lanka
We can get books by Orson Scott Card, Terry Pratchett, Anne Perry, Robert Ludlum… Western authors who write in English…
What is your bandwidth speed?
We have internet through SLT, and we’re supposed to have download speeds of 512 Kbps and upload speeds of 128…
Crappy crappy internet speeds
I’m trying to, shall we say, customize my MT template. Alas, I can’t. Ten minutes to attempt to – and…
Censorship in Asia
It’s nothing new. China has a history of blocking scads of websites, and has even gone so far as to…
Time Change
Sri Lankan time changeHalf hour back, now match region Everyone still late. So my haikus suck. Deal. :p Here’s the…
Let the Chaos Begin!
Fahmi hired a driver for the next few days. What with everything going on, I gather the general consensus is…
I’m starting to get spoiled
Just a little… Not too much. I could certainly use more if anyone else wants to spoil me. Although that’s…
Fahim’s first day off…
Wedding stuff commences… Fahim took off the next few days because of the wedding and the possible help we might…
Sewing… Done.
I finished sewing the crinkly cotton purple/pink/yellow kameez this morning, although I have a leetle bit of picky detail work…
Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match
I dunno, I think I’m the only one… I got an email today that cited something I wrote in one…
Shrinking Fabric Haiku
Crinkly fabric shrunk.What to do? Oh, what to do?Stretch it out, my dear!
And another one…
Pink shalwaar is doneNext cut out crinkly fabricPink, purple, yellow.
Black Pajaama Pants
His second pair are done with the single exception of the waistband. The pants, as they came from the store,…
Fahim’s Pajaama Pants
The cream colored ones are done. The material is a real pain to work with – it unravels so very…
More Shalwaars?
Fahim’s brother spent a few days in India – his last holiday sans wife since he’s getting married in *gulp*…
The jewellery store called
Twice. To tell us that my jewellery is ready. It’s due Friday. As in, three more days. Can you say……
Sewing Introspection
I stopped sewing for two years after moving halfway around the world (Canada to Sri Lanka). My machines were a…
Fahim’s Shopping!
Lucky guy. He knows what he wants, and he gets it done in no time at all. Why? Is it…
Jewellery, pour moi.
But we still needed jewellery. The short version of the long and drawn out reason I need jewellery is this:…