Neem Oil and Papaya Mealy Bug
Yesterday, on our way back from grocery shopping, we stopped at an Ayurvedic doctor’s office to pick up some beeswax…
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Help Needed Identifying Plant Pests & Problems
We don’t have a very large plot of land, so don’t have a very large garden, but we do maximize…
Purple-Faced Langur Monkeys at Play
I finally got around to asking what kind of monkeys these were, and Fahim told me that our friend Sona…
The Lizard Walk. And The Bird. But Mostly The Lizard Walk.
It started at 3:04:35 pm and continued until 3:08:52 pm and will be indelibly imprinted on our brains until the…
More Neighborhood Monkey Activity
It’s true, monkeys amuse me. As long as they don’t fling poo at or near me, that is. ๐ But…
Attack! of the Sand Creatures!!!
Every now and then, when I walk around the house outside, I’ll see all sorts of conical pits in the…
Neighorhood Monkeys in Sri Lanka
For your information, these photos were taken with the purple-faced leaf monkeys (or purple-faced langurs) around 60-100' away from me…
Sub-Marine Cables Cut – Internet Slow?
Does it feel like your Internet is slow? Depending on where in the world you are, it could be because…
German Restaurant
Published in Travel Sri Lanka magazine, October 2004. By Laurie Ashton When I was five or six, my sister and…
La Rambla Restaurante
Published in Travel Sri Lanka magazine, September 2004 By Laurie Ashton As I put the mouthful of sweet, creamy pudding…
A Taste of Culture Shock
Published in Travel Sri Lanka magazine, May 2004. By Laurie Ashton Shortly after arriving in Sri Lanka from Canada, my…
Sri Lankan and International Intellectual Property Law
A friend recently had some issues with intellectual property laws and procedures in Sri Lanka. As a result, and due…
More on Plagiarism in Sri Lanka
Sometimes, I just wonder about people. Really, I do. I’ve mentioned in previous posts that plagiarism, copyright violations, and piracy…
Software Piracy in Sri Lanka
In a previous post, I talked a bit about piracy and copyright violations in Sri Lanka and I mentioned it’s…
Piracy, Plagiarism, and Stolen Content in Sri Lanka
Speaking about yesterday’s post and that news site, there’s a lot more content on that site that, I believe, is…
More Copyright Violations
In yesterday’s post, I alluded to the fact that I’ve experienced more than just one copyright violation. I have, although…
Sri Lanka Links
Sri Lanka. Cuz I live here now. That’s why. If there are any links you’d like to see added here,…
About Sri Lanka
Official name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, or, in Sinhalese Sri Lankฤ Prajathanthrika Samajavadi Janarajaya. Sri Lanka changed its…
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…
About the Author
Howdy, y’all! I’m Laurie Ashton Farook and I’ll be your guide on this crazy adventure in Sri Lanka. ๐ 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…