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 no romance. Or,…
Other
Gross Cooking Day
Breakfast was fine – nothing eventful, thank heavens. Lunch and dinner was also fine. I cooked chicken tagine again, but…
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, you ask? Really…
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 vote has been…
Monsoons are here to stay.
For a little while, anyway. And it was announced on the news this morning that water reservoir levels are rising….
The President is Power Hungry
But that’s not news. What is news is that she wants to change the constitution. See, she’s the president, and…
Day Two of District Conference
Royce from Negumbo and his computer first. At conference today, he said he went home, did what I told him…
Day One of District Conference
In parts of the world where we have stakes, we have Stake Conference. Where there are districts, it’s District Conference….
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 miles away." (Lyrics…
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 baby Fahim either….
More on Family History. . .
We had the same presentation to give today in Colombo 1st branch, meaning my branch, that we’ve already given in…
Trishaws are a handy thing.
And I finally took one – a close up picture, that is – of a trishaw with Mervyn, our frequently…
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 in the calendars…
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. That means no…
Hair the Musical
Not quite, unless you count me humming away as I chopped Fahim’s hair. All without scissors. What? Yeah, that’s right….
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 need 113 seats…
Church Cancelled Due to Elections
It was decided a week ago – too much uncertainty about how much violence there would be. Thus far, only…
Today is also a holiday.
Other than those manning the polling stations or monitoring the elections has the day off. This, of course, means that…
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 in the areas…
Sri Lanka votes today
There are 225 seats in Parliament, with 24 parties and 200 independent parties all vying for those seats. A total…
Coolness. Blessed Coolness.
It stayed cool all night. We had the fan on a fairly low setting – 2 out of 5 –…
Pre-Election Violence
Is sitting at 6 dead and over 1400 counts of violence. Yeah, much more exciting than Canadian elections, wouldn’t you…