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Fahim is starting to have an increasingly large number of things going on – more programs he needs to write…
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More On Mung Beans, also known as Green Gram, also known as Mung Gram, also known as “what the hell is this????”
Fahim and I decided that we’re going to cook all the mung beans today, have some for breakfast, finish the…
Thursdays are not Slurpee Days in Sri Lanka
I don’t think slurpees exist over here. If they do, why has no one pointed them out to me? I’m…
More on Writing
When I went to OSC today to meet Michele and chat for an hour or so, she wasn’t there. She…
Michele’s Bug De-Infestation Tips
I told Michele, when I met her at OSC, about the bug infestation problem, along with making curried mung beans,…
Insect Infestation
We have an infestation. In a closed, airtight container. Which can only mean one thing. The bugs are hitchhikers. They…
Brians and More Brians
Just as a comment, in case you don’t find it obvious. When I use brian in the place of brain,…
More On Writing and Writers
And here’s what I pasted on the top of what I meant to bold: Khara enlists the help of her…
Sometimes I’m On Serious Drugs
And I stupefy even myself with silly acts. Like cutting or deleting something when I meant to bold it. Which…
Speaking of Cold Showers
Have I mentioned? It’s cooler most days, plus we get a little bit less sun because the days are getting…
Mornings Come Early
Fahim’s back to his regular schedule of waking at 5:45. He gets out of bed fairly shortly after that. He…
Shark Meat
I cooked shark meat today. It was pretty interesting. It’s very tender, very white meat, with not a whole lot…
Sinhalese Lessons! Yay!!!!
Boo Hoo! They didn’t happen. They were supposed to. But they didn’t. A woman at church, Rosemary, teaches the missionaries…
Sinhalese? Oder Tamil?
Because I’m either a geek or a ridiculous individual – you can vote on which one you think it is…
Think Maybe I Was A Little Tired
I was fading, so I lay down to take a nap. I put the alarm on for an hour later,…
Smallville
Because we’re obsessive people, we watched two more episodes of Smallville. Fahim gets irritated when I point out things like…
Smallville, Here We Come. But first . . . Church.
We’re having another homemaking this coming Saturday. We’ll be making sweets appropriate for Christmas gift giving. The two women who’ll…
Washing Machines and Sri Lanka
Fahim’s sarong ripped today. Ooops. Yesterday, his at-home pants, which more closely resemble pajama bottoms, ripped. Ooops. We suspect our…
Fahim’s Feeling Better
He went to work today but still didn’t feel great. Today, he’s feeling much better. Yay! But since he was…
Vehicles Powered by Motors Are Considered Optional
I’ve talked briefly about this before. There are all sorts of vehicles on the roads here. And I’m really not…
More On Power Outages
We had another power outage this afternoon. Started around 3:15 pm. It was just after a thunder and lightning storm,…
Back To Sick Ol’ Fahim
Still sick. I feel terrible for him. Today, we plan to take him to a doc. Unless he’s feeling significantly…
Fahim’s Still Sick
But before I really get into that, I have some business to take care of first. There have been problems…