Category: Other
Newspaper Lady
First things first. Fahim has been approached twice now in the last week by two women he…
Brekkie cake
After unpacking and unloading everything, I made a breakfast cake. Fahim’s fast is supposed to start any…
I Get to Meet an In-Law – But Not Today. And I am, apparently, Japanese.
Fathima, Fahim’s sister who lives in Dubai, called and said she was coming to Sri Lanka and…
While I was at church, Fahim went to work to play on the computers and download email…
Rabid Rabid Raggedy Squirrels
There’s a lot of wildlife here. It’s what comes from being a tropical island having lots of…
Cooking with a scale?
We went to the department store today to pick up cooking stuff. You know, cake pans, a…
Mongolian Food
We receive flyers on occasion. I’ve mocked many of them right alongside Fahim as we peruse the…
Cows, Baby, Cows
Remember me saying, oh about a half dozen times now, that cows wander the streets and they’re…
Odel’s Day
Marlene is off work for a week and a half on holidays. Her mother and three other…
Cargill’s Day
Food City is owned by a company called Cargills, and today they decided to have Cargills Day….
Purple frogs?
Seriously? It’s bright purple, bloated and scientists say it’s been around since the dinosaurs. The 3-inch long,…
Home Breaking
Well, it’s not called that. It used to be called Homemaking, and some of us mocked it…
Oberon Is a Sickie
I’ve already told you about the hole in Oberon’s butt. Well, I had one interesting response about…
Buddhist Holidays
I think I’ve mentioned that Buddhists tend to have holidays on every full moon. This time, this…
Today Really Was a Boring Day
Honestly, it was. You can even skip reading this today if you want – I won’t be…
Because I’m Anal, That’s Why
I’ve had a few enquiries about our red rice, or pink rice, as I sometimes call it….
Beef Burnt Curry
We had Beef Burnt Curry today, which was an accident. I forgot to check. I get sidetracked….
Writing . . . good.
I wrote 20 pages today, and heck, am I impressed with myself or what? Hmm. Yeah, I’m…
And Here I Thought Tellulah Was the Smart One
But I was obviously wrong . . . On some matters only. But I’m going to digress…
Um, dear, there’s something in the ceiling. . .
When we’re getting ready for bed, I hear some thumping noises from the ceiling. I comment on…
Gizzards and Lizzards and . . . oh, forget it!
We had chicken soup today, and I tend to boil up the bony bits and things like…
There’s a cockroach where?????
This morning, when I went to do laundry, I found – guess what? – a dead cockroach…
Adaptation
We watched Adaptation with Nicholas Cage. I gotta say I don’t really see what all that fuss…
Dead baby gecko.
Geckos. We had them in our bedroom. The kitchen, I’m used to. The bathroom, I’m used to….