Category: Sri Lanka

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Today, I wore a shalwaar to church

The pink one with aqua and purple embroidery that Fahim’s mom gave to me. And I got…

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Lost!

So. We’ve now watched the entire first season. And we’re seriously addicted. Seriously. Season 2 part 1…

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Lost!

We bought Lost! season 1 on DVDs a while ago and started watching it on Thursday. We’d…

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Lou and Ike!

Lou, my niece – 15 – and Ike, my nephew – 5 – arrived today from the…

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My first shalwaar fitting

Fahim, his mom, and I head back to the shalwaar place around the corner from Rasi Silk….

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Fittings and frustration

So today was Fahim’s day off. Fahim’s mom, back in January, gave me the material for two…

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Borax and Sugar and Ants, Oh My!

Borax and sugar kills the ants so incredibly well, it’s delightful! Except that the big brown ants…

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Lunch?

It tried climbing up our living room window. Course, it didn’t work well, being glass and all….

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Lizard!

We’ve now figured out what all the commotion was earlier. See, what first alerted us to the…

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The Siege of the Monitor Lizard

A lizard fell off the roof of our house. What was it doing on our roof? Living…

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Do hummingbirds hum?

I have no idea, but I’m wondering. I haven’t noticed any actual humming, but then, I’m partially…

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Hummingbirds

The hummingbirds are dancing all over the jasmine and curry leaf trees in the backyard right now,…

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Hummingbirds were busy today

So were a few other types of birds, but since I don’t know what they are, I…

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Forest Kittens

The only reason they’re here? Because I like them. 😀 The little fuzzy ones are so cute!…

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So we have hummingbirds

Not us, personally, but around our house. There’s a tree in front of the house on the…

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How does ones internet “run out”?

If, like me, you live in Sri Lanka, it could be caused by a ship dropping anchor…

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It’s my birthday and I’ll shop if I want to . . .

This was certifiably my best birthday ever. Ever. Fahim is one terrific guy. A couple of days…

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No firecrackers

It was oddly quiet here last night. Usually, at any major events, you can hear firecrackers going…

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Ramadan and NaNoWriMo just don’t mix

Granted, it wasn’t me going through Ramadan, it was my husband. But still, given that he’s a…

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The Continuing Saga . . .

Back to the saga of no internet in Sri Lanka.  They finally found the other end of…

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No internet

The update on the whole undersea cable thing and no Internet in Sri Lanka is pretty interesting. …

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Welcome to my freak show!

I live in Sri Lanka, which is off the south east coast of India.  The locals here…

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homemaking – compassionate service project

We, along with Colombo 2nd Branch, put together 300 newborn kits for destitute mothers at the DeSoysa…

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And yet ANOTHER example of the types of vehicles that shouldn’t be driving down our road. . .

You’d think they’d learn. Eventually. Evidently, they have not. It’s a truck carrying a load of scrap…

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More on Vesak Poya Day

I mentioned in previous entries (May 2nd and May 4th) that Vesak Poya Day was a big…