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…
Good Friday.
There are religious processions everywhere. Major ones. Never mind that only something like 7.4% of the population is Christian –…
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…
President’s party is winning
So far. And I don’t like it. The voting took place yesterday, and no, the results aren’t completely in yet….
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…
Eight monks quit running. In the election, that is.
One of the monks appeared on television explaining why he was dropping out. It seems that, when the two hundred…
It rained today.
And I don’t mean a wussy little pitter patter of gentle droplets. Oh, no. Not gentle at all. Well, to…
I’m breathing again.
It wasn’t my imagination. The ayurvedic medicine DID work that quickly. I woke up this morning, and I’m breathing almost…
Ayurvedic Medicine
Got sick – again. Caught a cold, most likely from Fahim, and it decided to turn nasty and interfere with…
I’ve been AWOL
Got sick – again. I had so many problems breathing yesterday that it was all I could do to make…
More on Sri Lankan Government. A bit of history.
Here’s some history on the whole thing. Originally, the presidency was merely a figurehead position – the real power was…
And you know how Canadians sometimes – and only sometimes – have fruit trees in their back yards?
And it’s usually apples, but occasionally, especially if it’s the Okanagan valley, it’ll be peaches or pears or apricots? Here,…
This country has too many cows. Way too many. Way way too many.
And I keep taking more pictures of them. What can I say? Even after more than half a year, I’m…
More on cows. Serious cows. Or maybe very happy cows?
I’m really not sure. This is still on the way back from the acupuncturist, and there were about twelve cows…
Rail Road Stations
One day on the way to the acupuncturist doc guy, I took this pic. Or rather, on the way back,…
Sri Lanka’s version of door to door salespeople
This guy was carrying around rugs on the top of his head. People here DO walk around with large objects…