Sinhalese Lessons. Yay!!
And that’s why I have to go out. I’m scheduled for Sinhalese lessons today, with Rosemary teaching, and Michele and…
Cell Phones Need Money?
Yesterday, while I was making a phone call, my cell phone died. Okay, not the cell phone itself. That’s still…
Monsoon Season Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Cooler Weather
I’m hoping that overcast today also means it’ll be cooler. It’s been warm the past few days. Warm like 31…
Moong Beans, er, um, Mung Beans, continued –
He decided to add some jaggery to it. Jaggery – well, there are some pretty good long explanations about it…
***Side note. Warning. Complete and total tangerine not even closely related to the thread above.
I think I need to talk to Fahim about a feature that I think needs to be added to Blog…
Fahim Ate Bugs. Nanner Nanner Boo Boo!!!!
Fahim finished off the mung beans this morning, complete with jaggery. Before we discuss the jaggery, we’ll discuss the mung…
Cat Food Walking
Yup. There are ants here. Varieties of ants. They scavenge for food. They’ll haul away bread crumbs, crumbs of any…
Newletters
Because I’m the token foreigner in the Relief Society presidency in our branch (a branch is a small congregation, a…
Onwards and Upwards. Ho!Long Live Blog!!!!
Fahim is starting to have an increasingly large number of things going on – more programs he needs to write…
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,…
Curried Mung Beans
I took a look in my recipe database and found a recipe for curried mung beans. I suggested to Fahim…
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,…