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Asia » Sri Lanka » Western Province » Colombo April 6th 2007

Free nights in our second home. 5 days of eating and watching TV. And learn the mentality of the Sri Lanken nurses. So straingh. But finally Rudy got better, with a lot of women around him.... read more

Congratulations

Asia » Sri Lanka » Western Province » Colombo March 4th 2007

Aaron, Autumn and Warren

Babe

Today's message has to go to my favourite 20 year old nephew and godson Aaron hahahahaha because he has just scored a new job as a rep for 18to30s, God Help Them hahahahaha You know I don't mean it, I'm really proud of you and I know how important it was for you to succeed. The only thing is I won't get to see him before he leaves in May, but I love him to bits and he'll be great. BIG HUGS AND SLOPPY KISSES, I LOVE YOU AARON, YOU DID GOOD... read more

Off to India

Asia » Sri Lanka » Western Province » Colombo March 4th 2007

Babe

So here I am, my last day in Sri Lanka, I've heard from my project leader in India and the work sounds really varied and interesting. So with my bags packed and a few more hours round the pool, all that's left to say is farewell Sri Lanka and see you all in India. xxx... read more

Happy 18th Birthday Bryony

Asia » Sri Lanka » Western Province » Colombo March 2nd 2007

The Mount Lavinia Hotel

Babe

Today was a strange day, I arrived back in Sri Lanka early this morning and checked back into my hotel, the posh one hahahaha. It was a bit lonely and I missed the guys, I'd had a couple of texts from them and it was strange not to be with them. But to make it worse today is my niece's 18th birthday and i won't be with her to celebrate it. That I find hard, I seem to missing such a lot back home. I text her early this morning, I'm sure it will wake her but at least she knows I am thinking about her. Not much planned for today just need to get ready for India, I leave on Sunday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRYONY, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH XXXX ... read more

Colombo Transit

Asia » Sri Lanka » Western Province » Colombo February 25th 2007

transit

borri and pepe

five hours to kill... read more

My Last Day at Vajira

Asia » Sri Lanka » Western Province » Colombo February 23rd 2007

Babe

Wow what an emotional day, well you all know what a wreck I am when it comes to saying goodbye. It almost felt like it did when I said goodbye to you all before I left the UK and I had to go through it all over again. I have made some amazing friends here in Sri Lanka, I really do have a home from home and when I get HOME and start teaching I want my class to have a connection with Vajira. It's important for children to realise that not everyone is as lucky as they are and although there is a lot that the children want it is amazing to see boys playing marbles with rounded stones, I wonder how many boys in the UK know how to play marbles? When I left ... read more

My OPUS

Asia » Sri Lanka » Western Province » Colombo February 20th 2007

My Opus

Babe

At last my Opus is complete. I have always wanted to have something published, never thought I would have to self-publish and then not earn any money from my work but I have completed the workbooks for the school, Grade 7 and 8 now have workbooks to go with their text books. How good does that make me feel.... read more

New Clothes

Asia » Sri Lanka » Western Province » Colombo January 26th 2007

New Clothes

Babe

Today a whole load of clothes arrived at the Home, they had been donated by a Sri Lankan charity, Tina witnessed the whole shanangans that went with the opening and sorting of the clothes, here are a couple of her photos. Not all the children found something new to wear, it's amazing to find how fussy some of them are especially the girls, nothing changes does it? ... read more

All creatures great and small (some of them are on my wall)

Asia » Sri Lanka » Western Province » Colombo January 21st 2007

A welcome visitor

Serendipi doo dah

I have been able to share my room from time to time with several uninvited guests here in tropical Sri Lanka, and some of these fellows haven’t made it through the entirety of their intended stay thanks to various weapons at my disposal. A regular visitor in many rooms here has the scurrying gait of a large beetle and the battle-hardened, aggressive appearance of a cockroach - a weird hybrid of both these creatures. On the one occasion that the ‘mother’ of all big bugger beetle-cockroaches found him/herself in my room, it came second in a hard-fought battle with my industrial-strength vermine-killing spray, acquired in the household poisons section of the local Keells supermarket. In this and subsequent incidents the carcass of the evil-looking insect always seems to end up on its back, and eventually attracts ... read more

Week 2

Asia » Sri Lanka » Western Province » Colombo January 18th 2007

Babe

Thursday 18th January Well here we are again another week almost over, where is the time going to? So much to tell you this time so I’m going to split it into different entries to make it easier reading. Let me think, where to start. I’ve already told some of you what my room is like but for those of you who have yet to savour the delights here goes. I share my room with Tina (Lisa has now returned to the UK and the comforts of home) and lots of multi-legged beasties including an array of lizards, cockroaches, HUGE spiders, slugs and anything else that happens to wonder in. The lizards are ok they don’t make any noise and what cockroaches we don’t kill with our MEGA ROACH KILLER SPRAY they eat and kindly leave ... read more

Brief history of Sri Lanka

The Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in the 6th century B.C., probably from northern India. Buddhism was introduced beginning in about the mid-third century B.C., and a great civilization developed at the cities of Anuradhapura (kingdom from circa...more history

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