2009Well, I'm back: I survived the recent holiday and the astounding sense of boredom and anticipation that nationally relevant times like this carry with them, and did not actually get hit by the chikun virus ,perhaps because, like in Jurassic Park, I already harbor viruses which are ten times nastier and crunch up the chikuny ones on sight...old Picky, my ...
Its the 7th of April 2020 and Im writing from a beautiful Island named Sri Lanka inside a curfew, which is different from lockdown in that people actually get arrested if they are caught walking about, in theory. However, in a strange way, rules only seem to apply to people who fear the rules. Anxiety is for those who accept ...
Kantalai. Parched arid land and brown houses with orange dust levels. Bony cattle and the beginning of palmyra. And skies so deep azure blue that you could lose your soul to them. It is twelve years since I saw the East, a dozen years of incredible change, I last came here as a young bride, an innocent ...
A CURIOUS TALE if anyBy al JuharaCurious* was discovered by a local garbage dump, weak, hungry and crooked, one soggy July evening in 2005 . Numerous unpleasant incidents with our growing menagerie mean, that we try not to see or hear stray orphans as we walk or drive around the streets of Colombo, but this one hit my eyes, solidly ...
….ie more of that rahu/ kethu/ aturu dasha crap Its about two years since I last wrote for WOW officially and may I say I'm glad to be back. Quite a lot has happened in my life in these two years and you can be sure I will be updating you about it, in occasionally painful detail. Now ...
Around twelve years ago, when I was hovering on the magical brink of becoming a symbolic 39, I went in for my annual overall check up and the reports came in with a positive diagnosis of diabetes. Well, yours truly, Chands, was in shock for a while and thought it was some kind of mistake! This was an OLD ...
When I met my adorable mother in law Mrs Sesi Paulis she was about 72 and I was 19 so actually more than a mother in law, she seemed like a grandma to me too which was wonderful to me since I didn't have any of my own. She was a very graceful and elegant figure in usually light blue ...
(these photos are merely representative, but closely representative actually)So last MOnday I struggled to my halfway halt and had to embark a bus at about 7pm to get home. It was the wrong bus and would only get me half way there but it was late so I was desperate. I sat next to a dear elderly lady of, perhaps ...
Dabbe" (also known as "Dabbe: The Possession") is a Turkish horror film directed by Hasan Karacadag, released in 2006. The movie has made a significant impact on the Turkish horror genre, and it stands out for its unique approach to supernatural horror and its deep connection to Islamic and Turkish folklore.The film's plot revolves around a group of individuals who ...
Life after Rape: Stay away from the Second Arrow. In Buddhism we are told that the mind is the forerunner of all conditioned things. A lot of pain is caused by our minds- which is indeed strange considering how many millennia we homo erectus spent trying to evolve a bigger and more intelligent brain. Have you seen a dog with TVT? ...
The tsunami struck Matara at 9 23 on the morning of Sunday the 26th December 2004. I was in a small 30 seater inter-city bus on the coast, with my beloved father and a dear friend named Dieter. There were perhaps 3 minutes between us and a monstrous, 30 foot high, wall of destruction ploughing directly towards us at the ...
Horrible Histories: The Sinful SinhalaTheir name means "People of the Lion" because their race began with an Indian princess who mated with a lion (dont try this at home!),- they have been around for more than 3000 years and they have history books to prove it ! ..the Sinful Sinhala had a long series of Kings who became king by killing ...
Greetings and warm regards from Purradise. It is I, Peachy the 23rd, descendant from a long line of regular backyard cats, distantly related to Serious the 48th, who was a rather foreign I hear having been brought into the country on a Portuguese galleon in the time of the Kandyan Kings. Knowing her character though Im sure she ...
Moonlight across the dunes. Gentle, ululating expanses of sand. This is the scrub desert surrounding El Thebsi and there is a soft breeze in the air and the muffled sound of hooves in this sand.A lone horseman accompanied by a lithe desert Saluki gallops towards the vast red fortress on the horizon. He is smiling in the moonlight beneath his shawl, ...
Love. Pain. Life.Hope- sometimes you need a bit of encouragement to go on.When I return to Ceylon, no matter how old I get there is one place I must see.And no it is not an endangered archaeological site or a famous land mark, since they are around and will be taken care of by the authorities and I do not ...
I've known Harry for three years now. He is one of my closest confidantes and "advisory committee members", my " cheer-er up", and my honored partner in crime; we screen each others partners, SMS each other at unholy times of the night and we know so much about each other that should we fall out, blackmail would not be a ...
About two month's back, in the course of duty I was instructed to visit Ampara.I've seen many photographs of this dusty outback territory and these always seem to give the impression of stubborn survival amongst rather desperate odds and a desolate environment. I have sat and painted the barren landscapes and dusty ruins I saw in some photos and I ...
The housewives guide to competing for freelance workChandrika Gadiewasam for Kathru.comHow to actually find rewarding work from home? Be available. Be dependable. And deliver on time! You know who they are, they sidle up to you at various functions and say that they are looking for work, and giggle bashfully and say can you send some work their way. Comfortable looking, slightly frumpy ...
- Chandrika GadiewasamFrom human birth to death, in a maddening cyclical pattern of infancy, childhood, education, graduation, marriage, reproduction, aging and continuous drudgery to survive, through a whirlwind of meaningless traditions and festivals, milestones, new years, birthdays, weddings, and funerals, sickness and health... The human creature constantly seeks happiness and fulfilment and that SOMETHING….But…. are we ever content with what ...
