Bill and Wendy's ickcillint adventures

Sri Lankan women wear saaris. They wear other things too. Sinhalese women either wear saaris or skirts and blouses. Tamil women wear saaris and unmarried Tamil women wear salwaar kemeez. A few women wear slacks. All professional women wear saaris. As I give formal presentations in my work, I decided to purchase myself a saari At the Saari store, I selected the fabric I loved. It was tan coloured silk blend with blue, green and apricot accents. I also purchased two stretchy tank tops that are worn with a Saari. Saari fabric is sold in such a length allowing for one end to be cut off and used as fabric for a saari blouse. The salesman measured me up for the blouse. A couple days later, when the blouse was ready, the salesman phoned and Bill picked it up for me. I tried it on. First, I put it on backwards. Then realizing my error, I tried it on front ways. The darts in the blouse sharpened my breasts into cone shaped points. I had noticed women about town with sharply poi

Upon receipt of a Sri Lankan cookbook following our language course in Colombo in January, I set a personal goal of learning to become a great Sri Lankan cook. So, each week, I try and cook a new recipe, providing my reluctant shopper (Bill), who doesn't like to try new things, will bring home the exotic ingredients I have listed on his grocery list. This week, I made Jak Fruit Curry. Now Jak fruit, also called Bread Fruit, is a huge fruit, about the size and shape of a football. It has a thick rough covering of green peel and inside, the white meat is starchy looking. Its seeds are about the size and shape of an almond and are also edible. Jak fruit was brought to Sri Lanka by the Europeans as it is an excellent source of protein. Prior to the introduction of this fruit, langawen people had difficulty meeting their protein requirements. After many attempts to dissuade me from cooking Jak, by "forgetting" to pick it up, Bill finally complied and brought one o

Having been here just shy of six months, I observed and continue to observe many cultural differences and similarities between Canadians and the Sri Lankan people. However, I choose to focus my observations on the May Vesak Celebrations that took place in Nuwara Eliya and, virtually around the country. Canada is a Judeo-Christian country, for the most part, so rituals of Buddhism and other religions outside of Christianity were largely unfamiliar to me. As I understand it (from my readings), Vesak, is the holiest of Buddhist religious celebrations symbolizing the birth, enlightenment and death of Lord Buddha. In his enlightenment, he was led to perceive the arising and cessation of suffering and all forms of "unsatisfactory" thus providing a process for the eradication of addiction and cravings. Once these cravings are eliminated, liberation of the mind takes place. With this insight, he attained Full Enlightenment under the historic Bodhi Tree. Long before the actua