Driving in Sri Lanka

Heshani’s Car aka: Maggie MayThere was a post on Boing Boing a few days ago linking to a video of a [somewhat] busy street in India. I was going through some of my own videos from Sri Lanka and found a couple of what it’s like to drive there. Pictured above was the car I [...]

Sudoku

Sudoku PostSecretIt looks like I’m not the only one!

V got me hooked on Sudoku before I left Montreal and now I tend to spend about an hour a day (or every couple of days) on it! Yes…I lead a pretty boring life! I can finish the ‘Easy’ (newspaper) ones in about [...]

Miss Sri Lanka 2006

Jacqueline Fernandez and Chathurika Fernando (photo from Lanka Library)I know I’m a little late on this, but since I don’t normally pay attention to these things I only found out about it when I was in Edinburgh. It seems that Jackie won the Miss Sri Lanka 2006 competition! I first met her at [...]

Quick Stop in Glasgow

**The following events took place on April 15th 2006 between the hours of 14:30 and 16:30**

I had to go through Glasgow to get to the Prestwick airport. I hoped to look around the city but within minutes of taking the following pictures it started pouring! I walked over to the central station and just went [...]

Exploring St. Andrews

**The following events took place on April 14th 2006 between the hours of 12:00 and 17:00**

I was told St. Andrews was a beautiful place and Savi offered to give me a tour, so I took her up on it. I didn’t realize that she actually did this as a job for her school, so she [...]

Edinburgh Grass Market Jazz Show

Jazz Piano and Trumpet- Sadly, I can’t remember their names! **The following event took place on April 13th 2006 between the hours of 21:00 and 23:00**

I went to watch a live jazz show in the jazz market. The pianist was fantastic, but the trumpet player was even better! In fact, he was from [...]

Edinburgh Castle

**The following events took place on April 13th 2006 between the hours of 12:45 and 15:30** (Read that the way the introduction is read on 24.)

I finally made my way up to the Edinburgh Castle this afternoon…

When you enter the castle you have to pass under the “Nemo Me Impune Lacessit“ (Latin: “No one wounds [...]

Walking Around Edinburgh Centre

Yesterday I decided to explore the city so I went and walked around for a good 3 hours or so. I didn’t bring my running shoes (which was a stupid move) due to lack of space in my bag, but I’m managing. I saw some of the places I would like to see and today [...]

Scotland, Here I Come!

Map of Scotland from Cottages and CastlesI’m going to Scotland for a week! I’m catching a flight to Glasgow and from there I’m heading to Edinburgh to visit my aunt Heshani and Mike! I didn’t expect to see my aunt and M so soon, so this is going to be pretty [...]

Public Speaking: Fading Away

“Thus, we find that in a situation where 3 people are involved we can conclude that mumble mumble mumble mumble…”

A VERY common mistake is when people are speaking in front of an audience they start off strong and as the sentence (or thought) comes to an end, the volume of their voice drops. Sadly, I’ve [...]