NugaSewana Eden Tangalla

... went to bed.

Today is still raining. More creatures, but so far my room seems clear. I’m good. All this rain has left me a little paranoid of what is crawling in my room which i cant see, but my mosquito net feels like an impenetrable fortress and this makes me feel very secure. I do however spot on the top of my net what looks suspiciously like a cockroach.... I think it’s a beetle and i’ ...

... it is to address the situation. The issue the teachers had was that some children are not completing their homework. A few mothers thus explain that this is because their kids try and stay out of the house for as long as possible during the afternoon, as there are often fights at home due to the fact the husband drinks heavily. This sometimes ends with both the mother and child being beaten. The women are speaking Sinhala so I can’t ...

... the expert advice of Parwadi, head chef. The Afterschoolers arrived for a games afternoon organized by Katy. After lots of fun rally games, Anna's team won with a grand total of 15. Caroline's team came a close last with 1point. There's no animosity at all......!! Initial thoughts of the afterschoolers were they love to chat and are confident. At the end of the day, Ruth, Anna and Caroline felt energetic and slightly sweaty so decided to cool ...

... in comparison to a lot of Sri Lankan's in that he aims to provide the type of things that would really appeal - ie he is the only place in town with a coffee filter machine so I can have a proper coffee. Although it is still a bit off the mark in the coffee stakes, it is still miles better than the grey coloured Sri Lankan coffee with milk powder that you tend to get. He also spent a month in France which is a ...

... my shower in the dark - don't mind the frogs and co when you can see them! So hopefully when I get back after work there will be power! It is a local holiday tomorrow and Friday in SL so I have a long weekend which I didn't expect. It is Poya day on Friday which falls on each full moon and is always a holiday (have found out that SL's have lots of public hols but annual leave when they want is a lot more restricted because the ...

... choices are limited with the obvious effect on prices but we didn't walk that far before the rain started. Rooms were on offer from Rs1000 to Rs2500 although the latter was easily negotiated down to Rs1700. That was the Ibis, a new hotel, like all the places along this part of the Tsunami hit coast, with four rooms and a two tier cabana. It certainly has comfortable beds and cold beer but you then pay the price with the most expensive menu we saw in our whole trip, up there ...

... elephant I have ever seen plus a pregnant one-you could actually see the baby move. When we got home, it was time for some good old bacon butties prepared by Rachel, Sarah, Rodrick and I (yes it does take 2 english girls, an Northern Irish girl and a Sri Lankan to make this!). Tomorrow we are all singing in church, complete with tambourines-what a treat everyone is in for! After that we are going to visit ...

... glancing at caroline through my own tear filled eyes, and seeing she was in no way able to speak- I tried and failed!!!! What I said was barely understandable! Luckily Caroline had recovered and gave a lovely speech. Saturday- elation. Saturday, we went to my first ever cricket game. It was brilliant. The whole time, from 2 till 9, there was a Sri Lankan band playing and the trumpet player did not stop. It was a ...

Woke up this morning and went to carry out my morning constitutional- (ie. toilet, teeth, shower. Shave optional!) discovered something odd had happened during the night in my bathroom. you cvould not see the floor. It was covered in moth wings. I woujld say there were at least 150/200 sets of moth wings. Thing was all i could see were a couple of moth bodies clinging to the soap, and one being carried off by the army of ants that obviously senced a feast was ...

... by about 20 children demanding their photo taken!! I do have 2 prayer requests if possible. One is for a boy called Namal, who I swear is like doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He was with us fishing on Sunday and was the most plesent child you could ever wish for. Then he comes to Smile and turns into a terror. He can be very rough and has a violent streak in him which today and yesterday resulted in 2 girls bawling their eyes out after he had hit them for ...