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Dear All,
Anyone noticed how there is not a single non-white person on Neighbours except for an extremely stereotypical “Asian exchange student”? No Vietnamese, Sri Lankan, Indian, Singaporean, Chinese, Lebanese, Sudanese characters.
For that matter, not even any Greek or Italian characters! This is apparently meant to be a show set in Melbourne, one of the most multicultural […]
The federal parliament in Sri Lanka is located in a castle with a moat referred to as a “lake”. It may, in fact, have a drawbridge, and some portcullises, god only knows!
What it does in fact have is dragons crocodiles in the moat. You know, to stop any tigers from swimming across…
Dear All,
The below description does not accurately convey the depth of Sri Lankan culture, but is, rather, a critique of certain parts of the mindset which I find to be harmful. I do not discuss here the warmth and friendliness of the people of my country, or their generosity, or even the fact that in spite of this […]
The Canuckistani and I saw a water purification plant today and came up with many ways to dispose of people. There were the “rapids of death waterfall manhole”, the “mustard gas chamber”, the “skirt-eating fan of doom” and the “sludge bucket”. We hope to return some day to commit many a murder, some of which may be featured […]
As I’ll be off to Sri Lanka and Swaziland in a couple of days for my electives, I will be posting a travel diary of sorts, one at The Expatriate (Blogspot) and the other at Der Auswanderer (LiveJournal). These will have the same text on them, and reading one or the other shall be the same experience– I leave […]
Dear All,
There was once a fisherman. Every day he cast his net into the lake, caught a few fish to sell in the local market. However the fish were dwindling in the area he usually worked and thus, he was forced to go further and further. One day he rowed out to the furthest reaches of the […]
Dear All,
I am in the Dead Zone. The time of day where no-one is contactable, by phone, email, MSN or otherwise. The time between four-thirty and eight, where it almost appears as if humanity has ceased to be connected. Right now, I feel alone. A solitary animal within my cave. As it is the Dead Zone, and […]