My brain has been detoxing from the tedium and stress, so I don’t think I can write coherent prose for the time being. So here’s the Colombo update.
- People were burning tyres on airport road on Saturday. What’s the deal?
- If I see another political poster, I will puke. These people are no eye candy and should realise this fact before polluting the public field of vision with their faces.
- It’s like several cargo ships full to the brim with Sri Lankan flags, exploded in Colombo. Maybe someone should consider collecting a percentage of the proceeds and donating it towards reconstruction.
- The weather is amazing, my house happens to be some kind of wind-tunnel and it is never hot and I love it.
- We have acquired a fish bowl, and I think the cat is having a series of field-days. Zissous and I think he (Socrates) may also be the mastermind behind my transport problems.
- I read Mohsin Hamid’s Reluctant Fundamentalist and I really loved it. Must try to track down Moth Smoke, despite the slim chances finding this in Colombo. Is there a good bookshop in Colombo that I have not yet discovered?
- Also read Arvind Adiga’s The White Tiger. I liked the above better, but this one was delightfully ironic. Although, it reminded me of something else and I can’t quite put my finger on it yet.
- Will be planning a collection of goods for the relief effort as soon as the jet-lag decided to lag someone else.
That’s all for now. I think.
aahh love the ‘reluctant fundamentalist’ too..good one by him…moth smoke is available in India..i should give it a read..