Thoughts in Kilinochchi.

Right now I am reading a short story for class called “Roadkill” by an author named Romesh Gunesekera. I am only a couple pages in but so far it is about a Sri Lankan taxi driver and he is having a conversation with the assistant manager of a hotel in the town of Kilinochchi and she seems like a sharp woman and in the narrative the taxi driver says this (which I both understand and find funny):

People who have made more informed choices in their lives than I have always impress me.

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The Horror!

Sri Lanka considers banning mini-skirts



I am 100% cool with this being my first blog post of 2011, because I both hate oppression and love mini-skirts.

How Was Your Weekend?

If you like to stay abreast of the latest Sri Lanka news (and I know you do) their 25 year long civil war ended over the weekend.

Read about it here.

So I'm not going to waste your time acting like I know the ins and outs of Sri Lankian politics, but I just thought it was worth pointing out that this has been going on for more than a quarter of a century and now, suddenly, it is just over, over the weekend. That’s crazy right? That wars just END that way?
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