There is some time to blog this morning before I start getting ready to go to Colombo to get my visa renewed. I am going for the 12 month residence visa. Wish me luck.
My little Dharma is great. It seems that her starved system is finally getting used to regular food. At first, I thought I had to rename her Farting Dharma instead of Smiling Dharma. He body was not used to digesting all the food. You could have set up an effective biogas plant from her emissions. How a little cat like could eat and fart so much is beyond me. However, now she seems to have settled down. She still eats lots, but at least she is less smelly.
I was woken up this morning by something playing tag on my roof. I think it was too big for squirrels. Maybe bandy coots or polecats. This is what they look like:
All you ferret fans will love that. They are a lot bigger than ferrets however.
The other day when we were out at Moorock we saw a squirrel that is huge. They apparently eat the coconuts. I didn't really see it, just the impact it made when jumping from tree to tree. So now Jez wants to get Amal to buy a shotgun to shoot the things with. I am sure that there is no way Amal, a devout Buddhist, will go for that. We may have our first religious conflict brewing.
The fur/claw day went well. They had to cut my hair really short as my last hair cut was so bad, they could not blend it without cutting it. Now I look like a boy with long nails. Oh well, it is only hair. It will grow.
The good news is that we got to talking about the coconut beauty products and they can hardly wait to put them into the salon. That is great as this is part of a group of salons and a beauty school that has a good reputation with high end clients.
The maid came and cooked and cleaned for a day. It was nice to have a clean house. She is coming on Monday and Tuesday to look after Dharma while I am in Colombo. The only problem was that I had her make up some roti that I had had in the fridge for a while. It was bad, so I got nice and sick. So no food for a day. Even yesterday, I couldn't eat much. Great diet plan.
Went to the railway station to pick up my ticket to Colombo. I am standing in the queue for 15 minutes when 2 sets of people jumped the queue. I lost it. Started yelling at them to get to the back of the line. It was surprising that no-one else started shouting. Normally, people will not tolerate queue jumpers. I think it was because there were 3 rural women at the front of the line and they were either too shy or didn't know what they were doing.
The first stage of the granite counter top was finished yesterday. The plywood was fitted. Of course, they show up unannounced. Lucky thing I got home just then from my trip to Arpico, a girl's best friend.
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