Comments on: On The Lighter Side… http://www.foundinceylon.com/2006/12/10/on-the-lighter-side/ A deaf American volunteer goes to Sri Lanka to work at a school for deaf children in Matara. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:48:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: sasha http://www.foundinceylon.com/2006/12/10/on-the-lighter-side/#comment-161 sasha Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:11:56 +0000 http://www.foundinceylon.com/2006/12/10/on-the-lighter-side/#comment-161 *all smiles* my trip to india and sri-lanka did not go through because the return tickets were not confirmed. many many many apologies for not replying your email any sooner.. just been swamped with finals and internship.. and was uber devastated by not being able to to india and sri lanka this december. however i am TOTALLY living vicariously through your life and expierences there!! everything you are saying and expierence.. the food, eating with your hands, the COLDDD showers in the same bathroom, the comments about blue eyes, people brushing their teeth on their way out, the fair cream etc.. it all sounds soo familiar, so much like.. home. another beautiful post, adam. *all smiles*

my trip to india and sri-lanka did not go through because the return tickets were not confirmed. many many many apologies for not replying your email any sooner.. just been swamped with finals and internship.. and was uber devastated by not being able to to india and sri lanka this december. however i am TOTALLY living vicariously through your life and expierences there!! everything you are saying and expierence.. the food, eating with your hands, the COLDDD showers in the same bathroom, the comments about blue eyes, people brushing their teeth on their way out, the fair cream etc.. it all sounds soo familiar, so much like.. home.

another beautiful post, adam.

]]> By: Lizzie Henry http://www.foundinceylon.com/2006/12/10/on-the-lighter-side/#comment-158 Lizzie Henry Sun, 10 Dec 2006 19:20:05 +0000 http://www.foundinceylon.com/2006/12/10/on-the-lighter-side/#comment-158 <i>"...taking very cold showers in a room that is both a shower stall and an entire bathroom (After a shower, I have to wipe off the toilet seat and the mirror above the sink; they’re all really that close to each other)."</i> I had to laugh aloud at that very comment for I experienced a similar bathroom while traveling through Italy. I remember being shocked when I first saw the bathroom/shower. It was somewhat bigger than a closet but not big enough to be a walk-in closet and the shower head was wayupthere in the corner. I can also relate to plain yogurt tasting better in other countries. I was astonished at how great plain yogurt tasted in Europe, heck, yogurt itself, simply tastes way better in Europe compared to America. Again, you continue to make me jealous with all the experiences you're getting while in Sri Lanka BUT I'm also happy for you! Thanks for sharing. “…taking very cold showers in a room that is both a shower stall and an entire bathroom (After a shower, I have to wipe off the toilet seat and the mirror above the sink; they’re all really that close to each other).”

I had to laugh aloud at that very comment for I experienced a similar bathroom while traveling through Italy. I remember being shocked when I first saw the bathroom/shower. It was somewhat bigger than a closet but not big enough to be a walk-in closet and the shower head was wayupthere in the corner.

I can also relate to plain yogurt tasting better in other countries. I was astonished at how great plain yogurt tasted in Europe, heck, yogurt itself, simply tastes way better in Europe compared to America.

Again, you continue to make me jealous with all the experiences you’re getting while in Sri Lanka BUT I’m also happy for you! Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Mr. Sandman http://www.foundinceylon.com/2006/12/10/on-the-lighter-side/#comment-157 Mr. Sandman Sun, 10 Dec 2006 18:47:06 +0000 http://www.foundinceylon.com/2006/12/10/on-the-lighter-side/#comment-157 Adam, you're much better looking than Rowan Atkinson! But by all means, watch a Mr. Bean DVD, just to get an idea. I agree with Amanda-- war is about conflict over resources, usually land. It's sad that many peoples globally haven't learned a simple lesson: how to share. It's the fight over the fire truck in the toy bin in kindergarten magnified a million times, with rape, death, and mayhem added in. Great post. My wife says your experiences parallel hers in Malaysia. You two will have to compare notes once you're stateside. Enjoy your vacation! Adam, you’re much better looking than Rowan Atkinson! But by all means, watch a Mr. Bean DVD, just to get an idea.

I agree with Amanda– war is about conflict over resources, usually land. It’s sad that many peoples globally haven’t learned a simple lesson: how to share. It’s the fight over the fire truck in the toy bin in kindergarten magnified a million times, with rape, death, and mayhem added in.

Great post. My wife says your experiences parallel hers in Malaysia. You two will have to compare notes once you’re stateside. Enjoy your vacation!

]]> By: amanda http://www.foundinceylon.com/2006/12/10/on-the-lighter-side/#comment-156 amanda Sun, 10 Dec 2006 18:01:49 +0000 http://www.foundinceylon.com/2006/12/10/on-the-lighter-side/#comment-156 i believe for many areas, these "ethnic" clashes are very much motivated by fear of losing resources. in N. Ireland, the part that the british took from ireland was the most profitable -- then created economic stratification in n. ireland and oppression. there was a recent article on the bbc about how global warming is only intensifying the conflicts in Africa as tribes are competing over <i>land</i>. oaxaca is very much a situation where the indigneous people have been pushed off their land & deprived of resources. and here, hatred towards imimgrants often stems from a fear (however inappropriately) that jobs will be lost or have been lost. if we all had what we needed, food, water, housing, etc would such conflicts persist at the level that they do? i'm not suggesting they'd be eradicated completely, but it'd be a very different world. i love dhearing about the details of your life there - the food, how people eat, mr bean (who i think you look absolutely NOTHING like)... plain yogurt is so gross! i wonder what makes it different over there :) i believe for many areas, these “ethnic” clashes are very much motivated by fear of losing resources. in N. Ireland, the part that the british took from ireland was the most profitable — then created economic stratification in n. ireland and oppression. there was a recent article on the bbc about how global warming is only intensifying the conflicts in Africa as tribes are competing over land. oaxaca is very much a situation where the indigneous people have been pushed off their land & deprived of resources. and here, hatred towards imimgrants often stems from a fear (however inappropriately) that jobs will be lost or have been lost. if we all had what we needed, food, water, housing, etc would such conflicts persist at the level that they do? i’m not suggesting they’d be eradicated completely, but it’d be a very different world.

i love dhearing about the details of your life there - the food, how people eat, mr bean (who i think you look absolutely NOTHING like)…

plain yogurt is so gross! i wonder what makes it different over there :)

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