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July 10, 2005
A Ho hum Sunday in Colombo
Another Sunday in Colombo, the only day I really have time to indulge in playing with my new friend Blog, and I could not be more bored. The only English television station is playing Bold and the Beautiful. I should turn it off and save my brain, but I let it be. It’s keeping me company and I feel like if I turn it off Ridge and Bridgett will never resolve their forbidden feelings for one another. I am semi-house bound due to my troublesome digestive system reacting badly to a poorly judged Mexican meal the other night followed by suspect chips at a brothel-cum-karaoke bar that is so seedy your feet get pregnant when you go to the toilet without shoes on. Jill, who shares this apartment with me, is getting about the place in matching pink jocks and singlet. We don’t like to wear pants in this house of three girls. We prefer to trade in male company for the ease and comfort of hanging about in our underpants. The mongoose in our roof has recently given birth or taken some small creature captive which it tries to kill every night at about 4am. I can now do a fantastic impression of what a small animal being killed by a mongoose sounds like, which is good because I’ve never been good at that kind of thing. And then it comes - the break I need. A new hindi film has been found playing down the road at the grand 80’s style cinema. 4 hours of bright sarees whipping around the screen, bollywood dancing and Shah Rukn Kann’s moustache. And just like that, boredom is averted for another Sunday.
Posted by catherine at July 10, 2005 4:50 PM
Comments
Shah Rukh Khan has a moustache these days? I can't quite tell you why that makes me happy, but it does. That man's got presence.
Posted by: Patrick at July 11, 2005 7:19 PM
hey catherine,
p'cut just received the concrete publication back--1,000 very well-designed copies and your piece just happens to be the best thing in it.
cool.
okay,
m
Posted by: marty at July 22, 2005 11:54 AM