[22:06] northwindgully: ...oh my god XD
[22:07] northwindgully: I'm listening to a Sri Lankan radio channel since my mom keeps it on the computer in the evenings cuz it plays chanting
[22:07] northwindgully: they were playing a commercial about "Sirasa Star," one of the many foreign "American Idol"-esque ripoffs
[22:08] northwindgully: and they were ( Read more... )

Generally they do this once a year, people come around in the morning and afternoon and the local community cooks up their best dishes and sell them to raise money for the temple. Lots of people who normally wouldn't stop by do, and we occasionally get people who catch what's going on as they pass by and stop in for a snack. It's been getting more ( Read more... )

( In which I try to imagine Team Satisfaction as a Sinhalese boy band. )