Happy Veterans Day!

On the eleventh month on the eleventh day at the eleventh hour, the guns fell silent.

Happy veterans day to all who have served!

I Hear The Train A Coming...

So as expected I have gotten pretty much used to the trains, hard not to. What annoys me the most though is the occasional horn blast. I have noticed though that the conductors kindly keep it to a quick blast in the wee morning hours and just a full out assault later on during the day.
And I know why they sound their horn as they approach my apartment, not because it's a good opportunity to annoy the residents but because the train goes around a curve and under the street right after the apartment. Thus alerting anyone (Who shouldn't) be on the tracks around the corner or I can imagine homeless people in the tunnel trying to stay dry.

I have noticed the older the train, the louder they are.

I was watching a video the other day about Sri Lanka and see that there is still a carriage car off the tracks in the southern part of the country. Victim of the tsunami. I see a train that goes by with the same color carriages. Reading some news articles I see the train that was victim of the tsunami was coming from Colombo which makes sense.

The Fort Hood Tragedy

I settled in at my desk this morning and saw a news alert in my inbox. When I read the headline I just had to shake my head in disbelief, as probably many people all over the world probably was doing as well.

There will be much to be said about this, and I'll let the radio and tv talk show hosts have at it.

For now, I think all we can do is pray for those wounded and recovering in the hospitals and for the comfort of all the families, be it those who were killed or wounded. Amen and Amen.

Rain Rain Go Away

Its been raining pretty much everyday day towards the evening. It wasn't raining on my walk home today but the clouds were very dark. My protection from the rain has been a military issue camouflage poncho and an umbrella, works well, if it isn't windy. If it gets very windy and I have to walk then I'll skip the umbrella and use the hood that comes with the poncho.

Funny thing is that the glass ceiling tiles in the office attached to my apartments leak everywhere. Often times when I go to work in the morning there is a clean up crew mopping up the puddles.
The restaurant here also has a few leaks as well. They collect the water in wine buckets. Also they put cloth napkins in the wine buckets so to dull the sound of the rain falling into the bucket, otherwise, ding ding ding.

http://www.actuweather.com/report/?poi=Colombo,%20Western

4 days forecast

Today

Chance of Storm

75°F / 91°F

Tomorrow

Chance of Storm

77°F / 93°F

Saturday

Chance of Storm

77°F / 84°F

Sunday

Chance of Storm

77°F / 84°F