by Sean | Dec 13, 2012 | Fulbright, Sri Lanka
My mother always told me that in my twenties I would attend a lot of weddings. If she had told me my first wedding would have been in Sri Lanka, I would have laughed… One of my goals for my year in Sri Lanka was to attend a wedding, and I’m happy to cross that off the...
by Sean | Dec 12, 2012 | Fulbright, Sri Lanka, Teaching English, Travel
Four flights down, one to go. It’s nighttime in Mumbai, and I can’t help but wonder how this mosquito got through the scrupulous security. I cannot count the number of times I’ve been x-rayed, sent through metal detectors, fondled in all the wrong places, and...
by Sean | Dec 8, 2012 | Fulbright, Sri Lanka, Travel
Friends giv ing |FRiENDsˈgiviNG| The Oxford American Dictionary defines a friend as: a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically exclusive of sexual or family relations. They define giving as: freely transfer the possession of...
by Sean | Nov 30, 2012 | Fulbright, Sri Lanka, Travel
I’ve just seen my first movie in Sri Lanka, and it quite a show. The movie itself was fantastic. Skyfall had a number of references to past films, great action scenes, and a plot which kept me thoroughly engaged. But the real show was following the subtle...
by Sean | Nov 28, 2012 | Fulbright, Sri Lanka, Travel
Horns blare as my body is tossed around. Sweat rolls down my spine. The fumes of exhaust are slowly suffocating me. Its eight thirty in the morning, and the heat of the sun grows with every passing minute. After fourteen hours in transit, I’m back in Colombo,...
by Sean | Nov 27, 2012 | Education, Fulbright, Politics, Sri Lanka, Teaching English, Travel
Trinco is a town dominated by the military. As you enter the main city you have to pass through multiple checkpoints, where uniform clad youths clutch their presumably Chinese made kalashnikovs. In the town itself, Tamil is the language of choice. Sinhalese is about...