Colombo Night Races (Tweets, Photos, Video)
Here are some videos, photos and tweets about tonights race, which I think is still ongoing. My friends were either too hungover or broke to make it to the Night Races, so neither did I. I’m rather unhappy about that, so I’ve tried to sublimate and collect some online coverage into a story of sorts. A Storify, technically.
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Honorable mentions for press coverage go to Daily Mirror on Twitter, and Ceylon Today on Facebook. For Tweets, it’s the usual suspects, Yasir Nasir (Deputy Foursquare Mayor of Colombo), Mili and Nazly (Dialog’s social media gurus), Also iDawnGroup, which I think was involved in the races themselves. Dishonorable mention to @indica. Le sigh.
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This is highly dubious. Miss Travel is a travel/social networking site that connects ‘Generous’ and ‘Attractive’ travelers. To, like, travel together, I guess. It all seems a bit like arranged prostitution and trafficking. This is part of a broader online trend to connect rich men to younger, attractive women. Sites like
Sri Lankan domestics never say anything, they just stop coming. My maid just stopped coming and when I finally pressed her she said I needed to get a washing machine. I was hoping to ride this one out, but I’ve run out of underwear and I have no choice. I finally caved and bought a washing machine, from 
wow, cool pics. I also went but couldn’t get any decent shots from my sony ericsson 3.2 phone.
Wait, weren’t you the guy cribbing about damage to property and noise and what not?
Nice pics… must have been an awesome event. But those sandbags look so flimsy. Good think no cars flipped :)