Soldier atop the spring walls
At the northern coast of Jaffna they have these wonderful springs. They are not warm, but the water is soothing and ethereal and the waves crash over the walls. Helicopters fly overhead. There is also a somewhat abandoned kovil nearby. There’s something strange about spring water. It handles light different, feels different, and is imbued with somehow more pleasantry. The Keerimalai springs are not warm like those in Kanniya (near Trinco), but they are as big as a swimming pool. It’s very nice, if you get there before the back-flipping kids.
At Kanniya you basically douse yourself with buckets. In Keerimalai you can go for a full swim. It’s surrounded by stone steps (slippery at the bottom, look out) and army helicopters fly really close overhead. The sea is right there, but a bit rough at that point, not exactly swimmable.
The springs are near an active kovil, and there’s an abandoned one near by, looking all mossy and Angkor Wat. Above is a temple priest on his way to work in a classic car. If you’re on the peninsula, it’s well worth a visit, and it’s near enough to Casuarina Beach.
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Listen dodo urkel, I’m sure you know a lot about prostitutes, and I’m assuming that since prostitutes have lots of sex, they need lots of lube. So you’re welcome.
By the way, straw men?
“Ruki, you’re a racist.
Nothing wrong with it, but I don’t think anyone takes racism seriously here.”
I do think there’s something wrong with it and I take it very seriously, as should all sri lankans, seeing as the biggest problem in our recent history occurred as a result of discrimination based on race.
Shammi, you object do you? Well, I will accept that my use of the word retard is offensive. I would definitely apologize, but I know you’re just bringing this up cos you have nothing better to say. After all, why bring this up now? Why not before? You could have just said “Hey do you know what? That’s kinda wrong.” So shammi, go take a running jump.
Boss,
you pathetically failed to see my argument, as well as shammi’s argument. Jean-Luc won’t be happy. lol
But we’re nice people so we’ll give you three chances, ok.
Yeah, keep calling yourself “burgher” (whatever that means) while your Tamil mother cringes and screams kadavulai.
That’s true David… just ask your Christian priest dad.
Prabhakaran is dead you asshole, just get the fuck over it :)
No one gives two hoots about Taml whining and moaning, except prolly Tamils themselves.
The fact that most of the burghers decided to fuck off from Sri Lanka is no one else’s fault. Sad maybe (whatever that means), but they made the decision to fuck off themselves, no?
All this talk reminded me of an exceedingly funny, but admittedly racist, incident that happened at burger union on the night of the world cup final
Opps, Burgher Union.
That wasn’t intentional, promise.
Actually it has nothng to do with racism. I was just wondering off in a different direction. Carloboy doesn’t leave the country, but joins the navy as a signalman I think. The sad part was how everyone failed to understand him and his relationship with his parents which was just a sign of those times. I’m sure those books would appeal to you Ruki, they’re so devoid of pretentions.
So are you going to tell us or not?
Pray tell!!
The burghers are such a racist lot, despite being a miniscule community the ‘Dutch Burghers’ hate the ‘Portuguese Burghers’… hence the “The Dutch Burgher Union” — apparently the “Portuguese Burghers” aren’t “pure” enough. You should have a look at their facebook page… a lot of loosers going on about their glorious Dutch heritage and you look at their photos with dark faces and go LOL.
A right royal Burgher supremacist:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=1282157181
Sounds ok I guess… maybe I will buy it online sometime…
I agree with you guys about the DBU — any place that requires a racial profile to be a full member doesn’t warrant much of my time. In the end, places like that will always be bastions of the more racist individuals. Overall, I find Burghers and Malays to be the least racist of Sri Lanka’s races. As for Ruki’s crack about my calling myself a Burgher, well you gotta call oneself something (if you must have identification). The essence of “Burgherism” is actually the mixed blood rather than the silly pureness that many Sinhalese and Tamils (and some Burghers) worship. That’s why it’s hilarious to see Ruki’s rants on Tamils when he probably has a lot of Tamil blood in his veins ;)
Prolly a bit over your IQ level, Ruki. Save yourself the trouble and get something with lots of pictures.
Yeah, I must. He prolly knows your mum, which would explain that Burgher blood you’ve got a few drops of ;)
my burgher friends them & their families are far more chilled out than my Sinhala & Tamil friends and less concerned with race & all the other gobbledygook. Far more interested in enjoying life.
I don’t know much about malays though. I don’t even know how to distinguish malays from non-malay muslims.
Although, i’ve noticed that Muslim girls on average are cuter than the sinhala or tamil ones.
Well, Malays look like er… Malaysians. Duh.
That’s very helpful David
You’re welcome. Anything else I can help you with — like telling Nigerians from Norwegians?
Nope, that’s just fine :)
Christian priests and women? Now that’s a change. I thought it was Chrisitian priests and little boys.
I’d only heard of specifically Catholic priests and boys. But never mind, do carry on, it’ll break the monotony around here today after yesterday’s storm.
JB Mullers rants:
“Indeed, the Burghers, those people of European descent who were on this Island at the capitulation of the Dutch to the British in 1796 transformed themselves from `nobodies` to `somebodies` between 1800 and 1900 and risen to greater heights from 1900 to 1950. During this time, the Burghers came to represent QUALITY and CLASS in the life of this country. Did you know that this was Britain`s premier Crown Colony, that is, the first, the best Crown Colony? Because it had a peculiar people the Burghers to give it an unsurpassed quality and class out of all the then British Empire! ”
http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2008/11/34421_space.html
Aney aththada puthe??? Gihing thoge ammata hukapan…
I wouldn’t call that racist, but merely delusional.
Mueller or Ruki?
Ohh! Dodo, Dodo, won’t you have to have a teensy weensy bit of your anatomy chopped off now? Ouch!
I was talking about Mueller.
My computer is playing tricks on me again. First I was unable to view the post on renaissance art. Then magically today all was revealed, including the ads and stuff which were never visible to me. Now it’s back to what it was, no ads and no renaissance! Is there an explanation? No, technology really hates me : (
goddidit
prolly
Its really amazing place………..