3 hours to go..

So here is my second post as promised.

About to head to the airport in an hour. I've got everything packed and my Ipod music updated. In terms of emotions I'm not really feeling anything right now. My flight goes through Hong Kong (hoping for a seat upgrade), Singapore and then finally Colombo.

For the first week I'll be staying at my naenda's (aunt's) house which is an hour outside of Colombo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo), the capital city of Sri Lanka. My guess is I won't have internet for the first week so my next post will be in a week's time. I'll be moving to my mom's place in Colombo this weekend and I start working at E&Y on the 17th.

There is a ton of stuff I'd like to get done during my 3 months in Sri Lanka. I'm going to list them here and hopefully I'll get them all done.

Places I'd like to visit:

a) Ancient City of Sigiriya http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigiriya
b) Maldives
c) Adam's Peak http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%27s_peak
d) Yala National Park http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yala_National_Park
e) Watch the Asia Cricket Cup in Dambulla and visit the cave temple http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dambulla_cave_temple
f) Visit Kandy during the Esala Perahera http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esala_Perahera
g) Visit the Kandalama Hotel http://www.heritancehotels.com/kandalama/
h) Anuradhapura http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anuradhapura
i) Visit the City of Jaffna http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffna

Other stuff I'd like to do:

a) Read 7 (supposedly 3 is too little) poth (books) during my time in Sri Lanka. Most of you know that I don't read. I figure now is a good time to work on that.
b) Start a non profit helping children in Sri Lanka (I'm leaning towards something like Make-A-Wish foundation but I need to look into the logistics of it)
c) Start a business (in Canada).
d) Take lessons in a sport (squash/cricket) or instrument (guitar?).
e) Improve my Sinhala (writing and reading)

This post is WIP. I'll update it within the next week. Next time I post I'll be in..Sri Lanka!