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WELCOME TO SEMSTER 2!!! ITS BEEN 3 MONTHS SINCE MY LAST WEB BLOG ENTRY BUT A LOT HAS CHANGED!!!! I HAVE BEEN TO SRI LANKA & SURVIVED!!!!! WHICH I FIND REALLY QUITE REMARKABLE  WHEN I THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH DANGER I PUT MYSELF INTO!!!! (ALTHOUGH I DID COME HOME WITH A TROPICAL DIESASE) IT WAS CERTAINLY A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE & I WOULD RECOMMED TRAVELLING TO ANYONE!!!

 

I FOUND BEING ON THE EDGE WHICH I WAS!!!! GUN MEN EVERY MILE OR SO DOWN THE ROAD, TAKING NO PRISONERS VERY GROUNDING.....IF WHAT AT THE TIME SLIGHTY UNSETTLING!!! I FIND IT HAS BROUGHT ME BACK DOWN TO EARTH!!! I NO LONGER MOAN OR COMPLAIN ABOUT THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE ANYMORE, OK THEY NIGGLE ME, BUT DON’T THEY NIGGLE  US ALL. 

 

I KNOW I AM EXTREMELY LUCKY TO BE ALIVE, & I KNOW I AM ALIVE!!!!!  IT’S THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE I NO LONGER TAKE FOR GRANTED….. I HAVE CLEAN HYGENIC WATER COMING THROUGH A TAP WHEN EVER I TURN IT ON, I KNOW THAT THE FOOD I AM ABOUT TO EAT IS SAFE TO EAT. I CAN GO & USE A PROPER TOILET ANY TIME I WANT & I KNOW IT WONT BE A WHOLE IN THE GROUND, AND BY COMPARASION I HAVE LEARNED I AM VERY RICH!!!! OK SO I GET A SUM OF MONEY FROM THE STUDENT LOANS COMPANY EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, & I GO TO WORK 2 DAYS A WEEK IN A S*!*?*! CALL CENTRE. I COMPLAIN ITS NOT ENOUGH MONEY & WANT MORE……

 

BUT WHEN I THINK OF POOR MADUSHANI’S FAMILY I BRING MYSELF BACK DOWN TO EARTH!!!! HER HOUSE CONSISTS OF TWO ROOMS,  A KITCHEN WHICH IS JUST AN OPEN FIRE & SOMETHING WHICH RESEMBLES A CHIMLEY, & A SMALL COMMON ROOM, WHERE THEY ALL SLEEP, EAT & DO THEIR HOME WORK……. ME I LIVE 4 BEDROOMED VICTORIAN STYLE HOUSE WITH HUGE ROOMS IN THE CENTRE OF TOWN, & THINK NOTHING OF IT.

 

WHATS MORE  FIVE POUNDS, CLEARED MADUSHANI’S MOTHERS DEBTS & PAYED FOR A MONTHS SUPLY OF FOOD FOR HER AND HER FAMILY. NOW ONLY 3 MONTHS LATER, JUST A FEW DAYS AGO I RECEIVE A LETTER THAT MAKES ME FEEL COMPLETELY HELPLESS!!! I HEAR THAT MADUSHANI’S MOTHER HAS DECIDED TO SEND HER CHILDREN TO AN ORPHANAGE BECAUSE SHE CAN NO LONGER PAY TO LOOK AFTER HER CHILDREN!!!!

 

SELLDOM AM I EVER LOST FOR WORDS, BUT ON THIS OCASSION I AM!!!!! BUT ONE THING IS FOR SURE I KNOW I AM A VERY LUCKY PERSON!!! AND I SHALL NEVER FORGET IT!!!