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The Sri Lankans Next Door


Sri Lankans live on an island nation off the southeastern coast of India. And I have the honor of living next door to a few of them here in Provo.

Super cool guys. Shalindra and Malindra are brothers. Their American names are Joseph and Jude, named after Catholic saints. Then there is Chamika, or Chum, who is an aviator at UVU and has a passion for paintball. Then there are their Sri Lankan friends and their ethnic girlfriends who always seem to be visiting. It's kind of weird that all of them have girlfriends from different countries. One is from Korea, one is from China, one is from another Asian country and two are from Mexico. Most of them met through mutual friends who attend BYU's ESL school.

Bonus: They're all Catholic, and they love to play Rock Band. [The two are not related.]

Shali was nice enough to invite me to their "housewarming party" last Friday night. We ate snacks, played rock band, had a dance funky party and sang traditional Sri Lankan folk songs.

These are fun guys. Too bad most of them will be in Sri Lanka for the next month. Chum promised to take me, and whoever else wants to go, paintballing. He's laying across the back of the couch.



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Listening to: The Fray - Hundred

Comments

  1. NoelleWed May 06, 06:51:00 AM MDT

    I don't think I've ever met anyone from Sri Lanka before.

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  2. HeatherWed May 06, 02:52:00 PM MDT

    At first it sounded like Chum promised to take you to Sri Lanka. Cool. I've never met a Sri Lankan either.

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  3. Julie TThu May 07, 09:37:00 PM MDT

    Where did you get that cool Tee? It suits you!

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