Old Dutch Hospital, Fort.

I have started reading the Julie and Julia blog. While looking for it I also came across the rather disconcerting piece of news that Julie cheated on her husband (after the movie deal?) and then wrote another book about that experience. Weird or what? And somehow it just seems like she's exploiting people for money. Maybe she had an affair just so she could write about it. Who knows? Anyway, definitely won't be reading that book.

Life in Colombo is getting increasingly boring on a personal level now that I'm no longer studying and also because H is going crazy working round the clock. I so need a way of using my time constructively! So not the type to enjoy watching the TV the whole day long!

However there have been good changes happening in Colombo. More shops have opened up (Mango's here now, though way more expensive than any other shop here) and the old Dutch Hospital at Fort has been converted to a tourist hotspot of swanky restaurants and small outlets of the popular shops here such Odel and Barefoot. We've eaten at 2 of the joints : Work in Progress and Heladiv and both were good and very tastefully decorated. Many of the old structures are getting a much needed lick of paint as well. Also old colonial buildings are having their walls torn down so that they are more visible to passersby. The expressway to Galle is also operational though we still have not used it.