Hey hey, we were totally busy over the long weekend building a DVD cabinet, ok well Andy did all the building but I brought him drinks and I did the first coat of paint. Anyway we finished properly tonight, here are some pics:
We’re still filling it up but it’s starting to take shape.
I think it looks pretty nice and the paint matches the pool table quite well. Nice job Andy.
~smily
Best wishes for Rod’s birthday from us, hope you had a great birthday!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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that food was soooooooooo yummyyyyyyyyyyy!! and the cake was awesome too. yay!
Comment by mal — March 12, 2008 @ 8:41 am
hurro,
where is the whiteboard?
whens u guys going to invite me up for a visit?
taking scotty to the HBT conference in may at cairns, snokling, gondala riding, you know the usual hardware stuff.
have you seen the make over i gave Borderonline?
yeah I know I rocks
bye N
oh bought an eeepc- linux is so cool, and a kombi cos i could
Comment by noodle — March 31, 2008 @ 10:05 pm
hewo,
the whiteboard is gone cos it got spammed! Upgrading = bad. You’ve been invited up to visit for months! Hurry up before you’re uninvited…
Comment by andy and smily — April 25, 2008 @ 2:20 pm
Hung out at the Deer Park Hotel, would not reccomend going there during rainy season, tonnes of mosquitos everywhere.
Day 3 was all about the relaxing, we spent some time hanging out at the pool, playing chess and table tennis and in the evening we all sat around the balcony area and had some wine and a chat. I tried horse riding while Andy did who knows what. Unfortunately the guy me Amila, Khris and Malisha went canooeing with last trip wasn’t around this year.
Day 4 was our last day at our favourite hotel. Heritance Kandalama was by far the best hotel we’d been to, it was beautifully designed, the service was exceptional and the food was exquisite. We drove to the nearby Dambulla cave temple ruins and hung out with the monkeys while we looked at ancient carvings of Bhuddas commisioned by various kings of the past. When we got back to the hotel we relaxed and then went on an elephant ride through the nearby lake. The pictures say it all. That night was another awesome buffet dinner, highlights include Andy wearing his stylish sarong.
Day 2 was a lovely day, we hung out at Kandalama during the morning and in the afternoon we set out to Sigiriya Rock also known as Lion Rock which we climbed . It’s supposedly 1000 steps to the top so me and Andy must’ve done 999. It was pretty tiring but well worth the views, on top and all around the rock are the ruins of an ancient palace complex, built during the reign of King Kasyapa (477 – 495 AD) and it is one of the 7 World Heritage Sites.Â
The history of Sigiriya Rock Fortress: King Kasyapa murdered his father King Dhatusena by walling him alive and then usurping the throne which rightfully belonged to his brother Mogallana. Mogallana fled to India to escape being assassinated by Kasyapa but vowed revenge. In India he raised an army with the intention of returning and retaking the throne of Sri Lanka which was rightfully his. Knowing the inevitable return of Mogallana, Kasyapa is said to have built his palace on the summit of Sigiriya as a fortress and pleasure palace. Mogallana finally arrived and declared war. During the battle Kasyapa’s armies abandoned him and he committed suicide by falling on his sword.
as promised,heres the first lotta pics! Edit: ok here is the latest set of pics, we’ve only managed to upload upto day 6, there’s about 12 more days to go up! We’ll send out an email once its all done.
The above pics are from day 1 where we hung out at the airport and drove a long way to Kandalama Hotel. We passed a lot of rural areas, we spent most of our time in the country hence the overly rural pics. Highlights along the way included watching the driver narrowly miss the crazy tut tuts (3 wheeled mini taxis) that seem hell bent on destruction, Andy noticed freshly made asbestos being transported on trucks and Sue (one of the sisters who joined us on the trip) pointed out the scarecrow like figures people put up to scare evil spirits away from newly built homes. For lunch we stopped by a nice little touristy rest house. Once we got to the hotel we relaxed and enjoyed ourselves.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I didnt even see you guys with a camera!! Hope you enjoyed your time in SA sorry we didnt get to see you much
Comment by jo jo — January 16, 2008 @ 10:36 am
Twas a merry christmas at the Fernando household, the food was awesome (thanks mum) and the kids were a lot older this year entertaining themselves with poker and darts. Who remembers the days of hide and seek?
 
  
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I think this was the most multicultural we’ve ever been, we even has a dog (Toby) join in on the festivities!
 
 
The men sat outside, the kids guzzled down the dessert and the lovely ladies lounged out in the lounge.
 
 
The memories will last for a lifetime,
andy and smily
whoa looks good!!! are you sure it wont fall over??!
Comment by mal — March 31, 2008 @ 10:42 pm
Yeah it’ll stay up…Andy put another one that goes along the back behind the sofa so the sofa helps keep it up as well.
Comment by smily — April 1, 2008 @ 6:23 pm
Looks good. Hows the weather been, a bit rough here this last week.Have you made anything else.Bye for now love you both
Comment by dana — April 3, 2008 @ 9:10 pm
That does look great! I wish I was as talented as you two! Hope you guys are going great, nothing much has been happening here.
Comment by jo jo — April 7, 2008 @ 12:12 pm
hey hey, Nah, nothing else new… I hear julie has moved to adrosson too???
Comment by andy — April 7, 2008 @ 10:21 pm
Yeah she doesnt like it though, she moving further down to work at Port Giles to see if she likes it there. I think she is moving in two weeks. She has been living with us so wayne cant wait to have the house to our selves again!
Comment by jo jo — April 11, 2008 @ 8:14 am