Stranger than fiction!!!!

Well hi everyone, sorry I have been away for a while, but I have been busy. Hard to believe, I know, but absolutely true.

Before I tell you what I have been up to, I must tell you my stranger than fiction story. I am not sure what I have told you about Batticaloa, but it is a fairly provincial town. Lots of goats, cows, dogs, some people a couple of bars in foreigner hotels etc. You probably get the picture, oh and we are on the border of Sri lankan and Tamil Tiger held territory (I will come to that later) so after about 9pm there is no-one on the streets except the police and the army. They are everywhere, all day, fully armed with the ubiquietous Kalashnikov. In fact, 2 are always posted at the end of our TRO street, just to keep an eye on us!!

Anyway, where was I, oh yes. I was wandering home around 8.30 when I passed the only TV shop in Batti. NOw I have not seen a TV picture for 3 weeks, so I idled away a couple of minutes watching the adverts on a station called eye, when a trailer came on for a programme later that evening (this is where it gets spooky) It is one of those studio discussion programmes and there sat in the chair is a absolute double for a certain Irish gentleman we all know as Roger. Up comes caption "Dr. Roger MacGinty, University of York". I am standing in the street in Batticaloa watching our very own Roger on the telly!!!!! Roger, if you are reading this, I hope you didn't say anything to compromise me as I am going to Kilinochchi next week. I would hate for them to have a grudge against the University of York.

Well I will sign off now and send another entry later with my busy life details.

Cheers for now.