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Hi Xangans! As you are no doubt aware, this weblog will no longer be updated. Instead everything is moving (or will be moved - eventually - ) over to my brand spanking new website at http://www.marisa.com.au . Tim…
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To all my subscribers, fans and both the occasional and regular readers and the friends who never took in the fact that I had this site or column till right this very minute: I am still here so if you haven't heard f…
The 11 Problems With Moving My Weblog From Xanga To Wordpress

Xanga used to work about a decade ago when I first started blogging in my teens - it does not work anymore. Wordpress would be great for hosting the Perth Diary stuff at marisa.lk and other things but can you imagine mov…
Perth Diary: Sustainability a.k.a. What It Means To Be A Geography Student At University.

There are only three Geography students at Notre Dame, the rest are all Environmental Science students but most of the classes each group takes are the same. Out of the three I am the oldest but the second in line,…
Perth Diary: Why no one knows how Fremantle's and Sri Lanka's history are connected.

Title: Why no one knows how Fremantle's and Sri Lanka's history are connected? Date: Sunday 1st June 2008 This week is Heritage Week in Fremantle. I honestly can't recall Fremantle ever having a Heritage Week or He…
Perth Diary: Recording My Life, Giving It Away.

These days I actually do carry around a handbag. For years, I stubbornly refused to do so. Not having many aspects of my life to be responsible for and not actually owning my own cellphone till about four year…
Perth Diary: Just Older

Title: Just Older Date: Sunday, 18th May 2008. There are times when I forget my age. How old or young I am. Since about halfway through March this year, I have been asked repeatedly by people if I am going t…
Perth Diary: Choosing A Future

Title: Choosing A Future Date: 2nd December 2007 Last Saturday, a little bit of history was made. History made in my life and in the political stories of Australia as a nation. We had a federal election. The f…
Perth Diary: Networking Equals Socially Challenged

The first thing you notice about living in Perth or Fremantle is that the people are for the most part very friendly here. Much more so than back home where friendship - pardon this cynic - seems to often be doled ou…
Perth Diary: Love and Closure Among The Stacks

These days, when my friends want to find me, they don't bother calling my cell phone. They turn up in Fremantle, waltz down to the Notre Dame library and hunt among the stacks till they find me and drag me off to …