Today was a good day......February 07, 2006

From Phil:
Today was a good day......
"And I didn't even have to use my A.K." -Ice Cube
(an entry from Phil Mucci the resident dmc and super-rennaisaance man)
Yes, you know I hate long emails, so this will be short, but some worthwhile things happened today.
1) Vladimirs EFR course with the guys is finished. After the session, the guys took the exam and I'm pretty damn sure they passed. I received numerous comments that indicated they actually understood my english, for I was hanging about during the grading of the exam, adding explanations
where possible. The actual comment was "We can understand you because you speak slow." A lesson for you fast talking slicksters...
The students in the EFR class were:
Mahesh
Indika G
Indika
Buddika
Charles
Ravindra
Prince
Chamin 
Sameera
Srinath
Jayanthadas
Roshan 
Gamini
Chamlie
2) Salvador cold-sold a group of Norwegian 20 year olds on having a party at the shack late night. He's out preparing for it now with the girls...The plan? Make money the old fashioned way...Sell booze. Then, as with any good drinking establishment, the staff will attempt to seduce the patrons. I'm hoping and praying they show up because Salvador really went the extra mile on this one. 
3) Met with Nick from Adopt Sri Lanka, the agency from Weligama. He informally promised to look into donating us one of the used engines they collect from the fisherman (after they give them new ones). They do not seem very keen on giving us direct donations of gear or money, but this guy is a low one on the totem pole. He took a bunch of flyers as well as the latest project overview (attached, many more edits coming), to his boss Sharon. She is the hired gun of the rich brit who owns the whole show. Nick was asking for some information around about who needs what to make sure their donations don't end up 'Anora-ized' or sold. I will speak with him later in the week. Anyways, yet another engine lead...
4) Managed to get the web site out to Topher. To install it just takes two commands hopefully...I'm the only one with email from Madiha at the moment, but Salv and Vlad have been using the cafes, so have patience with their responses. Hey Topher, can you get this up this week? Oh Please? (In my best Ren and Stimpy voice...)
5) Salvador went to check on the BIG sign we have for the shack, which Vladdy and I are splitting and he sez it looks bad-azz. Should be up by the week.
6) After much banter, Salvador and I agreed that the best thing (i.e. cheapest) for a lockable container for the shack is a cement and brick structure with a steel top that opens. The other options are too darn expensive...
Ok, this email is 243.7621 words too long, so I'm leaving now. 
Phil
February 07, 2006