Day 17 - The votes were bring counted during the night but the results from many areas were not completed when we got up. In the afternoon, the boom of firecrackers started but the morning was strangely, almost eerily, quiet. Jay and I decided to take a tuk-tuk to the Keells supermarket in town. We didn't know that the usual Sunday market was closed. That meant there was little traffic on the roads and few people on the sidewalks.
We used the PickMe app for the 2.2-kilometer return trip to the house as well. Up to today, we'd only used it for ride-hail in cars and vans. Tuk-tuks are easy for a short trip and more convenient than walking. Finally, we have ice cream in the new refrigerator's freezer!
I was quite interested in the 2019 Sri Lankan presidential elections. At the risk of talking politics, let's just say I'm pleased everything went peacefully and the transfer of power will take place uneventfully. As a personal note, I'm not completely pleased with today's results.
In fact, I can admit that until I turned fifty years old, most elections I followed resulted in the selection of candidates I admired. This is true for all places where I have been emotionally connected. However, during the last half-decade or so, I have welcomed none. Did I change or did the world get a lot more stupid?