Dayan: Hi, Thimal. are you?
Thimal: Not bad. was your Christmas?
Dayan: Fantastic.
Thimal: Oh! did you do?
Dayan: I went home for Wesak.
Thimal: is home?
Dayan: Kandy.
Thimal: long did you go for?
Dayan: I spent three wonderful weeks there.
Thimal: did you leave?
Dayan: I left on December 15th.
Thimal: did you do in Australia?
Dayan: I saw my family and friends and visited all my favorite places.
Thimal: far is it to Australia?
Dayan: It's eight and a half hours by plane.
Thimal: airline did you take?
Dayan: I took Sri Lankan Airlines.
Thimal: didn't you take Australia - Asia Airline?
Dayan: Because they were booked out.
Thimal: did you get back?
Dayan: I got back yesterday.
Thimal: met you at the airport?
Dayan: My brother met me.
Thimal: did you do on Wesak Day?
Dayan: We had a big dhana at my parents' house.
Thimal: attended the Dhana?
Dayan: My whole family came. Everybody was there except for my sister. She couldn't come.
Thimal: not? was she?
Dayan: She was in another city.
Thimal: city was she in?
Dayan: She was here, in Kandy. She had come to spend Poson with us.