British food has had a significant impact on everyday foods of Sri Lanka.This maybe why I have always been fascinated with British food. The Sri Lankan version of the British High Tea tradition is tea with short eats.My memories of short eats are from childhood birthday parties and when my parents took my brother and I for an occasional treat ...
It's time to do another posting to my blog.I don't have any bright ideas to write about, so I'll just post about memorable happenings in my life since I posted last.New Year's Day has come and gone. I didn't go to any parties this year as I was house sitting for my brother in Arizona. I had a nice quiet ...
I know this posting is late, but better late than never, as I am really eager to share how I spent my Thanksgiving Day. I have included many photos so please be sure to click on the photos to enlarge them further.My Thanksgiving Day was centered around preparation of a Thanksgiving lunch for me myself and I. The rest of ...
As you may recall from my blog posting in July 2009, I spent a year in 1971 with my parents at the famous Gal Bangalawa (Stone House) at Mahakande, Kandy. I was a small girl of only 4years at the time but I have many memories of the time we spent there. It was a carefree and happy period of ...
I did stay up as planned on April 29th,2011 early morning to watch the Royal Wedding of Prince William to Catherine Middleton. I started off watching the BBC broadcast and then switched to the CNN broadcast which was quite entertaining with it's panel of commentators including Pierce Morgan and Anderson Cooper.Everyone in the bridal party looked so happy and were ...
The upcoming wedding of Prince William to Kate Middleton is something I'm looking forward to with excitement. I am planning to watch it live on CNN television early morning on Friday, April 29th when it airs on the west coast of the United States. Hopefully I can wakeup at that unearthly hour, but I'm going to record it in any ...
Guys and gals, what are your views on mini skirts? Do you think its decent for a woman over forty to wear one? :)
So how do you guys feel about Aluth Avurudu? Do you still follow the customs and traditions? Is it a special time for you?
It's me again! I'm sorry haven't been able to update my blog. But I still love my blog. I am currently working on some postings! See you guys soon!
During the latter part of the year 2010, I've done a lot of experimenting with new recipes and I've revived my interest in cooking again. The reason for this has been due to some health problems that I've had to deal with since April 2010. The doctor recommended that I should reduce my salt intake. I looked online for a ...
When I was a student aged 12 in Class 7 back in 1979, we were sent for to a 'Technical school' the girls to learn cooking and house keeping and the boys to learn woodwork. The Class 8 Senior students also joined us for these classes and we all went to the 'Technical school' once a week in a bus. ...
(I wrote most of this blog posting in June 2009 after my father died. It is now October 2011, over two years since he passed away. The feelings of hopelessness have now gone away and I have now come to accept the fact that he is now gone.However, whenever I see something that reminds me of my father, like his ...
It's good to be back at my blog. I have been caught up with life that I haven't had the time to sit down and pen my thoughts in my blog. But I don't want to give up on my blog. It is part of me, it is an outlet of expression and a source of satisfaction for me.In the ...
Hello, how is everyone out there? I am sorry I still haven't had the time to do a proper blog posting. I really hope to do a post during August. Hope everyone is well and happy!
I'm so sorry to have been away from posting anything to my blog in a while. I did have something almost ready, to find that I had forgotten to save the revised draft! So I need to go back and do it from scratch again!I have been too busy to have had the time I needed to actually finish a ...
As you know from my previous postings, dolls and dollhouses were part of my childhood interests.I wanted to share some scenes that I created as a twelve year old, centered around my dolls and 'cupboard dollhouse'. My father helped me by capturing the following scenes in photos:
I moved to Brisbane, Australia, not long before my 18th birthday in 1995. My mother and my two younger brothers accompanied me there.The night we arrived in Brisbane there was a mighty hail storm, which meant that our flight couldn't land in Brisbane. Instead the flight was diverted to Coolangatta.We were ferried by coach from Coolangatta to Brisbane Airport. A ...
As a twelve year old, I was very interested in playscale dolls and dollhouses. Playscale is defined as 1:6 scale (in playscale 1 inch represents 6inches in real life). Dollhouses are usually in a smaller scale defined as 1:12 scale (that is 1 inch represents 12 inches in real life). Dollhouses also called 'dolls houses' are mostly an adult hobby ...
After my family moved to Fiji in 1977, we were introduced to many food preparations that I had never experienced before. Due to the ethnic diversity in Fiji there was a whole array of diverse dishes.From the Fiji Indian community, there were the delicious Indian rotis (chapatis) which are the Indian flat breads, being the main food of the Indian ...
Although I am not Christian, I love Christmas. I have many memories from Christmases past. I have always loved the pageantry associated with Christmas from when I was a small child. It is a season of joy and celebration. A time for cooking and enjoying good food, community and decorating. The Christmas season encompasses all these plus it has such ...
