When I met my adorable mother in law Mrs Sesi Paulis she was about 70 and I was 19 so actually more than a mother in law, she seemed like a grandma to me too which was wonderful since I didn't have one of my own. She was a very graceful and elegant figure in usually light blue sarees with ...
When I met my adorable mother in law Mrs Sesi Paulis she was about 72 and I was 19 so actually more than a mother in law, she seemed like a grandma to me too which was wonderful to me since I didn't have any of my own. She was a very graceful and elegant figure in usually light blue ...
image aptly titled "our packages" from chandrapanagoda.lk I didn't know till recently how much a coffin costs in Sri Lanka, it hasn't been that high in my "need to know" list. But this year I found out that it can be anything from 20,000 to 400,000 LKR.,and at each end of the spectrum the damn things look the same! They are ...
July 18And so these days prompted by Uncle Normal, and his classy vegan friends, we are all on a drive to be a bit more earth- and environment- conscious. (Even more than we previously were) In our little nuclear family (single mother and two kids albeit adult) this requires somewhat strange new practices like cleaning the commode with baking ...
Last week I made my regular pilgrimage to the weighing machine in our central pharmacy and was pleasantly surprised by the large digital computer which spewed out a small note reporting that not only had I reduced two kilos in weight– but that I was also of “IDEAL BMI”.I know its sad to be reduced to worrying about the opinion ...
image aptly titled "our packages" from chandrapanagoda.lk I didn't know till recently how much a coffin costs in Sri Lanka, it hasn't been that high in my "need to know" list. But this year I found out that it can be anything from 20,000 to 400,000 LKR.,and at each end of the spectrum the damn things look the same! ...
Glue traps are a gruesome way to die for little animals, and this is Tinkerbelle a stray kitty who was caught in one, her front leg also breaking in the effort to release her, which is a common occurrence in victims of these inhumane devices. Tinkerbelle's rescue was funded by a private animal rescue fund named NO CAT LEFT ...
Wellampitiya… rocks! No seriously, I'm not saying this because it happens to be my home town, and I want to help 'jack up' the land prices in the area. Its just that I find it one of the most colorful, interesting, downright adventurous places to live in .And its not that I have lived here all my life, no: I ...
(Art courtesy Daily Mirror ) Its been up on two years now but the guilt of it has kept me silent so far. Even now I will not tell you who I am, for your author, dear gentle reader, is guilty of having broken the law, violated the penal code and /or acted unconstitutionally to boot and what's worse now ...
And so , since all stories must have a beginning , my life story probably starts with this wonderful ancestor, grandma Isabelle. Now if that name makes you think of sweet, genteel colonial ladies with delicate fans, parasols and elbow length white gloves, partaking of "Tiffin" or groping tremulously for their smelling salts, let me bust the bubble ...
Dear Santa, Firstly, I would like to thank you for visiting us once a year and giving us presents. That's really sweet of you. In all my early letters, I have asked for things like "elimination of pollution" and "increase of moral values in mankind" and "better treatment towards animals and women" but I think none of it has happened. Men, women, children, ...
Its six months since Operation Munchkins, when we ran after a little stray heifer for 4 hours in a tropical thunderstorm, trapped her, jumped her and got vets to cure the hideous nose wound made by a rope that was eating into her flesh.We didnt know where she was from - there were two theories that she was an escaped ...
Its six months since Operation Munchkins, when we ran after a little stray heifer for 4 hours in a tropical thunderstorm, trapped her, jumped her and got vets to cure the hideous nose wound made by a rope that was eating into her flesh.We didnt know where she was from - there were two theories that she was an escaped ...
It is now more than seven years after taking 189 million rupees in debenture funds from members of the public, but Vajira House Builders (Pvt) Ltd has not repaid these in spite of a court order to do so in 2009. In 2007 the company issued debentures promising to pay 22 to 25 % interest for public deposits taken as ...
I wonder if every Sri Lankan has a story like this, a sort of coming of age where they invested money with the innocent thought of receiving a decent return, only to be defrauded roundly.Ten years ago, I managed to claw together a small amount of savings from my humble librarian-salary and looked around for a place to invest it. There ...
and so now that I live in Ratmalana I hardly visit the mothership, except on occasions, and yesterday was one. Mahagedara is half way across the country that could be a problem too, just the sheer aggravation of getting there in public transport. But duty occasionally calls.So there I was yesterday evening, at dusk on Dickmans Road (now called Lester ...
● Legendary "Milk for Colombo" not so good for health after all, says CRaP report● Gamata Kakiri movement grows following launch Al Juhara/Colombo:Hard-hitting Colombo based think-tank the Centre for Regional Alternative Proposals (CR-P) recently issued a timely and voluminous piece of ground-breaking research on the subject of Human Satisfaction in Rural Sri Lanka in the backdrop of "kakiri" consumption statistics, ...
(old article written 7 years ago and guess what Im still running around! Photo from http://zenchick.com)Last Sunday, I slowed down.I mean, seriously: I was fed up with running around, beating deadlines, meeting schedules, pleasing other people and doing my duties like a perfect person – I went on a small discrete personal strike and took a cruise down the highway ...
I must say I have lost the ability to work well under pressure. Frankly I just crack up and start screaming and keening pathetically. Its a drag on my family the two or three individuals that I do have left. It makes me wonder what happened to the quiet laid back person I was. I was happy at one time. In ...
(these photos are merely representative, but closely representative actually)So last MOnday I struggled to my halfway halt and had to embark a bus at about 7pm to get home. It was the wrong bus and would only get me half way there but it was late so I was desperate. I sat next to a dear elderly lady of, perhaps ...
