I saw Umesh’s dad as a strange, detached person. He wasn’t home much, except on weekends. Maybe, because he was a lawyer who worked in another district. He didn’t talk much and I was careful to steer clear of him. And, I had this nagging feeling that he didn’t like my being there. Well, that was the impression I ...
“Then I was a kid,” Umesh said opening his archives ‘down the memory lane’. “When I go to our bathroom, I see a lot of beauty culture stuff that belonged to my sisters. I used to experiment with them in secret.”“Once, a bottle with a picture of a beautiful gloss head of hair on the label attracted my attention. ...
A love so sweetYet so strongA bond so deepThat wins it all. My only wishIs that some dayI’ll have a loveAs special as yours. A love that neverEver failsIn good and badIt stands strong. And on your 26thWe want you two to knowThat the years you’ve passed are just a fewThe years yet to come are very much more May ...
This is another story from Padidilian series. Suresh is Umesh’s younger brother. We became buddies during the time I was a boarder there. Well, not exactly. I’m not doing justice to them and their hospitality, if I use the word ‘boarder’, which is an ugly, commercial word. I was actually their guest, because Umesh was my friend. And they didn’t ...
We’ve inherited so much from our imperialistic invaders, the Portuguese, the Dutch and the British. Some of us aren’t even aware that kamisa (shirt), sapaththu (shoes), paan (bread) isthoappuva (verandah), aren’t even Sinhalese words. They’ve run so deep and are comfortably localized and naturalized. I’m sure you are so much familiar with Silvas, Pereras , Fernandos and Fonsekas. But ...
“When I discovered I really have no talent in writing I had been a writer for 15 years!”“Then what did you do? Gave up writing?”“How can I? By then I had become a popular writer.” Though this is just a joke I have heard, it has something common with my situation. Though I’ve been a teacher most of my life, ...
Birthday “WISH” of a Mom & DadThough you would be 15 todayWe wish you would stillhug us as tight and say good night.And when in doubt, ask for our advice.And you would wrap your arms around our necks,even in a swarming crowd,without the slightest discomfort.And you would still share your never ending views and opinions aboutmovies, books, music, trains, planes,automobiles, ...
WE ARE FAMILYLife over here…hmmm..let me think. Apart from the -30˚Cor even sometimes -40˚C temperature in the winter soaring up to even a +40˚C in the summer and also apart from missing your families, life is quite nice over here. FROZENThe first time we set foot over here we were rather surprised by some things like for example, female ...
All the way from home to the unknown...Hey Dudes, Isn't Posting the 50th post on the Blogoversary, a cool coincidence? These were my stepping stones.· Hey Dudes· Buckle Up Dudes· Mckaa – Dude Of A Kind· Those Cool Security Dudes· My Ram And Cache· Deepa, Please Don’t Ask What Happened ToThe Tomatoes!· Dudes, Ever Watched A 7d Movie> Not3d! Wow!!· ...
Some decades ago on a day like this a little boy was born. Then some years later this is what happened in our house…“Wait Deepa, those new shoes I bought would match this shirt, let me bring them”. With that, Thaththa left the living room and headed towards the master bed room. We heard him opening the cupboard and then ...
I couldn’t make up my mind to write anything because the passing away of my beloved mother. If you don’t mind reading my blog post "වැරදි දවසක අප හැර ගිය අපේ අම්මා" about that in Sinhala this is the link. These three isolated incidents took place in two countries. Today, two of us were walking home after school when we ...
YouYOU who stared at the mixed up fried rice sleepily after waking up from a deep sleep on our laps and said, “What’s this? Cat food?” because it was the first time you saw fried rice and because we used to mix up all the left over rice and feed the stray cats…,YOU who had to watch too much ...
I write this post with a heavy heart, with a lump in my throat and tears welling up in my eyes. I never thought in my wildest dreams, I would have to write a post like this on Obaa ayya, at least not so soon. When I saw the headings of the blogs in Weni’s blog roll, I was stunned. ...
THE OFFICE DUDE: The office train to Kandy was pulling in at the platform. Hundreds of steel wheels rattled against the steel tracks with slowing tempo. The milling crowds on the platform edged towards the slowing train. Some were already hanging on to the handrails, their feet trying to find foothold on the foot board or at least some ...
I stepped into the air-conditioned shop of the Unity plazabuilding out of the midday heat in Colombo. I had bought my first hp DeskJet printer for Rs. 5000/= atThe Unity Plaza. A few months later as the cartridges ran out ink, I went tothe same place in the hope of buying replacement ink cartridges. I couldn’tbelieve my ears when the ...
Road trips are one of our prime time holiday activities. To see the black ribbon of road rushing at you and disappear underneath you is a feeling worth experiencing. Also, once you learn to enjoy the journey as much or even more than the destination no journey is boring. And you won’t be looking for shortcuts.Nothing can match the meals ...
‘Satakapata noveda?’(සටකපට නොවේද?). Well, for those who know the meaning of ‘satakapata’, I don’t need to explain but for those who don’t , well, it means something like ‘cunning’ but for Amma, it always meant and still means ‘what nonsense!’. I know the meanings sound contrasting but well that’s Amma. And this was a phrase almost always said by Amma ...
Never Leave Home Without Them!The red oil-warning lamp had come up about 5 kilometers back. Even without the red warning lights I knew I was also low on petrol and money, not only the 2T engine lubricating oil. We were low on money as we always were closer to the next salary. That was common to everybody in a country ...
I ducked the first swing Moray aimed at my head without much difficulty. Even the second swing, which was a very much low-end version in technique, but had a lot of muscle behind it, fanned the top of my head. If contacted it could have been disastrous. Then I saw my chance which I took. Moray’s middle was still ...
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