N.B. – Not proofread so apologise in advance I know this sounds all ridiculous and shiz, blogging during times like these but seriously though, there is a lot that needs to be written during this time, which I would not want to Tweet out or share through Facebook posts because between you and I, I’ve […]
I was born to a privileged generation, Millennials they call us. True, as a Sri Lankan I had war, but then I lived in Colombo and the most we did was have a “drill” for emergency situations during the late 90s. But unless you live in Sri Lanka, it would be difficult to understand as […]
It’s raining and I’m miserable. I wanted to Give Thanks later today but with yesterday’s remnants of awful rains and this morning’s gloomy skies, trust me, I feel grateful to no one. I know I sound wretchedly insane to be saying what I am saying given the continuous weeks of mad heat but I was (am) […]
I’m the type of person who rants on supposedly first world problems as you saw yesterday. When it comes to VAT and other things of national importance, I become a hermit that quietly reads the news and shares it if it happens to be exceptionally interesting (like on Newscurry or something), or just keep it to […]
A lot of us have insecurities. I for one have so many of them. The way I look and the way I should look, the amount of money I have (or don’t have would be the better phrasing), material possession I own (again, don’t own would sound more accurate), how much I’ve achieved and what […]
April 08, 2016 It’s been a while since I was as ass and bone tired (I am assuming that phrase is a “thing” by now, eh, no? Well, then.) and it’s all been a good long while since I had as much fun on a Friday night, without alcohol. Before further judgements are made, lets […]
It started with the books and the other little bits and bobs. We were shifting houses for the umpteenth time and I had come down on vacation. There were yells and screams for the trash I owned and overpowered by a force unknown, I began discarding a book here, a first date souvenir with <insert […]
It’s one of those “work” Mondays that sits quietly before a mercantile *no alcohol* Tuesday and having spent a week in Cambodia learning things and extracting information for work, trust me when I tell you that it’s not the best of days to work. Or at least that is what I keep telling myself. But on […]
For some reason, most people these days take “offence” for things which once seemed very normal. I also need to apologise in advance for using “offence” with a “c”, I incline slightly towards British English #ColonialHangover and if there is an “s” that also needs to be used somewhere down the line instead of the […]
Yes, I might not be the best person to write on the subject because half-Muslim girls do not wear short dresses and go out on solo journeys and frequent Pubs and Restaurants with boys, noh? *please note the emphasis on pub as that would’ve happened either way regardless of the italics noh* But this post is not based my […]
I am going to write something a little cheesy tonight and I hope that’s okay with you. I also partly apologise for not having written anything for 2016 – Happy New Year by the way, I hope it’s been good so far – the writing days weren’t many and on the days that were, it […]
Despite being the day following a full-moon, the sky’s lights were not of the moon but of floodlights that shone from the construction sites nearby and a few other hoardings and buildings’ neon signage. Standing outside the balcony, reflecting on the year’s events like most traditional people on social media would at this time of […]
The following rant post is based on a very recent experience so please do consume your pinches spoons required quota of salt and pepper. I like to “think” that I work for people or at least for the general improvement of larger communities. I don’t earn as much as I would like to (yes, we all strive to […]
A few days ago, it was my birthday. Thanks to a few close people in my life having publicised this on Facebook, the rest of Facebook got to know and the next thing I know, I’m sitting up early the next day replying to posts because, social (media) responsibilities. Answering your question on as to […]
…especially compared to yesterday’s posting. I’ll probably spare all of us the trouble and not go into detail on the not-very sunny day that came my way. A week ago I was by myself in Hikkaduwa taking some time off and I was awed by the beauty of the ocean as always. I couldn’t get […]
Two things work through my mind as I start typing this out: On how pretentious a productive person I might sound (loving the alliteration though, can’t help it, slurp); IT’S BEEN THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW SINCE I WROTE SLASHED BLOGGED. GAH. YAY. OHMYGOSHImuststopbeingasdramatic. Jokes aside though, I have some productive tendencies. It all […]
No, this is not Adele. Believe it or not, I’ve actually heard that song maybe twice at the most and it didn’t (or is yet to, tbh I’m not the biggest fan of her music. Of her, yes I am!) quite appeal to me. I’ve been writing or rather wanting to be writing a long time. […]
Let’s not even start with the apologies because it would just be superbly ranty and not pretty and we all know how it would go down, yes? A few months or a year into my twenties, I began to identify myself as a writer. My work before university and this blog to a great extent […]
It’s been too far and too few between my blog posts and I am not even going to try explaining my absence because it would seem wasteful an activity. Work happened, in short and have I achieved anything out of it following my weeks of slaving away to the non-corporates besides the kilos I seem […]
Tuesday September 08, 2015 Hello lovelies, How are you doing today? When I initially put this down on paper, I was seated at a restaurant awaiting lunch – yes, I decided to have lunch yesterday and today as well #win – and was quite amused at how the chap at the restaurant assumed that I […]