Monday, August 5, 2013

I am truly LOCAL!

I was never a bright kid at school, always average, fat and a failure in Maths, but a few things from my school life I will never forget, so I put down 20 things.

For those who went to international schools, you might not get this, sorry! I am truly LOCAL!

1.       Ann, Taro, Muru , Geetha , Saman are some names I will never name my children after.
2.       An Areca-nut doll is the best thing I played with.
3.       The desert I was prude to know that I can make was a pink “poll – toffee” and pulped fruit salad.
4.       “Biscuit and Tea” I still find it hard to say it
5.       My Maths book was bigger than the “word of God” – so I prayed on it, and never studied it! :)
6.       “Radiant way” is a must!
7.       I still remember – sing, sing, sing, sing mother sing, mother can sing……..
8.       My spine is still not fixed after carrying those heavy books to school.
9.       If the play “dear departed” is ever staged in Sri Lanka I don’t think anyone will ever go for it! ( I had it with that play)
10.   Cutting a shoe flower in to two was my biggest scientific observation.
11.   The best example that my teacher was able to come up with to teach me about Re- production was a FLOWER! Errrr!!!
12.   Sex education is something I never learned.
13.   “Miss Can I please use the wash room please” this was taught to all in my class, if we had to use the luu, we had to say this, why do these teachers want to know what we do in the toilet.
14.   Blue and white – I will never combine this even in a fashionable need.
15.   History was always too old, for me to understand
16.   The biggest trip that I had  to make was to the Museum,
17.   Ann, Taro, Muru , Geetha , Saman  never heard these names after grad 4.
18.   Shakespeare Drama Competition was the coolest thing to be a part of.
19.   Giving that absent letter was always a task.

20.   Most of what I learnt at school never came in use.

Weddings in Sri Lanka


Weddings in Sri Lanka is something many out there should experience! its always something fun to look at! this is just a few that i put together! 

1. Bride is unrecognizable, under the make up
2. Groom has to wait for a long time, as the going away change takes more time than the first night
3. You will hear “Rambari”
4. Bride’s mother is also unrecognizable
5. When the band takes a break and the DJ takes over, that split second you will hear a lot of forks and spoons hitting against the plate
6. There is always oo drunk to this one man who is too drunk to know where he is…
7. There are more photographers than people.
8. You will hear stories about “How bad the food was”
9. Many will sure miss the church or the Poruwa ceremony, and will on time for the buffet
10. The page boy and the flower girl is always a disaster
11. Some family member will state “aiyo have you put on weight?”
12. Batter prawn will be served to the fullest on another plate..
13.  The band member will talk a bit too much…
14. The wedding cake is always frownd upon, saying either it’s too small or it has less fruits
15. Half the people don’t know the other half
16. No one follows the seating arrangements
17. You always have a crying baby
18. sarees are important
19. Food is always over served and wasted

20. you always have a granny who will kiss you 100 times saying, “you look just like your mom/dad” Jur mom/dad” J