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Giving Thanks 2020 – Week Three

Blur-blur-blur. Recollecting this week with the help of my calendar and reminders apps and my physical planner. Continue reading Giving Thanks 2020 – Week Three

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Feeling feelings

Last night, I drove back home, my first lonely drive back home for the year. Continue reading Feeling feelings

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Sometimes the world works in funny ways

Stream of consciousness musings on some of the “whys”, “hows” and “damnits” I have in my head. Continue reading Sometimes the world works in funny ways

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Giving Thanks 2020 – Week Two

We made it to week two! What a whirlwind of a week. There’s also a midweek holiday this week. That’s three “weeks” in one sentence. Already winning in 2020. Continue reading Giving Thanks 2020 – Week Two

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Giving Thanks 2020 – Week One

Yes, I’m committing to it! I will hopefully start documenting all good things/things that I am grateful for in 2020, regardless of ungrateful things/life might seem to me at that moment. Here is a recap of the last week of December 2019, first week of January 2020. Continue reading Giving Thanks 2020 – Week One

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Happy New Year!

Hello and Happy New Year! Here are some of my wishes to the world for 2020, hoping that some of it will manifest, for both you and I.  Continue reading Happy New Year!

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Yesterday’s ramblings

Stream of consciousness musings on holidays, loneliness and the self. Continue reading Yesterday’s ramblings

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So sometimes, the holidays actually suck

The end of the year is always a good time to think, reflect and, be sad. Continue reading So sometimes, the holidays actually suck

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The last picture of my FoodxFlowers grid of three was taken very recently. In fact, I don’t think I’ve posted a picture on my Instagram feed that is as instant as this! . . . But this was taken while I was waiting for my two lovelies Nivendra and Nisali last Thursday at @kikucolombo. I’ve been wanting to visit the cafe for so long now, alone, with my sister and with some of my friends but never got around to it and when these two suggested the place I was thrilled! I had seen the interiors online but never knew just how beautiful the place is especially when the lighting is right for Instagram! 💁🏽‍♀ . . . But those priorities aside, the place is lovely. The staff is so just so bloody amazing and nice. I usually have this, I would even call it a ‘fear’ of going to places that are seemingly fancy. Probably because a few of these ‘fancy’ places have been nasty to me and sometimes the people I am with because we don’t look as ‘fancy’ and would treat us differently, despite us all paying the same money. . . . BUT CAN WE TALK ABOUT @kikucolombo AND JUST HOW AMAZING THEIR STAFF ACTUALLY IS? 😭 I don’t know if it’s genuine or a facade they put on, but either way, they are pleasant, kind and really makes me want to go their more often. The place is bougie, don’t get me wrong, they give you infused water (haha), but still, their staff is everything. Even their hot chocolate pictured here tastes better when it’s served by a kind person. Oh and also, they have good and safe-ish parking so yay to that.
This picture was from aeons ago. My mum @sabina16 and I were going for a small walk after work (I think judging by her workout wear that you can’t see in this picture) - we try to do that once in a way, these days it hasn’t been happening because our car says that it’s 39°c outside between 15:00 - 17:00h. But on the rare occasion that we do, we sometimes get hungry before the walk and then we stop for snacks. Sometimes we get hungry after the walk and buy buns from our චූන් පාන්කාරයාs. Yes, it might be a bit counterproductive and it might be silly but we don’t always have apples and healthy snacks in the car. Most of the time we do, but sometimes we don’t and then we resort to these plates of goodness and cups of Nescafe shielded by just the right amount of light and shadow that allow you to take a picture for Instagram 🤷🏽‍♀️ #priorities . . . Also, these චූන් පාන්කාරයාs are becoming a frequent mention in all my social media. 🤔
I’m back! I don’t think I will ever get around to posting regularly on Instagram, but here’s to hoping! Also long post alert! . . Looking back, December was a fun month, one with mixed feelings albeit, but a good one. My sister was here (she was here for a while okay 😄). And we celebrated all our birthdays. I had a lowkey one because (my) birthdays are generally a bit meh, but it was lovely nonetheless. We watched the new ‘Charlie’s Angels’ - terrible movie, mindlessly entertaining though - and had lunch at @onegallefaceofficial and dinner from Cafe on the 5th (not the kottu roti unfortunately because someone ate too much during lunch *ahem*). . . . Akki @lifeandstylewithn was well, extra, as always 🥳 But so much fun. We had a small gathering at home after so long and we ordered/cooked in some food. I only paid the role of delivering the food home with some balloons. We were also treated for lunch at @paradiseroad_srilanka on the day of the birthday. *so fat*. . . Mum’s birthday was well, funnily extra because 2019 in itself was difficult for us and we thought, the extra-er it is, the better it would be. The celebrations began the evening before her birthday at dinner at Navaratna and then on the day of the birthday progressed to breakfast and lunch by my sister and I. Since Akki was cooking, it was obviously, extra (I am just basic and lazy AF) and we had a small (high) tea party, pictured here! Akki made cutlets that made all of us think of the Kist Tomato Sauce ad from the 90s and once again I used my driving skills to bring goodies from an adjacent town because jungles don’t have many good bakeries, only චූන් පාන්කාරයාs. Akki also ordered the flowers for the ‘gram and the lighting was great, house looked clean and this picture was taken. . . . The end. Thank you for coming to my Instagram post. 🏆
“Walk forward, stop, smile, turn and click.” 📸
For some reason, I thought that we had visited the gardens during the time my paternal granddad was alive, in the 90s. But apparently the photograph-based memory was of a different botanical garden all together! 🤦🏽‍♀️ My sister and I popped by the gardens for about an hour and a half for some quick photo catching while Mum was away at a wedding nearby and boy oh boy, I was blown away. It’s actually quite something and I mean, I feel kind of ashamed for not having been here earlier!. . . P.S. - The image I’ve uploaded doesn’t do justice because I refuse to upload it in it’s original form and disrupt my feed 🤦🏽‍♀️
Sister doing her thing 💃🏼 Me doing my thing 🤳🏾
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