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This was taken while we were on a Mighty Mini Club trip to Jaffna - yes, there were a gazillion (probs exaggerating) Mini Coopers racing the streets of Jaffna and for those asking, the cars were taken in a train - and while the shitty picture doesn’t do much (or any) justice, this was on the Pannai Bridge that’s a hop step and a jump away from the five-pointed star Jaffna Fort.
Of late, food has been an important element in most things that I do. As most would know, I prefer to cook as opposed to eat the food that’s been made. I guess I’m not the “conventional foodie” but no, that doesn’t make me a food snob either (unless you could count the times I don’t enjoy eating out as much🤔). I do enjoy food that tastes good, but taking me for a buffet would probably be a waste of money. I avoid eating as much as I wind up cooking not for any health or body-size related reason but just that making food is the far more enjoyable part for me in the gastronomical adventure 👩‍🍳. . . . I’m not very artistic or creative, but cooking has become what writing is to me, an escape route to instant art or spasms of creativity. Of course this doesn’t translate to a beautifully decorated plate of food - plating, as most would know, has been an absolute fail with me. Neither does it mean that my chicken curry will taste any different to what you can make. However, through this labour of love, not only am I able to experience “escapism” as we know it, but I also find myself lost amidst the noises of running water in the sink, the splattering of the cumin seeds on the fire or even the monotonous cutting of onions. . . . The table in the picture is a little “celebration” we had during the first week of April. It has been three years since my Mother was able to fulfil her dream of building a house and like most good things in life, this anniversary too, must be celebrated with some mushroom soup, BBQ chicken and mashed potatoes. . . Also fun fact, I don’t quite enjoy food that’s 🍗BBQed (I opted for it because it made sense during the hour(s) long power cuts we were facing then). 👀
Let’s not talk about the past few days because talking is all we’ve done and clearly no good has come out of it. . . On another note, I have gotten into this habit of/hobby of/shown interest in (?!) hiking or trekking⛰. Honestly I don’t know what the difference is and clearly seem to be doing a hit job at this 😂 . . In the lead up to what will hopefully be one of the biggest treks/hikes in my life, where I have managed to enlist my trustee @sabirooo as well, my local comrades @surangaf , @rebelinpurple and I have been doing some local treks. Thankfully the two of them and the good guys at @ceylonramblersclub have been nice enough to stick with me as I do my one-step-at-a-time descent to save my knees (which apparently now needs more saving than that). . . This is a beautiful water stream we saw during our trek to Kirigalpotta, Sri Lanka’s second tallest mountain.
Happy April and happy 2019, albeit a bit late! Indeed, it’s my first post for the year. To say that the first quarter whizzed by is an understatement. The days were long, the nights were longer thanks to bad dreams and inner demons and all in all, the first three months have been a struggle. General anxieties on life have been at an all time high and creativity, at an all time low. . . . Here’s a rather gawky-looking unedited face of mine from 2017 and the time we went to see my favourite @chathuweerasena and @udithaumesh and we went on a road trip to Berlin. Longer hair with lesser greys, simpler times and Chathu’s avocado toast.
The last post of the #bestoftwelve is for my bar-favourites @izkyfaiz and @ai_mee_lee . I was lucky enough to have gotten to know them through @rebelinpurple and was even luckier to have been invited to celebrate their marriage. Having seen a very small bit into their lives together during the years I’ve known them, I could not have been happier to have been a part of their wedding. I was also extremely happy about not wearing makeup as per usual because I was crying so much so that Jack and Rose would’ve facepalmed by the end of it.
December is an expensive month for us. I’m partly happy about not celebrating Christmas officially because if we did, I’m assuming that our year long savings would be invested this month. So to make things easier and cheaper, I asked my favourite home cake maker @yazabdeen who runs @cream_n_crumble to make a half-and-half chocolate and ribbon cake to celebrate all of the birthdays! It was so good that official chocolate cake connoisseur and critic @lifeandstylewithn loved it. . . . Sorry about the potato quality picture. The dinner was hosted while ensuring the cake and wine remained a surprise and soon after the passing of a very close person. Life has a funny way of presenting itself. Here’s hoping that 2019 will allow us to navigate it better.

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