Monday, May 12, 2008

In the wilderness of Sri Lanka !





Latha and I went on a short holiday to Sri Lanka with the intention of relieving ourselves from the monotonous life in Dubai and the work pressure. On the other hand, being with our families in Sri Lanka itself is refreshing ourselves. Sharing the joy of Sinhala New Year is absolutely tremendous with our family members and friends in addition to staying at home in the wilderness listening to some music and watching TV.

We landed in Sri Lanka on 10 April 2008 and started cleaning and repairing the home as usual despite my cousin brother next door, Gamini Mallie, had tried his best to renovate and clean the house to a reasonable level for our stay. To distribute the gifts, Latha had to spend a considerable time, yet we know that our family members are eagerly waiting for something from us.

Particularly, we gave a gift of brand new laptop computer to Chamath putha who is planning to proceed to Australia for his post graduate studies to be a consultant doctor. Another brand new desktop was brought home for Hemantha putha. How fortunate we are to have sons and daughters of the calibre of Chamath putha, Loku duwa, podi duwa, Chamika putha and Lakshan putha, Daesha putha, Hemantha putha, Anuradha putha, Prabath putha, Ruchini duwa, Titi duwa, etc. in our family.
Loku duwa, of course, had been very busy preparing herself for her post graduate medical exam in addition to her daily routine at Ward No.33 at the General Hospital and could not find time to spend the time with us except the last couple of days of our stay in Sri Lanka.

Hemantha putha and Gamini Mallie extended a tremendous help to me to organize the alms giving in memory of my beloved parents. We would have been in big trouble unless Hemantha putha creped into the ceiling to repair the leaks in the heavy rain which very badly flooded our home.

We were delighted with the visit of Anuradha putha together with his brand new bride, Chamila, and we are very happy for him to have an elegant young lady like Chamila duwa. She is a girl of irresistible charm and unique simplicity. We love her very much and welcome to our family.

Latha’s father still can walk a bit despite being 92 years old simply due to the tremendous love and care of Palitha mallie, Rajini nangie and kids. We owe them a lot for their invaluable sacrifice towards the father.
We had a one day trip to Hatharaliyadda, Thumpane, via Kurunegala with akka and loku aiya to pay a visit to Sriyanthi Nangie's sister. It is a beautiful area of hills and valleys with a very mild climate as shown in the picture above.

Latha had a hectic time, no doubt, all these days, yet we can turn back and say its a wonderful holiday.


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