70.0 We Are The Species Who Cooks. The Others Do Not. So, Cooking Makes Us Truly Human.

I could not add this point to the previous article Cooking... that discussed spices. It is the value of our spices. A few decades ago, my mother prepared all the spices at home. She prepared curry powder by putting many ingredients. There was a nice smell when she was preparing it. Without seeing her and going to the kitchen, we knew the task that she was working on because of that smell. Later on, we bought curry powder because of my mother's bad health condition. Recently, I prepared it for an alms-giving and I felt the difference of a homemade one. Though it did not give that much smell like my mother's curry powder, it gave a nice taste.

The ingredients are not merely for the taste, and some of them are medicine. Coriander is the main ingredient used for curry powder. So, unknowingly and without a bitter taste, we use that medicine for every meal. So, if we prepare even for one curry with it, then it is a medicine. Recently, my father read an article about these spices and got to know that leaves of coriander also a good spice to put. So, now he wants to plant coriander. Now he is working on it. He he he...

When moving to our food process discussion, we already discussed the first steps. Though you think that now it is time to eat, you are wrong. What is the preparation method is the next thing? You should decide, how do you prepare it. You can fry. You can prepare it with coconut milk. You can put more chili powder and less coconut milk. The choice is up to you. NO... It's not up to you. You should think of many conditions. The preferences of others are the key point. So, according to your priority schedule, you can do it. The next thing is, you should think about whether the curries are matched with each other. As an example, you cannot fry all the curries. You should fry one and you should prepare another one with more coconut milk.
 

However, coconut milk is a key ingredient for Sri Lankan food. It is a mandatory item for a meal. It is also a medicine. It helps to remove Poison in your body. That is why we let drink coconut milk to patients infected with poison.

In our food course, coconut milk is like a sub meal. Its preparation takes an additional effort. You cannot take coconut milk for a few minutes. You should scrape coconut first, and then you should squeeze the scraped coconut. Most of the other family members do this task for their mother/wife/sister, etc... as a help. It is a big help though it is one task in this food preparation process. One of my friends said that he does it for his wife every morning, and it is a big headache for him. When they go to the wife's home, her parents are the ones who give coconuts for their consumption. So, he said that recently, he refused it because he is the one who has to do it. Now, it is the gent's key home chore during the lockdown period due to the COVID19 situation. Lol...

There was another friend and she has three kids. She does all the home chores without a supporter. However, her husband is the one who scrapes coconut and that is the only help he did. One day both were angry and there was a fight. She said that she hit him using equipment in the kitchen without thinking about the loss. Meantime, she emphasized the heavy tasks she has to do during the entire day. At that time her husband complained about the coconut matter, and he said that he cannot scrape coconut every morning. Lol...

Therefore, now you know, coconut milk is an important thing in this food preparation process. Though there are coconut milk powder packets to buy, still, it is not the preference of most of the Sri Lankans as per my knowledge. The main reason is the artificial things that use to keep it for a certain time. So, still, most of them are going through this difficult procedure.

When it comes to cooking the prepared stuff, still, most of the Sri Lankans use wood and gas. Wood is the main thing for poor people. So, finding out wood and arrange it in a suitable way to put into the hearth is another job. Therefore, the people who are using wood hearths are doing a difficult job. That flame goes with carbon, and they have to deal with carbon when cooking and washing the pans. 

A few years back, there was a murder, and a son killed his mother. I think it is done because that mother asked him to stop his love affair. That boy was under 18. So, it happened, unfortunately. That incident shocked many, and still, I can remember a poem published in a Facebook post. It mentioned the pain that bears up by a mother to grow a son. In one verse, it says "Did you kill your mother who cooks for you by bearing up the heat of the hearth". Later on, that son said that he felt unbearable sorrow when he was seeing the dining table.

Sometimes I think why should we put this much effort into the food preparation when people in other countries prepare their meals with less effort. If food preparation is the only thing, then we can allocate that time. The more time we take for cooking is the drawback we have. But everything has both drawbacks and benefits. I think Sri Lankans have their endemic food quality, varieties, and culture as benefits.

The other thing is important for everyone irrespective of their religion or nationality. Do you think that you can gain merits via your meal? Yes. It is possible. You can avoid wasting food. You can donate a bit to somebody or an animal. Apart from all, you can think about the impermanence of the feeling you have when you taste the food. That is the great merit out of all. Now can you feel the taste of breakfast you had? Or lost it? It disappeared. That is impermanence. What will happen to the tasty food when it goes to your stomach?

Before you go to sleep, can you imagine an inner image of your stomach by thinking about the food you had from the morning? It will look like a garbage bag. What do you think when you are disposing of it in the next morning? Those are the digested food you had on the previous day. So, guys, finally, that is the truth about food. It is the great truth preached by Lord Buddha.

Therefore, when your mother/wife/sister, etc.… prepares a tasty meal, do appreciate them. But don’t get stuck to that taste. If she cannot cook it well for you, then don’t blame her. Think about the process she followed up to bring it to the dining table. Think about the actual food process that is happening from the mouth to the toilet.

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69.0 Cooking Is All About People. Love Is One Of Grannies' Spices!

Hey! What's going on? I hope you are enjoying your time by staying at home. I think we won't get another similar time to this period during this life. I saw a Facebook post, and it says that such pandemic situations happen every 100 years. So, guys, don’t worry. This is the only crisis we have to face during our lifetime. It is our wish. Though I wanted to write something else, this was the start. I hope you like it.

Today, we will talk about cooking memories. I think it is the best topic, and you all can enjoy it. Because all of us have fun and horrible cooking experience. I hope most of you all are having homemade stuff these days as nobody has any other choices. So, cooking is one of our main jobs. These days it is one of my main jobs due to the absence of home supporters.

I'm pointing out this view according to my knowledge. So, please correct me if I'm wrong. I think we Sri Lankans have a lengthy process for meal preparation. Most of us prepare two meals to cover the daily consumption. Some of them prepare breakfast and lunch at once and prepare a separate meal for dinner. We don't prepare food for a few days or a week. So, I think "cooking" is a job that requires considerable time per day. If we take our meals, then it consists of two to three curries. Most of the time it goes with two vegetables, and dhal, fish, or meat curry.

I hope if I describe to you the tasks we are doing, then you will identify that it has a procedure or process. So, when you are having Sri Lankan food, then you will remember the effort and may give more value to it. Just a thought... Lol...

So, selecting suitable vegetables to cook is the first thing. Though it seems nothing, it is a big thing that every mother/wife/daughter/sister, etc... has to think about by thinking of family members' preferences. Sometimes, it is impossible to select. Sometimes, you may have to give priority to specific family members by ignoring others. You may have to tell them "eat if you can and starve if you cannot". But you cannot ignore the same person every time. Lol... So, you should have something like a priority list for a week. Then you can consider the food preference of each family member at least once per week. Therefore, it is the first important decision.

When moving to the next, then our chef should think about the spices and oil portion that needs to be put into the curries. Though it also seems an easy task, believe me. It is NOT. If you think like that, then it is wrong. As an example, if I consider the situation of my family, my father does not like oily and salty curries. He wants chilies. But my preference is the opposite choice. When it comes to my sister's family, they don't put salt and chilly at all. So, we cannot eat their meals, and they cannot eat our meals. It is impossible. So, both parties stopped sharing food.
 

When my granny was living with us, the problem was in "Red" status. Lol... Because of her age, she could not feel the taste of food. According to my knowledge, we cannot feel the full taste of food after 70 years. It reduces to 50%. At that time, she was in her 90. So, she never satisfied with the combinations of spices we put into the curries. Those days she lived in my father's elder brother's home. As she made food complaints, one day our uncle asked her to put salt, chilies, spices, tamarind, turmeric, and all according to her wish. The funniest thing was, on that day she ate very little. But she was very silent. 

Earlier we fed up with her complaints, and we worried about our cooking skills. But one day, one of our aunts arranged lunch for all family members. She was a cookery expert, and nobody can point out mistakes. So, on that day also our granny came up with many complaints and suggestions. On that day I decided to stop worrying about her complaints. Lol... Those days she used to say "cook well, and serve tasty food to others to gain merits". Apart from the spices, the time we spent in the kitchen was another measuring factor she used for her decisions. If we take a little time, then she said that the curries have not steamed well. There is a famous chef in Sri Lanka called "Pabilis Silva". So, we told her that even Pabilis Silva's skills are not enough to prepare food for her. Lol...

There are many memories of my granny and cookery. Those two have linked to each other as a needle and thread. As she did not like our meal preparations, our uncle asked her to use spices, salt, and all as per her wish. Along with that permission, she wanted to prepare her tea too. She said that she can do it well without other's support. One day when I was coming from the office, I saw that she was in the kitchen by preparing tea. As she spent more time, I wanted to see her and went to the kitchen. 

When I was going there, I saw a cup of Tea with pink color. It amazed me and at that moment I thought that my cousin sister had brought a strawberry flavor powder for tea. It was my thought. So, I checked over there to find it, and then I saw the chilly bottle on the table. My thought was correct. She had put chilly to her tea. It was a mistake. Those days her eyesight was not good.  When I was telling it to her, she said that it is a coffee bottle. If I did not come on time, then she could nicely have a cup of chili flavored tea. 

So, this is all about one step of that food preparation process. You may feel wonderful when I'm telling you the rest. I'm sure even you never thought about it before. We can discuss the cookery wars in the next articles. Stay safe... Take care, buddies. 

  

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68.0 People In The Workplace. The Hidden Crowd!

When looking back the past few weeks, I understood that most of the people do not like to read or watch any more about Corona. Corona, Corona… What is this? I think it increases that pressure when living with it. When does shit over? However, when you are getting angry with this situation, please remember that this is a result of human actions. Okay..? I too believe that it's good to focus our mind on different productive things in this stage without thinking about it in unnecessary fear. So, I believe the time and effort you put here to read this article is a productive thing for your lives. Lol... 

After the previous article that was written about a balanced mind, I don't expect to write any more about this global pandemic after this analysis. So, today I'm moving back to reveal another stage of jobs I did. It's all about the people I dealt with though they were not my coworkers. But they helped us to do our job in various ways. This is a lovely gift for all of them. I know none of them won't read my article. It is not the purpose either. I don't expect them to read. But you, the one who reads this can think more about them than earlier. I believe that this will help to have a new view of them. You will look at them in a different and nice way.

As I said in the post, A lovely gift for IT guys..., that work exposure changed me. I could say that it happened for both good and bad sides. Later on, I’ll explain what are those bad sides? Please be patient… When I was leaving my home to join with that job, I could not manage my stuff without the support of others. Somehow, I wanted somebody for my support. So, the very first month was a horrible one for me. From beginning to the end of the day consisted of challenges apart from the work stuff. Among all, washing clothes was a big headache, and I used to bring my dirty clothes home and bring them back after washing when I was coming from my home.

When thinking about it now, I know how silly it was. Lol... So, I carried a huge bag on Fridays and Mondays for this purpose. Meantime, I was like an employee of a courier service company. When my parents asked me to give seasonal fruits kind of things to my uncle, then that bag was full of all those stuff. One day I brought some mangoes from home. 

We had to keep our bags in the outside and sometimes I forgot to bring it back when leaving the office. So, on that day, my bag was filled with washed clothes and mangoes. I kept it on a Monday, and I forgot to take it on Tuesday also. So, when it comes to Wednesday, I could feel the smell of mangoes and security guys also questioned about it from me. The same thing happened a few times. Therefore, those security guys used to remind me about the things I brought when I'm leaving the office. Lol...

When remembering them, I have a nice memory of them. All of us were kind to each other. They were the people who greet us when we were entering and leaving the office. So, it was nice to have a small chat with them in these two moments. Some of them gave gossip tips and I think they let us come up with more details. So, there was a good relationship among some of our colleagues and them with regard to the sharing of gossip information. Lol... There was one lady and we knew that weakness. As we could not bring the stuff to our cubicle areas, we passed some foodstuff to our cubicles while letting her talk with one of our friends. Though it was a small cunning work done for a few food packs, it burnt a few liters of our blood. One of our colleagues said that it's totally fine because we did it for a pregnant lady. However, we were a greedy gang when she was eating that special food. Lol...

Apart from them, the team who brought tea and snacks for us did a great job. They were very friendly to us. I remember the way they served Tea as per the different requirements of us. Some of our colleagues wanted to have tea or coffee with a little sugar and some of them wanted plain tea in the morning and coffee in the evening. 

Some of them wanted to have sugarless tea. Sometimes our ladies and girls changed their requirements very often. Lol... Those days I was late to go to the office on Mondays as I was coming from my home. As there was a flexible hour’s schedule, it was not a problem. So, morning tea time was over when I was going there on Monday. But they were kind enough to give my tea irrespective of their schedule. 

One day I met a Tea uncle in another office. There were a few friends who worked with me in an ex-office. So, it was a nice meeting with that uncle and our gang. It was an innocent get together where we shared and reminded our joyful memories. At that time also, he asked whether I would like to have a Tea.

The people who did the cleaning service is the other crowd. If I could not put a note about them, then it is lacking. Some of them were friendly to us. The time we used the washroom was the time they used to reveal their life journeys. Most of them were filled with many difficulties. 

There was one lady and she was old. She had her grandchildren too. When I was looking at her, always I thought that she is not physically strong enough to do cleaning stuff. She said that she is leaving home around 5 am to come to our office. So, it was not an easy job for her. However, she did not worry about her job or physical conditions. She came every day and did her job well. When our team gives a small gift to her at the year-end, she was so happy. Apart from her, there was one young gent and one of his kids had a tumor in the brain. For surgeries and medicine, our office crowd helped him a lot with his expenses. There was another lady and she was a bit tough. She blamed the people who did not keep the washroom clean. She used to say “now we are cleaning the others bladdy shits because of the bad karma we did in our past. In the next ego, you will do our job”.  However, nobody talked against her though we had to hear that curse when she was working on our floor. I was happy about our reactions as we could see her inner war.

The others were the drivers who gave transport to us when we were working till night. That office arranged cabs for us to go home. They were very disciplined people, and I think nobody made a complaint about them. Some of them thought we have a wonderful and happening job life. I think it's because of the chit chats we had with transport buddies. Lol... Some of them understood our real situation. They knew how hard time we had with such a work schedule. So, they instructed us to keep our health. There was one mature person and he always asked us not to use cold water for shower after working till late at night.

Regarding the coworkers, I could say that I'm lucky to have a few lifetime friends. Apart from them, I had a professional relationship with others. As everybody was not good for me, I was not good for everyone too. As I had a blacklist, I was in some other's blacklists too. As you know it cannot be avoided. So, looking back past, it was a wonderful journey to rewind. Some incidents gave good lessons for life. Still, there are some improvements to consider. But I hope that awareness directs me to the best path. 

I think this is a bit long article when comparing to previous posts.  I can write many things. Though there are many things to talk about "People at the workplace", I don't think that it is useful for you all. Here, I'm revealing this side of people because of one purpose that I have mentioned at the beginning.

The other important thing is, my career journey did not go with the other's favorations. It is all about hard-working, enormous effort, and courage. Apart from the financial benefits that I'm gaining today, that is the most rewarded thing I can share with you as a person who dealt according to the conscience.

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55.0 Warning! Stop Wasting Food! We Can End Hunger.

How To Save Money! It was another big deal I had on our journeys. Though I mentioned as "I" in here, it was a common issue for most of us.  When we were leaving our country, we decided not to exchange all the money we have. We plan to exchange the rest of the money whenever we need it. We thought that it would be a good practice in financial management. So, we allocated a certain amount for shopping and food expenses. As per the discussions we had before, we strictly decided not to go beyond the allocated thresholds. Therefore, as per our ground rules, I exchanged some portion of the rupee amount into the dollars.

Once we reached there, I planned to exchange the rest of the dollars according to my needs. However, I kept some amount in rupees as well. I wanted to keep some rupee amount. Lol... On the very first day, everybody was very keen on their expenses. All of us had good discipline. So, we thought twice before having a meal as well. Always we did not forget to compare it with our Rupee value by converting the price of everything.

However, I could say that our currency conversion job did not have a long life. We thought that we would go back to our country to buy goods as per our desired money value. So, from the second day onwards, we started to eat things we loved, and buy whatever we wanted. Once we went to one shopping complex, we could not think about what to buy. According to the availability of varieties, it was not easy to make a decision. So, we decided to visit a few shopping complexes to check the goods with prices and identify our needs. We identified our needs after that analysis. Lol...

However, before we went there, one of our friends contacted us to check our status. He lived in that country. So, he asked us to visit an area before buying goods from those Shopping Malls. That place was like "Pettah" in Sri Lanka. As per his advice, we all decided to go there first on the next day. Once we went there, we got to know that there are also many varieties of goods. There were lots of shops.

The prices were almost the same as the goods in those shopping complexes. The main advantage was there were "Sales.. !" And they agreed in price negotiations. So, it was an ideal place for us. Lol... As we now had an idea about the availability of the goods in the shopping complexes, we decided to buy some goods from these shops, and complete the shopping the next day by visiting shopping complexes.

Therefore, went to a few shops and analyzed the price. We could observe that there were some small price gaps in the shops here. Sometimes we have seen that they communicated different prices for us and other customers. As we visited many shops, as usual, we could identify some shops that have quality goods. But we did not agree with the price they told. We bargained up to the maximum. Lol... 

So, when we were working on our bargaining and buying process, one shop owner asked about our country. As that bargaining power was a shame to our country, I told the name of another country. Sorry... <Country>... Somehow, we could cover most of our shopping needs via that shopping area thanking them.

Sometimes, we could not identify the shops we already visited as we covered lots of shops for a very short time. Therefore, some of my cousins look like their regular customers. The other thing is they revisited the shop even after identifying it as a visited one. That was a major issue for others, as all of us had to wait for each one. Huh... It was a pain that kills the shopping thrill. Sometimes, we got angry with them. Still, they had many things to visit and buy. It was an exceptional case. I think we did not bring shame to our motherland as we hid its name. Instead of that, we told them that "we are from <country>". Sorry... Sorry... If you are living in that country, you will kill me. I know.

In one instance, I could not identify the sales girl in a shop. There were a few customers, and I asked the price of shoes from a lady and she was not a salesgirl. So, she got angry with me and said: “asked someone”. Her face got reddish and it was a big shame for her. As it happened to many customers, including me in our country, I did not think that it was a big issue. I also did not feel shame when it happened to me. However, I quickly left the shop. Lol... There were nice phone cases that I could not buy.

Finally, I bought many items from that place, and a reasonable portion of money gone away. So, I exchanged my remaining dollars and thought to do the next round of shopping in the shopping complexes. When we were moving there, we got to know that most of us have spent money. It was our last day of the journey, and the next day was our departure day. So, we decided to buy small things from here, and keep another portion to buy something from our Sri Lanka duty-free. God's Plan For Your Money! 

As there was much stuff that we could not afford, all of us felt sad. We watched and came with our weeping hearts. As we could not manage our expenses on the other days, we had to do window shopping in that complex. So, we could not buy at least 50% of the stuff we planned, before going to that shopping area.

One of our cousin sisters blamed our government, pointing out the low value of our currency. It made all of us laugh, though her argument was the correct one. She released her pressure in that way. I think it would be a relief for her. At least she had a valid reason to leave that Shopping Mall without a few bags. Lol...

On the last day, most of them were fed up because of that matter. Therefore, only me and one of my cousins wanted to visit a bird park. So, we went there, and others did not come. Even though we wanted to take professional photographs with birds, money did not allow us. Our poor financial management did not allow us. If we had a proper plan, we could cover all without any worry. So, we did not eat an extra thing except a drink, even though we wanted to eat something. When the others were enjoying the birds' visit with snacks, we had a soft drink.

During my entire lifetime, it was the day, that I could not eat anything when I wanted to eat something. Lol... So, we wished everybody in the world get rid of starving. I remembered the faces of some beggars who met in our country. Their unhealthy and tired look gave me another tension at that moment, and at that time, I could truly feel the value of food.  

Therefore, Don't Waste Food. Adhere with Zero Waste Lifestyle. When you are worrying about your meal, many people cannot afford that meal even. All of us should respect food. We should donate to others who cannot afford food. If you can fill that poverty gap on a small scale, it also would be a merit to you all. Therefore, do not let anybody you know to starve, friends. Please help them!

Sometimes, a beggar will ask for money to eat something, and you will feel that he/she is lying. Sometimes, it will be a lie. I know. But, please don't ignore that request. It is an investment for your ego. It was a great lesson I learned.

 

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53.0 How To Control Hunger As A Vegetarian? A Vege Story!

How To Get Visa? Ohh No! It was not easy to prepare the necessary documents for Visa approval. For the very first pilgrimage tour, I had a temporary certification. Therefore, I had to prepare the documents, including my passport. As that country requires a Visa, I had to take a letter from my office. There were many rules associated with the Visa application, and it was not an easy task.

It required the approval of many, though it has scheduled for four days including two weekdays. Some of my cousins wondered after hearing about the approval process. For them, the approval of their immediate supervisor was enough and they did not take time to prepare that letter. But as usual, my case was different and I had to follow up on it for a couple of days. Sometimes I thought that I would not be able to go there. So, it was an additional pressure apart from the work schedule.

Meantime, I arranged a traveling bag to put my stuff. I think I had to spend a half-day to do that job. I went with my cousin's sister to buy that and one of my friends asked me to check the quality properly. She could not use the bag for more than two days after buying from such a shop. So, I wanted to have the Best Travel Bag. 

Apart from that, I arranged suitable clothes for the journey. It was not a hassle as I decided to wear what I had because I almost kept a reasonable amount of the main expenses. I could say that there were about three weeks of preparation time. However, I was glad about the journey. All of us thought about the places that we can travel once we went there. So, it was a pleasure for all of us.



Except for a few including my sister, most of the cousins joined the tour. The union of all of us was another thing that made us happy. So, we were counting the days for our journey. A few days before the journey, I packed all my stuff in the bag and made sure that I bought everything. During this period, I added and removed some stuff. Lol... So, it was another job. As it is required to print the name and address on the bag, still I can remember the way I did that. I took a few copies of the details to use if required and pasted one there. But when I was looking at the others, the font size was big. It is bigger than the others, and it was a shame for me. After dragging it to a few places itself, tapes pasted on the corners get removed. So, it had a funny look. Sometimes it made me angry as I had to paste it a couple of times. Lol...

After many preparations and checking, finally, we got into the plane. Traveling By Plane! Lol... So, our guys who had the corner seats near the window felt happy like nothing. So, the others planned to take that seat when returning. We discussed to exchange our seats also to get that opportunity. Hah hah ha... I don't know what do you think about our gang. Lol... 

Once we reached there, a person came from our hotel as arranged, and he picked us from the airport. Most of our guys said that we could have a city tour when going from the airport to the hotel. First few minutes, we saw the beauty of that area once we got into that vehicle. But after a few minutes, all of us fell asleep. One of our cousin brothers told us everybody slept well except him.
 

The hotel provided breakfast only with that package. If required, we should order lunch and dinner separately. But we forgot to do that, and we had to go out for dinner. No one brought biscuits even. So, all of us went out and searched for a good restaurant to have dinner. After checking for a few places, we realized that the price is high in most of the food courts. Therefore, we checked the known brands like "Pizza Hut", "Burger King", etc... However, those places located a bit far, and we did not go there. We did not use a taxi even, as it was the first day we came, and we could not get relevant information from the hotel or our travel guide.

As I was vegetarian, the others also had to search for a Vegetarian Diet. All of the others were non-veg. I think it was an additional burden for them under that condition.  Therefore, I asked them to have food, saying that I can manage dinner with a small thing. However, it did not work, and we thought not to consider the price. So, it was our first dinner experience, and once we returned, we checked for the restaurants that have all food varieties.

Then we identified some Indian restaurants and most of us liked to have Indian food. So, all of us decide to go to one Indian restaurant for dinner. As we planned, we went there to have some spicy food as it was our food type. Though I could have full Veg meals for breakfast and lunch, those were not much spicy. Even though there was some spicy food, there was a different taste because of the sauce they put. I think it was their own thing.

Because of these reasons, we were waiting for our dinner. Once I checked their menu, I was so happy, my dear friends. They had all kinds of Veg food I loved to have. Therefore, they resolved my problem. Thanks, Indians... However, one of my cousins wanted to have something with prawn curry, and it did not mention on the menu. Therefore, one of my brothers asked one guy to come and explained what he wants. But he did not get that and just looked at us.

So, our brother explained the prawn with its unique features. Suddenly, that guy said that "oh you are talking about prawns?" in Sinhalese. Lol… It made all of us laugh. He was a Sri Lankan and we could not identify him as most of the Asians have a similar look. Then it took a little time to manage our laugh. However, we felt happy about his Meetup. He also did not recognize us as Sri Lankans. He was a nice guy for us and he said that he came there recently. After that, we had dinner from that restaurant for the next couple of days also. However, he had Foreigner Reactions. Lol...

Once we discussed that situation later, we got to know that anybody hasn't identified him as a Sri Lankan. But later on, we saw unique Sri Lankan features and behaviors from him. I don't know what kind of blindness it was. Lol...

For the entire journey, we had that sauce a lot with our meals. That taste reduced the need for food also. Sometimes, I bought small snacks to have after the main meals to cover the rest. Most of the restaurants did not have Veg food. So, when I was asking about Veg food, it brought a smile to them. So, sometimes I checked the available food items and thought twice before asking for them. Lol... 

Finally, we reached the destination of our tour. All of us wanted to have a good meal. So, we asked one of our relative aunts to prepare something spicy. As soon as I returned, having that meal was my first task. Lol... 

However, we should control our greed irrespective of Veg or Non-Veg. If you can have your meal, without attaching it or hating it, then you are adhering to universal truth. You can enjoy the food without going to these two extremes. It will help you to end up the life circle (Sansaaraya).

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