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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52.0 Our Bodies Are Beautiful With Skin. But It Is A Walking Trash Bag. Secrets Revealed.

Though I wanted to write about some memorable incidents related to tours I went just after the blog posts of Trips, it did not work for an unknown reason. Several other topics came to mind, and I worked on them.  I was in a hurry to complete those topics first, though I had unforgettable stories. Sometimes I cannot understand the way that my mind is working on. Sometimes it is like opening twenty to thirty browser tabs and waiting for loading those pages. I don’t know. How about you?  I hope you all have peaceful minds than mine. Isn’t it? Power Of The Mind!

As you know, I wanted to monetize this blog by applying advertisements in the free spaces here. Now, you can see some of them in the footer and right side of the page. I hope it does not disturb you. However, I need a considerable amount of traffic to get effective advertisements, and for the moment it is not enough. I wanted to give up this job when thinking about traffic matters. But I did not do that and still work on my blog. I'm thinking about good topics that I can work on. I hope one day I will have enough readers. 

I would kindly request you to share my blog with others if you enjoy the post. I think I put my maximum effort to generate a quality outcome. However, you are the one who knows it well, irrespective of my effort. 

Positive Feedback! I received feedback from my lovely readers via the comments. Some friends gave positive feedback regarding the content and user-friendliness of the site. Some of them mentioned a few issues regarding the page. They could not see the uploaded images. If there is such an issue, clearing the cache is the best thing to do, if it did not work by refreshing the page. Some friends thanked me. I hope they enjoyed the post. Some of them went through my posts, after the recommendation of their parents and colleagues. Once they told me that, it made me proud. 

Every time once I got such feedback, I thought to deliver a quality post that useful for others. If you went through my last few posts, those mentioned the real adventurous type incidents I faced when using Taxies. I hope sharing that information would help someone. Sometimes you would think that what is the purpose of sharing these things with us. So, I wanted to avoid that thought. 

Therefore, I'm trying my best to provide something useful. Apart from that type of feedback, some friends gave some suggestions. As they asked, I mentioned some of my social media links on the "Contact" page. One friend asked me to upload some videos. That was the thing that I could not make. Sorry... Though I thought it was a good suggestion, I did not do that yet. But you may have to hear my voice. Lol... If you would like to point out your views regarding that video thing, please do tell me. 

A friend asked me to change the topics. Earlier it went as "Trips -Part 01", "Trips -Part 02", etc... Furthermore, that friend asked me to analyze the topics in sites like "Yahoo". So, I'm providing this review by summarizing your feedback, to get more responses and suggestions from you. I can improve my blog by implementing your views. Here, I would like to thank my all friends who read, comment and share my posts.

Holy Land Pilgrimage! Apart from that review, here I wanted to point out some memories regarding the tours we went out of the country. The first tour was a pilgrimage, and it took twelve days as I remembered. That tour, I went with one of my friends and her mother. There were about forty people in our team. As it was the very first journey, I went out of the country, there was a lot of preparation. As well as it was an exciting journey for me and my friend. I could say that we were waiting for that day. Apart from my friend and her mother, the rest of the crowd was unknown people. We three did not know anyone. But after one day all of them were friendly with us. 

Among the crowd, there was a granny who was in her eighties. She came alone, and her children spent money on her pilgrimage. She had the confidence to go on a journey with unknown people. On the very first day, she wanted to find out a suitable companion for her. Therefore, she talked to everyone. Everyone helped her to walk and complete her journey by providing their attention. She was the granny of everyone.  As this was a pilgrimage, there were no fun memories, and I could say that it was an uncomfortable tour. As it was scheduled for twelve days, the organizing team arranged all the necessary places to visit within that time.

Toilet Trouble! Therefore, all of us had to wake up early in the morning like 3-4 a.m. to complete long-distance journeys. We traveled by bus, and some journeys took the entire day. So, those were tired journeys with the hot climate, and it was not convenient for some elders. The main issue we all ladies had was the toilets. Sometimes, we found out a toilet after informing our needs to others. 

But it took a long time to find out a toilet, and those places also not in good condition to use. Once we were waiting in the toilet queue, we could not reach there even because of the bad smell. At that time, we were helpless, and I could not think why people do not have any ethics and behaviors as human beings. So, one aunt understood the problem we faced and she asked me to bear up the bad smell and go there. 

The Human Body! She asked us to think about the reality of our human body. Once we threw our excrements, now it has gone. But we cannot bear up its smell even. So, how about the condition of inner things that we have not yet thrown. Therefore, the human body is like a walking garbage bag. 

That was her instruction and it helped us to use that toilet. Lol... After that, most of our ladies also used to go out as males. Because of this issue, most of the people's toilet was the outside that consists of some shrubs. So, there were pigs too, and they used to eat the excrements of humans. If you are a pork lover, think about their stomachs and eating habits now before taken them for your meals. Lol...

However, it did not work for me, and I could say that many suffered a lot because of that problem. As a solution, I did not drink water daytime and had water in the night. Some of the other ladies also followed up the same procedure as a solution. However, it was not an easy thing to do because of the hot climate.

Our organizing team did not let us have meals from outside to avoid stomach aches. There were two chefs to prepare our meals. So, it went well. However, some of them could not resist having food from outside. So, they had to suffer, and they could not visit some ancient places. I bought some medicine for headaches, stomachaches, and wounds. So, some of them told me that those medicines worked for them. However, that granny went well without any issue luckily. She was healthy during the entire journey.

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37.0 Amazing Driving Experience With My Family Members

The instructor of driving school was not a tough one and his patience level was unbelievably high. In the very first sessions, I thought that he would get angry with me because of the silly mistakes I made. 

He did not get angry with anybody. Instead, he had his own set of vocabulary to insult the students. Though it made all laugh, we used to think about the things he said as instructions. 

 

So, he could manage his team nicely without hurting anyone. For most of the wrong action, he corrected via that methodology. When somebody breaks the vehicle suddenly, he said that the things he ate for breakfast were coming out. He looked at the students seated in the back seats and told that ‘no point of having foods as, digesting process was happening quickly with the burn I had with you all. He said that all the things burned out and there's no time for the body to grasp them because of us.

One day, one of the boys was taking the vehicle and he moved very slowly. If there were no stories of that uncle, it would be the most boring journey for all of us. So, a few meters ahead, we saw that a few girls are coming towards us. 

They were laughing and talking loudly. By looking at them our uncle said that 'Hey, please don't break the teeth of those girls. See that girl was smiling like an actress. As well as don't break the teeth of the girls here with sudden actions. Once somebody stopped the vehicle suddenly with a harsh break, he looked back and asked 'Still you have teeth, right? Luckily, I could save my teeth.

As we used a manual vehicle, he taught all the things, though some of them are not used now. Hand signal was one such a thing he taught. When turning and stopping the vehicle, he asked us to put our hand outside and give the necessary signals. As it was a slow movement, we could see the people on the outside and, in such a situation our uncle talked with them also and made them laugh too. Once I gave a hand signal, there was a lady near a shop. At that time uncle said 'Hey sis, please don't come. She is not asking you to come. It was a shame for me at that time.

Reversing the vehicle was the most painful thing for many of us. Some students released the clutch suddenly and, we scared like nothing. As we used rural areas, there was no harm to anyone or anything. So, when teaching it for some of the fellows, uncle puts his foot on top of the student's foot which was on top of the clutch. Though those students did not like it, it was his reaction after the silly things played by learners.

The other best practice, he followed was keeping his arm on the hand brake for any emergency. However, he did not face a situation to use it when we stupids were learning. But he did it as a practice for the safety of all.

My father's elder brother also had the same practice and, he also kept his hand on the hand brake when his daughter (my cousin sister) was driving the vehicle. However, he had more patience than my father. The things he told when she was driving was the most annoying thing for us. When there was a pit in the road, he informed it very early. So, she had to pass those pits very carefully. If she could not do it properly, she had to listen to his lecture for a couple of minutes.

However, it was not dangerous like my father's lecture. I think we two disturbed each other. When she was driving, I had many things to point out and, the same thing happened to me also. However, I think it's a disturbance to the driver. In such situations, I could not manage my actions properly. They pointed out pits, dogs, pedestrians, vehicle speed and all. So, when they were telling all about these things, my attention went to different sides. 

One day I came home with him and my granny by his vehicle. It was a rainy day, and after a few miles, the wipers did not work at all. So, he asked me to focus on the road and asked me to give my attention. Though it was not an easy thing to do, I gave my full attention. Sometimes, I wiped the glasses from the inner side to clear his vision. However, later on, my uncle asked me to wake up a few miles before the destination. I do not know at what time I have fallen asleep. Lol...

I could not tell you one more incident which happened when I was learning with my father. So, he was next to the driving seat. There was a small bridge and, its space was not enough to pass two vehicles like buses. We went by van. At that time, an intercity bus was coming towards me, when I was moving to that bridge, and we two successfully passed each other. 

My father did not have enough time to say anything against my actions. If he could, he would ask me to stop the vehicle and, let them come first. But it did not happen, and he was shocked. After moving, he said that 'you drove as a well-experienced driver. 

After a few minutes, suddenly he asked me to stop the vehicle saying 'Don't you see that bicycle? At that time only, I saw that bicycle on the left-hand side of the road. So, my father said that if I could not stop it, there would be an accident. He was very angry with me, and, he asked me to get down from the vehicle. After that incident, I lost my confidence and, I did not want to learn.

When looking at the higher accident rates, I know that my father's reactions and anger against my actions were realistic because of the danger he has foreseen. Even though his talks and advice, made us laugh, today I knew that he did all because of the risk. The life of anyone is not a joke. He always pointed out to us to analyze the road and drivers of other vehicles also as only one idiot is enough to make a blast. 

One day we were in traffic. He pointed out one guy in a car, and he was on another line on the road. He saw that guy as a threat, and so he let him go first. His recognition was correct, and, after a few minutes, that guy attacked the back of another vehicle. On that day, I could not differentiate that guy as a not experienced driver though my father could.

32.0 There Should Be A Preparation For Death As Well. Are You Ready?

Though all of us have to face our death, I do not think anyone wants to talk about it. Although we know about death, we are not ready to even hear it. It is a restricted word to our ears. However, there are a few things to say about this topic.

The first death that came to mind is the funeral of our family member. She was my father's elder brother's wife. So, it was a terrible situation for the entire family and, they worried for a long time. At that time her daughter was a ten-month-old kid. So, it was a pathetic situation for our family. By then I was six years old. I did not have much awareness of her death. Therefore, as I remembered, I did not worry about her death or her daughter.

However, I could remember how my father's elder brother was weeping by touching her dead body. Though I could not remember my feelings at that time, I saw the way that I was looking at him via a photo album which was kept with my father's younger brother. I had a sad look on my face and, I was looking at my father's elder brother. 

As the next memory, I could remember the death of my father's granny. At that time, she was very old. However, it was not a painful situation like that funeral. My father's younger brother has a photo album for her funeral too. But, most of them did not have worrying faces. I think it was an acceptable death for society because of her age. These two funerals were the key things I faced during my childhood.

Apart from these two incidents, I had to hear the death of my friends during my school time. When I was hearing one sad loss, I was in another school because of my father's job transfer. We were in another province as well. Therefore, I could not go to her funeral, and I got to know about her death from one of my friends. I could not imagine what happened and believe in her death. She had a heart attack in her teenage and, there was no clue even.

I could attend the funeral of my other friend. She is one of the most beautiful girls in our school, and many boys followed for her love. She lost her life because of an accident. It happened when she was trying to light the unsafe hearth. Actually, it was not an easy thing to stay there without crying when looking at her parents and sisters. They were weeping like nothing. You would be crying if you went to that funeral, though you were not her friend. That was the situation they had, and they could not bear up her loss. On that day, I saw how difficult for parents to bear up the loss of their children.

That funeral was the death of my friend's younger brother. It also happened during our school days. It was an accident, and it happened when my friend was reversing his vehicle. At that time, he did not see his brother. That death brought an unbearable situation to his parents. As it was the death of an innocent kid, the entire village worried for a couple of months.

When I was working, there was a death of a few of my friends and known colleagues. Some of them died at a young age because of certain diseases they suffered from stress. One person was not my friend and he taught us when we were doing our higher studies. After the higher studies, I moved to the same office he worked in. He was a nice person and, he taught 'Java' computer language nicely. He could do that job without giving the pressure. However, he died because of the work pressure he had and at that time he was a newly married guy as well. 

The other death happened very recently and it happened at his home. It was an accident. He was also a nice guy to our office mates. Still, I can remember his funny behaviors in an office workshop. There was a game and based on the actions they played others should tell their designation. So, when it came to my turn I said 'A bus driver. However, it was not and later on, I had to provide reasons for that observation. I went to his funeral and, I cannot forget his wife’s eyes which expressed a lot of things than her tears. It consists of unbearable sad for the loss of her loved one. Those days I remembered it from time to time and it was a pain. Still, he has his Facebook account and, sometimes his wife shares some posts by tagging him. Those times, I prayed for her to console her soul.

In addition to the deaths of known ones, pathetic incidents happened in the wartime of our country. It was thirty years war and finally ended in 2009. At that time there was a death of many including civil citizens, army and enemies. Among them, there was a boyfriend of one of my friends as well. It was an unbearable situation for her and, we did not have a way to console her even. It was a terrible situation. The Tsunami was another unfortunate incident we faced as Sri Lankans. It vanished a lot of lives and that kind of tragedy never happened to our country. It was the very first time. Therefore, nobody aware of the Tsunami though they lived with the sea. 

Recently also we faced a loss of many because of a suicide bomber attack. It happened this Easter Sunday by aiming at several churches and hotels. When I was getting that news from one of my friends, I thought that she was lying. It was an unbelievable situation as per the environment of our country at that time. It took a few seconds to lose their lives and hopes of others. In some families, only one child remained by losing parents and other siblings. One lady lost her husband and two daughters, and there were many similar cases. May triple gems bless them!

According to my religion, Buddhism, reminding death is merit thought. It reminds us that we are not living forever. As well as I hope it is a good practice to do as that practice avoids the shock that comes to our minds when hearing the word 'Death. In any case, if we have to face death, it will console us up to some extent via that awareness. If you can listen for the sermon of 'Thiththagalle Anandasiri Thero, you can understand how important it is to our lives. Else definitely it would be a shock for a mind that does not have that practice.

A few years back, when I was suffering from wheeze, I think I faced a situation which is similar to the final death moment (Up to some extent. Sometimes, it would be a totally different experience). On that day, I thought that it was my last moment as I could not breathe at all. I could count how many times I inhaled and exhaled separately. It was a horrible situation. Once I inhaled, I could not exhale at once and I exhaled the breath into three portions. I thought that death would be more comfortable.

My parents could not bear up my situation and they were pissed off. Before they take me to a doctor, they were crying like two kids. It made me cry. Then I could not breathe than earlier when I was crying. But I could not stop it. I cried like an idiot. Within a few seconds, I remembered some incidents which happened from my childhood to that moment. It was like a movie.  Later on, I thought that the final moment would be similar to that experience according to the things I knew about the last moment. However, my next ego would not be a good one if it was the last moment of my life as I was crying like a buffalo. 

As we do not know about our last moment, we should keep our minds with good thoughts always. I know it’s not an easy job. However, I believe it can be done via the regular practice. If you can concentrate on your own thoughts, then that is it. You are a lucky human to keep your mind with merit thoughts by omitting sins.

Actually, what will happen to my blog if I die suddenly??? (There won't be any more posts. Lol...) Can I take any actions before my death? I think it is a good thing to think about now. What do you think about my buddies?

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27.0 Trips! How To Manage Outings With Idiots

When I was getting ready to go on a trip which has arranged by our photography class, both my father and grandmother saw a nightmare. They did not like about that excursion. They worried about my security. They thought that I would go to every nook and corner to take photographs, and it made them scared. 

However, it was an essential excursion for me. So, I thought to go there though they saw some nightmares. The nightmare that my grandmother saw was a crazy one and, actually, it could bring a little excitement. On the following day, she came to my room and, asked that 'do you really want to go on this trip? I saw a nightmare. 

You wore a red color saree and, the whole saree was red. You wore some gold Jewelers as well. This is not a good dream. So, don't go out today'. I listened to her carefully and, asked her not to worry about myself. I said that I knew her love for me and consoled her. As she came to this point, I would like to add a note about her. I think, during our lifetime grannies are the angels who sent from heaven to love us. The love and caring they brought to us cannot be equalized to other's love expect our parents. For this moment, my all grannies are passed away. I missed their love and kindness.

I went on some trips with my cousins as well and, we enjoyed it a lot. One day we went to 'World's End'. As you know some of the people fallen down and died when there was mist. As well as some of them fall down when they were trying to take photographs carelessly. So, my parents scared about this location, though they gave permission. 

They asked me to keep the distance and, reminded me from time to time. When I was going there also, both of them called and reminded me️. They did it continuously until they could not reach me because of signal issues. However, they asked me to call them once I left the 'World's End'. But I could not do that because of the signal issue. So, once it is available, there were about ten to twelve miscalls alerts. 

Before that, the driver said that he cannot bring us there, according to the condition of Van. He said that we should use an off-road vehicle to go there. However, nobody wanted to miss that opportunity and, all of us wanted to go there. So, all of us decided to walk an extra few miles. But, our aunts and uncles did not allow us to do. They said that it was not an easy thing to do as we thought. However, the driver decided to go and, we did not want to go the extra mile. As usual, we started hiking as heroes and, ended up as zombies. All of us were tired like nothing. I could not bend my knees. So, I said I would not hike for the next two years and, at that time I did not want to walk at all. By any chance, if we idiots walk those extra miles also, we would die on the way.

I do not have much to say about the school trips as I could go a very few. I have some more to tell about trips which I went to when I was doing a job. I have worked in more than one office. They have arranged trips frequently. Those days, my parents did not involve the decisions I made for the participation of trips. However, they did not like it. Lol... 

They were scared to let me go with others without them though I was an adult. Sometimes my friends laughed at me. However, my parents did not worry about the small events I went with my office colleagues as those outings took about two to three hours. My father asked me to take care of the drinks. Because he knew that some drinkers mix alcohol with soft drinks. However, I never faced such an incident and, our office colleagues never did that. They took care of the girls when we went for outings and trips. I should offer my respect to all the boys who were being with us like brothers those days.

There was a horrible outing and, it was a beach party️. It was a party organized as the year-end party. Everyone was in a happy mood to welcome the new year. So, most of the office friends participated in this outing. Our organizing team arranged many events there. There was an opportunity for drinkers as well, and they could drink as much as they wish. 

Therefore, only girls and boys who came with their wives participated in the events. Others enjoyed their year-end celebrations with bottles and snacks. Meanwhile, some of the drinkers participated in the event games as well. They wanted to enjoy both.

At that time, I thought that it would be better if they could stay aside with their drinks without coming to the games we played. So, when I was doing a group activity, there was such one guy in that group. He wanted to drink and play the game. So, from time to time he went to fill his glass and, participated in the group activity. Actually, he was a headache for everyone in the group as we had to wait for him once he went to take drinks for his empty glass. However, we had to bear up his behavior as he said that it was very much essential for him to participate in the game. 

So, by being within the same group, we had to solve a puzzle and, the group had split into other small groups. There were about four members in that small group and, unfortunately, that guy was in our group. Except for us, it was a pleasure for other group members as they did not want to deal with him anymore. So, when my friend and I were on the job, that boy came in with one beer and cigarette. His both arms occupied and, we got angry about his behavior as he did not have a way to support us. He used one hand, which carried the cigarette to solve the puzzle. So, we had to smoke with him and, he did not care about us, though we told him. He was not conscious to listen to us and the support he gave for puzzles also useless.

So, at the time of finishing the game, we also covered by cigarette smell. Apart from the egg smell, that smell is the most unpleasant smell that I could not bear up. So, at that time I had a severe headache as well. My friend cursed him and, she worried about his wife. She said that his wife was a poor one to bear up his bad smells. After that, both of us wanted to go home quickly. However, our transport arranged at a specific time as that beach was a bit far away from Colombo. So, we had to wait.

Then the best thing happened when we were getting ready to go home. We saw that one guy was vomiting because of the heavy drinks he had. He came from a corner by wiping his mouth to get the gift, when all of were exchanging the secret Santa gifts. He removed the wrapping paper and opened the gift. 

Nobody knew that it could embarrass others. There were some underwear and, it consists of different colors. He took one by one out and thanked the colleagues who gifted. After a few minutes, he was vomiting by crying. One of our girls went to video that incident. So, it made him angry and, he vomited towards her. Within a few minutes, she covered up with vomit. Then when the transport van came, I went there with one of my friends. Unfortunately, that vomit boy also came with us, and he also used the same van to go home. So, the entire environment had a vomit smell and, it increased my headache. Though I was not well, I had a bath as soon as I went home. It removed some bad smell from my brain, I think. So, that's my first and last beach party.

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26.0 Trips! It's Dangerous! (Nightmare Of My Parents)

I do not remember what was the very first trip or outing, I went with my family members. However, there was an annual trip every December with my family members. Sometimes a few relatives and friends joined us. 

As I can remember, I went to my first school trip when I was in grade eight, I think. Though my school arranged several trips early, my parents did not let me go. So, when all of my friends were going to many school trips, I was staying at home according to my parent's permission. I think it is one key reason for me to share a story about 'Trips' with you today. 

My parents did not like to send us out for a few days without them. The same thing happened to my younger sister as well. She also went to very few school trips with her friends. Sometimes we got their permission for some trips, and it was not an easy task. Though we cried for hours, they did not change their decisions. They proved their decision as a valid one by pointing out some reason. Sometimes, they took certain real situations as examples to scare us. They had a big database with many incidents. Actually, they could retrieve the appropriate incident. Now also, their heartbeat gets changed when we were telling about a trip, I think.

In some situations, we asked some of our best friends to get permission from our parents. In such cases, they also had to listen to the same lecture. However, that was not a solution and, it did not work at all. Though we cried and fought with them, they ignored all our behaviors by keeping their decisions as it is. So, sometimes it exceeded my limits, and I also got angry with them badly. I argued with them. However, I could not go on any trip that they did not like me to go to.

So, in these situations, we went to my mother for permission. She was my first approver and, father was the final approver. Most of the time, we failed at the first approval. In such a case, we could not submit our request for final approval even. So, once we asked for permission from my mother, she questioned us. 

The very first question checked whether there are any places to have a bath or not. So, by any chance, if she knew that, she did not allow me to go that trip though I did not need to have a bath even. Meantime she explained a few stories about people who died when they were having a bath in such unsecured places. Every time she had a good story. It does not matter about the climate. Even though there was a hot climate without rain at all, their decision was the same. 


Sometimes they reminded the validity of accuracy every time when there were similar incidents published in the newspaper or a TV channel. They used to say that 'See, that's why we did not let you go. The next question checked the people who were going on the trip. If she understood that there was no responsible person, she did not forget to blame them by remembering their past. If we could go through these two questions, then we got her approval and, she asked us to ask my father.

So, I had to tell all about the trip to my father once he came home. He also questioned the same things that my mother asked. But it was a detailed questionnaire. He could point out more reasons which could help with the cancellation. So, when grown-up I answered his questions very carefully as I knew his points. When my father was explaining the validity of his reasons, my mother also supported him, saying that she also pointed out the same. In such situations, she never took my side. Basically, both of them tried to cancel our trips in our school days.

Those days they had another tricky way to avoid us and, it was their dreams. So, once I woke up in the morning to go on the trip, my mother said about a nightmare she saw the last night. Meantime, she explained the results of her dream and, always it was not a good one. Finally, she asked me to stay at home. 

So, when I was murmuring my worries, my father also came and explained the dream he saw. At that time my mother said 'Oh my god... You also saw a nightmare? So, when both of them said that, I was also feeling a little afraid about the journey those days. However, they never revealed the dream clearly, and it was a funny drama they played in our childhood to cheat us.

One day a few friends went to my other friend's home. She was living in the beautiful countryside and, that's why they decided to go there. It was a two days journey. So, I tried a lot to go on that trip as I wanted to visit her green home town. But my parents did not like it. I think I was crying for a few hours by requesting their permission. Later on, I increased my volume to get their attention, though there were no tears in my eyes. 

However, they ignored by saying that their decision never changed and, asked me to cry the entire day if I wish. So, I was tired of the situation and went to bed early. On the following day, when I was getting ready to go to a tuition class, my father gave me money to buy a dress to wear. My friends also got upset and, they thought that my parents would give permission for me as I was going with them. As my parents knew most of them. After that, they did not ask me to go on trips with them. Though it made me sad, I was helpless. So, I did not ask about the journeys when they were planning trips️.

Though we had annual trips with family members, there were no special memories about those trips. They were comfortable journeys without hurdles except for only one trip where we had to stay in the vehicle for a whole night as we could not find out a place to stay because of the crowd. Everything happened as per the environment we had at the home. The only difference was we lived somewhere else. 

Therefore, the first memorable trip was a school trip we went to. Many of our classrooms went on the trip. So, there were many buses also. When we are going there, nobody wanted to sit in the seats. Everyone wanted to sing and dance. But everyone wanted to sleep when we were coming back. At that time only we understood that the seats were not enough for everyone. 

Therefore, we could not sit at a stretch. But some of them slept well. So, most of them had to stand for a couple of hours as they could not take their seats back and, I was also among them. So, I was very tired when coming back home. However, I think most of the journeys ended up with tiredness.

This incident also happened in one of our school trips. On that day we went to the seaside and, planned to go for a boat ride and see the coral️. Though a lot of people were ready to go, they were scared. So, most of us asked one of our teachers to come with us. 

She was a chubby and pretty lady. The boat was floating in the water and, it could not park like a car as you know. So, it was a difficult thing for her to get into the boat. When she was putting one leg, the boat floated to somewhere. So, every time she tried, she could not get into the boat. Everyone helped her, but her effort was pointless. So, she said that she cannot come with us, and asked us to go. But nobody wanted to leave her and, others also tried to get down from the boat. However, it made her sad as she knew that all of us were looking for that boat ride. 

So, she put her final attempts. Finally, she got into the boat. I could say that the others dragged her into the boat. It made all of us laugh and, it was fun for her as well. She was one of the teachers we loved. When we were going for a few miles, one of my friends fainted as the boat was moving to different sides with sea waves. It was a different experience for the majority of us including me. It was my first boat ride in the sea and, I enjoyed it a lot though I tightly hanged the boat seat. Meantime, we took photographs, and it was an endless job for some friends. I also brought a camera and, I wanted to take photos of coral reefs. 

The boat driver was a young boy, and he gave some details about coral reefs. So, he saw that everyone was trying to capture coral reefs as much as possible. There was a glass in the boat to see coral reefs. He said that we cannot take the pictures via that glass. But we took photos and, understood that there were no coral reefs when cleaning the camera reel. 

Those days I did not have a digital camera and, a limited number of photos can be taken via that camera. As I was going crazy by looking at the coral reefs, I wasted half of the camera reel for coral reefs. Meantime, I wanted to take a photo of us, including the sea. As there were no selfies in those days, I gave my camera to one of my friends. Those photos also were useless. Certain portions of our bodies have captured with the sea view. There were hands, heads, and legs, including the sea among her captures. It made me angry and, a few friends also planned to take the copies of my photos. So, it was a pathetic incident for me. Once I asked her, she said that at that time, she fainted though she did not tell us. Finally, there were no photos of coral reefs and boat riding. 

As this trip was an unforgettable trip, I did not forget to see their boat riding place when we were going some other journeys by passing 'Hikkaduwa. However, their service is not available since 2006 I think. As you know, the tsunami destroyed the most valuable lives and things. It was one key pathetic incident for Sri Lankans. Still, I can remember their friendly faces.

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