A little boy told me once that there’s always one sandwich missing in a sandwich basket. Apparently it was his philosophy in life. I laughed at the time. But as I began to get older I realized that truer words were never spoken. He had the most original way of telling me that nothing in [...]
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Contentment is Death
Posted in Conundrums, Death, Narcissistic Nuances, Questioning Life, Resolutions, tagged Contentment, Dreaming, Loneliness, Opinions, Optimism, Quotes, Random Musing, sandwiches, The Chase on May 28, 2009 | 13 Comments »
Jesus Wasn’t My Saviour
Posted in A Family Affair, Death, Doggone, Questioning Life, The Phoenix, tagged Darth Maximus, Labrador, Love, Motherhood, Puppies on February 27, 2009 | 13 Comments »
Darth Maximus was. In my search for the 3 day weekend to find meaning in my life, it hits me late Friday night anyway. Let me tell you a story. A couple of years ago when my life was at its lowest point I just picked up the Sunday Observer and went through the classifieds I [...]
A Question of Testicles
Posted in Death, Opinion Toll, tagged Lasantha, Protest, Sunday Leader on January 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Just another Monday in the Sri Lankan blogosphere. Lasantha is being buried, MTV is being repaired, I presume and I am wondering things that might get me ostracised by all of you… like what is the purpose of a silent protest in the streets when not enough people turn up to make a difference? You [...]
29 Forever!
Posted in Birthday, Death, December, LGBTIQ, Marzipan, Narcissistic Nuances, Opinion Toll, tagged 29, Christmas, Old Age on December 23, 2008 | 12 Comments »
This Friday is a day I have been dreading since this year began. I’ll start to live the last year of my life as a 20-something. Yuck. Disgusting. Terrible. Incorrigible. How will I stand being a 30-something after that? I was told that more people will start to take me seriously. Well screw that. I [...]
The Nine Lives
Posted in A Family Affair, Death, Doggone on February 5, 2008 | 14 Comments »
We had nine beautiful babies. And then fate decided that they were not meant to be. They were all gone, one by one within an hour. The weekend was hell. My heart it breaking with a deep ugly pain and I don’t know what more to say.We had nine lives that were never meant to [...]
I Remember JOC
Posted in Death, Opinion Toll, Questioning Life on January 4, 2008 | 13 Comments »
Driving home last night I saw a host of lorries heading out of Colombo along the Galle Road and I started thinking about the no lorries in Colombo without a permit scenario that doesn’t seem to be in existence anymore. The can bring in the right amount of explosives to take out a city block. [...]