tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253165332011-04-22T00:07:59.217+05:30but while we're here we should dance...SJ-Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18287108940239793162noreply@blogger.comBlogger521100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25316533.post-81924065973804456672008-10-02T22:52:00.000+05:302008-10-02T22:53:06.480+05:30

ok, so its been over a year since I last wrote something... and I'll have to put that down to sheer laziness... as well as the fact that I've travelled a lot out of Colombo in the past year. So sjf hasn't quite been in Colombo to well write about it!I was tempted to delete this blog and just forget about it, but have recently been reading a number of new blogs and inspired to start again so here

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We just went to Auckland via KL two weeks ago. There are no direct flights from Colombo to NZ or Australia for that matter, so we had the option of breaking our journey in one of the SE Asian countries... On the way there we had a 10 hour lay-over at KL, but were put up at the airport hotel, that turned out to be surprisingly comfortable (The Pan-Pacific at KLIA). The flight from KL to Auckland

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pictures as promised!

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that is ever so calming and peaceful.... anyway just wanted to share that thought with you all - my special thoughts are with friends commuting to work on the tube (yes Harris- that would be you!), anyway, just sitting at this luxury resort, on the southern tip of Sri Lanka, called The Fortress enjoying the amazing view of the pool overlooking the blue/green waters of the Indian Ocean - all I'm

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or so my latest blog title was meant to read... there I was typing away at how my days(& nights) are determined, not by me, but a precious little someone, whom we affectionately call "bundle" (private joke between M and me)... and many other such names, she gets a new one each day. Yes, so there I was writing a self-pitying blog-entry about how my days revolve around feeding, changing nappies,

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Got to Singapore this evening. Ayushi behaved very well on the plane, which is great seeing that her parents are determined to make her a frequent flyer! The stewards couldn't believe she was only 5 months old. We decided to try out some "street food" at one of the hawker stalls, which is a large open area surrounded by small stalls serving different foods - malay, chinese, indian, sri lankan,

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जिसका मतलब है, के मेरे रिश्तेदारों को छोर के ये और कोई नही पढ़ पायेगा...सो कूल ना!

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so we're back in Colombo, actually we've been back for over 2 weeks now, but as all you parents of nubies will know, it's tough managing to find any time to yourself, and least of all to sit down and write on your blog.From one set of doting grandparents to the next. Our daughter is a very lucky girl, she arrived to a beautifully decorated house, full of balloons and her second set of

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for everything really, but mostly for the last six months...Thanks for opening up your house to us... and letting me take over the tv at times (must have reminded you of my teenage years!), and monopolising the laptop...I don't think we could have managed without all your help and support with Ayushi, and I'm sure she's going to be told about it for years to come...

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I can't believe I've been here in Wales staying with my parents for almost 6 months now. The time has just flown by. Well maybe not the last trimester of pregnancy, but definitely the last 10 weeks since Ayushi's birth. This is the longest I've spentAyushi, M and I are heading back to Colombo in a weeks time, which is exciting, but also kind of sad. My mother has been phenomenal in her help and

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the great indian batting line-up collapsed... and how. I do think there were a couple of bad decisions made against the Indian bowling side, but no time for excuses now. I really feel the Indian team is the most over-hyped underperforming team there is. But lets move forward not look back. What the team need to do is get some fresh blood, stop touting that "oh so amazing batting line-up", and try

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we're half way through the match, and India bowled decently, although SL still managed to get 254 runs... some poor fielding by the Indian side.its do or die for India, SL are probably through, but if we win, we go in with the 2 points to the next round.Ayushi seems a bit bored by the whole thing, as she spent most of the firs innings sleeping, but she did wake up for the end of the Sri Lankan

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Congratulations to IRELAND - what a win!!!Who would have thought Ireland would beat Pakistan and how???Good match!

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its already started... for the last decade this has been a difficult period for M and me every 3 and a half years or so... the fun that is the cricket world cup... its all very well not to believe in borders and boundaries and be "International global citizens of the world..." but throw in a game of cricket and everything changes...India played pretty badly today and lost to minnows Bangladesh -

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Its coming up to 7 weeks since the birth of our daughter, and even though we haven't perfected a routine a la Gina Ford, since I don't think I'm into her school of parenting, we have got into the groove of looking after Ayushi, albeit with a lot of help from my mom.The first week I was at home, the idea of ever going back to Colombo to live in our own house, or more importantly ever leave my

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Another year - another birthday, yet, what a contrast from last year! Last year at this time, I was in Dubai on a short break with M, taking time out from our city jobs! This year, we're busy trying to get used to our new baby daughter!2006: M & Preeti arranged a surprise birthday bash for me, and I was taken aback to see 40+ people in our kitchen. It was our last big house-party before we left

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After much waiting by her parents, grandparents, aunts and extended family, our daughter was born on Wednesday 24th January 2007 at 5.16pm at Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil. She weighed 3.66kgs, and measured 50cm in length. As you can see she has lots of hair, and at the moment we all think she looks more like the father than me!

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So I took a long break from blogging, mainly because, I was no longer in Colombo, so didn't seem much point writing about my last trimester in Wales!The highlights of the past 3 months wereM arriving to Wales and becoming a regular at the Cyfarthfa Retail Park, and the JJB Sports Gym, where he works out with the Aunties!Our 2 trips down to London to visit with our friends - thanks to G-squared

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M and I decided to make a quick trip before I leave for the UK. The choices were the Maldives or to one of the beaches down-south. The idea of doing the journey to the airport 3 times within one week was not too appealing to me, plus the fact that we left organising it a bit late, so we decided to try out the relatively new Amangalla resort in Galle, and set off yesterday morning.The resort is

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Pictures from our trip are here.

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Even before we could get sad about Preeti's swift departure from Colombo, M and I jetted off for a quick 2 week break (from our break) to Hong Kong.We've been here just under a week now and are both quite impressed by the amazing skyline, and I can't get over how high all the buildings are. It is also very very clean in comparison to London or New York, or as M put it, it looks like a larger

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As Preeti is only here for a short while, we decided to take her to the heart of the country to see the picturesque hill country... some pictures courtesy of P Jha!

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Preeti finally arrived in Colombo for her very short visit this morning!Day 1As with all the other times that M and I have gone to receive her at the airport, usually at Heathrow, after her many sojourns to her various backpacker destinations and GAP years etc, we were late... her flight arrived on time, and even though M had given her a long list of items to buy from the duty free shop, she was

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Opposites attract is an often used phrase, however what is it that makes people stay together, after that initial attraction changes into something more long-lasting and permanent? So it makes me wonder what it is that keeps two people together day after day, year after year?M is definitely the neater/tidier one out of the two of us and is borderline analy-retentive, but I probably have bouts of

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At the time it seemed like a good idea to go for an after dinner coffee and dessert so we headed of to our favourite Cinnamon Grand for a post-dinner coffee.The lobby was buzzing even more than usual, since it happened to be the evening when the South African team was heading back home post their decision to return due to security concerns...We had a some great desserts and coffees and just as we

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...alas the clash between the Lankans and the Indians has been postponed for yet another couple of days. The triangular series has now become a bilateral 3 match series instead. The only silver lining on this cloud is that all 3 matches are to be played at the SSC which is a stones throw away from our house rather than Premadasa which I hear is at quite a distance away...and even if we can't get

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If the heavens are kind and the rain is kept at bay, then we are going to watch the first game of the Unitech Cup at the Premadasa Stadium this afternoon, to watch the clash between India and the home team and favourites Sri Lanka.None other than the Sri Lankan medium paced bowler Chaminda Vaas got our tickets for us - which was pretty cool. I was sent as chaperone to M's cousin Shiv who made

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After leading a nomadic life for just under 4 months, we finally moved into our own place!!!The moving in was pretty much handled by M and his cousin as I wasn't able to help much at all with the heavy lifting etc. In fact we spent the first night sleeping with all the boxes still half unpacked in our rooms... luckily we managed to find some help after the first couple of days, and the place

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been a bit lame with the blogging recently, but that's mainly because nothing much has been going on that's new, as well as the fact that we've been away from Sri Lanka for the first time since we got here in May to Bangalore for about 10 days... and despite the fact that it is the supposed Silicon valley equivalent in India, believe it or not, I didn't have access to the net during my entire

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Just wanted to wish a very Happy Anniversary to Amma & Thatha... 35 years, and still going strong.Also, a special thank you to both of them for actually spending this special day apart, just so Thatha can help M & I to move into their house here in Colombo!!!Thank you both, and hope you have a good celebration when Thatha gets back to Geneva!

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Just got back from a weekend break to Nuwara Eliya (also known as the little England of Sri Lanka). It took us 6 hours to get there, on some pretty bad roads for the last two hour stretch, I was grateful it was dark, so we couldn't see how steep the slopes were on the sides of the roads. We stayed at a real Tea Factory, that has been converted to a hotel, which looks on majestically to rolling

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It's very easy to visit Sri Lanka since they issue 30 day visit visa's to almost all nationality passport holders, so as my first month was coming to an end, I had to get my resident's permit. It took us (I say us, when actually it was poor M who did 99% of it) a total of 4 trips, each of which took several hours, to see first the CONTROLLER of Immigration & Emigration, then his deputy, where we

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having lived in England for at least the last 18 years at a stretch, I guess I've become kind of accustomed to queuing. Brits love to queue, just look at Wimbledon ;-), where I can proudly say, I too queued in my youth and got into watch some amazing matches. But coming from a country that loves queuing, one of my pet peeves is queue jumping... I really have a problem with that. Queue jumpers

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so as we wait to move into our home, I've just been pottering around while M has been super efficient in finding out the best gym in terms of proximity and facilities, yoga classes and hiring us a car before we actually buy one. Speaking of cars, I feel I must post a picture of our hire car here, yes you may well wonder with me why in heaven's name did M decide to trade in his beloved Porsche (

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So after one week of searching, and looking at over 25 houses, we have come to the realisation that the colonial house of our dreams doesn't really exist in Colombo anymore. Most of them have been converted to high-end restaurants, or cafe's or spa's. And people who do or may have the few remaining of these properties available, advertise them annoyingly in the papers stating: FOREIGNERS ONLY!

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and SJ-F has finally made it to Colombo. Yay!We got here after a 10 hour long flight, welcomed by the downpour of monsoon showers!!! It was great to come home to our own little annexe at the Goonewardene's, who are very kindly putting us up, or putting up with us ;-).After a very restful sleep with the sounds of just crickets, we woke up early to the singing of a jack-fowl!!!Day 1 in Colombo was

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I still can't believe that after just over a decade, my tryst with London will be over! It will always remain very close to my heart, as this is where I've spent the most memorable part of my life thus far, and it also holds so many special memories, from my days at the LSE, meeting all those new friends, who have now become life-long buddies, and of course, meeting M, my first (and only job) at

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for those of you who had to go through our moving in saga to Bywater Street, you may remember we had the dream team working for us back in October!Today we have to make to with just M, myself and the sri lankan packers - it's 9.50am and still no sign of them. M and I are being equally productive by sitting on our pc and laptops respectively, rather than organising or sorting the packing -

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after a week-long of festivities for Bittu & Paul's weddings, we finally said goodbye to everyone in Wales. It was a tearful good-bye, and I guess it finally struck me that I wouldn't be seeing my friends and family for a long time now.I was quite sad leaving Ma & Papa, and Ma and I alternated crying. I reminded Ma of the times she used to send me to boarding school when I was young, and said it

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As my friend's wedding is coming up, it leads me to think about what it is that makes weddings special. I think apart from the actual marriage of the two individuals involved, a wedding is a celebration of this union, and also an opportunity for close family and friends to congratulate and join the couple in these celebrations. While I'm sure all weddings are special to the couple involved, I

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After an 8 hour drive from Amsterdam to Wales, we got here for the first part of Bittu & Paul's wedding extravaganza.To give you a bit of background, I've known bittu for over half our lives now, and well, she's the kind of friend, that even if you don't talk to or see that often, you just have so much history, that each time we catch up, it's like an un-interrupted continuation of our friendship

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We arrived here in good time to enjoy kottu-roti made by none other than Sada Mama himself! Generally enjoying the good food and company of the Sadacharan's.Wednesday late morning/early afternoon was spent at Keukenhof. The myriad varieties of flowers was just astonishing. The weather was perfect, sunny and not too hot. Although the gardens were pretty spectacular, my wish to re-enact all those

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...continuing on the German autobahn, I was able to experience M's need for speed by driving at (yes you'd better believe it...) 203km/hour. It was fun, albeit for a couple of seconds, but I guess you really have to be a type A alpha male to find the experience exhilirating. In the meantime, I just envisaged us being the European version of Bonnie & Clyde, or more aptly, Bunty aur Babli ;-).

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After a very restful stay in Eysins with Amma & Thatha, lots of yummy food, chats and fun, we departed for our short stay to Köln. Amma got up mega early to pack us some bites (cutlets and patties, as well as some rice packets ;-).The sun was shining, and we were zipping across the Industrial heartland of Germany, which doesn't have the rustic appeal of the French countryside, nor the

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Our sojourn in Europe continued, with a leisurely drive through the Swiss mountain pass of Simplon, across to the Lake Maggiore, had a lazy lunch at the small lake-side town of Cannobio, followed by stops at Locarno, Lugano, Como and Bellagio. Bellagio looked stunning with the dusk sun shining on the yellow-stone buildings. we took the ferry across the lake from Bellagio to Mennagio and then

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It was my sister's first trip to Switzerland, and we had a great time showing her around places and hanging out, including celebrating M's birthday!The usual scenario when the 3 of us hang out, is that Preeti and M gang up on me, however, I think she was so mesmerised by the stunning locales, that there wasn't too much of that this time ;-). It was also a bitter-sweet realisation, that it would

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We got off to a great start on our Cannonball Run Europe 2006, with me snoozing and M driving his Porsche, (trying to emulate his hero Tom Selleck out of Magnum P.I.), zipping across the French motorways. We were making good headway, but alas, that was in vain, as I was suddenly awoken by sirens, as we had been copped for speeding at 195km (122mph), joining the ranks of Eric Clapton, Jenson

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On to DC... I think I spoke to soon, looks like we brought the rain with us, but unlike in England, the April showers here are what you expect them to be - a mild relief from the humidity and not the spitting kind of rain we get back in London...Enjoying hanging out with Hira in DC, good to catch up and generally drink umpteen cups of tea...and eat American food, plan is to get OBEZE (as M puts

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Before the big move we decided to do a quick trip to visit my cousin and sis-in-law in the States.The sunshine was a welcome relief after London's poor excuse for spring! This was my second visit to the mid-west, which is apparantly more than for most people... The mid-west is well, v. flat and the land of malls and bargain shopping. So I pretty much spent most of my time at the malls marvelling

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...it's always difficult to leave the old and start with the new, however, I never believed that the same could be said of work......I mean, for me work was something that you do because you kind of have to, everyone has a job, and you work, and you work hard and that's normal. It's not like you're supposed to enjoy it or love it or anything, it's kind of like medicine, you know you have to take

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14-Apr to 20-Apr: visiting the Singhs in Chicago20-Apr to 24-Apr: visiting Hira in DC25-Apr to 28-Apr: pit-stop in London (need to pack up the house and move... may involve bribing the junior jhas to help out again...)28-Apr to 13-May: driving trip around Europe: Geneva, Italy (Lake Como), Cologne, Amsterdam13-May to 20-May: Wales (Bittu & Paul's wedding celebrations)21-May to 30-May: around

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As most of my friends & relatives know by now, I have recently resigned from my job after 6 and a half years, and decided to leave London, and move across continents, to the beautiful tropical island of Sri Lanka.So the purpose of this blog is two-fold - one so my friends and family can find out about the interesting (or not) things going on when I am thousands of miles away, and secondly, just

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