If you can choose to be anything… choose to be kind!

🌼Good Morning! 🌼 We come across numerous opportunities to help others through actions, words or financial assistance. Take an example of a needy person on the road who begs you for money. How many times does it cross your mind that this person might not be genuine, probably into drugs or a staged performer. Your…

How I like my Kottu!

I have always loved my Kottu to be thinly sliced and slightly moist but not too much. While I like the Kottu available in popular street joints, I sometimes find it tasting too starchy. I always opt for kottu at hotel buffets as I find the texture just right. To each their own you can…

The Different Types Of Listeners the World has!

There are times you need to vent. It might be something so trivial but the way each person deals with their inner feelings are different. 🗯🗯🗯🗯🗯🗯🗯🗯🗯🗯🗯🗯🗯🗯🗯 Undoubtedly there is healing in being heard. However we might make poor choices in whom we vent to. 👂👂👂👂👂👂👂👂👂👂👂👂👂👂👂 Here is a list of poor listeners you may have…

The best time to enjoy a Cup is now!

This weather calls in for a comforting cuppa’ doesn’t it? Did just that! Being the pluviophile that I am, i.e. a person who takes comfort in rain, I warmed myself to a delicious cuppa tea this afternoon. ☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕ Our family who originally hail from the hill country always loved tea. Coffee was not something we…

The Henna Artist- From Passion to Profit- A Review!

🌿So what have we been upto? 🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿My daughter loves Mehendi and me honestly not too much… To be frank I don’t even remember when I wore Mehendi last. My daughter was thrilled when we set out on a Mother and Daughter date to apply Mehendi to ‘The Henna Artist’ located in Dehiwela.🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿The Henna Artist is…

A Friend or a Mere Acquaintance?

Friends… Do we need friends? As I turned 18 I had a number of friends. Two schools, work and higher studies ensured I knew numerous people. This was a time where we were stepping into adulthood and still away from the gravity of real life. I had plenty of friends who shared in the best…

The Antidote to Unhappiness!

Does your mind drift off often? One of the prime reasons to be unhappy is that we ( myself included) do not live in the present moment. We are either living regretting our past or living fearing the future. 🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁🧁 The past is gone yet we cry over it and bash ourselves over past regrets…

Winning Through Empathy!

🍓Good Morning! 🍓 We most often get offended through what people say or do. I used to feel the same. When you follow the offensive path, you ruin relationships and your peace of mind. Instead you can train your mind to look deeper by feeding in empathy, you realize that most of what people say…

High Tea in Japanese Style Feat. Ramada!

My mother-in-law and I decided to do a quiet high tea on my birthday. We have been to plenty of English High Teas in Colombo and thought of twisting our usual options by settling in for something different. So we opted for the Japanese High Tea at Ramada. Eventhough Ramada delivers the high tea for…

Imperfectly Perfect

🌸 Good Morning Dearest Zasha Tribe! 🌸 We begin a new week today! Just posted in some motivation to begin the week. Why do I speak so openly of areas that I struggle with or have struggled with? Why must I become candid with you when I can easily pretend that I got things right…